JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Official defends secrecy over worst-case nuclear disaster scenario
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Firms plan to build floating wind farm off Fukushima coast
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Apple dethrones Google as company with most respected image in eyes of consumers
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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serindipity
Woops! Edit: by NOT telling the full story!
Posted in: Cannes winner Yuya Yagira, 18, hospitalized after reported drug overdose
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serindipity
Oh yes! Once again JT attempts to sensationalize a story by telling the full story. He took too many cold tablets and became sick as a result. However, the way this story reads (or doesn't) he is a seriously depressed actor who took copious amounts of a drug in order to end his life. Media sensationalism at it's best (or worst).
Posted in: Cannes winner Yuya Yagira, 18, hospitalized after reported drug overdose
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So, you are saying that children who are never smacked grow up to be psychos? - Children who are not disciplined grow up to be psychos. Children who are not smacked grow up without bruises from their psycho parents.
Back on topic: No person has the right to inflict pain on any other person, period! Whether it is disciplinary or not. I grew up in the generation where caning was an accepted disciplinary measure at primary and high school. It had very little effect for disciplining unruly students. It was more effective in creating martyrs that became even more undisciplined playground heroes. Furthermore, if a teacher was to ever inflict any kind of pain on any of my children they would find themselves at the wrong end of a confrontation with a very large and angry Aussie.
Posted in: What are your views on corporal punishment in schools?
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If you have ever read any books about child discipline they all state, "Never hit a child out of anger!" I guess these books were never translated into Japanese. Hitting children in any way, shape or form is wrong, period! If you cannot discipline children without physical abuse then it is YOU that has the disciplinary problem, not the kid.
Posted in: What are your views on corporal punishment in schools?
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It's different in Oz. Any teenager (under 18) on the streets creating a nuisance can and does get picked up and taken home or to the cop shop. They can be held for up to four hours without a charge as long as the parents are notified. Then there is always the phone book treatment for the extra unruly trouble makers. I don't believe punishing the parents financially is correct either. Although, most of the trouble makers are products of their environment (or lack of one), but a lot of these kids come from disadvantaged families, which would only create more of a burden on them. As for the lumps of lard in uniforms: I have seen kids tell them to get well and trulied many times and the cops just walk away. If you did that in Oz you would be thrown into a paddy wagon and hauled off without a second thought. I guess these incidents are a result of a lawless society for teenagers. The can and do whatever they like with little or no repercussions what-so-ever.
Posted in: What are your views on corporal punishment in schools?
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Yeah, the area I live in is notorious for teenage idiots and the cops do bugger all! There does need to be some fear of repercussion distilled into these kids, but having teachers hit them is not the answer. I have worked in a high schools for nearly ten years and have seen the uncontrolled temper of some of the teachers. Giving them the right to get physical with kids would be catastrophic! Most of my discipline was dished out in the playground by my peers and not by teachers or parents. The most efective form of punishment for teenagers is, punishment by depravation and the only thing that is meaningful to a teenager is time. Make the little buggers stay back after school and put them in detention for lunch times. Stop them playing sports and attending school outings. As for the little monsters on the streets, those lumps of lard in uniforms have gotta start taking these little trouts into custody or at least take them home, as is done in other countries. A couple of hours in a cell is a good deterrent for misconduct and anti-social behavior. The teenagers here are lawless and can get away with whatever they want, hence the verbal attack on George.
Posted in: What are your views on corporal punishment in schools?
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No it won't! A good beating will make the yobbos pick on someone else. I grew up in the same generation and the only thing a beating did was create contempt and rebellion. If those kids were mouthing off at you it was probably because you were behaving like a yobbo that wanted to give them a flogging. True?
Posted in: What are your views on corporal punishment in schools?
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I can't recall ever seeing an award for looking good with a beer. Are there really people in this world that care about such things? Although, I know plenty of girls who look good after drinking beer.
Posted in: Gold medalist Kitajima chosen as 'best beer person'
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So GeorgeRoper, you believe beating someone teaches them respect? Hmmm, interesting logic! I agree there needs to be some level of disciplinary action taken at schools, but beatings are in no way the answer. By beating kids you only teach them that violence is acceptable. I can't believe how many people condone physical abuse as an acceptable form of discipline! If anybody was to lay a finger on any of my kids they would find themselves going to either court or hospital, possibly both!
