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akaguma at 11:23 PM JST - 31st July

what a sellout. one day it would be very refreshing for an author to knock back the big bucks. good books very rarely make good films and when they do it is usually because of an inspired director. the book will almost always be better because the author lets the…

Posted in Haruki Murakami's 'Norwegian Wood' coming to big screen at 11:23 PM JST - 31st July
bibric at 11:14 PM JST - 31st July

USNinJapan2// thepro//

I understand how you feel on my abrupt request. Yet, think profoundly that those islands belonged to Korea historically. Tsushima is called "Daemado" in Korean.

Sooner or later, the US may order back that they belong to either North Korea or South Korea.

Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 11:14 PM JST - 31st July
DXXJP at 11:07 PM JST - 31st July

Saw it(YS-11) at one of the friendship days on yokkota. Talk about a trip to the past. But no matter how difficult the FAA made the certification that thing pulled it off.

Why would Honda get into passenger aircraft Mitsubishi has been building planes for a very long time.

Posted in Boeing won't invest in Japan's new passenger jet at 11:07 PM JST - 31st July
pathat at 11:02 PM JST - 31st July

Sarge: They should call it "Bare Biz" for women.

Keep it up, Japanese women, with the summer exposure. Perhaps a good part of global warming would be to get the women to start the downward migration earlier each year in the spring, and have the U-turn unrushed each fall. Thanks,…

Posted in Young women’s summer fashions show too much, poll reveals at 11:02 PM JST - 31st July
imagawa at 11:02 PM JST - 31st July

Some years ago I read one such letter written by a pilot to the daughter he knew he would never see. Despite what he was about to do & why, it was one of the most beautiful writings I have ever read.

That war is long over, leave your father's…

Posted in Museum provides English translation of letters left by kamikaze pilots at 11:02 PM JST - 31st July
DXXJP at 11:01 PM JST - 31st July

They were friggin milling machines. Used for machining anything. Anyone with half a brain could build one out of a drill press and do lord knows what with it. Sounds more like someone dropped a dime to slow down some business.

Posted in Company raided for exporting machine tools for use in making nukes at 11:01 PM JST - 31st July
netvistafire at 11:00 PM JST - 31st July

The massacre carried out by Israel of Palestinian families in Beit Hanoun should be more than of a reason for why Olmert should be charged for crimes in Hague. The Hague has btw. declared the aparthed wall illeagal so Olmert has already broken international law by continuing with the building…

Posted in Israeli PM Olmert to resign after September party vote at 11:00 PM JST - 31st July
Betzee at 10:58 PM JST - 31st July

There has to be a happy median in interest rates. If they are high, investors make loads of money, but home owners pay out the ass. If they are too low, low home interest rates, but investors make nothing.

Reagan's mantra was deregulation. While it did provide impetus to growth,…

Posted in Obama says McCain equals 4 more years of Bush at 10:58 PM JST - 31st July
helloklitty at 10:56 PM JST - 31st July

zurcranium says: Hoover was a republican and one of the models for the bush trainwreck administration.

so why is Obama modeling his economic policies after Hoover's?

Posted in Obama promises to revive U.S. economy at 10:56 PM JST - 31st July
USNinJapan2 at 10:55 PM JST - 31st July

bibric

Now, it's time to talk about Tsushima and Oki Islands which originally belongs to Korea.

Evidently this idiocy knows no limits. Tsushima and Oki Islands? Are you on crack? So tell me, what's the Korean names for Tsushima and Okishima?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TsushimaProvince http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okiisland

Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 10:55 PM JST - 31st July