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  usaexpat at 11:44 PM JST - 9th September

  Maybe we have the beginnings of a new ad campaign "Baby hatch it's not just for citizens anymore" On a serious note, the baby hatch is so much better than the alternative for unwanted children. I think a lot more of the child killers we read about daily should have…

  Posted in Foreign child left in baby hatch in Kumamoto at 11:44 PM JST - 9th September

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  usaexpat at 11:42 PM JST - 9th September

  Just very strange, not a enough details to really make heads or tales of. If the mother did kill her it must have been unplanned as she told conflicting stories and certainly didn't cover up very well. I think we have to wait for more information before we can determine…

  Posted in Ex-Japanese ambassador to Vatican, wife arrested in Greece over daughter's death at 11:42 PM JST - 9th September

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  usaexpat at 12:24 AM JST - 9th September

  Sarge, maybe I have a warped view because Nagasaki has never recovered from the bursting of the bubble. I'll give you that when I am in Fukuoka or Osaka I see the construction, cars, and bling that makes it look like happy days are here again. The point is Japan's…

  Posted in Aso vows not to raise consumption tax before economic recovery at 12:24 AM JST - 9th September

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  usaexpat at 11:54 PM JST - 8th September

  Aso is right on this one, with the economy floundering you can't raise taxes.

  Posted in Aso vows not to raise consumption tax before economic recovery at 11:54 PM JST - 8th September

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  usaexpat at 11:52 PM JST - 8th September

  I wonder how much of this has been shipped overseas as well? Hikari is one of the more common sho chu brands in the US. Anyway, checked the liquor cabinet no kome only mugi.

  Posted in Gov't says 5 beverage makers bought tainted rice at 11:52 PM JST - 8th September

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  usaexpat at 11:47 PM JST - 8th September

  Oh great all distillers in Kyushu. I don't remember what we've been drinking but likely products from one or more of these makers. I hope they throw the book at these snakes from Mikasa, people could have died or gotten sick, they're lucky this hasn't been worse.

  Posted in Gov't says 5 beverage makers bought tainted rice at 11:47 PM JST - 8th September

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  usaexpat at 11:44 PM JST - 8th September

  How big a suitcase was it to fit a non-dismembered adult female into? Must have been a pretty large case that should have been noticed. Anyway, as others have said just plain creepy.

  Posted in Woman's body found in suitcase in Tokyo hotel at 11:44 PM JST - 8th September

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  usaexpat at 11:40 PM JST - 8th September

  Domen probably won't be asking questions of the PM again anytime soon. Most leaders tend to bar mebers of the press core who ask "tough" questions.

  Posted in Hiroshima journalist gives PM a piece of his mind at 11:40 PM JST - 8th September

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  usaexpat at 11:39 PM JST - 8th September

  A good gesture, off the beaten path maybe but wasn't it erected on Miyako Island becasue that's where the sex slavery occured that the monument recognizes? Anyway, good no matter the reason for its placement.

  Posted in Cenotaph unveiled for wartime sex slaves on Okinawa's Miyako Island at 11:39 PM JST - 8th September

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  usaexpat at 11:34 PM JST - 8th September

  I think Koike would make a good PM. Maybe she would actually last longer than 1 year like Abe and Fukuda.

  Posted in Koike, Yosano declare candidacies for LDP presidential election at 11:34 PM JST - 8th September