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  okapake at 05:12 PM JST - 31st July

  Why was Kameda in the ring afterwards. He should have not been allowed up there. Lax security. He was prompting Naito-san for a fight, but Kameda gotta work his way back up there to be a challenger first.

  Posted in Naito, Sakata retain world flyweight titles at 05:12 PM JST - 31st July

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  okapake at 04:39 AM JST - 14th July

  2.8M yen is 26K USD for the yokozunas. 1M yen is 9.5K USD for the Juryo division. This is per month according to the article. That's big money! Do they contribute to their stables upkeep? Or are the stables subsidized by the sumo association. And the 1B yen of the…

  Posted in Inflation-hit sumo wrestlers demand pay raise at 04:39 AM JST - 14th July

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  okapake at 04:26 AM JST - 14th July

  A few of my Japanese friends of mine have eaten whale meat. They did not consider it anything special - just ma ma.

  Posted in 2 Greenpeace members indicted for stealing whale meat at 04:26 AM JST - 14th July

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  okapake at 08:03 PM JST - 24th June

  Will never go to Mainichi again!

  Posted in What do you think of the Mainichi's decision to cease publishing its WaiWai tabloid tidbits section on its English online site following complaints that it portrays Japanese society in a negative light to the world? at 08:03 PM JST - 24th June

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  okapake at 08:02 PM JST - 24th June

  Yup, not going back to Mainichi!

  Posted in What do you think of the Mainichi's decision to cease publishing its WaiWai tabloid tidbits section on its English online site following complaints that it portrays Japanese society in a negative light to the world? at 08:02 PM JST - 24th June

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  okapake at 03:05 AM JST - 24th June

  The GoJ has got to move faster. The SACO Futenma deal has been going on for 10 years. The Naha Port relocation deal has been going on for over 20 years. They should have been returned by now. The GoJ has been dragging, not the U.S.

  Posted in Fukuda vows to lessen Okinawa burden on 63rd anniversary of battle at 03:05 AM JST - 24th June

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  okapake at 10:10 AM JST - 22nd June

  wilbur - you are right! Japan doesn't care whatever they set their sights on.

  Posted in Japan may resume commercial whaling if IWC talks do not progress at 10:10 AM JST - 22nd June

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  okapake at 07:01 PM JST - 20th June

  Hatoyama-sama - Forget what people are saying and keep on hanging them high!

  Posted in Justice chief protests being called 'specter of death' in newspaper column at 07:01 PM JST - 20th June

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  okapake at 05:48 PM JST - 19th June

  JAL got their "record profits" from escalating the fuel charges. Still a mismanaged company that's being saved by the fuel surcharges they keep pouring on.

  Posted in JAL domestic pilots begin strike at 05:48 PM JST - 19th June

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  okapake at 02:38 PM JST - 15th June

  rjd_jr - The "report" was a Japanese report. Of course they're gonna start passing the blame from the start.

  Posted in Taiwan recalls top Japan rep as tensions rise over ship collision at 02:38 PM JST - 15th June