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  • smithinjapan at 06:56 AM JST - 21st November

    "The plan also envisages selling the airport site and using proceeds from the sale to build a new maglev train line linking downtown Osaka with Kansai International Airport in Osaka Bay"

    What? You mean you won't have to do the hour and a half milk run (if you don't want…

    Posted in Osaka governor envisages scrapping Osaka airport in 2035 at 06:56 AM JST - 21st November

  • DickMorris at 06:54 AM JST - 21st November

    I sniff a touch or racism in the Judges remarks and the loengthjy sentence. Also 2 not guilty pleas since May, gee, that is a bit low for my liking. I have seen Japanese given half the sentence and with no fine, for killin g their own offspring!!

    Posted in Spanish man convicted of drug smuggling in lay jury trial at 06:54 AM JST - 21st November

  • smithinjapan at 06:51 AM JST - 21st November

    If only he had pawned it off to some Japanese celebrities a few moments earlier, they all could have gotten away with it scott-free!

    Posted in Spanish man convicted of drug smuggling in lay jury trial at 06:51 AM JST - 21st November

  • sfjp330 at 06:48 AM JST - 21st November

    Children in Japan is neglected and they need to to be hugged more often from both parents. It’s easy to see that hugging, and touching would boost the tenderness in your children and relationship. Physical expressions of affection can strengthen all sorts of connections. Women who got hugs several times…

    Posted in Children's depression and suicide a worsening problem at 06:48 AM JST - 21st November

  • rajakumar at 06:41 AM JST - 21st November

    Japan convenience 5.5 percent fall, is sustainable for improvement in 2010s.

    Posted in October convenience store sales down for 5th month at 06:41 AM JST - 21st November

  • SiouxGirl at 06:41 AM JST - 21st November

    I prefer a gin & vermouth bath myself. But will settle for the beaujolais. It's a light red wine. Next time I'll look for the rose de provence, flatearth. Cab/S is too heavy for me - but I wouldn't doing the backstroke in it if I had the chance.

    Posted in Wine bath at 06:41 AM JST - 21st November

  • Belesarius at 06:39 AM JST - 21st November

    About a week ago i read that the Saudi's are already trying to get Obama and other leaders to send stipends of money to them when there oil runs out.

    My god they had all that money what do they have to show for it.

    Posted in Japan to send energy conservation mission to Qatar in 2010 at 06:39 AM JST - 21st November

  • rajakumar at 06:37 AM JST - 21st November

    Nikkei dance to tune of 9.5 K,is need of new hit tunes and new creative ideas.

    Posted in Nikkei falls below 9,500 on hi-tech, exporter losses at 06:37 AM JST - 21st November

  • yabits at 06:36 AM JST - 21st November

    But Takaoka, who has become a frequent guest on TV shows as an “oniyome,”

    So, she's an ice queen -- I can think of another word -- and the Japanese media makes that fact into something with which to entertain audiences.

    His former team members and others in…

    Posted in Ex-soccer player Honda, wife divorce after 6 years of sexless marriage at 06:36 AM JST - 21st November

  • Belesarius at 06:33 AM JST - 21st November

    How about a ban on religion instead?

    Such voodoo and belief in fairy tales will be humanity's undoing.

    Oh yea cause we've all seen what logic, peace, love, and general goodness came from the Soviet Union.

    BTW why are so many atheist such arrogant people. I wont tell you what…

    Posted in Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban at 06:33 AM JST - 21st November

  • Belesarius at 06:30 AM JST - 21st November

    So...Now muslims get to tell every other human on earth how to talk....oh ok.

    Not gonna happen just try to enforce it.

    BTW Muslims think about this....how many buddist are there. Now when you say buddist what do most people in none buddist countries think. Buddist monks, temples, peaceful folk…

    Posted in Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban at 06:30 AM JST - 21st November

  • yabits at 06:27 AM JST - 21st November

    Whoa.... I always knew that soccer was a low-scoring affair, but this is ridiculous.

