theeastisred's past comments

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  theeastisredDec. 28, 2012 - 05:06PM JST

  TEPCO, as a “wholly owned public benefit subsidiary of the government of Japan,”

  That's a strange way of putting it. The company is now controlled by the government of Japan, which owns a bare majority, and was previously a listed private sector enterprise. Wouldn't somebody drafting litigation be a bit more careful about factual matters like that?

  Posted in: 8 U.S. sailors sue Japanese gov't, TEPCO for lying about radiation

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  theeastisredDec. 11, 2012 - 11:12AM JST

  the opening of borders and taking in immigrants has increased numbers on crime in every country affected, like norway.

  Norway is not a member of the EU. Also, a bit of a facile argument. Crime is associated with poverty. Who is to say poverty and crime would not have been more widespread if the healthy young adults generally over-represented among immigrants had not been contributing to the economies of the countries they migrated to?

  Posted in: Nobel night

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  theeastisredNov. 15, 2012 - 02:49PM JST

  Not very practical. Who could fit a thing that size in their wallet/purse?

  Posted in: High card

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  theeastisredNov. 15, 2012 - 01:06PM JST

  noticed the similarity between the face on the pee-soaked poster and that of the pissed-off politician

  Surely the similarity was between the face on the *pissed-on *poster and that of the pissed-off politician

  Posted in: Osaka politician has man arrested for peeing on his campaign poster

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  theeastisredNov. 13, 2012 - 10:06AM JST

  Except for maybe I’ll look up some porn occasionally. Hey, I’m only human

  If I was married to Rachel Weisz I hope I wouldn't need to resort to such measures.

  Posted in: Daniel Craig says he wanted out of 007

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  theeastisredNov. 06, 2012 - 10:06AM JST

  The title of the book in the photo though translates to "Some people have never seen the sea", if I am remembering my French correctly. Wonder if that is the same book - title seems very different.

  Posted in: U.S. author Julie Otsuka wins top French book prize for story of Japanese brides sent to Calif

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  theeastisredOct. 31, 2012 - 12:03PM JST

  The Uk does not need any new nuclear power plants to meet its demand. They can buy power from the French

  ...which is 70% nuclear.

  Posted in: Hitachi takes over Horizon project to build 6 nuclear power plants in UK

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  theeastisredOct. 26, 2012 - 11:19AM JST

  He is right on one point, though. I agree that Japan should stop pretending it doesn't have a huge and expensively assembled military.

  He might not agree with the logical next step though, which is that Japan should then start using its huge and expensively assembled military for the benefit of the whole world, by joining UN operations and not just in a fuel-supply role. Look at the credibility earned by the likes of Canada, the Netherlands, Ukraine, or Poland. That would be a good way to show China, Korea and others that Japan has indeed changed and is now a true world player. Would not hurt Japan's chances of gaining a UN Security Council seat, either.

  Posted in: Ishihara: Unrepentant Japanese nationalist

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  theeastisredOct. 26, 2012 - 10:43AM JST

  Mr and Mrs East is Red stayed in the Plaza Athenee once. It was great. Wonder what they would buy in Japan - New Otani/Okura/Imperial all look like they could do with an infusion of cash and ideas.

  Posted in: Asia offers new potential, luxury hotel group says

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  theeastisredOct. 26, 2012 - 10:31AM JST

  Looks pretty good. Might buy one.

  Posted in: Mitsubishi Motors' new Outlander SUV goes on sale

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  theeastisredOct. 26, 2012 - 10:06AM JST

  Ishihara lucked into re-election as governer last time because that other clown, Higashikokubaru, split the sane vote by entering the race when Watabe was already contending. Amazingly though, Nobuteru is not an idiot like his father and in fact is one of the few brains of the LDP. Pity he didn't win the recent party leadership vote.

  Ivan:

  Although I'd agree with your "writer", editor, I suspect he doesn't know what words mean.

  Spot on. Glad some people still care. The most egregious piece of twaddle Ishihara ever came out with was the claim that foreigners would cause all sorts of crimes in the aftermath of a major earthquake. Sadly he is totally ignorant of his own country's history. In 1923, exactly the opposite happened when scores of Koreans were murdered on the back of spurious rumours that they were poisoning wells. Particularly offensive to distort things so grossly.

  Posted in: Ishihara: Unrepentant Japanese nationalist

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  theeastisredOct. 23, 2012 - 01:26PM JST

  The only DVD in entertainment history with a title that takes longer to read than its running time.

  Posted in: New AKB48 documentary to be released in February

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  theeastisredOct. 23, 2012 - 01:16PM JST

  Basroil. 1. Fair enough. Though I doubt most people reading an article like this would be considering UN definitions, and would rather assume the general meaning of the word. 2. I was thinking of seas and not lakes, though again you have a fair point. I would argue though that the Red Sea and the Mediterranean are indeed connected, though it would require a long detour via the Cape to get from one to the other.

  Posted in: Coast guard saves 64 Chinese seamen from burning freighter

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  theeastisredOct. 23, 2012 - 11:26AM JST

  The coast guard said four Chinese official vessels were in contiguous waters around the islands Sunday.

  Surely all waters the world over are 'contiguous'.

  Posted in: Coast guard saves 64 Chinese seamen from burning freighter

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  theeastisredOct. 23, 2012 - 11:23AM JST

  Was the deer caught in the famous headlights, by any chance?

  Posted in: Deer caught after romp in Sapporo residential district

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  theeastisredOct. 23, 2012 - 11:20AM JST

  Are 'yakuza ties' the sort with the racy woodprint reproductions printed in the silk lining and folded inside? Like they sell at Oriental Bazaar.

  Posted in: Justice minister quits after 3 weeks due to yakuza links

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  theeastisredOct. 19, 2012 - 02:58PM JST

  So:

  the court dismissed her case on Thursday, claiming that the legislation helped to prevent paternity disputes

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  the Soja local government did not recognize the child as being the offspring of her current husband because she had her child within 300 days of getting divorced

  In other words, far from preventing paternity disputes, the current law has very clearly created a paternity dispute out of thin air. The only word to describe that is 'diabolical'.

  Posted in: Judge dismisses lawsuit against remarriage legislation

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  theeastisredOct. 12, 2012 - 09:23AM JST

  Chinese billionaire and philanthropist Chen Guangbiao jumps on the roofs of the new cars

  Why is he vandalising the new cars before handing them over? Don't think roof panels are designed to withstand, without showing any damage, forces such as his considerable weight bouncing on them.

  Posted in: Chinese tycoon offers Geelys to replace cars damaged in anti-Japan riots

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  theeastisredOct. 10, 2012 - 04:40PM JST

  If Scotland were to leave it would raise interesting questions about what was left: the country's name (no longer the 'United' Kingdom if the Union of England and Scotland were broken), the flag (dark blue background and white diagonal cross represents Scotland of course), nationality (very many Scottish-born residents of England) etc. Would Scotland stay in the EU? join the Euro? stay in the Commonwealth? Nothing to do with Japan of course but likely to be followed closely in Catalonia, Flanders and so on.

  Posted in: Scotland to vote on independence in 2014

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  theeastisredOct. 10, 2012 - 04:27PM JST

  What a great story. Would like to visit the museum but hard to find info on it even in Japanese. Anybody got the address, opening hours etc?

  Posted in: Yokohama man builds museum to mark samurai clash that strained UK–Japan ties