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Aso apologizes for remarks about people with illnesses
Politics › 11:00 AM JST - 27th November
Try to get a credit card in Japan
Commentary › 06:54 AM JST - 30th November
Muslims condemn Mumbai attacks, worry about image
World › 10:32 AM JST - 1st December
51.8% concerned with safety if foreign tourist numbers increase
National › 06:24 AM JST - 28th November
Indian forces kill last gunmen in Mumbai siege; death toll reaches 195
World › 12:53 PM JST - 29th November
telecasterplayer at 01:01 AM JST - 3rd May
Yeah, but they wouldn't shake his hand or borrow his stapler, either.
Come on, NO ONE noticed?
Posted in Civil servant demoted for accessing porn sites 780,000 times during office hours at 01:01 AM JST - 3rd May
telecasterplayer at 12:57 AM JST - 3rd May
sailwind,
No, A drunk foreign military guy belonging to a military whose presence has been controverial since about 1955 in the early morning grabs a hometown girl in butt *which he probably wouldn't like some foreigner doing…
Posted in U.S. serviceman held on suspicion of molesting Japanese woman in Aomori at 12:57 AM JST - 3rd May
telecasterplayer at 12:44 AM JST - 3rd May
capone, margarine was invented in the 1800's.. a wee bit before plastic and petroleum chemistry.
sumobob, maybe other countries ought to check out miso (soy) and fish!
Posted in Japan running short of butter at 12:44 AM JST - 3rd May
telecasterplayer at 11:42 AM JST - 2nd May
Good for them, that stuff is bad for ya. Getting onto the dairy/fructose train is the one of the worst things a country can do to itself.
Posted in Japan running short of butter at 11:42 AM JST - 2nd May
telecasterplayer at 11:38 AM JST - 2nd May
awabmus, yeah I was going to say a reward was more in order.
Posted in Woman gets 10 years for killing boyfriend who forced her to work in sex industry at 11:38 AM JST - 2nd May
telecasterplayer at 11:37 AM JST - 2nd May
I thought Panda Express would get it.
Posted in Panda's body donated to museum for scientific study at 11:37 AM JST - 2nd May
telecasterplayer at 01:34 PM JST - 1st May
Yep, you can wipe out much of that suicide problem, too. Improve people's lots and defuse at least SOME of that hopelessness that drives them to despair.
Posted in Participants at May Day rallies call for wiping out poverty, economic disparities at 01:34 PM JST - 1st May
telecasterplayer at 12:29 PM JST - 1st May
"Hello? Yes, this is the Police. Please put the toothpaste back into the tube. Thanks. What? No, I've never seen 'Seibu Keisatsu'."
Posted in Police ask websites to delete posts on gas used for suicides at 12:29 PM JST - 1st May
telecasterplayer at 11:16 AM JST - 1st May
Not surprising. Despite having a tradition of healthy food (sushi, sashimi, broiled meats versus fried, vegetables, etc.), there sure is a lot of fried, mcfried and over-sugared garbage available.
I rode a train somewhere in Japan a few years ago, and this chubby little girl runs onto the car and…
Posted in 18.7 million Japanese possibly suffering from diabetes at 11:16 AM JST - 1st May
telecasterplayer at 11:06 AM JST - 1st May
You folks making assumptions about the murder victim's involvement in some sort of wrongdoing are certainly reaching. There's no indication he did anything wrong. And for all you folks know, he night have been killed for refusing some crude organized crime effort to use the fish exporting business to smuggle…
Posted in Murdered Japanese man in Mexico identified at 11:06 AM JST - 1st May