    Posted in Ex-soccer player Honda, wife divorce after 6 years of sexless marriage at 06:27 AM JST - 21st November

  • Belesarius at 06:27 AM JST - 21st November

    Yes we bow our head to pray...its god its showing respect. And to the dead again respect.

    But in our Culture people dont bow to other people. Heck next time you mess up go bow. You'll embaress the person you do it to if hes like most americans.

    Im not…

    Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 06:27 AM JST - 21st November

  • yabits at 06:26 AM JST - 21st November

    Which says more about you than you will ever understand.

    Sore because I forgot to mention the littlest Palins, Trap and Drain? (She dropped two more since my previous post.)

    Posted in Palin coy about 2012 run, but door is open at 06:26 AM JST - 21st November

  • yabits at 06:23 AM JST - 21st November

    Democrat-controlled Michigan....

    LOL!! That will come as news to the Republican majority in the upper house of the state's Congress. The state has had plenty of Republican governors too.

    Here's a great Palin quote from her book: "If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come…

    Posted in More than 1,000 cheer Palin in Michigan for book tour at 06:23 AM JST - 21st November

  • Belesarius at 06:11 AM JST - 21st November

    Unable to love your children?......What? I didnt know that you had to try to love kids there your kids you love em. They are for most of the years small, squishy, hyper little things...whats not to love.

    Posted in Children's depression and suicide a worsening problem at 06:11 AM JST - 21st November

  • norinrad21 at 06:10 AM JST - 21st November

    i didn't know those things were called vuvuzela.............hahahahahaha

    Posted in JFA chief seeks vuvuzela ban at World Cup at 06:10 AM JST - 21st November

  • telecasterplayer at 06:04 AM JST - 21st November

    That's a lot better than trading the achievement for endorsements and minor celebrity. This fellow's cool.

    Posted in It’s a new challenge for me. at 06:04 AM JST - 21st November

  • Good_Jorb at 05:55 AM JST - 21st November

    Why have an advertisement geared towards Japanese students on website that's largest demographic(it would seem) is foreigners living in Japan? If this is marketing practices that the Manchester Business School MBA teachs, then I wouldn't waste my money.

    Posted in The Manchester method at 05:55 AM JST - 21st November

  • telecasterplayer at 05:55 AM JST - 21st November

    How wasteful. There are alcoholics all over the world that would have drank that wine.

    Posted in Wine bath at 05:55 AM JST - 21st November

  • tigermoth at 05:54 AM JST - 21st November

    jamydodge I think your point seems to be that whether you agree with Islam and it's teaching, or whether they agree with the rest of the world, why try to force these values on each other? Live and let live so to speak. But clearly you can see that Islam…

    Posted in Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban at 05:54 AM JST - 21st November

  • rajakumar at 05:29 AM JST - 21st November

    Been to some of these websites,they are normal Al qaeda theme messages.

    West is bad and middle east arabs are better is the message. Botn West and Middle East Arabs can be good.

    West had its bad ,so does Middle east Arabia.

    My favourite Arab nation is the UAE,look at…

    Posted in 200 web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English at 05:29 AM JST - 21st November

  • sydenham at 05:27 AM JST - 21st November

    Fadamor, thou speaketh the truth, too.

    Posted in Tokyo crowned new gourmet capital by Michelin at 05:27 AM JST - 21st November

  • kisekicaroline at 05:22 AM JST - 21st November

    I lost respect for her when she married Sorimachi Takashi, one of the most arrogant men out there.

    hey, who can blame her? he's sexy!!!

    Posted in Nanako Matsushima has most appealing face, survey shows at 05:22 AM JST - 21st November

  • sydenham at 05:21 AM JST - 21st November

    My wife's company president is a grad of Manchester, and boy does it make a difference!

    He is capable of taking private Japanese language lessons for 3 years without actually improving; trying to eliminate face-to-face sales/client meetings (in Japan!!!!); proposing flaky motivational retreats that people refuse to participate in; giving…

    Posted in The Manchester method at 05:21 AM JST - 21st November

  • kisekicaroline at 05:18 AM JST - 21st November

    Shrimp-girl is beautiful but like most Japanese models, is an airhead

    yeah, most models in general are airheads. not just japanese models.

