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Posted in: Star's suicide highlights dark side of the K-pop dream See in context

Great reply there, but they are questions which will go unanswered for obvious reasons.

Agreed

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Posted in: Line to start bike-sharing service in Japan with Chinese firm See in context

Why do we need a Chinese firm ?

Was thinking the same

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Posted in: Japanese police officer pursues, pulls over Lamborghini supercar…while on a bicycle See in context

Good on this guy for not pulling he usual J-cop “shouga nai... maybe I’ll stop this old guy on his bike and check if it’s his!” Whole crimes are being committed right in front of him/her.

You started off good but you couldn't resists to add an accusation at the police. Can't you just for once say "well done" and leave it at that or does it hurt too much to pay a compliment to a country you acutely dislike without adding your own "facts"

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Posted in: Gov't says it will use departure tax revenue only for tourism promotion See in context

smith: We know how Japan operates with funds like these;

No, you THINK you know, as usual

smith: they'll use it for anything they see fit, from weapons bought from the US to putting the SDF on whaling ships, saying the former "makes Japan a safe and friendly place", and the latter "promotes Japanese culture".

Evidence?

You should start a business called "reading minds and predicting the future when its suits me .com"

smith: The government certainly never twists things like the Constitution and current laws to fit their definitions of things, do they?

Right and "expert" posters never twist and make up BS to support their own hatred of Japan

How about telling us what these countries do with their tax since you appear to know everything https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departure_tax

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Posted in: Gov't panel warns of possibility of 'impending' M9 quake off Hokkaido See in context

Who needs scientist when there are so many know-it-all, mouthy experts right here on JT (on every subject, not just this one)

When the self-appointed experts produce unhelpful, vague and contradictory statistics which are then quoted as gospel by all the news sources in Japan... I have enough background information on this subject to know...

That really made my day, and my point.

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Posted in: New Tokyo fish market to open on Oct 11, 2018 See in context

I wonder if it really went into clean up and not just in brown envelopes.

What is this obsession with baseless brown envelope accusations. Do you think so little of Japan or do you just blindly listen to the utter nonsense spewed by the other "experts-in-every-field" here on JT?

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Posted in: Gov't panel warns of possibility of 'impending' M9 quake off Hokkaido See in context

fear - worry - propaganda

No it isn't, the reason is stated in the article:

*"Japan's science and technology minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told a press conference, "We are hoping this report will help local municipal governments to make necessary preparations and raise households' awareness of disaster risk."*

Who needs scientist when there are so many know-it-all, mouthy experts right here on JT (on every subject, not just this one)

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Posted in: Following Trump's report, China urges U.S. to accept its rise See in context

I bet the US (and perhaps others) are regretting the Plaza Accord now. The US, and indeed all of us, have assisted China in this "rise". US and world business are still funding them.

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Posted in: Japan's proposed departure tax draws mixed views, poses challenges See in context

Didn't contend any such thing. I said you don't get your money back

Then my English must be terrible then because what you wrote below sure looks like you are claiming you get nothing back.

 You pay into it but don't get your money back if you move out.

I doubt you even knew about dattai ichijikin before I mentioned it, so next time try using words like "maybe you don't get ALL your money back". Stop backtracking and pretending you know what you are talking about.

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Posted in: Police raid pro-N Korea insurer over alleged asset concealment See in context

Korean residents in Japan

they are residents so this is racism.

Oh here we go.... You people are like a broken record. Simply reporting facts is NOT racism.

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Posted in: Japan's proposed departure tax draws mixed views, poses challenges See in context

Not true. dattai ichijikin / 脱退一時金

Not not true. You don't get all your money back.

Never said you did but it's not nothing as you contend

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Posted in: Japan's proposed departure tax draws mixed views, poses challenges See in context

They already have a exit-fee for foreigners. It's called the pension program. You pay into it but don't get your money back if you move out.

Not true. dattai ichijikin / 脱退一時金

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Posted in: Japan's proposed departure tax draws mixed views, poses challenges See in context

Before you all get your knickers in a twist, this is not uncommon it's just not always obvious that you have paid it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departure_tax

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Posted in: 72-year-old man arrested for molesting 9-year-old girl See in context

Smith: Nothing will happen to him

You don't know that, as usual.

Smith: Too many old scumbags here get away with this crap

You don't that, as usual

Smith: They feel entitled to do it. 

You don't know that, as usual

The guy was in the wrong, no doubt, but you are full of crap, as usual

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Posted in: Sharp to seek all-Japan OLED alliance to counter South Korea's Samsung, LG See in context

Thumb down for stating facts? - curious

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Posted in: Sharp to seek all-Japan OLED alliance to counter South Korea's Samsung, LG See in context

GJ Japan Inc.

Surely you mean china inc, Sharp is not Japanese. They shamefully sold out to the chinese (yes I count Taiwan ROC as China)

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Posted in: JR East to run special train for cycling enthusiasts See in context

FYI. the woman in the pic. is riding a bike that costs between 700,000-1,000,000 yen. And from the looks of her, that's just a kid with too much money to spend.

