what a genius u are kachan, and u dont think theve weighed the pros and cons of ur argument. thats it, i nominate u as ceo of apple inc. and the best part is, uve already got 2 votes!
Steve Jobs has passed away. Apple will be lucky if it can continue to hold on to it's market share in the coming years. The truth is coming out. Shady high tech facade sweat shops have got to close. Apple might have to hire the people that bought their products at a much higher salary.
What I've learnt most from this disaster is that the original designers of the reactors never fully planned for the day of a total nuclear meltdown with temperatures above 1500degC, when the maximum temp that could be measured was only 400degC.
Guess, they believed it could never happen. Thermocouples are not the best way to measure temperatures inside a reactor.
There needs to be three back-up systems for every essential piece of plant. I hope the nuclear industry are paying attention and gaining much needed info from this disaster, and more importantly, now taking the right actions to improve reactor safety.
NISA have now approved the stress tests on two KEPCO reactors in Fukui. Now it will go to the Atomic Commission for approval, which is unlikely to reject it. KEPCO will also need to seek the approval of the governor and local people. I think these two reactors will be back on line before early summer. 50% of Kansai power is generated from nuclear reactors.
If people had used common sense they would have known that it might not be a good idea to be typing out on an email whilst cycling through a busy street.
This is correct. There is no way we will stop when the pressure is coming from a foreign group. We have to stand strong and defend our rights and our tradiational way of life. The fact is no prime minister would last if they are perceived as being bossed around by foreigner. This is a highly political issue in that sense. Imagine Dutch telling Obama to close Guantanamo and then he did! The Republicans would tear him to pieces over listening to foreigner. The same principle holds here.
>
So, j4p4nFTW,
Japan takes the steps of ensuring that it's not being bossed around? It did a good job of removing the troops from Okinawa, eh?
And let's not even get into the case of the captured Chinese fishermen...
Japan won't give in to sea shepherd as long as it can get money from the Tohoku funds.
just goes to show fame & fortune are not necessarily connected to happiness.
I am of mixed mind on the outpouring on Whitney's death, & other celeb - famous types who croak, I mean if any of us got into the trouble many of those with $$$ have we wud be behind bars. And no one cares much about non-famous who die of drug or alcohol abuse.
The sad truth is Whitney is still entertaining us, think about it, its true
I don't get it. She hasn't been famous for over 20 years. Who couldn't see this coming with all her issues and enabling cronies. Just ridiculous how the media fawns over her dead body, but jumped at any chance to show her disintegrate during her downfall. A tragic story, yes. But, surprising that she died of a legal drug OD, nope. I wonder if her doctor will be put away?
It depends on the owner and what the phone is used for.
Had an Android, HTC Incredible, and didn't like it due to the lack of battery life, the lack of GB, and drop calls. Getting accustom to Android took some time. Paid $299 (1 year contract) for 8GB. The only plus about it was emailing an article without having to signed into an email account (not sure about now).
The iPhone was simple and easy to use. The iPhone4 was $300 for 32GB.
Android and the iPhone won't let the owner delete apps that comes on the phone. The iPhone have less bloatware than Android without the carrier name on it.
been to niseko this year and there are heaps of aussies there, moreso than the last 2-3years. To be fair, the majority were very respective of J-customs (e.g. lining up, boarding by the rules, etc) and took opportunity to experience the local restaurants, onsens etc. Not sure what happened to this guy, but this year the snow has been overwhelming, with some blizzardy conditions, so he could have easily lost his way and taken by the conditions.
All standing american armies out of Japan now! Why the hell should Japan have to put up with this? As if americans would let any foreign standing army be billeted on their shores.
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan........ was signed between the United States and Japan in Washington, D.C. on January 19, 1960. As a result Japan has never spent more than one percent of ts GDP on military expenditures, in return for allowing the US military presence in Japan, the United States agrees to defend Japan against any foreign adversaries
As if americans would let any foreign standing army be billeted on their shores.
