Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

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spudmanApr. 11, 2011 - 04:52PM JST

Yes they will, bosses will tell them to.

Posted in: Morinaga starts 'summer time,' calling employees to work at 8 a.m.
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spudmanApr. 11, 2011 - 07:48AM JST

But more power is needed now for servers to power the Net, Coolers, Cel-phone network, etc we rely on and take for granted + way more we can no longer do without.

and daylight saving has no impact on these. In fact getting to work when it's cooler may actually save electricity by having the coolers turned on later

Posted in: Do you think switching to daylight saving time in summer in Japan will help ease the power shortage?
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spudmanApr. 11, 2011 - 05:35AM JST

lights getting switched on later must be a way of reducing power consumption.

Posted in: Do you think switching to daylight saving time in summer in Japan will help ease the power shortage?
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spudmanApr. 09, 2011 - 06:33PM JST

Normal police job is law enforcement,

no it includes law enforcement, it actually is the protection of citizens and the maintenance of order. Heroes would have actually gone ahead and searched the area thoroughly before waiting for it all to calm down, typical cops playing it up for the masses.

Posted in: Searchers
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spudmanApr. 09, 2011 - 06:27PM JST

Less TV, another positive from the tragedy.

Posted in: TV, entertainment industry facing major crunch
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spudmanApr. 08, 2011 - 08:17PM JST

They are all risking their lifes to save people,

They are looking for bodies, saving them from what? Cops get paid to do dangerous jobs, there is little heroism in earning your pay. Volunteers doing stuff like this are heroes, cops are just doing their duty.

Posted in: Searchers
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spudmanApr. 08, 2011 - 05:31PM JST

They are all heroes

No they are doing their job. Heroes rise above and beyond the call of duty.

Posted in: Searchers
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spudmanMar. 29, 2011 - 05:57AM JST

infanticide is the word you want. Happens in times of severe personal or financial stress. Most countries have examples of this in it's past, Japan too. The old way was to wrap an infant in swaddling cloth them place wet shoji paper on the child's face. Such a sad indication of how desperate times are that in 21st century Japan a young mother resorts to such measures. RIP little baby girl. Your mother will think about you everyday for the rest of her life.

Posted in: Body of newborn infant found in mountains near quake-stricken Miyagi city
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spudmanMar. 27, 2011 - 04:06PM JST

Nice to see some pissed off people actually getting radical enough to hold the govt. and TEPCO to account. More power to them?

Posted in: No more nukes
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spudmanMar. 27, 2011 - 09:42AM JST

And who the hell cares is light of the last two weeks. Odd Mao gets higher ratings after losing, Go figure Japan.

Posted in: Mao Asada reclaims top spot in image survey
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spudmanMar. 11, 2011 - 07:32AM JST

I feel apple produts are most like japanese products than other foreigner company.

So where are the Japanese good products to match Apple? Sony is almost dead in innovation.Fujitsu and Toshiba also lagging. Japanese electronics are good quality but they lack anything innovative that will lead the world, same in automobiles. Followers not leaders.

Posted in: Xoom emerges as first real iPad competitor
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spudmanMar. 04, 2011 - 07:43AM JST

Sarge, no such things as miracles in real life. 1 week and the rescue efforts are now officially recovery. Sad news for friends and family.

Posted in: NZ quake toll rises to 160; many still missing
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spudmanMar. 02, 2011 - 10:19AM JST

Cops finally banned a Japanese journalist after he pushed a police commamder, dickheads pushing way beyond anything they would try at home. Should have done a Bethune and charged him with criminal assault.

Posted in: NZ quake toll rises to 160; many still missing
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spudmanFeb. 22, 2011 - 12:50PM JST

Australian ABC news24 station on the ABC website

Thanks for that

Posted in: Quake in New Zealand kills at least 65
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spudmanFeb. 17, 2011 - 03:11PM JST

good to see the Aussies showing more guts than the Key led spineless Kiwis

Posted in: Conservationists, Australian gov't not satisfied with Japan's whaling suspension
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spudmanFeb. 15, 2011 - 12:59PM JST

Acceptance of the postdam no way meant an end to the war, merely an acceptance of the terms of surrender, not the actual surrender. The popstdam gave the allies the right to take any land outside of the four main islands and Truman agreed that the Kurils would be run by the Soviets.

Posted in: At this point in time, who has the best claim to the disputed four Russian-administered islands off Hokkaido?
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spudmanFeb. 14, 2011 - 10:22PM JST

Japan officially surrendered Sept 2nd so Kwabbish spoils of war. The Kurils had fallen to Russia by then.

Posted in: At this point in time, who has the best claim to the disputed four Russian-administered islands off Hokkaido?
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spudmanFeb. 14, 2011 - 11:54AM JST

Zenny

I don't see China holding onto the top 2 spot for very long either. They are due for a burst of their current bubble, if that happens japan could regain the no 2 spot if India don't take it.

How can you see China in a bubble when it's fueled by cash, not debt? Do you know what a bubble is? China is paying it's way.

Posted in: Japan welcomes China becoming world's No. 2 economy
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spudmanFeb. 14, 2011 - 11:33AM JST

well i speak English and love my LUMIX. Great image quality and very easy to use.

Posted in: Latest Lumix
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spudmanFeb. 14, 2011 - 11:21AM JST

A few questions: Why do the WWII allied victors like the United States and Uniuted Kingdom to this date consider these islands to be Japanese Territory under Russian control? Why does the European Parliament take the position that these are not Russian territory?

After the war they were no longer aliies would be my guess. NATO didn't want to give the land to the Russians as that would give them easier access to the Pacific. Truman basically gave Stalin the go ahead to take them and indeed would have lost Hokkaido for the Japanese if not for littleboy and fatman. Truman agreed that the Southern Kurils would fall under the Soviet occupancy so when they were no longer allies of course there was no benefit to the west to acknowledge the Russian claim.

Posted in: Russian FM talks tough to Maehara on dispute with Japan