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
Politically Current = Politically Correct :-)
Posted in: Anger and defiance in Taiji after 'Cove' wins Oscar
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taiko666
This is ludicrous. The mainstream media, like the rest of us, has been bending over backwards in order to differentiate between the sort of terrorists who perpetrated 9/11, the Madrid, London, Bali, Mumbai et al bombings and mainstream Islam. The Danish cartoons were an extremely rare case, that's why it's just about the only example Muslims can cite.
Posted in: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban
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taiko666
These Islamic nations want a ban on religious 'mockery'. Yet the Holy Koran, the very essence of Islam, very clearly refers to Jews and Christians as 'apes and pigs'. Is it only 'Islamophobes' who think this is outrageously hypocritical?
Posted in: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban
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taiko666
Why are people surprised? Women the world over are drawn to arseholes. "Bad, mad and dangerous to know." Same goes for this toe-rag. For every Clyde, there are millions of wannabe Bonnies.
Posted in: Airhead female fans can't get enough of 'cool' accused killer Ichihashi
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taiko666
Islam is both a religion and a political system.
Just read the Koran. The answers are all there.
The USA, UK and others do wage ridiculous and unjust wars, but not in the name of religion. As you very well know, jihadists fight explicitly in the name of religion.
Posted in: Army psychiatrist kills 12, wounds 31 in shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas
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taiko666
I came over once from London two-thirds-full plane. The Japanese person next to me and I were chatting about the inviting row of four seats next to us. We decided that when the seatbelt sign was switched off we'd ask the cabin crew if we could take it in turns to stretch out on those seats. But as soon as the light went out, a Japanese obaa came rushing up the aisle, parked her arse and her bags on those seats and beamed triumphantly. My Japanese friend then embarked on a long lament about how Japanese people were beginning to understand the importance of being individual, but had no understanding that being individual doesn't mean you have carte blanche to be rude, thoughtless and inconsiderate.
Posted in: Self-centered zombies running rampant through Japanese society
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taiko666
DerekJ: have you not noticed that similar stories, involving cops, teachers... basically all sort of people who should know better, appear weekly, almost daily, in Japan? JT doesn't make them up. Have you also not noticed that trains carriages are segregated in Japan to prevent molestation of women? Where else has this ambient level of sexual immaturity and seediness?
glycol57: your claims that 'the west' shares the same moral hang-ups as the Taliban, and that condemning surreptitious sexual photography of complete strangers is 'cultural imperialism', mark you out as at best a muddled thinker. Do think that being an immature perv is part of Japanese culture? And that the J-cops were doing our culturally imperialistic bidding by arresting this guy?
Posted in: Cop caught taking up-skirt videos during anti-pervert campaign
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taiko666
I said buses, not trains. They run all night in London, and you can use even use your 1-day travel pass.
Posted in: Last train blues
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taiko666
London has an extensive network of buses running 24/7. Tokyo could easily implement such a scheme.
Posted in: Last train blues
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taiko666
The sad thing about politics in much of the western world now is that there's no viable middle ground between feeble, timid purveyors of PC dogma (Labour, Conservatives, Obama) and revolting racists like the BNP. There's no platform on which to raise and discuss logically serious, contentious issues (such as keeping religious laws out of the secular legal system, now seriously undermined in the UK.)
Posted in: Anti-fascist protesters breach security at BBC
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taiko666
In 6 years so far I've certainly never experienced anything in Tokyo more serious than heavy rain and winds strong enough to turn a cheap umbrella inside out. That's not a typhoon, or a cyclone, or even a storm. It's just winter weather, and therefore a 'non-event.' As I said, I know that's not the case elsewhere in Japan.
Posted in: Powerful typhoon lashes southwest Japan; expected to make landfall Thursday
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taiko666
Been living in Tokyo for 6 years and none of these 'typhoons' has ever been stronger than a slightly worse than average winter's day in London.
