Tuesday February 14, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

proxy's past comments

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proxyAug. 08, 2011 - 08:48AM JST

"A nightmare dilemma." Really, it is a no brainer; move to kyushu as soon as possible.

Posted in: Parents live with radiation fear in shadow of Fukushima nuclear plant
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proxyAug. 06, 2011 - 03:01PM JST

So will funds that are required to only invest in AAA rated stuff have to dump treasuries now?

Posted in: U.S. credit rating cut for first time ever
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proxyAug. 06, 2011 - 12:45PM JST

The people who left by their own accord will probably save the health care system a lot of money in the future.

Posted in: Gov't releases guidelines on eligibility for TEPCO damages
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proxyAug. 05, 2011 - 12:01PM JST

Tea Party hangover.

Posted in: Markets in Japan, South Korea, Australia plunge amid recession fears
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proxyAug. 04, 2011 - 12:15PM JST

We don't need nuclear power; yes we do.

Posted in: No. of heatstroke cases reaches record in July
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proxyAug. 03, 2011 - 10:50PM JST

I think we can all guess where most of the money go; down the toilet or into the pockets of shady dealers.

Posted in: Japan passes law to create entity to pay damages to nuclear victims
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proxyJul. 31, 2011 - 11:05PM JST

@SuperLib They are nut cutting military spending, they are reducing the size of the increase in spending but the planned "reduced" budget increase will still exceed the rate of inflation.

Instead of reducing the increase in spending by $6 billion they need to cut $200 billion off the top.

American dreams of becoming the new Roman Empire are facing fiscal reality.

Posted in: Late stab at debt-limit deal to avert U.S. default
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proxyJul. 31, 2011 - 12:25PM JST

None of them are in the least but serious about getting the fiscal house in order as I don't believe one single person from either party has mentioned cutting defense spending.

It would be pretty easy to cut defense spending by 25-30% and close half of the bases. A good start would be to cancel the 3 aircraft carriers on the books. There is no good reason to replace the Enterprise with the Ford. Retire 5 carriers and sell the keel of the Ford for scrap.

Posted in: Late stab at debt-limit deal to avert U.S. default
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proxyJul. 29, 2011 - 09:54AM JST

JR Kyushu provides a station employee to help blind people board trains and somebody to help them off at the destination.

Posted in: Train operators asked to install new braille block system after blind man falls to death at station
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proxyJul. 28, 2011 - 01:36PM JST

Oh, statistics! The average life expectancy of ethnic Chinese woman in the USA is over 86.

The US always ranks low in comparison to other countries because these surveys do not control for genetic conditions so the US with many people who suffer from sickle-cell anaemia (1 in 5000) has a much lower average life expectancy as in the US the average life expectancy of a woman born today with sickle-cell anaemia is about 45, quite a drag on the national average.

Both Japan and Hong Kong have extremely low or no instances of sickle-cell anaemia.

To me it sure looks like France with a considerable population originating from sub-Saharan Africa, is the clear winner here!

Posted in: Japan ranks first for women's longevity
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proxyJul. 28, 2011 - 08:42AM JST

I have driven around that area. For consistency, the university should suspend students who illegally ride bicycles on non designated sidewalks or who get speeding tickets.

Posted in: University student suspended following 'drunk driving' tweet
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proxyJul. 28, 2011 - 01:08AM JST

Besides Eric Cantor I wonder what other members of congress stand to make a pot full of money on insider trading is the US defaults.

It would really be interesting to see what Boehner's investments are.

Posted in: Boehner delays vote on his debt-ceiling measure
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proxyJul. 21, 2011 - 09:02AM JST

This from a country that is trying to INCREASE the number of whales it kills. Aboriginal hunters in North America kill about 1000 whales a year. Canada is not a member of the IWC so is not bound by quotas but the US is and was pushing hard this year for an increase in the number of whales they can kill.

Both Canada and the US are huge exporters of food and have no need at all to harvest whales.

Posted in: U.S. threatens Iceland with sanctions over whaling
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proxyJul. 20, 2011 - 11:44PM JST

For those of us who live in Japan, I think they are referring to typhoon 6.

In emergency situations it is helpful if people use the same names for things. As this is Japan I wish JT would say "typhoon 6" as it is more helpful to be in tune with the local media. The Meteorological Agency calls it 1106 and uses brackets around (MA-ON). When I turn on the TV to catch emergency information they don't mention MA-ON.

Posted in: One dead, 60 injured as typhoon sideswipes Japan
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proxyJul. 18, 2011 - 11:25AM JST

So that's why my wife was screaming this morning!

Posted in: Japan beats U.S. in shootout to win Women's World Cup soccer
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proxyJul. 13, 2011 - 08:26AM JST

Moody’s Investors Service is corrupt. They issued fraudulent ratings ratings on crap, Moody executives who questioned what their company was doing were punished and they have even been accused of blackmail by companies complaining about having to pay Moody's for ratings or get a "free" rating from Moody's that gives them a low rating.

Moody's is controlled by Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett.

Posted in: Moody's downgrades Ireland debt to junk status
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proxyJul. 04, 2011 - 01:19PM JST

ALL, and I repeat ALL children learn how to swim in Japan; it is part of the basic education mandated by law. Every elementary school and junior high school has a swimming pool.

These "ponds" are part of flood control and have very steep cement drop offs. If a kid slips in I can certainly imagine them having a hard time getting out. All of these ponds are protected by fences but as is usual in Japan after something is built there is absolutely no maintenance so most fences around ponds and reservoirs have holes through them or placed where people can just walk around. I am guessing that in this case the barbed wire strands at the top of the fence rusted away years ago and nobody has thought they needed to be replaced.

Society can mitigate danger but not eliminate it unless people lock their children in the closet.

Forget about Australia, a whopping 25% of their children are, to be blunt, fat. Anyway about 30 children under 5 die every year in Australia in preventable drowning accidents mostly in swimming pools and mostly because parents were too lazy to keep their eyes open. A similar rate in Japan would mean that 180 Japanese children would die every year in preventable drowning accidents.

Posted in: 3 children drown in pond in Hyogo
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proxyJul. 01, 2011 - 11:55PM JST

@himehentai Kyuden did request people to reduce power consumption by 15% but they announced a few days ago that they have brought all their reserve generating capacity on line and now there is no need to worry about cutting consumption.

Posted in: Compulsory power usage cut implemented for 1st time in 37 yrs
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proxyJul. 01, 2011 - 04:17PM JST

Life is good in Kyushu.

Posted in: Compulsory power usage cut implemented for 1st time in 37 yrs
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proxyJun. 27, 2011 - 06:58PM JST

@SquidBert

The point is that the sample is hardly a representative sample of the population or do they not teach statistics where you grew up.

Posted in: 70% of Japanese oppose restarting closed reactors: poll