JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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taiko666
She's still the young, tragic Sadako to me :-)
Posted in: Yukie Nakama masters a few tricks
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taiko666
I couldn't agree more. This habit of leaving the engine running is completely ludicrous, inconsiderate, filthy and dangerous (witness the four children who died recently sitting a car with the engine running while Dad popped into a house for a chat.)
Posted in: It’s time to penalize drivers who leave their motors running
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taiko666
I'd better point out that they were Japanese TV commentators in case it seemed like it was a joke made on British TV ( which would lead to instant dismissal of course...)
Posted in: World Cup warm-up
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taiko666
Yep, unfortunately Japan were pretty dire. Great non-stop singing from the fans though, even at 2-0 down and one minute to go.
At one point the commentators joked that the referee, being English, probably couldn't tell the Koreans from the Japanese. Idiots!
The look on the face of the Kirin boss has he had to pose with the winning Korean captain was priceless.
Posted in: World Cup warm-up
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taiko666
Of course it would drive crime out of the business. Prohibition of alcohol in the USA was a disaster for everyone except organised criminal gangs. The drugs trade is a massive source of revenue for the world's criminals, terrorists and even rogue states. Legalise, and control the production and distrubition of, drugs, and that revenue would disappear. Not only that, drug users would not have to make the acquaintance of criminals in order to obtain drugs, which means a further reduction of criminality. And since the qualitity of the drugs would be assured, people wouldn't die due to ingesting fake or tainted drugs.
The hypocritical nature of the anti-legalising argument is so obvious, it almost renders the debate ludicrous. Alcohol and tobacco are two widely available, controlled and taxed recreational drugs, out of the hands of criminal entrepreneurs. Governments make large sums of money from the production and sale of these recreational drugs. Why shouldn't other drugs, some of which are less harmful than alcohol, some of which are more harmful, be treated the same way?
If people want to injest harmful drugs, that's their choice, and they will always find ways to obtain their fix. Criminalising drugs has not worked, it's simply driven these people into the criminal underworld, and provided the criminal underworld with a massive and seemingly never-ending bonanza.
Posted in: Would legalizing drugs drive the crime out of the business?
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taiko666
On the contrary, I think it would be extremely worthwhile if you were to explain what your understanding of sarcasm is.
Posted in: Dear Angry Western Guy
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taiko666
That is not my post. But I'd go further than "it doesn't seem like sarcasm." It plainly IS NOT sarcasm, it's overt snobbery. She's implying strongly that Scun-thorpe and Ohio men think it's ok to act like thugs in those places. There is not one hint of sarcasm.
Posted in: Dear Angry Western Guy
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taiko666
Either your reading ability or your powers of cognition must be at fault, because the following paragraph strongly implies that this guy's behaviour is acceptable, or understandable, in Scun-thorpe, but not in Japan.
Posted in: Dear Angry Western Guy
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taiko666
So Scunthorpe men are ok with yelling at their wives and making jerks of themselves in public? And Japanese people never scream at each other?
Posted in: Dear Angry Western Guy
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taiko666
Bluetooth: Yes, 10 years after Bluetooth became the standard in Europe, Japanese phones are at last incorporating it. Although it seems not many Japanese consumers know what it is or what it's for.
Navi: Of course the iPhone has navi, and so do all smartphones.
Electronic money: European smartphones have this, but it's very difficult for foreign companies to get the agreements necessary to deploy it in Japan.
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taiko666
Just about all non-Japanese smartphones can support Japanese language input just as well as the j-phones.
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taiko666
Frungy- Japan isn't the only country to experience frequent minor tremors, yet no other 1st world country has an overhead jungle of cables. So I think there must be another reason. As I remember, a senior Japanese figure in the electricity industry blamed it on 'uniquely moist soil'.
As for the manhole covers, yes I like them too. And it was nice to be able to identify them when I was learning kanji. All around the world, manhole covers can provide nice glimpes of history. In London, there are still hundreds of "London Hydraulic Company" covers, from the time when water was pumped under high pressure to drive machinery, lifts etc all over the city.
Posted in: Drainspotting: Japanese Manhole Covers
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taiko666
Nokias run Flash with no problems, and I've no doubt the the iPhone could too. It depends on how its implemented at the system level.
Jobs is protecting his revenue streams at the expense of his customers. But Apple customers seem to like being treated that way :-)
Posted in: Steve Jobs attacks Adobe Flash as unfit for iPhone
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taiko666
What's with the "mate" stuff?
Of course you need to possess a driving licence, but there's no obligation to carry it.
And there seems to be some confusion among your compatriots as to whether ID needs to be carried in the USA or not.
As for this law, if it's enforced fairly I don't see a problem. However it's pretty likely that some officers will regard a foreign looking/sounding person carrying no ID as suspicious, when they could in fact be committing no offence at all.
Posted in: Furor grows over Arizona's new immigration law
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taiko666
Even though the UK has been under terrorist attack for decades, there is no law that requires the carrying of any form of ID by either citizens or non-citizens. Even when driving a car.
Posted in: Furor grows over Arizona's new immigration law
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taiko666
They couldn't cross the channel because the UK had an immensely strong navy in 1805 and 1940. Do you think Japan's 'navy' is a match for China's?
Posted in: New film questions China's effect on world
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taiko666
Utterly ludicrous, inconsiderate, pathetic remark.
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Posted in: Anti-smoking 'monsters' have smokers on the run
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taiko666
Typical response of the inconsiderate smoking crowd "Hey, we're smoking. YOU find somewhere else"
Not many J-restaurants have no-smoking sections. Most that do are usually tucked away in a dark and dingy corner that's FULL OF SMOKE drifting from the smokers.
My pregnant wife has been unable to go into a restaurant for 6 months now, except the one place we know is always completely smoke-free (and that's run by an American.)
Posted in: Anti-smoking 'monsters' have smokers on the run
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taiko666
Ah, the irony. Non-smokers just about NEVER 'get in the faces' of smokers who light up near them, causing them great discomfort and actual physical harm. However, smokers' smoke, nicotine and other carcinagenic substances get 'in the faces' of EVERYONE - not to mention their eyes, lungs, throat, bloodstream - and if they're pregnant, the bloodstream of their baby.
Posted in: Anti-smoking 'monsters' have smokers on the run
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taiko666
Yes, but these rules are totally ignored unless rigorously enforced. And because there's no enforceable law which, for example, compels one to give up one's seat to a heavily pregnant woman, nobody does it. It's a herd mentality. It's ok to be rude / pig-ignorant / break the law if everyone else is doing the same, because you attract no individual shame. Shame, not individual morality or guilt, rules in Japan.
Posted in: Train shame