Posted in: What are your views on corporal punishment in schools?
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Because it's as close as most of these wimps will ever get to them!
Posted in: 4 charged in underwear theft cases in Aichi, Chiba, Kanagawa and Niigata
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These guys need their heads kicked! I wonder which social website they were using to organize their efforts. 2 channel? Mixi?
And, the Japanese culture shines through!
Posted in: 4 charged in underwear theft cases in Aichi, Chiba, Kanagawa and Niigata
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Interesting! I wonder how that would effect the heat dissipation and what the energy rating would be. I have a 42" Panasonic Viera and you can feel the heat from two meters away.
Posted in: Sony unveils world's slimmest LCD TV
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serindipity
NO WAY! Would you actually give other people the right to physically abuse your children? Don't be so absurd! What is wrong with you people???
Posted in: What are your views on corporal punishment in schools?
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Dooby, dooby, doo! I wonder how much time this guy spends at the manga cafes in Akihabara dreaming of his next undy theft. Freak!
Posted in: Police officer quits after being arrested for stealing female cadet's underwear in Chiba
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I don't know why they closed it in the first place. Lightening doesn't strike twice in the same place. However, they should take measures to clean out all the riff-raff. Unique culture my bum! It's become a center for sex freaks, which is a shame because was famous for being a technology hub. But, that's Japanese culture, I suppose. A nation of sex freaks who love little girls in school uniforms and manga costumes. That's something to be proud of,isn't it? Way to go!
Posted in: Officials discuss reopening Akihabara 'pedestrian paradise' after June rampage
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As much as I agree to freedom of speech there has to be guidelines set for this site and many others like it. It is unfortunate, but true, that sites like this do spread decent and there are many illegal activities run through the forums. I think it's very interesting that that the cops were able to pin this guy for selling drugs through this site, but are unable to detect or remove any form of violent or suicidal posts. Not only does this site tell people how to kill themselves and mass suicides have been organized through the site, but there have also been people kill themselves for being alienated on the site.
What did people do before the internet?
Posted in: 2 Channel founder says don't blame him for criminals' posts
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And, here is another case of middle aged spousal murder. That's two this week.
That goes both ways! - The way domestic violence laws are formed is to protect the woman, but what about the man? If a man attacks his spouse he goes to jail. If a woman attacks her spouse she is what, a victim???
Posted in: Wife arrested for stabbing husband to death in Yokohama
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serindipity
As much as his story sounds likely I'm sure it's not the truth. It's just a believable lie to get the cops off the trail of the real suppliers. Note to self - Don't leave ya dope in ya wallet, dope! I heard a similar story in Oz a few years ago of a guy that had been using his licence to cut up certain white powders. The licence was laminated paper and the substance had slipped between the joins in the laminate. He was stopped for speeding, the cop checked his licence, noticed the traces of powder and hauled him of to Her Majesty's hotel. I've been telling people for years that you have to be stupid to use drugs. Here is the proof!
Posted in: Ex-sumo wrestler Wakanoho says he bought cannabis at Roppongi disco
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I can understand why so many tomatoes get wasted. They are over-ripe when you buy them and turn to mush within three days of purchase, which is the case with many vegetables in Japan. Also, I think a major contributor to food wastage is a misunderstanding of the 'use by date' and the 'best before date'. My wife is a shocker! Anything that is within 24 hours of either of these dates gets tossed as if it is poisoned.
Posted in: The agriculture ministry estimates 22 million tons of food get thrown out by consumers, restaurants and supermarkets each year in Japan. What are your thoughts on this?
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From a consumer point of view I'm sure the restaurants in Tokyo are an enjoyable and fascinating experience, however, if you were to see behind the scenes of many of the bars and restaurants in Tokyo, Shinjuku, Roppongi and Shibuya specifically, you would come to realize there is a major cockroach plague in these areas and a lot of the food you have been eating has had these disgusting little critters walking all over it. Still tastes good, doesn't it?
Posted in: Critics dispute Michelin regard for Tokyo food