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  oreoreda at 11:34 AM JST - 12th January

  Look out Somalian pirates! And hopefully jankers all round for the officers and men involved. But I doubt it.

  Posted in MSDF sub, fishing boat collide off Kagoshima at 11:34 AM JST - 12th January

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  oreoreda at 11:27 AM JST - 12th January

  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 at 11:27 AM JST - 12th January

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  oreoreda at 04:59 PM JST - 8th January

  The real figure is probably even higher than the official 30,000-odd. Sometimes the corpse is never found, or the families are so ashamed they get it recorded as a sudden illness or an accident. I find it incredible that the central government is reducing funding. It's not even that much…

  Posted in Suicide hotline struggling to cope at 04:59 PM JST - 8th January

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  oreoreda at 04:34 PM JST - 8th January

  Peaceful_Man, Scary, isn't it. Even where it really matters, such as in the judicial system, your intepreter could be someone who has simply done a couple of courses at Nova. Like when Nick Baker was asked in court if the suitcase full of drugs he was caught with belonged to…

  Posted in Interpreters to be trained to support human trafficking victims at 04:34 PM JST - 8th January

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  oreoreda at 02:41 PM JST - 8th January

  Although the Saikyo line is notorious for it chikan are everywhere (I haven't met a woman living in Tokyo who hasn't been a victim of one, at least once) and always will be until their victims take a more proactive role in outing these sad pervs. Chikan are encouraged because…

  Posted in Ministry of Defense employee arrested for feeling up 17-year-old girl on JR Saikyo line at 02:41 PM JST - 8th January

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  oreoreda at 02:30 PM JST - 8th January

  He must have drank one too many Lipovitans? At his age he ought to be sitting at his kotatsu at home listening to the rakugo, rather than out trying to pick up high school girls at an arcade. Bizarre.

  Posted in 70-yr-old man held for molesting 17-yr-old high school girl in Saitama at 02:30 PM JST - 8th January

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  oreoreda at 12:21 PM JST - 7th January

  Saw a demonstration of yabusame many years ago back home; very impressive. Although I wish I got a hundred yen every time I heard 'this exists only in Japan' or similar.

  Posted in Samurai archery, an ancient sport, still thrives in Japan at 12:21 PM JST - 7th January

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  oreoreda at 11:26 AM JST - 7th January

  These ones they caught are just a tiny minority, of enjokosai.

  Posted in Police officer, teacher arrested for having sex with 16-year-old girl in Saitama at 11:26 AM JST - 7th January

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  oreoreda at 03:59 PM JST - 6th January

  sounds a bit clap to me

  Posted in Food co-ordinator SHIORI releases 'Blunch' and 'Dinner' compilation albums at 03:59 PM JST - 6th January

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  oreoreda at 10:03 AM JST - 6th January

  Bullying, humiliation, belittling, gaman...just like a microcosm of Japan.

  I've been to Eiheiji, it's not that remote but they are definitely more serious than the monks in Kyoto. Although the novice monks go crazy for pinku chirashi.

  Posted in Eat Sleep Sit at 10:03 AM JST - 6th January