    Posted in Ebi-chan crowned calendar queen for fifth year in a row at 05:18 AM JST - 21st November

  • 5SpeedRacer5 at 05:18 AM JST - 21st November

    USAexpat...."she will be back "

    I think it is included in the article, but might not be. If not I read it somewhere. One reason she will end the show is that she will be running OWN... the Oprah Winfrey Network. Not joking. And she already has a film and…

    Posted in Winfrey to end talk show in 2011 at 05:18 AM JST - 21st November

  • kisekicaroline at 05:16 AM JST - 21st November

    USC???? holy crap i live so close! i wanna go there and meet him!!!

    Posted in Kitajima victorious in comeback in Tokyo at 05:16 AM JST - 21st November

  • 5SpeedRacer5 at 05:10 AM JST - 21st November

    Hotbox.

    Fusion: That is exactly what I am talking about. I have one place I really like that does kind of sashimi/French. The bakeries you are referring to are also very much fun for me (I bake my own.). People are experimenting with new smells from yeasts and mushrooms that…

    Posted in Tokyo crowned new gourmet capital by Michelin at 05:10 AM JST - 21st November

  • jamydodge at 04:54 AM JST - 21st November

    So say your interpretation, and others will come out with different ones. At the end neither can prove anything for certain. What on earth does it achieve for mankind? Many of them look at our values and society and ridicule it. And in many ways it is true, but then…

    Posted in Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban at 04:54 AM JST - 21st November

  • 5SpeedRacer5 at 04:46 AM JST - 21st November

    Just speculating, but I would say that his sympathy barometer is dropping like a stone. If he is going to confess, he has to do it either today or tomorrow to get the "long weekend media coverage."

    If he does not confess by then, the J-police will take off the…

    Posted in Ichihashi's lawyers critical of interrogation method at 04:46 AM JST - 21st November

  • victimcrat at 04:44 AM JST - 21st November

    A ban like this might fly in Europe, but not in North America.

    Asia will just ignore it.

    Frankly, if I were a Muslim delegate to the UN, I would work on stopping Sunnis and Shias from murdering each other in cold blood.

    Those of us outside the cult are…

    Posted in Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban at 04:44 AM JST - 21st November

  • 5SpeedRacer5 at 04:36 AM JST - 21st November

    "Selective drunkenness?

    surely a deliberate oxymoron"

    Are you kidding? For this guy it is a legal defense strategy.

    Posted in U.S. Army man admits involvement in Okinawa hit-and-run accident at 04:36 AM JST - 21st November

  • victimcrat at 04:36 AM JST - 21st November

    Clever move by an Alaskan politician the state media keeps dismissing as irrelevant.

    Democrat-controlled Michigan has the highest unemployment rates in the country.

    Posted in More than 1,000 cheer Palin in Michigan for book tour at 04:36 AM JST - 21st November

  • victimcrat at 04:32 AM JST - 21st November

    I was just drawing a mental picture of Palin at the top her game in custodial services -- with kids named Plunge, Snake, and Rooter

    Which says more about you than you will ever understand.

    Stay classy there, 'liberal champion of the worker' - and keep telling everyone on this…

    Posted in Palin coy about 2012 run, but door is open at 04:32 AM JST - 21st November

  • jamydodge at 04:30 AM JST - 21st November

    Although i can completely see where many of these feelings and arguments are coming from. They are bordering on extremists rants on the other extremity. First of all most of the rubbish you see these days by so called Muslims is actually contradictory to the teachings in the first place!…

    Posted in Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban at 04:30 AM JST - 21st November

  • victimcrat at 04:26 AM JST - 21st November

    Obviously she regrets her role in getting the affirmative action candidate elected in our last presidential election.

    Posted in Winfrey to end talk show in 2011 at 04:26 AM JST - 21st November

  • sfjp330 at 04:16 AM JST - 21st November

    The US has little to gain by letting the issue fester. Rejecting the Hatoyama government's desire to renegotiate outright may be the surest way to guarantee that the allies will be unable to move beyond the question of what to do about Futenma and US forces in Okinawa. The U.S.…

    Posted in 'Trust me,' Hatoyama tells Obama on U.S. military base dispute at 04:16 AM JST - 21st November

  • couversaka at 04:04 AM JST - 21st November

    The media in Guam reported that the shooter was a Chinese national angry over a business deal gone wrong.

