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wookwook1 at 09:57 PM JST - 6th September

Thanks smith.

A simple: answer 1 = yes, answer 2 = terrorist, would have sufficed.

Posted in McCain, Obama grapple over mantle of change at 09:57 PM JST - 6th September
OssanULTRA at 09:56 PM JST - 6th September

"The abductees issue was a myth it was fabricated and untrue"

So are you saying that Kim Jong IL himself lied to Koizumi when he admitted tob the abductions and apologized?

Posted in N Korea tells Japan of delay in launching abduction probe panel at 09:56 PM JST - 6th September
OssanULTRA at 09:54 PM JST - 6th September

"I was harrangued in an izakaya last night by a fify-something women who wanted to know why China wouldn't let Japan join the UN. It made me less optimistic about the relationship between those two countries."

Did you explain to the Obasan that Japan is already a member of the…

Posted in Fukuda says Japan-China ties will continue to develop at 09:54 PM JST - 6th September
smithinjapan at 09:54 PM JST - 6th September

Rest well, men. I hope it's of comfort to the families.

Posted in Remains of 3 sailors from Pearl Harbor identified at 09:54 PM JST - 6th September
OssanULTRA at 09:53 PM JST - 6th September

"Lord knows that japan hates china and china hates japan. Just replay the China vs. Japan soccer match during the Olympic games or just remember two years ago the riots in china against anything Japanese."

Disagree. Short of the minute ultra right wing nutcase crowd, I'd say that far more…

Posted in Fukuda says Japan-China ties will continue to develop at 09:53 PM JST - 6th September
smithinjapan at 09:51 PM JST - 6th September

Wait until he throws his defecate in a J-cop's face! Then he'll be labelled 'troublemaker' for sure! Hahahahaha.... this will definitely make international news!!

Posted in Wild monkey continues to elude Tokyo police at 09:51 PM JST - 6th September
goodDonkey at 09:50 PM JST - 6th September

I remember first hearing about Benazir Bhutto as Prime Minister of Pakistan in the late 80's on an NPR radio station. I recall hearing that she was an inspiration to young women but that she angered many Muslim fundamentalists. I was happy that she returned to Pakistan last year to…

Posted in Bhutto's widower Zardari elected Pakistani president at 09:50 PM JST - 6th September
jwills79 at 09:48 PM JST - 6th September

Whitehawk,

She didn't stand up for the "Bridge to Nowhere". It has already been pointed out that she did it only after the rest of the country got in on the act and condemned it. Where was her toughness then? Sounds like she followed the crowd.

Posted in Palin mocks Obama as McCain claims nomination at 09:48 PM JST - 6th September
blvtzpk at 09:48 PM JST - 6th September

Ah good ole rj_jr and his valuable insights of a country thousands of miles from where he lives.

Posted in Cozy prisons coddle foreign inmates at 09:48 PM JST - 6th September
smithinjapan at 09:48 PM JST - 6th September

that should be 'in the long run', not 'long wrong'... my bad!

Posted in N Korea tells Japan of delay in launching abduction probe panel at 09:48 PM JST - 6th September