A: NORAD and El Paso, Tx and a German Air Force Flying Training Center in Otero County, New Mexico, and the RAF is at Nellis, NAS Pensacola has the the 2nd German Air Force Squadron, Canadians and Italians go through pilot training at Vance Air Force Base, Phoenix, the USAF/AZ ANG trains foreign F-16 pilots...... those are all the aircraft squadrons, I'm not even sure about how many ground forces, I know that the Japanese GSDF trains in Washington State all the time.
Just an imagined illustration of what may be happening....
Much of those in Japan are "blind" to the world.... lost in material abundance and personal "cuteness" (false pride)...
(Just a personal observation.)
Those that have come to Japan to take advantage of the abundance and the lack of "resistance" on the part of the people have been too busy "enjoying" their own "plunder" of the Japanese people....
(Also an observation.)
There are nations all over the world that do not enjoy the abundance, and people "jealous" of such material wealth and personal freedom that are willing to "take" it with force... be it by terrorism.
There are nations for generations without the natural resources but with huge populations that need to be taken care of.
They cannot do it by force then they can do it over "time". Their only resource to do that are the people. Let the people populate the world then they can dominate the world and get the resources of the world. (That is... if those who spread out, stay unified with their nation of origin. There are religious groups that are doing that right now. Religion is used to "unite" populations that a central source may "control". There is one already in existence that is beyond most government control.)
Basically, economics and military power allow a group to "dominate" and "control". So it was with the USA. (Economically you need the natural resources and the people to be take advantage of them. USA had both in abundance.)
China learned that lesson many many times over, over the centuries. They have the population but not the natural resources to support them. Now they have the population and the economic power. (As they own much of the world's debts, including the USA). They can start becoming militarily strong without getting too much resistance from the rest of the world, since most of the world's needed daily products are being produced in China.
With the fall of Great Britain the USA helped to stabilize the world. Now with USA becoming "jealousy" target of the less fortunate Arab and the rest of the developing worlds (as indicated the the United Nations) with everyone asking for "handouts", including military security, China is in a position to make a move. China can give economic "assistance" and gain political power, using their "profits" from supplying the rest of the world with "cheep" goods. (They have already started to buy up the natural resources of the world. )
Once that is in place... all they need is the military might to "control".... the world.
You have to remember.... the world was not as peaceful only 60 years or so ago.... with nations trying to dominate the world....
It was only 200 years ago that USA (the land of the FREE) became free pf British dominance.
So Japan be forewarned...
China really does not have to make a major move... all they have to do is use N. Korea...
But for the rest of Asia... Naval power is needed....
Seems relatively plausible though - if the temperature DID hit 285 degrees, there would be a massive increase in radioactivity and heat escaping into the atmosphere which is something that even tepco cannot cover up!
I would hardl;y consider anyone simply working a high risk job to make a living a feed their family to be "dumb".
Training to work in a dead industry is dumb. Or do you also admire people who demand public subsidies to work as chariot grease jockeys, entrail readers and henge builders? That it's high-risk as well as dead-end only makes them dumber.
Good why don' you try that line of defense next time you find yourself on the derfendants side opf acriminal charge.
And what criminal charge was thrown at Cat Stevens or John Lennon? Pacifism? Peace-lovin' song lyrics? (Never been on the defendant's side of any criminal charge, but if the charge is being anti-war and/or anti-mindless cruelty, I plead guilty.)
the FBI are not a joke.
The FBI as an organisation is not a joke. With the weight of the US government behind it, it can do a lot of damage and upset people's lives. It's 'definitions' of what makes a terrorist (♪give peace a chaaance~♫) are a joke.
About TEPCO being made public, the Japanese government itself has announced several months ago that they are considering taking TEPCO under government control for several years, since the government itself is funding TEPCO for the compensation and NPP decommissioning.
