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These G-8 summits are like the meetings of the five families in "The Godfather." Bunch of…
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Men in their 40s and 50s accounted for about 25% of all suicides in 2012. accounting…
Posted in: No. of suicides in Japan drops below 30,000 for first time in 15 years
I've read Bill Ward's side of the story,but haven't seen anything from the rest of the…
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Boys being boys, how come the invaders weren't charged?
Posted in: 26 members of motorcycle gang arrested over brawl
Alex80 (Jun. 15, 2013 - 07:01AM JST) asks why the marines can do whatever they want.…
Posted in: U.S. conducting late-night Osprey drills despite agreement not to do so
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As long as there's a paycheck these guys will tour in wheelchairs.
Posted in: KISS to tour Japan as part of their 40th anniversary tour
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Uyoku dantai. The way they scream and rant and everyone just ignores them, at least they used to.
Posted in: What are some of the weirdest things or people's behavior you have seen in Japan?
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Leave the gay stereotype behind, and quickly. The world is moving on.
Posted in: Hard Gay eyes second career as professional model
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WhatMeWorry has a point. Where's the outrage amongst Osaka voters? His poll numbers are way down, but there ought to be a mob of women with torches and pitchforks waiting for him.
Posted in: Hashimoto cancels trip to U.S.
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If ever there was a country that needs to chill and a smoke a joint...
Posted in: Should marijuana use be legalized?
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Why are these clubs still in business? They are on the financial record serving alcohol to baby faced teens? That's called "evidence" where I come from. Pull their damned licenses, NOW.
Posted in: Court invalidates Y4.8 mil bill after teen takes dad's credit card on tour of hostess clubs
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PPssshhhhhhhhh. We didn't want that $30 million anyway.
Posted in: U.S. F-15 fighter crashes 115 kms east of Okinawa
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The Imperial and Prime Minister's Limos ought to be converted just like this.
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Get the feeling there's a lot missing from this story?
Posted in: Mother, child apparently starve to death in Osaka apartment
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I blame conservatism that demonizes welfare and social assistance, as much as Ms. Osawa who actually did it. There's no such thing as self-reliance and pulling one's up by the bootstraps. All of the successful people in the world stepped up other people's ladders. And the goddess of anti-welfare ayn rand herself took social security and medicaid.
The same conservative mindset then demands that Japanese court hand down the death penalty for the crime. Death, death, death. I choose a better, cooperative, non-judgmental world.
Posted in: Woman found guilty of assisted suicide of mother after refusing to accept welfare
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Face it Japan, the world moves on. We're not all walking around with Sony gadgets, we're walking around with Samsung and Apple phones. That starter car or second family car isn't a Honda or Toyota anymore, it's a Hyundai. Anime was maybe cool 20 years ago. They don't write novels about how Japanese Corporations are using Zen Buddhism and the book of five rings to ruthlessly take over the world like 30 years ago. Samurai movies were hip 50 years ago. Japan is no longer the default Asian country to most westerners. I still love you Japan, but you gotta get over it and not begrudge Psy's success.
Posted in: Japan still skeptical of PSY’s popular appeal
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And if so, are you a war criminal or in the process of committing war crimes?
Posted in: Do you agree with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's comments on comfort women?
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Asian Geopolitics is a big fat giant facebook comment board full of 13-year old trolls. SMDH.
Posted in: S Korean media slam Abe's 731 jet photo
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Oh, is that a fact, Mayor Idiot? Let's start with your wife, daughters or any other female relatives. Let's see how necessary you think it is then.
Posted in: Hashimoto says comfort women system necessary for wartime troops
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Way too young. Time to lay off the soy sauce and deep fried salty everything.
Posted in: Actress Yuki Amami suffers heart attack after stage performance
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What are the odds of something like this happening in Saitama?
Posted in: Man arrested for cutting off women's clothes as they slept
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I hope they use Shinjuku Crossing in the movie. Because they never use that in foreign movies set in Japan. :-/
Posted in: Next 'Die Hard' movie rumored to be set in Tokyo
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Well, the only things that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. If only there was a good guy with a gun at that.. oh yeah
Posted in: Handgun reported stolen from U.S. military base at Camp Zama
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Man, he really wanted that silver chicken they award to the oldest contestant, right before announcing the winner.
Posted in: 70-year-old TV talent show reject phones in bomb threat
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Hmm. Maybe North Korea can promote harmony among Asia’s different ethnic groups by not threatening to nuke them every ten minutes?
Posted in: Kagoshima temple wins auction for N Korea's de facto embassy