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    @Fadamor

    From the latest press release on the Japan Red Cross site:

    Donations received from individuals/corporate inside and outside Japan = USD1.4 billion

    This article is talking about the US donations, not the global contribution.

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    This is the first piece from JT where the author seems to have really done his homework...Well written and very informative.

    Agreed. My jaw was dropping when I read this, surely it wasn't a translate from Kyodo...Aah it is written by a Journalist working for White and Leejay out of Philadelphia. I doubt a piece that says what people actually think like this one does would ever be published in the Japanese press.

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    As has been mentioned, the white balance is a little off...

    Unless of course muted colours are what Ametanisan was after :-) Personally I think the blue cast works well with this image. Just my taste, I guess.

    Posted in: Snow white

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    Lovely pic, Damien!

    Posted in: Blue Fuji

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    HDR really adds a painterly feel to pictures when it's done well, and this is done very well.

    Nice shot Mr Powell.

    Posted in: Bright and early

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    @Northlondon - I do live around there, and I have been stopped and checked numerous times, on foot and in a car. Buses are being spot checked. It is wall to wall police.

    Posted in: APEC patrol

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    I dont like Nikons. Nikons are dangerous though this one looks eco navi! I feel comfortable with canon!

    If you through a Canon hard enough it can be quite dangerous.

    Teachmeteachyou is right, as far as I an see. No touch screen advertised on any of the websites I saw.

    Posted in: Nikon D3100

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    Yep, it sure does. Just have a look at the plethora of wanna-be surfers sitting in the water with NO waves. You can learn a lot about surfing in Japan from that image.

    Do you think some of them might be, maybe, swimming? Or just enjoying being in the water?

    Nice picture, I lived a stones throw from the beach until we needed to move closer to schools. Beautiful place.

    Posted in: Sunset

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    That would be hear, hear :-)

    Fully support this effort, but why to the US Embassy. The US isn't killing Japanese dolphins. Wouldn't it be better publicity to be photographed trying, and probably failing, to deliver the petition to the government? That would point the spotlight firmly at those failing to take action.

    Posted in: Day of the dolphin

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    @okapake Thanks for the backstory. No chance to see the game here so a bit of context is very welcome.

    Posted in: Little big man

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    I wonder what is so interesting over to the right that everyone including the official is watching that instead of Ryota's moment of glory.

    Well done to Tokyo and good luck in the final. What an amazing experience this must be for Little Leaguers.

    Posted in: Little big man

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    The word "dish" is misused pretty often. "I want to eat delicious dishes.

    Nothing wrong with that! Dish is a valid noun for an element in a meal (in GB English at any rate.)As indeed "Illuminations" is a valid noun for decorative lights. Blackpool would be horrified to hear they have had it wrong all these years :-)

    Add me to the list of cringers at any sentence starting with "Let's" or ending with "Get"

    Posted in: What are some of your favorite examples of the way English is misused in products, advertising and pop culture in Japan?

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    Wow ! Okada's smiling ...

    Photoshop.

    Japan did way better than anyone really expected and Honda has turned out to be one of the players of the tournament so far (why wasn't he invited t the photo op?)

    Well done, Blue Samurai, they deserve to feel victorious.

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    Best Asian Artist.......:s Do they have Best African, European, Australian???

    Yes

    Posted in: Amuro rocks

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    @Fishy - Thanks for the link. I wouldn't mind staying in one of those:-)

    http://www.pia-kids.jp/cgi-bin/pia-kids/news/newsdetail.cgi?nym=201003&nid=206&cid=newscat_01

    Posted in: Oriental Hotel Tokyo Bay opens Kiddy Sweet concept rooms

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    Of course, my comment about "kid safe" is based on pictures that are too d@@m small to see. JT - can't you make article pictures clickable?

    Posted in: Oriental Hotel Tokyo Bay opens Kiddy Sweet concept rooms

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    stupid but....... good place to drop your pet (J kid) off. Works in Japan for slacker J Moms.

    Not stupid at all. Hotels are not kid friendly places. Lots of desks at head height, "stylish" glass topped tables, no running around space in the room etc etc. If hotels want to attract families then having a choice of rooms designed to be kid safe rather than businessman friendly is a very good idea.

    BTW - where does it say anything about dropping the kids off? It would seem to say that Mom is in the room relaxing?

    Posted in: Oriental Hotel Tokyo Bay opens Kiddy Sweet concept rooms

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    Car 3? That's the car I ride. Bugger. Why not car number 4, the weak aircon car. That thing is too hot for men to ride in anyway.

    Posted in: Keihin Tohoku Line to get women-only cars as anti-groping measure

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    My managers actually gives a disapproving look when the young/new staffs tries to leave the office on time.

    I actually think this is something that it will take at least one and maybe two generations to change, if it can be changed at all.

    I had a very interesting conversation with one of my Japanese staff which puts a bit of light on this kind of thing. I was told that staff member, who is a mid-level, mid-career manager, feels stress when the junior staff leave early.

    The reason? The mid-career people, and the late-career people who manage them are from a generation where it was considered appropriate to leave when the task was finished, and not before. As a result, the mid-levels feel pressure when they see the juniors leave early. The impression they perceive is being passed up the tree is that the juniors have finished their tasks early (not true, obviously) and left, whilst the mids are still at it. Ergo, the mids are inefficient and lazy, the juniors full of energy and fast workers.

    That's insidious, and a very difficult paradigm to get out of. I asked if corporate instruction on a maximum working day, or even legislation, would make life easier. The answer I got back was "We would have to work faster to finish a task and so make mistakes which would cause stress."

    Posted in: March is worst month for suicides of salaried workers

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    "otaku” researcher at Meiji University’s Department of International Japanese Studies.

    Tell me my taxes don't pay for that.

    Posted in: Shibuya has proud geek culture

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