    Posted in Gunman kills 4 locals, wounds 6 S Korean tourists on Saipan at 04:04 AM JST - 21st November

  • scooterVNeuter at 03:54 AM JST - 21st November

    This story omits some important quotes I believe. Here's a more accurate account:

    http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/scooters_report/2009/11/muslims-seek-international-blasphemy-ban.html

    Posted in Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban at 03:54 AM JST - 21st November

  • yabits at 03:53 AM JST - 21st November

    She might be label as you say "bimbo" with Paris Hilton, but Palin has positioned herself as the single most valuable power broker for the GOP in the 2010 elections.

    Yes, she knows how to get the birthers, wackos, teabaggers, and other knuckle-draggers -- aka Republicans without much cash…

    Posted in More than 1,000 cheer Palin in Michigan for book tour at 03:53 AM JST - 21st November

  • Fadamor at 03:36 AM JST - 21st November

    Well, he did deny that he hit the guy originally. I agree that the anti-US sentiment here seems to match the Prime Minister's sentiment towards Americans. So a hit an run by an American serviceman is evidence of why the American military must leave Japan, but the hit and runs…

    Posted in U.S. Army man admits involvement in Okinawa hit-and-run accident at 03:36 AM JST - 21st November

  • Molenir at 03:29 AM JST - 21st November

    The today's world will either be stepping forward into an era where conservation and the environment really matter, or it will be stepping back into the Dark Ages, where the people of the world think that the slaughter of whales using grenades, electric lances and shooting them with rifles is…

    Posted in Australia 'deeply disappointed' at start of Japanese whale hunt at 03:29 AM JST - 21st November

  • sfjp330 at 03:24 AM JST - 21st November

    Yabits: 8:10am. I try not to make sweeping statements about ALL Republicans because I know there are some decent ones. But I can make generalizations about the kind of people who would wait in a line for hours for a bimbo, be she Paris Hilton or Sarah Palin.

    I disagree.…

    Posted in More than 1,000 cheer Palin in Michigan for book tour at 03:24 AM JST - 21st November

  • sharky1 at 03:23 AM JST - 21st November

    I kind of like the term "Islamaphobia". It shows that islam is, in reality, an advanced state of psychosis. There is a cure for "islamitis".

    Posted in Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban at 03:23 AM JST - 21st November

  • M51T at 03:18 AM JST - 21st November

    Deputy PM Kan is saying 'deflation' which is softer than saying 'Japan is on the precipice of a death spiral'.

    Posted in Gov't declares Japan has slipped into deflation at 03:18 AM JST - 21st November

  • USAFdude at 03:11 AM JST - 21st November

    Taka, I stand corrected. Thank you!

    Posted in Palin coy about 2012 run, but door is open at 03:11 AM JST - 21st November

  • yabits at 03:10 AM JST - 21st November

    If the West continues down this road, well all end up under the burkha.

    Nah. Pilgrims to Mecca will be wearing mouse ears before that day comes.

    Posted in Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban at 03:10 AM JST - 21st November

  • sfjp330 at 03:09 AM JST - 21st November

    The today's world will either be stepping forward into an era where conservation and the environment really matter, or it will be stepping back into the Dark Ages, where the people of the world think that the slaughter of whales using grenades, electric lances and shooting them with rifles is…

    Posted in Australia 'deeply disappointed' at start of Japanese whale hunt at 03:09 AM JST - 21st November

  • yabits at 03:07 AM JST - 21st November

    usaexpat: I know far left. Trust me. Pelosi is pretty far away from far left. The problem comes when those on the right (like Palin) try to define "far left."

    You make some very interesting points on which I'd love to comment at length in response. Unfortunately they don't relate…

    Posted in More than 1,000 cheer Palin in Michigan for book tour at 03:07 AM JST - 21st November