Of course, I realise it's different in other parts of the country.
Posted in: Powerful typhoon lashes southwest Japan; expected to make landfall Thursday
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taiko666
Without a doubt women discriminate more. It's simple biology. As KallyPygous implies, the male instinct is to impregnate as many females as possible; the female instinct is to be impregnated by an alpha male.
However, I think women often discriminate unwisely, especially in the west. Being a 'hunk' seems to much more important in the west than it is in Japan. That's why many western women end up with good looking jerks, whereas many Japanese women end up with 'nerdy looking' great guys :-)
Posted in: Do you think women are more selective than men when it comes to who they choose to date?
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taiko666
This is certainly true. And when you also factor in Japan's victim mentality, total contempt for foreign courts, and general infantile behaviour on the world stage, it becomes clear that it's more likely that I will be the next Japanese Emperor than it is for Japan to sign the Hague Convention. And don't forget, should (by some miracle) the Japanese actually sign it, they will never honour it.
Posted in: Why do you think successive Japanese governments have refused to sign the 1980 Hague Convention on International Child Abduction, which seeks to ensure that the rights of access of both parents are protected?
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taiko666
Careful isthistheend, unagidon et al... Criticising religion will soon be an internation crime due to a resolution that's just been passed by the UN (and sponsored by the USA.) Soon, saying 'Jesus freaks' might land you in court. Just another present from the PC facists.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iRHXSIoJJdXQpG3kPrRO2LWMnWTAD9B2UIIG0
Posted in: Mormon church to build 5 new temples worldwide, including one in Sapporo
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taiko666
And that the country that had the best immigration policy (ie fingerprinting nobody except US citizens in reprisal) did get it!
(Shame the Brazlilain policy didn't extend to Japanese visitors.)
Posted in: Rio wins bid for 2016 Olympics; Tokyo eliminated in 2nd round
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taiko666
smartacus: it's not what bgaudry thinks of Ishihara that's important, it's what the IOC thinks. It seems obvious that Tokyo having an obviously xenophobic leader is an impediment to Tokyo's bid.
If this were the result of Tokyo getting the games I'd be in favour :-) However, were there big improvements after 1964? And after the World Cup 2002, things seem to take a lurch in the wrong direction. Although I g ather that 2002 did at least compel Japan to signpost its transport system in English and Korean.
Posted in: Tension mounts, tempers fly ahead of 2016 Olympic host city vote
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taiko666
While of course having different opinions is to be expected, I can't believe you of all people are getting your facts so wrong. Of course you can be a citizen of more than one country.
I think they should. The UK should grant those rights to all people with 'indefinite leave to remain' (=PR). But anyway, why is repicprocation suddenly so important? People who always like to argue against foreigners' rights in Japan, such as your good self, usually say that reciprocation is unimportant. Eg, UK citizens get fingerprinted at Japanese airports, whereas Japanese citizens don't get fingerprinted at UK airports. "So what?" cry the Japanophiles, "it's Japan's choice." So how come reciprocation is important now?
Anyway, the fact that J-politicians are even debating this issue is a step in the right direction. Remember we're only talking about local elections here, not national policy. If someone has PR (+maybe a family, long term job etc) why shouldn't they be able to vote in debate concerning rubbish collection, the schools their kids attend, the state of local koban etc.
Posted in: Should foreign residents have local voting rights?
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taiko666
Motorists with no seatbelts, motorcyclists with tiny helments hanging off the back of their heads or not strapped at all, motorcyclists with dark visors smoking cigarettes, buses running red lights, cyclists on the wrong side of the road while texting on their keitais, cars blocking pedestrian crossings... and all that was on my cycle to work this morning. The only place I've ever seen more lax road safety awareness is Thailand.
Posted in: Woman, child not wearing seatbelts fall out of car at intersection
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taiko666
Ouch! Always best to sound out these issues before heading up the aisle...
Posted in: Low-income bachelors victims of widening 'sex gap'