Ben: I was not big fan of Whitney, and certainly am no fan of Lohan's, but I agree with you. Lohan's almost a write-off, but she certainly won't get the send-off Houston is getting if she goes down that path (further).
cleoFeb. 14, 2012 - 08:42AM JST
The 'hunt' aka commercial whaling has been no-go for over a quarter of a century. Whalers who after all this time >still haven't realised they're in a dead industry, and especially those who trained after 1986, are probably far too >dumb to be trained for anything else.
I would hardl;y consider anyone simply working a high risk job to make a living a feed their family to be "dumb".
At least nowhere near as much as people who who value animal life more than human.
"have you ever been detained at any international airport because you disagreed with the definitions being used by the local immigration and law enforcement authorrties?"
\Lotts of people have, including Cat Stevens.
And did they ever win?
Good why don' you try that line of defense next time you find yourself on
the defendants side of a criminal charge and see how far that gets you..
FBI (the people who hounded John Lennon for being 'anti-war', remember) definitions are a joke.
No the FBI are not a joke. Most law enforcement agencies on a national level are not a joke.
Most of us outgrew this kind of attitude.
Good why don' you try that line of defense next time you find yourself on the derfendants side opf acriminal charge.
Now find the best actions that one may take then "suggest" it rather than get emotional and get emotional support.
Kazetsukai, there is no way that the Japanese government is going to take suggestions or advice from people that have not been accepted into the "inner circle", no matter how educated, how skillful nor experienced they are. Even Japanese experts are excluded because they graduated "from the wrong university" or some other convenient excuse. Now, humiliating is a valid (albeit not preferred as first) technique for teaching. And much more fun!
All standing american armies out of Japan now! Why the hell should Japan have to put up with this? As if americans would let any foreign standing army be billeted on their shores.
If this is actually a fact these families are going to be in huge trouble with the new laws in place regarding dealings with anyone involved with organized crime.
Start with TEPCO. The Yakuza themselves admitted their involvement with the NPP corporation.
Anyways, back to the topic:
Although the article does mention organized crime syndicate involvement, hence the possesion of a gun (which should be illegal in the first place), it may be a settlement of a grudge, maybe an old grudge, or a new one ... who knows? Until the gunman is caught (which I highly doubt), we may never know the real reason.
mmm, guys, paper books are dead. It's all e-books now, via kindle and ipads. Pretty soon there won't be any of these old fashioned bookshops left, just as there aren't any buggy makers left.
I researched the topic of infanticide in Japan. I think this is a topic that should be wildly discussed and a special article should be written on it by JT. Infanticide is called mabiki in Japanese. Mabiki means "weeding", taking out the unwanted. At one time until the early years of the 20th century 40% of the babies in Kyushu were killed by their mothers. It was cultural thing in Japan (for poor families). When there was no hope for a good future, mothers killed their children. Also, mothers who kill their children in Japan do not have severe punishment.
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Tahoochi
What a terrible sight for innocent bystanders to witness... especially kids.
@Disillusioned: You're joking... right?
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naruhodo1
what a genius u are kachan, and u dont think theve weighed the pros and cons of ur argument. thats it, i nominate u as ceo of apple inc. and the best part is, uve already got 2 votes!
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Ari94
Loss of a soul make me saddened Prayers and Blessings for this person.
If you can not pray then please stop blame game and let police do their job.
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zichi
This week, Steve Jobs was given a Grammy Award for his contribution to the music industry.
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LoveNot
I definitely need a glass of nice strong wine after reading this!
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NetNinja
Steve Jobs has passed away. Apple will be lucky if it can continue to hold on to it's market share in the coming years. The truth is coming out. Shady high tech facade sweat shops have got to close. Apple might have to hire the people that bought their products at a much higher salary.
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zichi
What I've learnt most from this disaster is that the original designers of the reactors never fully planned for the day of a total nuclear meltdown with temperatures above 1500degC, when the maximum temp that could be measured was only 400degC.
