Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

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oreoredaMar. 17, 2009 - 11:44AM JST

When is the sailor suit version coming out?

Posted in: Walking, talking female robot to take part in fashion show
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oreoredaMar. 09, 2009 - 01:47PM JST

He's doing Gakushuin proud.

Posted in: Aso's reading blunders spark study spree
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oreoredaMar. 03, 2009 - 06:03PM JST

bobbafett: well put. This is absolutely disgraceful.

timorborder: too early to say but unlikely; among other reasons, the team has Tamils in it (like Murali).

Posted in: Pakistan stunnned by attack on Sri Lankan cricket team
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oreoredaMar. 03, 2009 - 02:14PM JST

If she did this in India she'd be arrested in most states.

Posted in: TBS turns viewers off with its topless T-shirt project
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oreoredaFeb. 17, 2009 - 03:18PM JST

Great city but nasty drivers.

Posted in: Fukuoka: Japan's most architecturally forward-thinking city
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oreoredaFeb. 17, 2009 - 10:24AM JST

The irony is the store would probably have thrown away the onigiri at the end of the day anyway.

Posted in: Man arrested for stealing rice ball after taking part in ramen contest in Yamagata
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oreoredaFeb. 16, 2009 - 06:29PM JST

Tired and emotional on the world stage, another of Todai's fine upstanding generational politicians (he also has some interesting ideas about the place of women in society and struggles with reading kanji too). Perhaps the party should stop his grog and make him wear a headband with kinshu ("on the wagon") on it.

Posted in: Finance minister under fire for sloppy behavior at G-7 meeting
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oreoredaFeb. 13, 2009 - 10:37AM JST

The man looks shell-shocked at the sight of a real, actual woman; he came to Akihabara to escape all of that.

Posted in: Kristin Kreuk
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oreoredaFeb. 05, 2009 - 10:38AM JST

Apart from the obvious mama's boys, 2ch hikikomori and the other variously socially anxious/inept, some of these men are probably just gay, but due to the vicious Japanese taboo over homosexuality can't/won't come out or haven't even realised it yet. Of all the Japanese men I know here only one is openly gay (a barber in Osaka), a figure that does not compare well to the statistics of homosexuality.

Posted in: Japan’s unpopular men and women boycott love
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oreoredaFeb. 03, 2009 - 10:10AM JST

Proof you can fool some people all of the time.

Posted in: In Japan, you are what your blood type is
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oreoredaFeb. 02, 2009 - 02:01PM JST

Such naive and vapid tosh. What was she expecting, creepy married guys looking for sex to not be on the internet?

Posted in: Dating in Tokyo is pretty easy—if you’re not looking for a single guy
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oreoredaJan. 30, 2009 - 09:49AM JST

And of all Japanese politicians, exactly how many are 'in touch' with the people?

Posted in: Opposition lawmakers say PM is 'out of touch'
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oreoredaJan. 29, 2009 - 10:17AM JST

Couldn't have happened to a better man.

Posted in: NPA left red-faced after official blows his top at Narita
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oreoredaJan. 21, 2009 - 08:03PM JST

From my understanding the origins of blood-type-determining-character theories are in eugenics and Nazi medicine; the different blood type profiles of Jewish and other ethnic groups were supposed to be 'proof' of their inferiority to the 'Aryan' race.

If my memory serves me correctly the theory became popular in Japan after someone (with no medical or research background) published a book here in the 60s or 70s describing all the 'traits' associated with each blood type and their compatibility. Pure twaddle of course, as ridiculous as phrenology (the shape of one's head determining character) a similar theory that thankfully is left behind in Victorian times.

Posted in: Fuji TV to broadcast drama on choosing marriage partners by blood type
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oreoredaJan. 16, 2009 - 11:40AM JST

I just saw some photos on the BBC website. Absolutely amazing nobody died, and full credit to those involved in the rescue.

Posted in: U.S. Airways plane goes down into Hudson River after being hit by birds
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oreoredaJan. 15, 2009 - 11:52AM JST

Was it his appearance that gave him away, or was it his kareishuu?

Posted in: Man caught impersonating son for company entrance exam
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oreoredaJan. 12, 2009 - 08:38PM JST

I once saw a chap in my local Akafudado doing his grocery shopping wearing high heels, a rather revealing one-piece dress, a cute little hat and a day's stubble. He wasn't bothering anyone; and he paid up at the till.

Posted in: Man dressed as woman arrested for shoplifting in Ikebukuro
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oreoredaJan. 12, 2009 - 02:17PM JST

Bushlover, I read an article on the Tokyo Shinbun website, there is media other than JT out there. He became a hikikomori, buys a knife online, deliberately attacks his father while he sleeps. What's your explanation, 'Because it's in Saitama'?

bamboohat, the mother of the family died from cancer 12 years ago.

Posted in: Boy attacks sleeping father with survival knife in Saitama
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oreoredaJan. 12, 2009 - 11:47AM JST

His father indulged such behaviour in his son (don't want to go to school, fine, you don't have to &c.), instead of raising him in a nurturing and disciplined environment. Packing your kid off to private school doesn't make up for the education and guidance a parent has to give to his own children. The father is as much to blame as the kid.

Posted in: Boy attacks sleeping father with survival knife in Saitama
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oreoredaJan. 12, 2009 - 11:27AM JST

If they think that's the worst language one can hear in the British Army they are living on another planet. People should save their righteous outrage for stuff that actually counts.

Posted in: Lawmakers, Muslims criticize Prince Harry over racist comments