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    The Shinkansen tracks have guard walls beside them. Maybe she was leaning over one, or had her hand over the rail? Bizarre.

    Posted in: Woman hit by bullet train at Sendai station

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    Scrote, proper breathing is essential to all forms of exercise. Some individuals forget to breath when performing high intensity exercise like weight-lifting or sprinting for short intervals.

    This is dangerous. Always remember to breath.

    Posted in: Tabata metes out fitness in short, repeated flashes

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    Dog,

    While I agree with many of the Chinese gripes about the Senkakus, this is utter madness.

    Perhaps you should reconsider your agreement with many of the Chinese gripes about the Senkakus. If they are capable of this "madness," are you really able to say where or when China is being reasonable?

    Posted in: China should reconsider who owns Okinawa: People's Daily

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    Do you really think it will ever get any deeper than the "Japan sucks!" argument so beautifully perfected on the Asahi Shimbun site?!

    Indeed. More evidence for why an English version isn't warranted.

    Posted in: Huffington Post launches Japanese edition

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    Timtak,

    Shame there is no English language Japanese version.

    Why? Not as if it would further discussion about Japan any more than Japantoday does. Do you really think it will ever get any deeper than the "Japan sucks!" "No it doesn't" argument so beautifully perfected on this site?

    Thanks, but I'll be reading the Japanese version.

    Posted in: Huffington Post launches Japanese edition

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    How about all the enslaving and invadinng by the Mongol/ Chinese hords 800 years ago of the neighboring Central Asian territories.

    The legacy of the khanates is something Japan only escaped by divine wind. Too bad Central Asia wasn't so lucky.

    Posted in: Japan has never had smooth ties with China: Aso

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    badsey, how do you know that nobody will even get a slap on the wrist?

    Posted in: Abe escapes injury in five-car collision

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    Agree with lachatamber.

    There is no need for all the apps pre-loaded on these things. After a certain number of Apps and functions, it all becomes just dead weight and clutter.

    The xperia z, praised for its minimalist skin still has a few unnecessary overlaps in the apps department which i have done away with.

    Posted in: Review: Galaxy S4 decent, but filled with gimmicks

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    This is one of those late night drink-session questions that you ask your university buddies for a bit of a laugh, not a serious historical one.

    Any serious historian knows that this kind of "ranking" is, at best, a load of malarkey. It's a "what if" that, while interesting, is in no way scientific or fair; an attention-grabbing stunt.

    Posted in: Victory over Japanese at Kohima named Britain's greatest World War II battle

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    Two McD's have disappeared from where I live: the first 3 years ago; the second 1 year ago. Nobody seems to miss them because the only thing they want to do is drink coffee anyway.

    It's really not very surprising. The aging population, everybody just wants to have a coffee, a little baked goody and chat with their friends.

    Posted in: Free gifts, cheap coffee no help as McDonald’s Japan troubles continue

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    Two points:

    1-Currency manipulation is a domestic policy employed by all developed and developing nations. In fact, any government that does not engage in the practice for the benifit of its citizens is not fulfilling its elected duty.

    2-None of the arm-chair critics here really know what impact this policy will have, including myself.

    Posted in: U.S. warns China, Japan, S Korea on currencies

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    "While nobody is blaming the victims for any of these attacks..."

    Hmmm...this smacks of BS. Advising travelers on dress and where not to go...this is the entire basis of argument used in the anti-rape movement. There is no doubt that people do things that common sense would dictate are dangerous to their health. Yes, of course the attacker is the one at fault, but...dressing skimpily, going to the wrong side of town, at midnight, in a foreign country...well...it's just stupid! Sometimes these things really are just plain bad luck, but not ALL the time. Some casino games have better odds than others. Life is the same.

    I think the advice in this article is very sound, but it could do without the PC apologies. Some people need a good figurative smack to the head to wake them out of Facebookland.

    Posted in: Tips on ensuring personal safety when you travel

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    @Mike Gauthier, in other words it's an emotional not a rational issue for you.

    @AkashiAussie, because Australians and NZers feel they own the Southern Ocean? Try again.

    Posted in: Australia to tackle Japan on whaling at U.N. world court

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    Every country has their own public relations disaster, and yet, inexplicably, international relations seem to be no worse off than they have been in the past.

    I mean, all of you anti-whalers know, that Japan doesn't hunt endangered whales, of course. You know that. For you, this is more about sensibilities than principles, isn't it? This is all about emotions and perceptions, rather than reality.

    Posted in: Australia to tackle Japan on whaling at U.N. world court

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    I wonder if the movie addresses the positive welcome Robinson got in Montreal when he signed as the first black player in the minor leagues, playing for the Montreal Royals. Since the days of the underground railroad, Montrealers have for the most part been more progressive than many of their fellow North Americans when it comes to race.

    Posted in: '42' shows why Jackie Robinson still matters

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    As my fellow posters have said, women do it all the time to men. In fact they start it when they're kids, saying "Johnny is cuter than Billy, so let's cheer for his soccer team." It is also something that has been going on since time began. Who did the empress of Rome get as her sexual play thing? Who else? The strongest gladiator, of course.

    I wonder if John Leicester has ever pondered why people watch sports in the first place. Well, it distracts them from their daily lives, it gets the pulse racing and it gives them an excuse to shout for joy, cry in their beer, kiss or punch people they don't know, and so on. Sport provides people with a culturally accepted emotional prompt, outlet, or excuse to do a myriad things they wouldn't normally do.

    With all of this hormonal manipulation going on, why is it so necessary to keep titillation out of the mixture? I don't think Mr. Leicester has answered that question besides saying that it is "unfair," something which it demonstrably is not.

    Posted in: Why do sports use women as eye candy?

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    Congratulations! I admire the hard work and dedication put in by these folks. Their knowledge and skill is definitely something I envy.

    Posted in: Swiss sommelier tops world wine waiter contest

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    For a trip down the rabbit hole, think about this:

    One example of Japanese management style is the "team building" exercise. This kind of activity was widespread among medium and large sized Japanese companies in the 70's and 80's. During the 80's, the big panic started in the west about how Japanese businesses were killing western ones in all measures of performance. In the 90's, western MBA programs started to adopt Japanese management elements, with one of the big ones being..."team building"exercises.

    The 90's in Japan, however, saw the bursting of the bubble, the gradual slide of lifetime employment, and an introduction of western management "style," focused on making individuals more competitive.

    Enter the 2000s, and we see a resurgence in Japan of "team building" exercises and other such activities, this time reintroduced into Japan via foreign companies, and Japanese managers who did their MBAs in the US.

    Another example: Last year at my wife's Australian company, the Aussie president of the Japanese branch moved to a Swiss competitor after his 3-year golden non-renewable contract expired, taking all of his trade secrets with him. The Aussie company, finally catching on after the third time this happened, hired a local Japanese president this time, and put him on a 5-year renewable contract.

    I'd say, those are two pretty good examples of a move back toward Japanese management style.

    Posted in: Why Japan is winning and 'Western management' isn’t

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    As a Canadian, I have to agree with the sentiments of my fellow posters above. It's one thing to self-promote, but it's in bad taste when this is done at the expense of others.

    There may be a problem of context here too, but in any case, there's no need to promote Canada by disparaging the US.

    Posted in: Our communities are extremely safe. Most Canadians are very friendly. If you are a Japanese parent and if you are thinking of your child going for a foreign education for whatever reason, what is happening in the U.S., it would be very difficult, I think, in clear conscience to send your child there.

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    Carl was just bitter because he knew Ben was a roid head.

    Carl Lewis is still a classy dude in my book. He's aging well, too.

    Posted in: Champions

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