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  skroknogAug. 28, 2011 - 10:15PM JST

  If a politician promised to screw up the economy even more, they might get more votes for honesty. I predict whoever gets in will only do worse than Kan.

  Posted in: 5 candidates for PM promise to resolve nuclear crisis, revive economy

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  skroknogAug. 28, 2011 - 01:05PM JST

  Assume for the sake of argument that both of those statements are true. Still, In my observation, westerners of both sexes get wrinkles well before Japanese women do.

  Yep. The wife often gets mistaken for being 10 years younger than she is.

  Posted in: Seiko Matsuda, Kyoko Koizumi to costar in ad for first time

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  skroknogAug. 27, 2011 - 12:51PM JST

  One of the woman’s acquaintances, a hostess named Sakiko Nakagawa, is believed to have noticed the girl walking along the street at around 4 a.m., apparently looking for her mother. She allegedly picked the girl up in her car and drove her home without contacting the girl's mother

  Sounds like she (the hostess) feared for the girl's safety. It sounds like they arrested the wrong person.

  Posted in: Missing 4-year-old girl turns up safe; 21-year-old hostess arrested

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  skroknogAug. 27, 2011 - 12:44PM JST

  I don't understand how anybody could live with the stench of a dead body in their room, let alone how that could go undetected for years. My guess is that he was a terminal hikikomori who ran out of funds, so decided to end it all. Weird.

  Posted in: Man commits suicide; mother's remains found in cupboard

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  skroknogAug. 25, 2011 - 07:41PM JST

  Jobs has done excellent work with Apple and has kept it on the cutting edge, especially in the 00s. I'm sure Apple will continue to put out good products in the short term after he's retired, but I wonder about the future. It takes a certain kind of person to accurately predict what direction will serve a company and its public best in the right time and place. Jobs was and is that man.

  Posted in: Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO

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  skroknogAug. 25, 2011 - 07:30PM JST

  Shimada's exit comes amid gov't drive to stamp out organized crime

  'cus there's already enough of that in the gov't, no?

  Posted in: Shimada's exit comes amid gov't drive to stamp out organized crime

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  skroknogAug. 25, 2011 - 07:26PM JST

  Outrageous.

  Posted in: Beef containing radioactive cesium served to elementary school children in Kanagawa

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  skroknogAug. 22, 2011 - 12:27PM JST

  I guess criminality must be contagious.

  Posted in: Prison guard arrested for trying to burgle cop's house in Yamaguchi

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  skroknogAug. 22, 2011 - 12:23PM JST

  The DPJ is doomed. With Noda's right wing inflammatory statements he will cause untold damage to foreign relations.

  Posted in: Noda seen as frontrunner to replace Kan as PM

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  skroknogAug. 21, 2011 - 01:31PM JST

  I really do feel sorry for Kan. He may not have handled the disaster perfectly, but he did the best he could under the circumstances and I doubt anyone else would have done it better. Furthermore he's has the guts to stick around and try to make things right. But J politics being what it is would prefer to play monkey games than support a man who cares. The bureaucracy is going to destroy this country.

  Posted in: Kan drops plan to visit U.S. for summit talks

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  skroknogAug. 21, 2011 - 01:23PM JST

  I agree that some Japanese can be annoying in their persistance to use you as English practice. For example, guys who hang around in the English corner of book shops. But throwing a fit because your friend writes you an email in English??? Some friend you are, Mike.

  Posted in: Was I a date, a friend or just a potential English teacher?

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  skroknogAug. 21, 2011 - 11:47AM JST

  @globalwatcher, Maehara is another MP with a scandal over his head. Why would you want him as PM? He wouldn't hold up under scrutiny for 5 minutes.

  http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-07/kan-in-crisis-as-maehara-s-fall-deepens-finance-dilemma.html

  Posted in: Kaieda says he'll run in DPJ presidential election

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  skroknogAug. 20, 2011 - 04:11PM JST

  Great another crybaby MP with a scandal under his belt. Him vs the right wing Noda. What great choices to lead the country! Let Kan stay, I say. He's the only PM in years to hold up under pressure.

  Posted in: Kaieda says he'll run in DPJ presidential election

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  skroknogAug. 17, 2011 - 04:29PM JST

  I feel really sorry for those fish. RIP

  Yes indeed. That is one sick individual.

  Posted in: 3,000 tropical fish die after fish tanks shattered at Tokyo store

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  skroknogAug. 17, 2011 - 04:24PM JST

  What does he think they are? Korean?

  Posted in: Ishihara calls Kan, cabinet 'not Japanese' for not visiting Yasukuni Shrine

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  skroknogAug. 15, 2011 - 09:50PM JST

  Kan said Japan should use its experience in rebuilding after its World War II defeat as a lesson that it can recover from the March disaster.

  Except this time they don't have a certain well known super power to 'help' in their recovery. It might not be so easy.

  Posted in: Japan marks 66th anniversary of World War II surrender

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  skroknogAug. 15, 2011 - 12:33AM JST

  Noda urges national unity

  Good luck with that.

  Posted in: PM contender Noda urges national unity government

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  skroknogAug. 13, 2011 - 01:17PM JST

  I hope he hangs in there a little longer. He's the only PM who's had the balls to stick around and try and make a difference.

  Posted in: Kan says he will resign 'soon'

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  skroknogAug. 12, 2011 - 12:23AM JST

  Too many people taking power saving too seriously. I bet the chiefs at TEPCO have no qualms about using airconditioning in their rooms.

  Posted in: 859 people hospitalized; 2 deaths reported due to heatstroke nationwide

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  skroknogAug. 12, 2011 - 12:20AM JST

  I can't see the value in suing the Kindergarten. What to they expect to gain? A lot of people experienced tragedies and I'm sue the bus driver has every intention of bringing the children to safety. He main the wrong choice. It happens. There is no point in rubbing salt in the wound.

  Posted in: Parents of 4 children in bus swept away by tsunami sue kindergarten

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