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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zaichik
Congrats!
Posted in: Tokyo University
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zaichik
I'm sure you're right, Ness, but it isn't something I've been aware of in my own little bubble - the work has multiplied over the years and in the last 2 months I've been busier than ever. It has apparently come as a shock to the company's clients as well....
Posted in: Workers rally
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zaichik
Not really in the same league, because I still have the day job, but I've just heard that the company (a subsidiary of a major Japanese corporation) for which I've been doing freelance translation work for the last 9 years is getting out of the translation business. I'm not a happy bunny right now, to say the least....
Posted in: Workers rally
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zaichik
I think the company was perfectly justified in booting him off, at least until such time as some company has established a "spaceship ambulance" service for medevacs from space stations. I don't think anyone's offering space travel insurance yet, either.
Posted in: $21 mil lawsuit by Japanese space tourist can proceed
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zaichik
Yes, but pink kawaii cats are much tougher and more rebellious....
Posted in: Hello! Kitty to collaborate with X Japan
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zaichik
So he's open to compromise on Thursday, but if it's Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday or the weekend, forget about it.
"signaled on Thursday that he’s open to compromise" would have been a slightly better way of putting it, to my mind.
Posted in: Obama: Every voice must be heard on health reform
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zaichik
Didn't he used to do coffee CMs?
Posted in: Hideo Nomo appears in TV commercials for air conditioners
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zaichik
It would be good to see Ainu culture come to be valued in Japan in the same way that Maori culture has come to be valued in NZ.
Posted in: Tokyo’s thriving Ainu community keeps traditional culture alive
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zaichik
Pot. Kettle. Black.
Good on the author for not respnding to provocation - you're always going to be in the wrong in the eyes of the law if you take a swing first. Remember our Aussie friend with the lilac tie?
Posted in: Different strokes for different folks
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zaichik
Oh for crying out loud, people! Bordering on child abuse indeed! Lighten up! Yours (with a few exceptions) are the sort of attitudes that would put paid to daft but fundamentally harmless traditions like cheese rolling in the UK, in the name of health and safety.
It's just another one of those eccentric festivals that make Japan the bizarre, endlessly entertaining country that it is. Surely you wouldn't have moved to Japan if it was like everywhere else?
Posted in: Mud festival
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zaichik
I'm afraid you failed miserably on that score. Better luck next time.
I can't see the relationship between someone attempting DIY cosmetic surgery and the rush for cheap cosmetic surgery....
Posted in: Strong yen drawing Japanese women to S Korea for plastic surgery
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zaichik
Natsukashii!
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zaichik
Haven't seen that, but I do like Baltika's alcoholic beers....
I think I've seen it here in NZ.
Posted in: Alcohol-free Kirin beer
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zaichik
I'd be willing to put money on it.
Posted in: Nakagawa seen 'misbehaving' at Vatican; Russian official says he acted like 'brain was turned off'
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zaichik
Sounds vile....
Posted in: Alcohol-free Kirin beer
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zaichik
Indeed - if you don't want to be photographed, don't prance around in a silly mask.
Posted in: The Great Sasuke arrested on suspicion of assaulting man on train
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zaichik
Or even hot water to mix with powdered milk. Can't make powdered milk from hot water....
Posted in: Yokohama to build partnership with Seven-Eleven
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zaichik
Apparently he's from what was formerly Niitsu City. They're a bit strange over there (and it's impossible to find a decent place to eat there on a Sunday, too!)
Posted in: Cop busted for trying to sneak into colleague's house to spy on wife
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zaichik
Who's Kim Song Il?
The trousers don't seem to hang very well either - I'd go one further than Cleo and say shoot the stylist. Someone call the fashion police! :-)
Posted in: Hillary meets empress
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zaichik
I wanted to take a trip to Kyushu before we left Japan for NZ, and depart from Fukuoka after visiting my old host family in Kumamoto, but sadly we were out of time and budget, and also wanted to catch up with Mr Zaichik's Russian pals in Tokyo. Leaving from Fukuoka would have been a nice way to complete the circle, since my first arrival in Japan was at Fukuoka, on the way to Kumamoto for my year at uni there in 1995/6. My first night in Japan, my classmate and I wandered around the streets of Fukuoka, minds blown by the fact that we were actually in Japan. The canals and the ramen stalls on the street remain uppermost in my memory, along with some old hexagonal building (part of a temple?)
Since then, I've only ever passed through Fukuoka on the way to/from Kumamoto, but it's always seemed like it would be a cool place to live. Maybe I'll have the chance sometime in the future....
Posted in: Fukuoka: Japan's most architecturally forward-thinking city