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Why so hard on people who like game centers? If they enjoy it, what's the problem?
They think this will help their exports, because with a devalued yen their products will be…
Posted in: Yen weakens as BOJ eases monetary policy
Yes the Judge threw out this stupid complaint.
Posted in: California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
Samsung Galaxy 2 Android #1
http://www.tepco.co.jp/cc/press/betu12_j/images/120214c.pdf Me thinks people need to start reading the summarized reports that is issued by TEPCO.…
Posted in: TEPCO blames high reactor temperature reading on broken thermometer
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zanza123
That is true... I wonder if they could provide the same kind of service as America, having an anonymous woman who is healthy carrying their baby. The woman, of course, will get monetary benefits for it. This seems to be the way to go, having your own mother carrying your child is problematic because of the age issue.
Posted in: Surrogate motherhood still a minefield of issues in Japan
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zanza123
Re: Dakrin. But it couldn't possibly have been as bad as Kato's situation. He was crying out for help, but no one responded. I hear many sayings on this, how he lost his job (to add onto the stress factor), and the absorption into anime and manga. But I do have to agree that not all otaku are crazy zealous otakus, I also happen to like games/anime/manga, and I guess that makes me an otaku, but it's to what degree you associate with them. I know that they are just a pasttime activity, and I respectively balance my work time with my play time. So I think that it was a miriad of non-relating factors to being an addict to manga, etc... that drove Kato to do what he did.
Posted in: Murder in lotus land
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zanza123
Although time and time again, America has only proven itself to be anything but the opposite to being a land of the free... still, morally, one would tend to agree to the policing of harmful internet postings. However, you all have lived in Japan for a while now, you now know that Japan is not the technologically savvy country that we once thought it is (half of Japanese people don't know how to use, and do not have e-mail, only phone-mail). The J-police simply will not comply to using the same technologies that American polices use, whether it be a lack of technology savvy-ness or they just want to be non-conformists, OR what they claim as "opposing the freedom of speech," blah blah blah... Nothing personal, it's just a cultural difference thing.
Moderator: Readers, references to "American policies" are not relevant to this discussion. Please stay on topic.
Posted in: Akihabara rampage foretold but lost among myriad messages on Internet site
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zanza123
From the article "policing the sites also encounters an issue of freedom of speech," where do you think we all are, buddy, America?
Posted in: Akihabara rampage foretold but lost among myriad messages on Internet site
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zanza123
Ikebukuro to Shibuya?? What is that, like an hour's walk? Besides, isn't it easy enough to get from one place to another with the JR? It's on the same Yamanote line afterall.
Posted in: Ishihara opens Tokyo's newest subway line
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zanza123
I saw a photographer photographing a hot lass at Shibuya once, they were focusing on a lace band attached to her leg though, so I am not sure if it was indeed a legitimate shoot (which wouldn't explain why it was done in the streets in the first place) or a erotic underground photoshoot or something of that caliber.
Posted in: 'Pedestrian paradise' to be suspended in Akihabara
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zanza123
"the guy from the Harry Potter movies" = Daniel Radcliff?
Posted in: Raiders of the lost SMAP
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zanza123
I couldn't agree more with omarbabilon. We as humans have urges, but we can always restrain ourselves, and distinguish between what is right and what is wrong. My friend and I had a talk about today's world going through a moral degradation, I just think that its all about what morals are getting taught nowadays to the new generation. And having morals do not necessarily have to depend on having a religion. I know that first hand, because I myself am not a religious person, nor have ever been one. Yet I have receive enough information that guides me from the wrong things in the world. I can't understand how the chikans are able to lose all their inhibition and just start randomly touching girls on the trains (thankfully, I have never witnessed this, but damned if I haven't heard about it enough times). And if that's not bad enough, then sleeping with a minor... that is just unforgivable, esp if ur an old dude like the article above, because that's like banging your own daughter or worse, granddaughter.
Posted in: Pimp arrested after sending 16-year-old girl to clients for prostitution
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zanza123
I do agree with some of the viewpoints presented, however, I also believe that sometimes in love, it will drive you to do some crazy things. So what I'm saying is, the boy went into the school, but only after he got frustruated because the school officials won't comply to his requests he brandished the knife and wanted to threaten the staff. Then again, we don't really know why the heck he is carrying the knife in the first place anyways, if all he wanted to do was to talk with his ex-gf.
Posted in: 16-year-old boy arrested for barging into ex-girlfriend's high school with knife in Kitakyushu
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zanza123
and cough all the clubs too! =P
Posted in: New subway line to open in Tokyo on June 14
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zanza123
"Roppongi on the Oedo line is Tokyo’s deepest station at 42.3 meters" Yeah, this is no joke, have you guys tried to jog this abomination before? It's a true workout, and Roppongi is where we kinda HAVE to go, the embassies are all just right around the corner.
Posted in: New subway line to open in Tokyo on June 14
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zanza123
download the program on my computer = 0 yen, having the program on my computer, hooking it up to a plasma screen and watching it widescreen = priceless. Although, considering what their movie prices in theatres are already AND how much it is to (Godforbid) BUY a DVD here, I disagree on the viewpoint that 735 yen is expensive. Have you guys checked out the prices of DVDs nowadays. A crappy old movie easily goes up to the 2000 yen mark.
Posted in: Tsutaya offers high-definition movie downloads
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zanza123
How is blowing up a bus full of civillians the same as off'ing INFIDELS??? The leaders of the terrorist groups are such high and mighty hypocrits. They say that their family dies because of US bombing and the US actions, but as long as they need to, they have a bus bombing whenever they want to.
Posted in: Al-Qaida's stance on women sparks extremist debate
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zanza123
How wrong I was!
Posted in: Man allegedly stabs apartment owner to death after being told not to feed cats
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zanza123
People do desperate things when they are pushed too far. Generally a good advice to all: Learn to use a condom!
Posted in: Newborn baby's body found in bin in toilet at aviation academy in Yamanashi
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zanza123
Omg this is freakin scary, but then again we dont know the whole story, like any history behind the stabbing or is there any long time bad blood between the victim and the perp, so can't really comment on this case. The crime is around afternoon time, so just gotta admit, the perp's got grapefruits for balls.
Posted in: Man, 74, stabbed at bus stop in Yokohama
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zanza123
Well... wouldn't know about that, I'd be there getting a check up too, if I actually KNEW about it beforehand. Keeping fit and living healthy is on everyone's minds, isn't it? Agreed on the growth of fastfood joints in Asia as a whole though, better curb that double mega Big Mac every once in a while, lol!
Posted in: Free metabolic syndrome check
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zanza123
Re dr jones -Really? That's what they are there for? Hmm, I thought that they were weighing them down with water for the recycling team because plastic are very light and can get blown away easily by the wind.
Posted in: Man allegedly stabs apartment owner to death after being told not to feed cats
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zanza123
Well the difference between filming at a hotspring versus at a convenience store is the thrill in getting caught. It makes tension and anticipation, the audience sitting at home can feel it too. So in a way, it's not just about the sex anymore, but also the thrill of getting caught, THAT is precisely what's missing between staged location shot AV and... shall we call them 'improv' AV.
Posted in: Porn producers look for more daring locations
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zanza123
Given the integrity of the J-cops, they probably will take the mistaking a 13 year old girl for his wife seriously, ESPECIALLY if he's drunk, cuz that just makes everything OK, doesn't it? He's not NORMALLY like that at all, one or two fouls for every month or two. In this country, you get off with just about anything as long as you claim that you are drunk during the process.
Posted in: Ex-figure skating coach arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting 13-year-old pupil