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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salarymanblues
Most readers here miss the point.
What the crowd said is completely irrelevant, the point is that a professional has to ignore it no matter what it is being said, simple as that. Of course what the crowd said is despicable, but it is a waste of breath to even make that point.
Posted in: Belgian soccer match halted after Fukushima taunts
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salarymanblues
Kawashima needs to go and restudy his 'professional sportsmanship 101', where you learn never to respond to the crowd.
I have to say his response sounds completely pathetic. People here are defending him saying the crowd are wrong etc, but this is besides the point. The crowd can say what they want, players have to ignore it, thats the way it goes. If the crowd does something illegal or against the rules of the stadium, then they will get done in due course.
Posted in: Belgian soccer match halted after Fukushima taunts
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salarymanblues
YuriOtani
Then why didn't Japan surrender? Sorry, but the leaders at that time were very misguided and too willing to sacrifice Japanese souls to save their own face.
Posted in: Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes?
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salarymanblues
This topic is getting old and repetitive now so I just add two related comments which I feel are interesting.
I felt quite sick when I read that Emporer Hirohito preferred to fight a land battle on Japanese soil rather than dissolve the Imperial household. He was quite keen to demand all Japanese sacrifice their lives as a human barrier to protect his family. The only reason he requested the military to surrender was because the Americans were willing to leave the imperial family untouched (Potsdam agreement). This was an incredibly astute (or lucky) move on the part of the Americans which was key to getting the surrender.
A slight aside but interesting comment: I think the Japanese military must have been led by illogical masochists at that time. By doing things like the rape of Nangking, they guaranteed that no-one would ever surrender to them in future and instead would fight to the death. The Allies have always been much smarter in this regard, they treat the losers more fairly which makes it much easier for future enemies to surrender. I feel like the allies were 'professional soldiers' who do their job but really would prefer to have peace, whereas the Japanese had blood-lust.
Posted in: Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes?
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salarymanblues
Saying 'lets make Japan nuclear free' is like saying 'lets not build any buildings in Japan in case they get knocked down by an earthquake'. No - let's focus on the hard job of getting the right safety standards in place, rather than knee jerk reactions that appease voters. The leaders in this country are so weak and selfish it is truely despicable, when will a real leader come through?
Posted in: Yoko Ono says Japan should look to geothermal energy
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salarymanblues
Apt words on the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, if you know your history (ie. Japanese were given plenty of warning about the bomb but still wouldn't give up, at severe cost to their people)
Posted in: Japan Coast Guard seizes 2 Chinese boats over illegal fishing
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salarymanblues
congrats blue witch!!!
Posted in: Okayama woman sues over 'sexist' marriage laws
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salarymanblues
Japan need to stand firm this time and not humiliate themselves by bowing the China despite being in the right, as they did last time. Is this going to be an ongoing 'jab attack' from China to test how far they can go?
Posted in: Japan Coast Guard seizes 2 Chinese boats over illegal fishing
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salarymanblues
No, because they raise awareness of it. Without those campaigns the average joe would not think twice about the issue. (whether it is really an issue or not is another discussion)
Posted in: Do anti-whaling campaigns backfire in Japan?
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salarymanblues
I think some praise should be given to Mr Hawker for his handling of the situation. Always extremely respectful and full of praise for the Japanese police in press appearances. No overt shows of anger, finger pointing etc and God only knows how strong the urge must have been to vent it out. By playing the game this way he got the police/government support needed to catch the killer and get the exact sentence they were looking for. Well done sir.
Posted in: Hawkers 'pleased' with life sentence for Ichihashi
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salarymanblues
I looked into Japanese life insurance and learnt that my family could claim on it even in the case of my suicide (provided I had been on the policy for 6 months). I thought that this made it bad value for money for me, as I judge the probability of me wanting to suicide as extremely low, and I do not want to pay high premiums caused by payouts to suiciders. Thus, I agree with the arguments above to change Japanese law so that insurance cannot be claimed for suicide by people with debts and families choosing to take a 'noble death'.
Posted in: Second suicide in two days at Shin-Koiwa Station
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salarymanblues
I think the result of this case is already wrapped up and agreed among the lawyers/judge/government.
He will get a "life sentence", only to be released 15 years or so down the line when things die down. That's going to be the most 'harmonious' outcome.
But let's see, maybe Japan will surprise me...
Posted in: Ichihashi admits to raping, strangling Hawker, but denies intent to kill
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salarymanblues
I wonder how much energy this supercomputer uses!
It is not really the governments fault as they OK'd this some time ago, but they must be kicking themselves at the timing of this.
Posted in: Japanese supercomputer is fastest in world
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salarymanblues
1) Too many links on frontpage (duplicate links)
2) Too many banners and images on frontpage - which of the 30 screaming banners do you want me to click first?
- how about at least making it 2-column and tidying up all the promotions? - how about letting us click an [X] button to remove sections we don't want such as weather?
3) Basically just too much small text everywhere, like trying to watch an ant as he walks among his 100,000 brothers.
Posted in: What do you think of the new Japan Today design?
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salarymanblues
I don't like the font (Times New Roman?) you are using on your main news copy. These days it is weird to see that font on the web, so I thought the CSS stylesheet hadn't loaded properly or something.
Strange because you are using some really cool fonts in other places such as the footer.
Posted in: What do you think of the new Japan Today design?
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salarymanblues
I think the higher problem here is Japans justice system, or lack of it.
One wonders why there is a court at all, when the result is typically the same in every case. I forget the exact number, but there is the famous statistic of 99% (or whatever) of prosecutions being approved by the court. And this one, of almost all divorce cases ended up with the children in the mothers custody.
If the cause (justice system) gets fixed, then symptoms (e.g. this type of case) will follow.
Posted in: $6.1 mil awarded to Tennessee man in Japan child custody battle
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salarymanblues
The other day someone went for a smoke in the toilet and it stunk out the whole carriage. That was really incredible, I was tempted to pull the emergency cord and claim I smelt a fire.
I hate when people do not stand aside to let people off the train, instead barging through them to get on. (old women seem worst offenders of this).
Posted in: Do it at home: Train manners in Japan
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salarymanblues
Methinks 9AM is a typo and it should be 9PM.
Posted in: Ex-gangster held after beating customer to death in Thai restaurant in Tokyo
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salarymanblues
Hopefully with the cash from LOST he can buy a shirt with buttons.
Posted in: Hiroyuki Sanada to appear in final season of 'Lost'
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salarymanblues
She is 2 or 3 sizes beyond my tastes.
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