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  sangetsu at 02:05 PM JST - 14th November

  Too bad. An apology is necessary, but not from America to Japan for dropping the bombs. Japan should be apologizing to it's own people for following a course of military action which led to the bombing. Japan should also apologize for the millions they killed during the war, and those…

  Posted in A-bombed cities, Okinawa disappointed by Hatoyama-Obama talks at 02:05 PM JST - 14th November

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  sangetsu at 10:11 PM JST - 11th November

  Well said, tkoind2. Actions like the one in the story are less the fault of the parents involved than they are the fault of the Japanese government.

  Posted in Czech man takes son out of Japan in suspected child abduction at 10:11 PM JST - 11th November

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  sangetsu at 07:38 PM JST - 2nd June

  Leave it be, I agree this is nothing but a legal maneuver for hungry lawyers looking to sue for millions. If they win, the plaintiffs will get the usual 3 or 4 cents on the dollar, while the rest is eaten up in fees. Does it make sense to sue…

  Posted in Should the 1951 Treaty of San Francisco be amended to allow surviving ex-POWs and their kin to take legal action for compensation against the Japanese government? at 07:38 PM JST - 2nd June

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  sangetsu at 04:29 PM JST - 18th April

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  I don't know how many times I have to say it. Japan is not a socialized medicine state. There is a higher percentage of private insurance and private hospitals in Japan than there is in the US. What Japan does have is strict price controls. Those prices need a…

  Posted in 65-year-old man dies after being rejected by 7 hospitals at 04:29 PM JST - 18th April

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  sangetsu at 10:19 PM JST - 1st April

  In-flight internet service is nothing new, KAL offered it a few years ago, but stopped in late 2007 for some reason. It's so nice to be able to browse the internet on those long, trans Pacific flights

  Posted in American Airlines to expand in-flight web access at 10:19 PM JST - 1st April

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  sangetsu at 08:22 PM JST - 17th March

  No after a year this will all blow over and people will forget and she will be granted another permit. And I bet her parents will be allowed to stay under some other "Special Permit"

  It won't happen, and they won't be allowed back. They were overstaying their visas and…

  Posted in Filipino teen granted special permit to stay in Japan for 1 year at 08:22 PM JST - 17th March

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  sangetsu at 12:46 PM JST - 12th February

  Only in Japan can burning trash be called "green"!!! and any certificates issued in Japan are not worth the paper they are printed on.

  As opposed to burying it or dumping it in the ocean as trash is disposed of in other countries? The trash must be disposed of in…

  Posted in Tokyo aiming to woo 2016 Olympics with vow to use 'green energy' at 12:46 PM JST - 12th February

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  sangetsu at 10:15 AM JST - 6th February

  It's all nonsense. Exactly what do they mean by "buy American"? What are these "American" things they want you to buy? How many American products are actually in an American home? Not many. As for American cars, a large percentage are made in Mexico and Canada, and many components are…

  Posted in What do you think about the 'Buy American' provision in the economic stimulus bill being debated in the U.S. Congress? at 10:15 AM JST - 6th February

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  sangetsu at 10:01 AM JST - 6th February

  double standard! ban the foreigners pay off the Japanese. Interesting sport. Wonder why it is dieing.

  "Dying"? Have you tried to get tickets to a sumo tournament lately? Good luck. Sumo and Asashoryu were headline news for weeks, sumo is no less popular than it ever was.

  Posted in Sumo wrestler arrested for smoking pot refuses severance pay at 10:01 AM JST - 6th February

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  sangetsu at 10:50 AM JST - 18th December

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  "and it's not cold war mentality. the US protects Japan not just from Russia but from China, NKorea, etc."

  It is in the US national interest to keep hostilities in this area of the world on edge. The US arms sales to South Korea and Japan amount to sums…

  Posted in US to deploy 12 stealth fighters to Okinawa at 10:50 AM JST - 18th December