Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

soldave's past comments

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soldaveOct. 11, 2011 - 08:23AM JST

Japanese person in position of responsibility sexual molestation/assault shocker. But it's ok - they were drunk and didn't plan it so let's just forget about it after a week's vacation. I mean suspension.

Posted in: Two riot police officers arrested for molesting izakaya worker
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soldaveOct. 11, 2011 - 08:19AM JST

Expecting in about 18 months for figures to boast foreign tourists increased by up to 10,000 for the preceding year.

Posted in: Japan to offer 10,000 free trips to foreigners to boost tourism industry
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soldaveOct. 06, 2011 - 04:37PM JST

Yet Japan doesn't accept the DPRK's claim that their abductee issue is fully resolved?

Words like "throw", "stone" and "glass houses" spring immediately to mind.

Posted in: Japan won't reopen talks with S Korea on sex slave issue
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soldaveOct. 05, 2011 - 08:19AM JST

No surprise they were going to introduce the voice commands to try and keep up with Android.

Posted in: Apple fails to impress with updated iPhone
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soldaveOct. 04, 2011 - 08:26AM JST

Forgive me for not knowing, but is this woman a model and actress, or "model and actress"?

Posted in: Anne to host radio music program
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soldaveOct. 03, 2011 - 08:29AM JST

He's been in the job a month and Japan hasn't got DPRK abductees back, and neither secured Dokdo nor the Kurils.

Noda out!

Posted in: Public support for Noda falling
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soldaveSep. 30, 2011 - 08:28AM JST

"together in English" is missing from the end of the banner.

Posted in: S Korean soccer club apologizes for Japan disaster banner
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soldaveSep. 30, 2011 - 08:27AM JST

They, "behave in a manner that Japanese women generally don’t do in public"? So they behave maturely and not in a world of kawaii?

Posted in: Meet the 'dirty girls' of Ayaman Japan
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soldaveSep. 30, 2011 - 08:25AM JST

I take it the picture is such a closeup as there weren't that many there.

Posted in: Grandstanding
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soldaveSep. 28, 2011 - 03:40PM JST

And so the fad of 3D begins to fade.

Posted in: Sony to stop paying theaters for 3-D glasses
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soldaveSep. 28, 2011 - 12:56PM JST

Needs to be clearer as whether it's going to 2 years for decontamination, or 2 years until the city says that it's safe regardless of what's going on? Seems a little daft to place a limit on it like this when the reactor is still not shutdown and not under full control (so it seems).

Posted in: Fukushima City announces 2-year decontamination plan
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soldaveSep. 28, 2011 - 12:54PM JST

Well it's got connections with the government, so am expecting Fukushima-based products and schemes to be given all sorts of promotion over the next few years as they try to make people believe everything is safe and under control up there.

Posted in: Lady Gaga, Fukushima Hula Girls given Japan Tourism Agency awards
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soldaveSep. 28, 2011 - 12:52PM JST

Has all the money that was raised following the earthquake been spent now? Last I read a huge proportion had not been allocated. Am assuming this will also happen to the funds raised by the government, being slowly watered down into other areas/people's pockets (delete as appropriate).

Posted in: Gov't, DPJ settle on tax increase plan
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soldaveSep. 28, 2011 - 12:49PM JST

cwhite - I'm thinking that history might tell you otherwise. Japan has never used its military or heavy-handedness against its neighbours? Really?

Posted in: S Korea to build naval base near disputed island
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soldaveSep. 28, 2011 - 08:36AM JST

There was a wonderful Freudian slip regarding this last issue during a game. The commentator was talking about one player on the Aussie team, referring to him as the "Big Tongan on the Australian bench". Made me chuckle.

They either need to make stringent rules for qualifying for a nation, or just let a country choose whoever will play for them (i.e. usually whoever pays the most). Go one way or the other but being in the middle like this is a bit of a farce (in many sports).

Posted in: Kirwan regrets Japan's near miss at World Cup
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soldaveSep. 27, 2011 - 02:34PM JST

Once you get over about 70 points, it doesn't really come down to the opposition; it's more of whether the team who's winning can be bothered any more or just want to save themselves from injury.

It may as well be the 10 nation World Cup, and even that would be stretching it with who actually has a chance of winning it.

Posted in: Wales crush Namibia 81-7 at Rugby World Cup
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soldaveSep. 27, 2011 - 01:29PM JST

And the Aussies call the English, "whingers"...

Posted in: Japan looks to end heartbreak at Arc horse race
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soldaveSep. 27, 2011 - 08:36AM JST

It's a little sensitive. Nobody batted an eyelid really outside JT when Hitler was used as a role model for speech-making on J-TV a few weeks ago. Maybe just people taking more notice of other Asian countries these days?

Posted in: Hitler lookalike on key rings, magnets on sale in Taiwan 7-Eleven
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soldaveSep. 27, 2011 - 08:32AM JST

Am sure I'm reading this wrong as it's still early... but, "right"???

Posted in: Vroom vroom
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soldaveSep. 26, 2011 - 11:48AM JST

Quiet morning if this is the main national headline on JT.

Posted in: Bird droppings cause power outage in Aichi