The woman works for JR, I saw them do the same demo at CycleMode earlier this year on a stage setup like the inside of the train. The idea was show that anyone can use the bike rack.

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Posted in: 8 referred to prosecutors over 2012 fatal tunnel collapse See in context

smithinjapanNov

Only in Japan. 

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20171130_25/

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Posted in: Tokyo condos shutting doors on home-sharing lodging businesses See in context

"Having tight security is one the benefits of living here. We're not prepared to deal with any trouble caused by unfamiliar visitors" from around the country or abroad, said Shimada,"

This is racism, pure and simple!

How exactly is it racism? Read it again "from around the country or abroad, said Shimada,"

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Posted in: Skylark bans employees from smoking while on their way to work at head office See in context

Can't tell people what to do on their way to work. That's it. Next

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Posted in: Tokyo condos shutting doors on home-sharing lodging businesses See in context

This is normal, the exact same thing happened in my apartment complex which I also voted for.

The foreign tourist comes to Tokyo as a visitor and does not care one bit about noise, security, and cleanliness concerns of its neighbors. 

We also did this in our condo, I voted as you did for the same reasons.

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Posted in: Tokyo condos shutting doors on home-sharing lodging businesses See in context

I don't think I changed their words at all. In my mind both of these terms are targeting and hoisting blame on foreigners.

Fair enough, this one could be read that way:

"Some locals tell us they recently have seen unfamiliar foreigners frequenting private housing buildings,"

but is reporting what one has seen discrimination? How should they describe what they saw without upsetting you?

But you changed the words on this one and then decided in YOUR mind that it was "discrimination":

*"Having tight security is one the benefits of living here. We're not prepared to deal with any trouble caused by unfamiliar visitors" from around the country or abroad, said Shimada*

But like I said its what they want, its their property, they have made the choice. No one else's business.

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Posted in: Tokyo condos shutting doors on home-sharing lodging businesses See in context

What about unfamiliar non-foreigners?

"Having tight security is one the benefits of living here. We're not prepared to deal with any trouble caused by unfamiliar visitors" from around the country or abroad, said Shimada

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Posted in: Tokyo condos shutting doors on home-sharing lodging businesses See in context

Maybe it is just me, but I read a bit of discrimination and racial profiling in this article. "We don't want strangers",read foreigners in our buildings. "These buildings are safe and owners expect to be safe in their homes", read, if we allow foreigners in they will jeopardize our safety.

You are changing the words and then saying it is discrimination. The home owners don't want it and that's that.

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Posted in: Male passenger arrested for kicking 2 JAL flight attendants See in context

Smith: Japanese are amongst the worst offenders when it comes to not buckling up (and staying buckled up)

Did a survey did you?

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Posted in: Japanese cosmetics maker apologizes over sign barring Chinese See in context

Who's defending it? I clearly stated it's a fact. I've seen it.

You are, and now you declaring it a "fact" that your observatons are the one true behaviour set. Well my observations are the opposite of yours and I don to agree with you. So just leave it at that.

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Posted in: Japanese cosmetics maker apologizes over sign barring Chinese See in context

Jimizo: just a user says "I see very little variation of their behaviour". Am I the only one who thinks that maybe he/she doesn't even notice the Chinese tourists not making a racket?

You spent time there and want to defend it, fine. And yes I do notice and I see little difference. I lived in Singapore and worked with many. Some actually had some class, but compared to the other "nationalities" living there the Chinese were in a "rude" league of their own and everybody knew it. Those that I worked with were not ashamed of it.

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Posted in: Japanese cosmetics maker apologizes over sign barring Chinese See in context

Tokyo-Engr: Does this make Chinese bad people?

No I never said that, but I can certainly understand the shops frustration. It's their shop after all. Maybe they want their regular customers not not be put off and to return time after time. A few days of binge shopping by Chinese is probably less valuable to them.

I think this just stems from the environment/over-crowding from which they come. 

Japan was crowded too, very little of Chinese type behaviour here. Chinese constant bad behaviour should not be defended just as very few are defending the shops right to block what it must have considered a disruptive element.

as a generalization I believe what you say is true

I see very little variation of their behaviour, so it may classed as "generalising" yet, based on my own experience it seems like the norm to me.

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Posted in: Japanese cosmetics maker apologizes over sign barring Chinese See in context

Rude, have no concept of queuing at cash register they just walk up to the front, barging other customers around, noisy, messy and trying to barter on price of everything. This is all I see when I am in a shop swarmed by Chinese, I just u-turn right out the door. Maybe the shop just had enough without much thought on how to deal with it.

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Posted in: Platform doors to be installed at 882 train stations before Tokyo 2020 Olympics See in context

Disillusioned: This is just a way to hide the fact from the rest of the world without having to address why so many people jump in front of trains in the Tokyo region.

smith: And then suddenly they’re worried about what other people might think before the Olympics?

Wow I actually thought (foolishly) that this would be a story no-one could whine about.

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