JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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sageb1
with clothes on these dogs can no longer comuunicate with each other properly.
no wonder they look confused.
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sageb1
Overall, this article is part of a nation-wide disinformation campaign against marijuana. Nothing in it is true, and the anecdotes are skewed in such a way as to demonize marijuana.
Posted in: Japan going to pot: Celebrity busts and student smokers have authorities in a tizz
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sageb1
the following from the article:
The apparent spike in marijuana usage has sparked a wave of warnings about the apocalyptic threat the drug poses to society. An email sent to Waseda students thundered that marijuana smokers “all too often end up physically and mentally ruined, perhaps leading lives of crime.”
This is a fallacy. Saké poses more of a threat to society than pot.
Moderator: This story is about pot, not sake or any other alcohol. Stay on topic please.
Posted in: Japan going to pot: Celebrity busts and student smokers have authorities in a tizz
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sageb1
that's a false belief. rather, alcohol is more of a gateway drug.
and more prescription drugs kill people that does pot.
Posted in: Japan going to pot: Celebrity busts and student smokers have authorities in a tizz
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sageb1
does she mean "folk" bushi or "yakuza" bushi monogatari?
Posted in: Nana Natsume adds spice to 'Zombie Strippers'
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sageb1
what is "bushi" style?
Posted in: Nana Natsume adds spice to 'Zombie Strippers'
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sageb1
obviously that loon didn't get enough natto and a crash course in how to behave with women while growing up.
Posted in: 22-yr-old woman attacked by man with scissors on street in Ibaraki
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sageb1
Suddenly I feel blessed for being given some corporal punishment as a kid at home.
Tho these kids really need more guidance rather than spoilage at home.
Posted in: Pregnant junior high school teacher harassed by students’ 'Miscarriage Club'
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sageb1
the radon method giuliani used is discounted.
everyone who's an earthquake specialist near l'aquila missed the foreshocks.
Posted in: Italy quake death toll 207
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sageb1
paranoia in Chugoku! crazy man with iron bar assaults kid
Posted in: Man arrested for hitting 11-year-old boy with iron bar in Hiroshima
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sageb1
drunktard kills stranger, who didn't care who it was.
this guy deserves death row.
Posted in: Man beats pedestrian to death in Kanagawa; says it didn't matter who
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sageb1
tax Horie some more. his extravagances mean the homeless in Tokyo are starving.
Posted in: Horie says legal system unfairly crucifies rich and famous
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sageb1
a punch that began in Jomon now re echoes in modern times.
but for every young man who reacts in a violent outburst towards authority, there are 999 who smoked in the appropriate spot.
Posted in: Saitama train conductor assaulted after asking man to smoke in designated area
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sageb1
IMHO the brother voluntarily admitted himself to the psych hospital, since he had to pay for his medication. As well, he certainly wasn't educated about his disease, probably due to shame.
His inappropriate behavior possibly led to a form of shunning by his immediate community.
So IMHO he was originally hikikomori, and in a depressive fugue asked his brother to kill him.
You'd think that'd be a call for his brother to involuntarily commit him, but both being poor, he couldn't accept the resposibility.
This suggests that NHI isn't high enough to subsidize care, and that the lack of community involvement with psychiatric hospitals means that patients with a limited social network would not get the care afforded to patients with a large social network.
It looks to me like the poor, being considered an embarrassment to the local community, are still not getting adequate care in Japan.
Posted in: Man arrested for allegedly killing schizophrenic brother at his request
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sageb1
this article needs study, and application, but unfortunately, few Japanese doctor will apply it because a US female psychiatric doctor wrote it.
http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-psychadmissions.html
Posted in: Man arrested for allegedly killing schizophrenic brother at his request
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sageb1
This story is similar to the 23 yr-old Haitian man's killing of his 17 yr-old and decapitation of his 5 yr-old sister in that he was acting out his inability to handle the stress of living in the US - the guy became a heavy drinker following his stint in prison.
In the above story, the man acted out his frustration at being unable to reach his wife to shoot her dead. So he killed all those old people. He was unable to handle the stress of separation, even though he was also unable to adapt to married life.
While I feel sorry for the wife for having to apologize for his behavior, she's not in the wrong. Her words show caring and compassion, both for the victims' family, herself, and her husband.
His actions only show what a miserable coward he is. IMHO the news hides details like why they married twice, and whether he had a history of domestic abuse and alcoholism.
There is no call for this kind of reaction to separation unless there was a history of violence.
Posted in: Suspect's wife apologizes over N Carolina nursing home shooting
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sageb1
cost of violence on eve of G20 summit in London: $20 million cost of one life lost at protest: priceless
Posted in: G-20 leaders begin financial summit; London police report one death, 86 arrests
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sageb1
there should be at least two or three dates.
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sageb1
This is the result of HMO -- if Japan had a national social health program, the cost of medication would have been subsidized. So in essence, running a hospital like a business is an indirect cause of this tragedy.
Posted in: Man arrested for allegedly killing schizophrenic brother at his request
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sageb1
nothing says "i love you mom" like sweets. not.
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