Guess, they believed it could never happen. Thermocouples are not the best way to measure temperatures inside a reactor.
There needs to be three back-up systems for every essential piece of plant. I hope the nuclear industry are paying attention and gaining much needed info from this disaster, and more importantly, now taking the right actions to improve reactor safety.
NISA have now approved the stress tests on two KEPCO reactors in Fukui. Now it will go to the Atomic Commission for approval, which is unlikely to reject it. KEPCO will also need to seek the approval of the governor and local people. I think these two reactors will be back on line before early summer. 50% of Kansai power is generated from nuclear reactors.
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MasterBape
If people had used common sense they would have known that it might not be a good idea to be typing out on an email whilst cycling through a busy street.
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Ben_Jackinoff
The moon comes cheap in Australia.
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Cletus
What a classic. At least he was patriotic and had a flag and didnt burn it like some of our more recent arrivals....
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gaijinTechie
But not for lack of trying, as the Jan. 3rd spike in radioactivity in KEK (Tsukuba) data clearly shows. http://rcwww.kek.jp/norm/
Maybe that's Tepco style "normality" in the much touted state of "cold shutdown" as explained by Noda-physics.
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MasterBape
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This is correct. There is no way we will stop when the pressure is coming from a foreign group. We have to stand strong and defend our rights and our tradiational way of life. The fact is no prime minister would last if they are perceived as being bossed around by foreigner. This is a highly political issue in that sense. Imagine Dutch telling Obama to close Guantanamo and then he did! The Republicans would tear him to pieces over listening to foreigner. The same principle holds here.
>
So, j4p4nFTW, Japan takes the steps of ensuring that it's not being bossed around? It did a good job of removing the troops from Okinawa, eh? And let's not even get into the case of the captured Chinese fishermen...
Japan won't give in to sea shepherd as long as it can get money from the Tohoku funds.
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realdoll
Nothing special.
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LoveNot
Happy Happy Happy Valentines Day My Dear! I hope you get many chocolates! How many by now?
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Farmboy
I've seen broken thermometers that don't move, but I've never seen one that continues to rise.
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GW
just goes to show fame & fortune are not necessarily connected to happiness.
I am of mixed mind on the outpouring on Whitney's death, & other celeb - famous types who croak, I mean if any of us got into the trouble many of those with $$$ have we wud be behind bars. And no one cares much about non-famous who die of drug or alcohol abuse.
The sad truth is Whitney is still entertaining us, think about it, its true
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jforce
I don't get it. She hasn't been famous for over 20 years. Who couldn't see this coming with all her issues and enabling cronies. Just ridiculous how the media fawns over her dead body, but jumped at any chance to show her disintegrate during her downfall. A tragic story, yes. But, surprising that she died of a legal drug OD, nope. I wonder if her doctor will be put away?
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Disillusioned
If guns are outlawed only the outlaws will have guns!
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LH10
don't like Adele's songs -_-
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Ben_Jackinoff
Rather ironic considering Iran started the fire in the first place.
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Sarcasm321
Good on ya Iran, start fighting fire with fire!
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skipbeat
The iPhone 4 was $299 not $300
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Disillusioned
Maybe he was drunk and maybe it was related to his demise, but that is no reason to exclaim all Aussies are piss heads!
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skipbeat
It depends on the owner and what the phone is used for.
Had an Android, HTC Incredible, and didn't like it due to the lack of battery life, the lack of GB, and drop calls. Getting accustom to Android took some time. Paid $299 (1 year contract) for 8GB. The only plus about it was emailing an article without having to signed into an email account (not sure about now).
The iPhone was simple and easy to use. The iPhone4 was $300 for 32GB.
Android and the iPhone won't let the owner delete apps that comes on the phone. The iPhone have less bloatware than Android without the carrier name on it.
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Sarcasm321
Typically boorish Australian behaviour. A nation founded in 1788 when Britain dumped a load of chavs in the sun.
