Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

semperfi's past comments

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semperfiJan. 10, 2011 - 04:51PM JST

smartacus :

Is making that Vee sign for photos in the DNA of every Japanese woman?

These are culturally appropriated communication symbols : like the kiss Europeans give each other, the ubiquitous hug or the 'thumbs up' of No. Americans. Anyone who has travelled a bit knows and doesn't reveal their naivette by such simplistic stereotyping.

Posted in: Happy day
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semperfiJan. 05, 2011 - 07:46AM JST

Business in Japan is going to need a miracle. Keep praying.

Posted in: Praying for a good year
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semperfiJan. 05, 2011 - 07:45AM JST

From news sources Mexico appears to have become worse than the legendary "wild west". . . . . We used to vacation in mexico often - - but hands down , those days are over.

Posted in: Gunmen kill 3 in Mexico, including 13-year-old boy
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semperfiJan. 04, 2011 - 10:20PM JST

Gurukun :

I've seen miniskirt kimonos being worn. Sad

Not really. The skies the limit in terms of how the kimono can be ( and should be ) adapted and modernized.

Posted in: The New Kimono
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semperfiJan. 04, 2011 - 10:14PM JST

Kan is a wet paper bag.

Posted in: Kan prods Ozawa to resign, calls for tax reform
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semperfiJan. 04, 2011 - 05:54PM JST

Beautiful women - beautiful kimono. ONLY in Japan !

Posted in: Open for business
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semperfiJan. 04, 2011 - 08:10AM JST

The Kimono is here to stay as a fashion item . It is elegant aesthetic and gracious - - and new Japanese designers will contemporize it, gradually making it more 'wearer-friendly' as well.

Posted in: The New Kimono
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semperfiJan. 03, 2011 - 04:36PM JST

DentShop : Kabuki has stars? What a country...

It's a misnomer. Kabuki has master actors. . . not unlike Shakespearan Theatre.

Posted in: Ebizo dropped by sponsor after pub brawl
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semperfiJan. 03, 2011 - 08:59AM JST

Beautiful shot !

Posted in: Hawk eyes
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semperfiJan. 02, 2011 - 07:13PM JST

The British fawn over their royalty the same way. Such an irrelevant institution : the monarchy !

Posted in: Imperial greetings
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semperfiJan. 02, 2011 - 12:32PM JST

space monkey: First of all, ** "the medium is the message"**. Capice??? Look up Marshall Mcluhan if it doesn't ring a bell. SECONDLY - Drucker's ideas are not ubiqitously practised in No America . . . There IS an appreciable difference between European & No American culture - - There are grades of differences in what is meant by "west". If Druckers "principles ' were practiced in the USA you wouldn't see the wholesale raping of the American worker by callous CEO's of the BIG Corps.

Posted in: Japan falls for novel on management guru Drucker
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semperfiDec. 30, 2010 - 10:57AM JST

sabotichan : Don't forget though, that Japan CAN change very rapidly when the situation is right

THAT has been one of Japans enduring qualities : adaptibily

Posted in: For Japan, 2010 was a year to forget
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semperfiDec. 30, 2010 - 09:34AM JST

This is the tip of the iceberg showing its ugly head . . the toxic environment of obfuscation, manipulation, violence and control they guys work in ends up with these displays of pathology. NO SURPRISE THERE !

Posted in: SDF member flashes staff at drive-through restaurant in Saitama
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semperfiNov. 24, 2010 - 05:29PM JST

NK actions are hardly a bid for attention ! . . dream on . . . They are testing reaction of US , Japan, So Korea. . .in fact I would not be surprised if one couldn't see the shadow of China's hand pulling NK strongs.

Posted in: Attack is North Korean bid for attention
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semperfiNov. 24, 2010 - 09:25AM JST

Oh gee . .how reasurring - - given USA track record in Viet Nam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Posted in: Obama says U.S. will defend South Korea
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semperfiNov. 23, 2010 - 09:00AM JST

bdiego :

Look up real amateur porn, and the US has way more than Japan

**You are right on ! And do not forget Europe where porn is normalized **. Besides this whole discussion reflects vacuity, and one wonders why it is even a "news item". Perhaps JT finds it a scintillating theme ! ***roll eyes***

Posted in: Why are Japanese women so eager to bare themselves?
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semperfiNov. 22, 2010 - 10:44AM JST

Israeli security - -- although time-consuming - - manages to screen potential trouble-makers without all this ado. Maybe American can learn something fro them ! ? ? ? !

Posted in: TSA has met the enemy — the people
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semperfiNov. 22, 2010 - 10:42AM JST

We wanted to go to Hawaii for Christmas- - but American airport security has turned us off . . we will likely NEVER be flying into the States if we can help it - - the security measures are intrusive.

Posted in: TSA has met the enemy — the people
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semperfiNov. 06, 2010 - 12:14PM JST

**P E R F E C T ! **! ! . . .one can 'catch' the feeling !

Posted in: The beauty of autumn
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semperfiNov. 04, 2010 - 05:10PM JST

american bengoshi : . . . the reporters were saying that the mope in the photo looks like a

foreigner... Nearly all crime in Japan is committed by foreigners... That is what the Japanese media would have us believe

NOT QUITE ! ! ! For one thing: THE GUY IN THE PHOTO ABOVE DOES HAVE FEATURES of someone NOT JAPANESE. . . . . Secondly. in stating that the perp "looks" like a foreigner is not fomenting prejudice against foreigners. . . . .A spade is a spade . . . . Maybe it's you who is over-reacting.

Moderator: No further references to foreigners please, unless the suspect is positively identified as such.

Posted in: Security camera footage reveals murder of Lawson manager in Ishikawa