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KitsuneYoukai at 03:55 AM JST - 17th May

I think it is because of the foreign language. I think most people in for example, the US are not used to seeing movies with subtitles. They tend to miss out on a lot of the visual part because they are trying to read what's at the bottom of the…

Posted in Why do moviegoers in English-speaking countries tend to avoid foreign movies with subtitles, while in Japan, for example, it's just the opposite? at 03:55 AM JST - 17th May
Helter_Skelter at 03:53 AM JST - 17th May

This might just be a reason for the whole Iran problem. United States feeling threatened because to keep oil in USD versus euros.

What is it about conspiracy theories socialists like so much?

Posted in Bush, Olmert stand against Iran's nuclear threat at 03:53 AM JST - 17th May
cracaphat at 03:19 AM JST - 17th May

Yeah ! Just give me the REAL price.

Posted in ANA to raise international fuel surcharge from July 1 at 03:19 AM JST - 17th May
tako10 at 02:56 AM JST - 17th May

At least, I found some places have regulations for reasonable recreational fishing.

http://www.ashinoko.or.jp/asi_rule.htm (Hakone Ashinoko) - sorry, no translation

http://www.kamikatsura.info/yugyokisoku.htm (Kyoto Arashiyama)

When I went camping in Nagano, they did not require fishing license.

Posted in Fishing at 02:56 AM JST - 17th May
Azrael at 02:45 AM JST - 17th May

KaptainKichigai, this link may be helpful:

http://www.crnjapan.com/en/

The Children's Rights Network of Japan has legal information and links that may be useful to you. I wish you good luck!

Posted in Losing Kei at 02:45 AM JST - 17th May
ca1ic0cat at 02:38 AM JST - 17th May

Now there's a visual I didn't need on a Saturday morning, guns or not!

Posted in Aussie pensioners shed clothes to protest budget, high prices at 02:38 AM JST - 17th May
ca1ic0cat at 02:23 AM JST - 17th May

I'm 110% with Cleo on this. I agree that we don't have much to go on but this is just too much. I do wonder what the cops think of the whole thing.

Posted in 2-yr-old boy who survived 9th floor fall in March dies after choking himself with backpack strap at 02:23 AM JST - 17th May
USNinJapan2 at 02:19 AM JST - 17th May

electric2004

Hey it should be good news for you. It means you too can shell out 6 million yen and hit the skies without anyone's permission! See you in the air...

Posted in World's smallest helicopter to fly at da Vinci's birthplace at 02:19 AM JST - 17th May
0JAMBO at 02:17 AM JST - 17th May

I think it's very important to point out an important difference between the situation Japanese-Americans faced in 1941 and the situation Muslims encounter in the USA today. Americans of Japanese descent are what they are because of an accident of birth - just like every other American. Muslims are what…

Posted in Pilgrimage to site of WWII internment camp uniting communities at 02:17 AM JST - 17th May
Skywards at 01:41 AM JST - 17th May

1) Some movie-watchers want to hear English voices in international films. If I show anime to my friends, the preference is for dubbed anime, not subtitled anime (but the original cast may have better character voices than the English cast). 2) Many subtitled movies vary in the quality of their…

Posted in Why do moviegoers in English-speaking countries tend to avoid foreign movies with subtitles, while in Japan, for example, it's just the opposite? at 01:41 AM JST - 17th May