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Posted in: No. of foreign visitors to Japan in April reaches record high See in context
I happen to be one of them. I stayed from April 1st to April 9th.
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Posted in: Bodies of mother, son found in Mie home See in context
I've just recently came back from Japan. This has been the fourth suicide I've read about this week while I was staying there. Heartbreaking. :(
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Posted in: Following the murderous attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, “Je suis Charlie” — I am Charlie -- has gone viral around the world as a show of support for free speech. However, there is a See in context
Every anime/manga artist in Japan is Charlie.
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Posted in: Policeman commits suicide in koban in Ehime See in context
There's been several suicides this year in Japan involving police officers. What on Earth is going on here?
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Posted in: Japanese journalist goes on trial for defaming S Korean president See in context
In South Korea, they throw in jail. In North Korea, the throw you in the gulag.
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Posted in: Is it time for Japan to get over trying to connect your personality and blood type? See in context
I found out my blood type years ago. Mine is O+.
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Posted in: Longtime anti-suicide crusader patrols cliffs of Tojinbo See in context
Yukio Shige can be seen in the 2013 documentary "Saving 10,000". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0SHLxc2d0
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Posted in: U.S. box office slumps to worst summer in years See in context
Alot of the big-budgeted Hollywood movies that are released in theaters are aweful. Not to mention that a matinee costs around $9.00 ($11.00 for regular screenings), $3.00 extra for 3D glasses & $8.00 extra to sit in one of those vibrating D-BOXes. Sometimes I wonder how many of the poor, starving children that could've been saved with the money Hollywood had wasted?
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Posted in: 50-year-old man arrested over Mandarake robot toy theft See in context
According to Anime News Network, he turned himself in.
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Posted in: Actor-comedian Robin Williams found dead in apparent suicide See in context
Robin was a huge fan of anime (Ghost in the Shell, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Detective Conan & Hayao Miyazaki movies).
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Posted in: Unhappy hour for Kirin as its beer sales tumble in Japan See in context
I enjoy drinking Kirin beer whenever I visit Japan.
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Posted in: Japan Restoration Party formally disbands See in context
Easy Come, Easy Go.
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Posted in: Man arrested after grabbing police officer's gun, shooting him See in context
Do the police in Japan know how to practice martial arts?
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Posted in: Airline complaints: Which bothers you the most? See in context
Other: I pay more money for extra leg room since I happen to be 6 feet 5 inches tall.
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Posted in: Husbands aghast at wives' infatuation with rightwing causes See in context
"Honey.....HOW COULD YOU?!?!?!?"
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Posted in: Do you think suicide is an honorable way to atone for a crime or scandal? See in context
Suicide is a coward's way out.
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Posted in: Boyfriend of murdered nurse hangs himself after police questioning See in context
Extreme methods of interrogation by the police will often end in disater.
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Posted in: Man arrested after forcing 9-year-old stepson to play violent video games See in context
Violent video games do not harm children. Abusive & criminally insane stepfathers do.
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Posted in: Osaka city assembly refuses to accept Hashimoto's resignation See in context
TOMARE!!!!
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Posted in: NHK governor praises rightist's suicide in 1993 as glorifying emperor See in context
This will probably lead to even more suicides in Japan.
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Posted in: Gunma man arrested after uploading Studio Ghibli’s 'The Wind Rises' See in context
I went to see "Kaze Tachinu" in theaters while in Tokyo last year on vacation. The ticket price was around 2,000 yen.
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Posted in: Nintendo profit falls on sluggish Wii U sales See in context
It's hard to like a new gaming console when the controller is about the same size of the console itself.
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Posted in: Hacker group Anonymous takes down Wakayama website to protest dolphin killing See in context
The Cybercrime Task Force had failed miserably.
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Posted in: Scientists to create controlled nuclear meltdown in Ibaraki facility See in context
Let's hope they don't make any mistakes like Chernobyl.
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Posted in: White House hopeful Christie 'humiliated' by bridge scandal See in context
I'm glad that I was born in New York instead of New Jersey.
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Posted in: Ishihara backs sacked military chief for Tokyo governor See in context
Ishihara's life into politics has made him into a terrible person.
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Posted in: Ishihara backs sacked military chief for Tokyo governor See in context
The people of Tokyo will rather vote for that lawyer as governor.
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Posted in: Abe says it is time to revise pacifist constitution See in context
George Orwell's "1984" if it was 30 years later.
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Posted in: Abe visits Yasukuni shrine; calls it pledge against war See in context
Well, it finally happened.
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Posted in: Inose resigns as Tokyo governor over loan scandal See in context
If looks like the Ishihara era in Tokyo has finally come to a close.
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so a weak dollar is bad for the USA? A weak dollar has both good and bad sides, there are…
Posted in: Dollar drops below 140 yen for 1st time in 7 months as Japan finance chief leaves for U.S.
Posted in: Visa overstayers in Japan face stigma of criminality
Posted in: Visa overstayers in Japan face stigma of criminality
Posted in: 70 lawmakers make cross-party visit to Yasukuni Shrine
