JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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northlondon
Good. Any industry that gets 12 year old children to start their 'talent' careers, Aya Ueto or not, should be killed off.
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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northlondon
Simple way to deal with this issue. Jail the parents who allow a 13 year old girl to parade in a bikini for money. Also jail the organisers of an event where a 13 year old girl parades in a bikini for money. And the age of consent rule should be quite simple as well. Once a girl can leave high school (16/17 ?) then they can do what they like. Not sure why the age of consent has such confusion in Japan ?
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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northlondon
Hypocrisy at it's worst. A US political prison, in Cuba, with no international ratification or approval, and they state concern for the human rights of those Chinese detainees ! Who are they trying to kid ?
Posted in: 140 killed in unrest in China's Xinjiang: Xinhua
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northlondon
At long last I get to agree with every word that smithinjapan has said. Well said.
Posted in: Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza
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northlondon
So you just go ahead anyway and fire high-precision shells and air delivered missiles at young children being used as human shields ? What a stupid excuse that is.
Posted in: Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza
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northlondon
Tough work trying to keep up with smiths various postings tonight...!
Posted in: England, Japan recommended as RWC hosts
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northlondon
That is correct. Good evening fatfrench, a bit early for you isn't it ? Do you actually have anything to say ?
Posted in: Gates says he wants to soften gay expulsion rules
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northlondon
Liberal thinking and anti-diversity are fine for civilian life. The military, and specifically the Army, is a whole different ballpark as smithinjapan would like to put it. Infantry soldiers are by and large young men with no college degree and from areas of large unemployment. No disrespect to any soldiers here, but that's the truth people. And the Army wants to train young men to become fit killing machines. Simple as that. So when posters here talk about hours and hours of sensitivity training to soldiers to accept gays and discharging soldiers just for beating-up a fellow soldier in the barracks, then there is absolutely no understanding of what the Army is all about and what it requires from its soldiers.
Posted in: Gates says he wants to soften gay expulsion rules
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northlondon
smithinjapan, your argument goes absolutely nowhere and I'll say it again, the only people here who have any understanding of the implications of allowing gays into the military are people who have served and who have seen it for themselves.
Again, your scenario is out of the realms of actual reality. The guy had the crap beaten out of him and there was no way he was going to testify against a whole platoon. Even the NCO's would have advised him not to do that. You see my friend, the military is not a normal place of work is it ? Do you think there are human resources officers and coffee machines in an Army barracks ? Hours and hours of sensitivity training ? Thanks, I'll go to bed laughing loudly tonight.
Posted in: Gates says he wants to soften gay expulsion rules
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northlondon
I am under the impression that the only people here who really understand the problems involved in allowing gays into the forces, are those who have served (sarge/ Alphaape/ DarkKnight). Those others here criticising Alphaape and DrakKnight are more likely not to have served and are just gay men posting pro-gay comments.
Posted in: Gates says he wants to soften gay expulsion rules
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northlondon
Isn't that just a gay mans fantasy ? That straight men 'can pop off at a moments notice' ? Don't over rate yourself, the vast majority of straight people are not interested in same-sex sex and taking one up the pooper thanks very much.
Unfortunately most soldiers are exactly that and the reason why they became professional soldiers in the first place is because they could not find work elsewhere. It's a known fact that Army's around the world recruit from unemployment hotspots. What I saw in the British Army is good reason for not inviting gays into the Army. A fellow recruit was merely suspected of being gay and he had the crap beaten out of him by almost the whole platoon. That is a good example why there is a ban on gays.
Posted in: Gates says he wants to soften gay expulsion rules
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northlondon
The Rugby World Cup selection system is inherently self-protective. Each union gets to vote for the host World Cup nation, with the more established unions getting slightly more votes. Therefore, with the 6 Nations teams and the Tri-Nations teams making deals with each other (lucrative test dates) in return for a vote their way, the other unions (i.e Japan) don't stand a chance. So the IRB are totally out of order to speak out and recommend their choices when it is supposed to be a 'democratic' voting system. Rugby Union needs the same selection system as the Olympics, which means an independent choice by an independent body.
Posted in: England, Japan recommended as RWC hosts
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northlondon
Why are we still talking about the United States ?
Posted in: Japanese-built train makes debut on British rail lines
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northlondon
It's a story of the better of two evils. In the UK the rail unions are extremely powerful, which means that management cannot implement a better rail system without the whole network going on strike. In Japan they do not have the union issue, but that is also why Amagasaki happened, because the drivers were receiving punishments for time delays. That poor driver who also died because his bosses were pushing him to run the train on time, doesn't even receive prayers from the rail company and they were happy to have all the blame heaped on him. So In Japan there are definitely hidden safety issues in order to run the trains on time, whilst in the UK the service is shoddy because of the over-protective unions but an Amagasaki would not happen because the drivers would walk out if asked to compromise train safety.
Posted in: Japanese-built train makes debut on British rail lines
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northlondon
Why are we talking about the United States ? This is a story about a Japanese-built train being tried out in the UK.
Posted in: Japanese-built train makes debut on British rail lines
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northlondon
Adidas versus Toyota/ Toshiba/ Suntory/ Canon (all sponsors of Japan's World Cup bid). So that leaves Adidas peeing into an empty World Cup then doesn't it ?
Posted in: England, Japan recommended as RWC hosts
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northlondon
England getting 2015 is a rubbish call. And I'm English.
Posted in: England, Japan recommended as RWC hosts
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northlondon
Japan have 121,000 registered male rugby union players. Australia have 80,000. Wales 47,000. The interest is already there.
Soccer doesn't have a prejudice against weaker soccer nations hosting their World Cup. Only the old Rugby Union brigade seem to bring this subject up.
Posted in: England, Japan recommended as RWC hosts
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northlondon
Not an excuse. In 2003 Australia hosted it. Aussie Union is behind Aussie Rules, Cricket and Rugby League in that country. In 2007 France hosted it. Only in the south-west of France do people actually know what Rugby Union is. In 1995 South Africa hosted it and the general South African public couldn't care less about Rugby. Soccer is way ahead in South Africa as is their Cricket.
Japanese commercial sponsorship would make that look like a piss in the ocean mate. It's time to grab that Japanese sponsor piece of the pie.
Posted in: England, Japan recommended as RWC hosts
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northlondon
notimpressed, the first-ever Rugby Union World World Cup was shared between New Zealand and Australia, with the final in Auckland. I'm taking nothing away from the beautiful country of NZ and their great rugger, but Rugby Union needed to open itself up to the rest of the world.
Posted in: England, Japan recommended as RWC hosts