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zichi
Star-Viking,
Sorry, I wrote a reply to your comment but damn it, it was lost in the upload and I can't be bothered to rewrite it.
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Sarcasm321
Please don't but Houston and Lohan in the same breath. One had an amazing voice at ther peak...the other was famous for what exactly?
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vctokyo
been to niseko this year and there are heaps of aussies there, moreso than the last 2-3years. To be fair, the majority were very respective of J-customs (e.g. lining up, boarding by the rules, etc) and took opportunity to experience the local restaurants, onsens etc. Not sure what happened to this guy, but this year the snow has been overwhelming, with some blizzardy conditions, so he could have easily lost his way and taken by the conditions.
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Tyler Vandenberg
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan........ was signed between the United States and Japan in Washington, D.C. on January 19, 1960. As a result Japan has never spent more than one percent of ts GDP on military expenditures, in return for allowing the US military presence in Japan, the United States agrees to defend Japan against any foreign adversaries
A: NORAD and El Paso, Tx and a German Air Force Flying Training Center in Otero County, New Mexico, and the RAF is at Nellis, NAS Pensacola has the the 2nd German Air Force Squadron, Canadians and Italians go through pilot training at Vance Air Force Base, Phoenix, the USAF/AZ ANG trains foreign F-16 pilots...... those are all the aircraft squadrons, I'm not even sure about how many ground forces, I know that the Japanese GSDF trains in Washington State all the time.
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sensei258
Okay, ojisan husbands who used to be ojisan boyfriends. I'm on your side supermonk.
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kazetsukai
Just an imagined illustration of what may be happening....
Much of those in Japan are "blind" to the world.... lost in material abundance and personal "cuteness" (false pride)... (Just a personal observation.)
Those that have come to Japan to take advantage of the abundance and the lack of "resistance" on the part of the people have been too busy "enjoying" their own "plunder" of the Japanese people.... (Also an observation.)
There are nations all over the world that do not enjoy the abundance, and people "jealous" of such material wealth and personal freedom that are willing to "take" it with force... be it by terrorism.
There are nations for generations without the natural resources but with huge populations that need to be taken care of.
They cannot do it by force then they can do it over "time". Their only resource to do that are the people. Let the people populate the world then they can dominate the world and get the resources of the world. (That is... if those who spread out, stay unified with their nation of origin. There are religious groups that are doing that right now. Religion is used to "unite" populations that a central source may "control". There is one already in existence that is beyond most government control.)
Basically, economics and military power allow a group to "dominate" and "control". So it was with the USA. (Economically you need the natural resources and the people to be take advantage of them. USA had both in abundance.)
China learned that lesson many many times over, over the centuries. They have the population but not the natural resources to support them. Now they have the population and the economic power. (As they own much of the world's debts, including the USA). They can start becoming militarily strong without getting too much resistance from the rest of the world, since most of the world's needed daily products are being produced in China.
With the fall of Great Britain the USA helped to stabilize the world. Now with USA becoming "jealousy" target of the less fortunate Arab and the rest of the developing worlds (as indicated the the United Nations) with everyone asking for "handouts", including military security, China is in a position to make a move. China can give economic "assistance" and gain political power, using their "profits" from supplying the rest of the world with "cheep" goods. (They have already started to buy up the natural resources of the world. )
Once that is in place... all they need is the military might to "control".... the world.
You have to remember.... the world was not as peaceful only 60 years or so ago.... with nations trying to dominate the world....
It was only 200 years ago that USA (the land of the FREE) became free pf British dominance.
So Japan be forewarned...
China really does not have to make a major move... all they have to do is use N. Korea...
But for the rest of Asia... Naval power is needed....
The only escape routes for Asia are by SEA....
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yildiray
Seems relatively plausible though - if the temperature DID hit 285 degrees, there would be a massive increase in radioactivity and heat escaping into the atmosphere which is something that even tepco cannot cover up!
