JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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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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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
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- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
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ptolemy
Becky trying to pass for an intellectual.
Posted in: What has been the biggest Japan entertainment news so far this year?
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ptolemy
Introducing the old washed up has beens and the future old washed up has beens. I bet SMAP's team wins as usual.
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ptolemy
Dear Mr. Miyazaki, I agree and you are an intelligent, talented man. However sir, bread and circuses are the language of the common people. That is basically what all this manga, consumerism, electronic gadgetry are: bread and circuses.
Posted in: Animator Hayao Miyazaki worries about children's future
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ptolemy
Ok guys quit monkeying around. Now bow and appologize or we will toss you aside.
Posted in: Monkeys attack five women in Nagano
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ptolemy
Amen! I feel the same way about a slice of tasteless raw fish perched atop even more tasteless rice. Heating things up in microwaves is actually done all over the world. As is using ketchup.
Posted in: Japanese cooking shows and the loss of sanity
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ptolemy
Why didn't he just tell the truth and say, "Look, taking care of my father was a pain and required responsibility. I am a selfish, irrespnsible, big baby, and had to get juiced up to be a tough guy. Yes, I did intend to kill him, thats exactly why I wacked him as hard on the head as I did." Sorry fisherboy, you're scum.
Posted in: Man arrested for killing father with golf club in Toyama
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ptolemy
Here is a story on the suicide rates in just Japan.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/FG28Dh01.html
Religion or lack is apparently not a factor in Japan.
Posted in: Two women, man found dead in apparent suicide in Gunma forest
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ptolemy
If you know someone is going to put you to death, and you let them, isn't that suicide?
Posted in: Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified
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ptolemy
Huh? Sorry wasn't listening. No self respecting male would be listening to you they'd be too busy looking and caught in deep imagination -- sorry concentration.
Posted in: Korean pop star BoA busy studying English
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ptolemy
I wonder if she played with the helium before the event? I bet she sang "Lollipop Guild" in the helium voice.
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ptolemy
A witness call the police in Japan, since when?
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Posted in: JR Tokai female staff issued pepper spray for self-defense
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ptolemy
Husband: Honey please?
Wife: Yeah, when pigs fly. Lets go to the Vuitton shop.
Husband: Yes dear. Takakun needs changing.
Wife: Have at it.
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ptolemy
Sounds just like NHK, TBS, and Fuji TV. The cooking shows all have the same script too: High pitched screech from a washed up tarento "Oishisou!"
Posted in: Japanese cooking shows and the loss of sanity
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ptolemy
Free trade isn't free, it costs the USA alot of jobs.
Posted in: Obama outlines plans to create 2.5 million jobs
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ptolemy
When did IMF loans become part of the qualifying? It seems the politicians here feel entitled to buy anything. For this reason I hope the IOC says no to both Tokyo.
Posted in: Tokyo 2016 bid to withstand global economic downturn
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ptolemy
Actually Aso has stated he was baptized, but that he is not a practicing Catholic.
Posted in: Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified
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ptolemy
Absolutely not, the best thing to do is to let these companies file bankruptcy. The big three have dug their own graves, as has the UAW. Bankruptcy would force them to reorganize their business operations, modernize their production and supply systems and force a realistic labor negotiation with the UAW.
A few of the suppliers got smart a few years ago and either started making parts for Toyota, Honda and Nissan. The only suppliers that I think will sink will be those that formally were owned by one of the Big 3, like Delphi, Saginaw Gear, Lear, etc. Ford closed their engine factory and sent it to Mexico years ago and GM has been buying most of their parts from GM China. The only reason any of the plants are still open in this country is because they are afraid of a consumer backlash. One of China's car makers wants to come into this country but the Big 3 has been fighting them. Can't have anymore competition now can we? GM buys most of it's parts from GM China, Ford buys most of their parts from Korea and Mexico and Chrysler was getting parts from Japan which of course didn't help the suppliers in this country.
he UAE has a trillion dollar investment fund same with Dubai. I also fear that the kind of deal they will make with the industry won't help the workers but will sure build up the bonuses of top management. Lets face it, the auto industry has been claiming losses for the last 10 years but haven't done anything but spend money overseas. GM China made over $200 Billion last year. Yes the auto industry UAW employees make good wages, but so does management the average annual salary for a UAW worker is $50,000 a year, Rick Wagner alone makes $34 million with all of his bonuses and options and salary and his benefit package is far better than the UAW workers. Then add in the package that was given to Lutz to come out of retirement and the million dollar salaries of the rest of the top brass at GM. The federal government has been subsidizing the auto industry for years the same as they have the oil industry. Maybe the auto industry should go to the oil companies begging for handouts.
Posted in: What's your view on whether or not the U.S. government should bail out the Big 3 automakers?
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ptolemy
Ishihara, Aso, and Abe in unison: "Ahhhh, the good ole days!"
Posted in: Showa Japan: the Post-War Golden Age and Its Troubled Legacy
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ptolemy
Very pretty. However, a few months ago didn't Tokyo announce it was going to cut down in unnecessary lighting at night? I think this is a bit much. Is this what Tokyo has in mind when they declared a few months ago, "We want to lead the way in international energy conservation and be an example to follow"?
Posted in: Roppongi Hills
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ptolemy
“Offering ‘everything’ is another way of saying ‘no character."
No actually it means serving the customer more than a single choice of dishes. I've seen no restaurant or chain in the world set out to offer everything, it is impossible. This comment was made by someone with obviously no restaurant experience. After all the fuss made about Michelin ratings in Tokyo, Latin American cuisine becoming popular in Osaka, and Red Lobster looking to open a franchise in Aoshima (near Miyazaki)next year; this article seems to contradict the very point it sets out to prove.
Also if the recession in Japan is so bad, then why is Japan looking to advise the whole world how to get out of it? This writing or translation is incoherent.
Posted in: Countdown begins on extinction of family restaurants