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Posted in: Plane bursts into flames after veering off runway at airport in S Korea, killing 179 See in context
Why is there a brick wall around an airport?
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Posted in: Japan leads way with Olympic record in women's speedskating pursuit See in context
Japanese female athletes and teams are generally so much more successful than their male counterparts.
7 of the 10 medals have been Male and the 8th one was a mixed medal. Seems the men are killing it this Olympics.
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Posted in: Japan has its best Olympic medal haul: 27 gold, 58 overall See in context
I was wondering what happened to Korea in the medal table on this site then realised they didn't even make top 15 this year. Guess cooking there own food didn't help :)
Great job Japan, Amazing Olympics!
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Posted in: Toyota's global sales doubled to record-high in April See in context
JeffLee
It's in the article if you read it, it was a record high for the month April.
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Posted in: Inside the cut-throat battle to build K-pop's next superstars See in context
lol like 4 of them have the same chin, nice plastic surgeon.
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Posted in: S Korean tech firms shake up Japan's storied manga industry See in context
I heard a lot of the creators for Web comics barely make enough money to live. Around $1000 a month is doing good. These apps are just another way for a big company to screw over artists, just getting more effecient at it these days.
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Posted in: Births in Japan hit record low in 2020; deaths down for first time in over a decade See in context
Aly, that has nothing to do with total deaths for the year. My reply was related to the article not covid numbers. It's amazing Japan managed to reduce deaths this year with an even more aging population than the rest of the world. I was so suprised Korea incresed this year I was sure they'd have similar results as Japan or better.
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Posted in: Births in Japan hit record low in 2020; deaths down for first time in over a decade See in context
We could look at Taiwan, S Korea, and New Zealand- ALL have fared better than Japan.
Aly, Korea had an extra 10,000 deaths compared to last year. Seems they didn't fair better.
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Posted in: New Zealand begins COVID-19 vaccinations program; Australia starts Monday See in context
I'm from Australia, I know why we were so late. :) Just the tone of the article was so different compared to one here about Japan a few days ago. No 'late rollout', 'lags behind many other countries' here. :)
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Posted in: Should Spotify payments go to artists you actually listen to? See in context
So Japanese artists must be better off since Physical albums are still a thing here. Lucky they didn't embrace streaming rapidly like the west.
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Posted in: New Zealand begins COVID-19 vaccinations program; Australia starts Monday See in context
So why did Australia and New Zealand start Vaccinations so late?
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Posted in: South Korea hits new daily record for coronavirus cases See in context
Even 30k is low SJ...guess Korea fell in the same way Japan did by low tests.
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Posted in: South Korea hits new daily record for coronavirus cases See in context
21,344 tests doesn't seem much, I thought Korea was testing a lot. What happened?
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Posted in: S Korea reports fewer than 50 new coronavirus cases See in context
Results in Japan and South Korea are always lower on a Monday due to lack of testing on a Sunday
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Posted in: Growth in Australia coronavirus cases slows, but experts urge caution See in context
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/31/more-than-400-coronavirus-cases-australia-total-ruby-princess-cruise-ship
400 people who were let off the Ruby Princess are now infected with the Coronovirus. 10% of all Australian cases, and that's not counting the people they infected.
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Posted in: Virus cases jump to 346 in S Korea; China daily count drops See in context
142 new cases has been just reported now bringing total to 346. That's a huge spike in numbers.
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Posted in: Honda eyes launch of level-3 autonomous vehicle in mid-2020 See in context
Hey Samit mid 2020 is before 2021 so maybe Hyundai and Kia are the ones falling behind?
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Posted in: Japanese ships leave for 'research whaling' in Antarctic Ocean See in context
Stay safe and good luck
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Posted in: Nishikori beats Federer in ATP Finals opener See in context
Nice to see Nishikori winning. Hey, what ever happened to Chung? People were saying he was the next best thing after Australia Open but haven't heard much news about him since.
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Posted in: Djokovic beats Nadal to set up semifinal clash with Nishikori at Italian Open See in context
seek help smithinjapn
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