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anglootaku
RIP
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cleo
Training to work in a dead industry is dumb. Or do you also admire people who demand public subsidies to work as chariot grease jockeys, entrail readers and henge builders? That it's high-risk as well as dead-end only makes them dumber.
And what criminal charge was thrown at Cat Stevens or John Lennon? Pacifism? Peace-lovin' song lyrics? (Never been on the defendant's side of any criminal charge, but if the charge is being anti-war and/or anti-mindless cruelty, I plead guilty.)
The FBI as an organisation is not a joke. With the weight of the US government behind it, it can do a lot of damage and upset people's lives. It's 'definitions' of what makes a terrorist (♪give peace a chaaance~♫) are a joke.
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the-grouch
One down, many to go....
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Michael Craig
This is close to how "The Sopranos" ended!
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electric2004
It looks to me like TEPCO is extorting money from the government.
How about coining a new expression:
Tepcorists.
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Elvensilvan
@kazetsukai
About TEPCO being made public, the Japanese government itself has announced several months ago that they are considering taking TEPCO under government control for several years, since the government itself is funding TEPCO for the compensation and NPP decommissioning.
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smithinjapan
Yup, not the company's fault -- this whole thing is the fault of a malicious little thermometer!
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smithinjapan
Ben: I was not big fan of Whitney, and certainly am no fan of Lohan's, but I agree with you. Lohan's almost a write-off, but she certainly won't get the send-off Houston is getting if she goes down that path (further).
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Ben_Jackinoff
Surf and turf war.
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OssanAmerica
I would hardl;y consider anyone simply working a high risk job to make a living a feed their family to be "dumb". At least nowhere near as much as people who who value animal life more than human.
"have you ever been detained at any international airport because you disagreed with the definitions being used by the local immigration and law enforcement authorrties?"
And did they ever win? Good why don' you try that line of defense next time you find yourself on the defendants side of a criminal charge and see how far that gets you..
No the FBI are not a joke. Most law enforcement agencies on a national level are not a joke. Most of us outgrew this kind of attitude.
Good why don' you try that line of defense next time you find yourself on the derfendants side opf acriminal charge.
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DoLittleBeLate
Kazetsukai, there is no way that the Japanese government is going to take suggestions or advice from people that have not been accepted into the "inner circle", no matter how educated, how skillful nor experienced they are. Even Japanese experts are excluded because they graduated "from the wrong university" or some other convenient excuse. Now, humiliating is a valid (albeit not preferred as first) technique for teaching. And much more fun!
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Sarcasm321
How low does your IQ have to be to actually be entertained by this nonsense??
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Sarcasm321
All standing american armies out of Japan now! Why the hell should Japan have to put up with this? As if americans would let any foreign standing army be billeted on their shores.
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JapanGal
I am flying to Hong Kong Thursday. I will ask to meet with the Vice President.
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Elvensilvan
@Yubaru
Start with TEPCO. The Yakuza themselves admitted their involvement with the NPP corporation.
Anyways, back to the topic: Although the article does mention organized crime syndicate involvement, hence the possesion of a gun (which should be illegal in the first place), it may be a settlement of a grudge, maybe an old grudge, or a new one ... who knows? Until the gunman is caught (which I highly doubt), we may never know the real reason.
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GW
andrew, I did mention that in my post if you had read a little further on
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Sarcasm321
mmm, guys, paper books are dead. It's all e-books now, via kindle and ipads. Pretty soon there won't be any of these old fashioned bookshops left, just as there aren't any buggy makers left.
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LoveNot
I researched the topic of infanticide in Japan. I think this is a topic that should be wildly discussed and a special article should be written on it by JT. Infanticide is called mabiki in Japanese. Mabiki means "weeding", taking out the unwanted. At one time until the early years of the 20th century 40% of the babies in Kyushu were killed by their mothers. It was cultural thing in Japan (for poor families). When there was no hope for a good future, mothers killed their children. Also, mothers who kill their children in Japan do not have severe punishment.
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