JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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pawatan
Happy to be of service. I see you are now chasing me around criticizing my opinions in other threads. Didn't realize I had such an impact on you, I am flattered.
Posted in: Parts of Japan too radioactive to farm, say int'l researchers
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pawatan
So if you don't follow the law of the land regarding immigration you deserve to be torn from your family without warning, chained, and treated so violently that you die? That's not a violation of human rights? People deserve to be treated so violently that the die for a stinking immigration violation?
I agree that overstayers, especially someone who overstayed for 20 years, should be deported if not jailed first, and that people who do this make the rest of us legal immigrants' lives harder, but to say his death as a result of his crime is not disturbing at the very least is to me unfathomable. The circumstances behind this incident should not be swept under the rug.
Posted in: The case of Abubakar Awudu Suraj: A PR nightmare of Japan’s own making
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pawatan
The Munya Times
It's in the report.
zichi, very rational plan, and it makes perfect sense. That means it'll probably never be implemented!
Posted in: IAEA praises Fukushima clean-up
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pawatan
Perhaps, but you still have your rights as a human. People should be treated with dignity and respect, not like unwanted stray animals.
Posted in: The case of Abubakar Awudu Suraj: A PR nightmare of Japan’s own making
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pawatan
Did some employees of the manufacturer just log in and thumbs down everyone who says negative things about this product? It's weird how so many posts went from +2 or +3 to -4 or -5 in a few minutes.
Posted in: Firm makes iPhone Geiger counter for worried Japanese
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pawatan
tmarie
tmarie, do I tell you what to post? No? Then please don't tell me what to post. There's just one or two posters who come on this site and consistently crap on every article with anti-Japan rants. I will call them on this. If you don't like that, ignore what I write. Simple.
Posted in: Parts of Japan too radioactive to farm, say int'l researchers
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pawatan
Ridiculous. Just someone trying to cash in on public fear. It's impossible that this could work well, and since it won't be calibrated it will be worse than useless.
Posted in: Firm makes iPhone Geiger counter for worried Japanese
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herefornow
Down, boy! It's you who are choosing to vilify Japan and all things Japanese since you packed up and left this country. I don't know why you bother posting here when you clearly don't like this place, it's people, companies, or institutions.
ALL I said was the information was already online. If you need conclusions spoon fed to you, an AFP article and an international group telling you what has already been reported extensively, in Japanese and English, then I suppose that's your right.
This is a ridiculous argument that perfectly illustrates what I am talking about. Say the government thought the data meant a 30% meltdown. Some other sources thought it meant 70%, minimum. Point 1 - nobody knew for sure and nobody still knows for sure! Point 2 - so what? We know there were explosions, the reactors are badly damaged if not destroyed, and that massive amounts of radioactive matter has been ejected into the atmosphere and water. Everybody agrees on this and the government admitted this directly after the explosions! (I've provided links to this many times before) Does it MATTER what % the meltdown is? Only if you are concerned with semantics, and pointing at the government and yelling to no end.
Posted in: Parts of Japan too radioactive to farm, say int'l researchers
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herefornow
This is a reiteration of what has already been published by other sources including Japanese official sources. Maps of these sorts have been available for months. This is nothing new. If you do not see the information the Japanese government is releasing it's only because you are choosing not to see it. Try searching in Japanese for a start.
Posted in: Parts of Japan too radioactive to farm, say int'l researchers
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pawatan
Who is punishing him? He gets his day in court, we get our opinions that he is a scumbag kiddie rapist. No dissonance there.
Posted in: Penn State football coach says horseplay not sexual
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pawatan
IRepeat2
Dry humping a 10 year old in the shower while both are naked is not even 0.0000% better than this guy sodomizing him. Both are extremely deviant and should result in a very lengthy prison sentence.
Go read the grand jury report and see if you think this is something made up by McQueary. There are many, many victims, there's tons of evidence.
Posted in: Penn State football coach says horseplay not sexual
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pawatan
Oh, there you are with your extremely off topic radiation talk. You realize this has nothing to do with Fukushima Daiichi whatsoever?
Posted in: Last year, Japan exported 1.5 million vehicles to the United States, while U.S. automakers exported just 8,000. Why aren't U.S. makers selling more in Japan?
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pawatan
Jared Normal
Mitsubishi has been Japanese owned for years. Dodge isn't even American anymore, it's owned by FIAT.
Ford owns only a tiny bit of Mazda these days.
Posted in: Last year, Japan exported 1.5 million vehicles to the United States, while U.S. automakers exported just 8,000. Why aren't U.S. makers selling more in Japan?
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pawatan
What a strawman argument this is! Nobody says this. TALK to Japanese people, they are all concerned. OF COURSE farmland is partially to totally contaminated. Everybody from ages 8-88, including those in the government, know this. There probably are some areas even near the plant where it's not as contaminated but generally yeah, it's quite contaminated.
How does this confirm that? This map is an estimate, a model. There's been plenty of other estimates and models as well.
Posted in: Parts of Japan too radioactive to farm, say int'l researchers
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pawatan
Oh, there sure are some goofy ones, too! But in general... Older US cars were great but the ones from the last 15 years or so, not so nice. The one exception is/was Chrysler, who make some really nicely styled cars (at least in the exterior, some of the interiors are bland crap).
BTW who's the Negative Nelly thumbing down pretty much every single comment in this post?
Posted in: Last year, Japan exported 1.5 million vehicles to the United States, while U.S. automakers exported just 8,000. Why aren't U.S. makers selling more in Japan?
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sfjp330
Foreign manufacturers outsell US manufacturers in the US as well - is that not FREE TRADE?
It's not Japan's fault if everybody makes better quality, nicer style cars than Detroit.
Posted in: Last year, Japan exported 1.5 million vehicles to the United States, while U.S. automakers exported just 8,000. Why aren't U.S. makers selling more in Japan?
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pawatan
YES! On Sunday during the Nippon Series I saw several ads for some new Chevy model (can't remember which).
Wurthington
I think quite a bit too wide, probably. My car is nowhere near that wide and it's too wide sometimes. I think there could be a niche market here for a smaller pickup, though.
Posted in: Last year, Japan exported 1.5 million vehicles to the United States, while U.S. automakers exported just 8,000. Why aren't U.S. makers selling more in Japan?
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sfjp330
Completely untrue. There are plenty of foreign cars in Japan, just not too many American ones.
Posted in: Last year, Japan exported 1.5 million vehicles to the United States, while U.S. automakers exported just 8,000. Why aren't U.S. makers selling more in Japan?
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pawatan
Not really, the prices for German cars are pretty comparable to the US and much cheaper than a lot of Europe due to higher taxes in Europe.
I own a foreign car and it was a pretty good bargain when I bought it! The American cars are hamstrung by a lack of style and quality, something that generally German and Japanese cars are very good. Italian and English cars are good at the style part, at least. American cars? Not so much.
Posted in: Last year, Japan exported 1.5 million vehicles to the United States, while U.S. automakers exported just 8,000. Why aren't U.S. makers selling more in Japan?
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pawatan
That is completely ridiculous. That better not be true. Of course, the source IS Shukan Gendai, which is mostly famous for its pornography, so it probably isn't true.
Posted in: Potpourri of post-quake crimes contradicts foreign media's reporting of placid Japanese