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  sarcasm123 at 09:49 AM JST - 4th April

  "fifth one at age 16"

  Make that "fourth one". That is of course, excluding the Latin we also got :P

  Posted in Gov't unveils new English education textbooks for elementary schools at 09:49 AM JST - 4th April

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  sarcasm123 at 09:48 AM JST - 4th April

  Pukey2: Sorry to burst your bubble too, but I am from the the center of West Europe, one of those countries with multiple languages. My experiences are from a country axactly as the ones you describe. We started our second language at age 11, third one at age 14, fifth…

  Posted in Gov't unveils new English education textbooks for elementary schools at 09:48 AM JST - 4th April

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  sarcasm123 at 09:31 AM JST - 4th April

  "Sagecat, I agree with you about the US Military should be withdrawl all of our Military forces in Japan and let the goverment of Japan spend their own money to protect itself"

  Uh, so just WHO do you think is paying for the presence of the US bases??

  Posted in U.S. sailor arrested over taxi driver's murder at 09:31 AM JST - 4th April

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  sarcasm123 at 09:27 AM JST - 4th April

  I wonder if all this hype about English having to be thought to children from the moment they are born is really such a good idea. In my experience in general children should not study other languages before age 11 or something like that. That was the age when I…

  Posted in Gov't unveils new English education textbooks for elementary schools at 09:27 AM JST - 4th April

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  sarcasm123 at 06:39 PM JST - 2nd April

  The allergic reaction from the JT public experts is coming in 3.. 2.. 1..

  Posted in Japan, Germany top list of positively rated countries: BBC poll at 06:39 PM JST - 2nd April

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  sarcasm123 at 04:25 PM JST - 2nd April

  "Come on, you know better than that. "Emperor" and "Country" are the same thing in this context. See the shrine and the museum!"

  For "this conext" read "my whishful thinking" I presume? How some need to read between the lines just to get their own prejudices confirmed. Pathetic.

  Posted in Tokyo theaters under fire for deciding not to show 'Yasukuni' documentary at 04:25 PM JST - 2nd April

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  sarcasm123 at 03:40 PM JST - 2nd April

  "the spirits of those who fought in wars on behalf of the emperor are enshrined there. "

  Nope! Yasukuni Shrine was established to commemorate and honor the achievement of those who dedicated their precious life for their country.

  See the site of the shrine.

  Posted in Tokyo theaters under fire for deciding not to show 'Yasukuni' documentary at 03:40 PM JST - 2nd April

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  sarcasm123 at 01:59 PM JST - 2nd April

  "No one here (that I have noticed) is claiming that the museum portrays Japan as an aggressor, actually quite the opposite. The museum portrays Japan as both the victim and also as the hero of Asia rescuing the Asian countries from Western influences. And yes, the museum does in fact…

  Posted in Tokyo theaters under fire for deciding not to show 'Yasukuni' documentary at 01:59 PM JST - 2nd April

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  sarcasm123 at 12:37 PM JST - 2nd April

  kinniku

  "Actually, Hikozaemon did a great job describing the shrine and museum's perspective."

  He gives an accurate description, I think, but I notice that he does not make a distinction basically between "giving a twisted view on history" and "glorifying war". The examples he gave of the latter were all…

  Posted in Tokyo theaters under fire for deciding not to show 'Yasukuni' documentary at 12:37 PM JST - 2nd April

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  sarcasm123 at 10:12 AM JST - 2nd April

  Hikozaemon and kinniku -

  I am sure that the museum shows a twisted view on history. But if you claim that it glorifies war, you are mistaken, or you have been walking around in it specifically looking for anything that might sound even a bit "glorifying". I have been to…

  Posted in Tokyo theaters under fire for deciding not to show 'Yasukuni' documentary at 10:12 AM JST - 2nd April