Posted in: Trump tells prayer breakfast he wants to root out 'anti-Christian bias' and urges 'bring God back' See in context
Well it's about time. People should devote their lives to evangelical proselytizing, the Ten Commandments and Intelligent Design/Creationism, NOT science-based silliness like evolution.
America has been bamboozled by logic and reason for far too long.
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Posted in: Gov't pulls ads from Fuji TV after scandal See in context
Few companies can survive long without a consistent flow of revenue. Let this be a lesson to the rest of the entertainment industry, stop enabling predators.
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Posted in: Growing Muslim population in need of burial plots in Japan See in context
...after a plea from a Muslim resident who told him that living in Japan "is very difficult" for his family because of the lack of graves.
Not to be cheeky, but the living don't need graves.
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Posted in: North Korea test cruise missile system and vows 'toughest' response to U.S. See in context
YAWN. This didn't even make the front page of CNN World News. More bluster from a pugnacious tin pot dictator.
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Posted in: Cargo dropped from U.S. Osprey blown off course near Okinawan island See in context
Give them credit, they're making progress. It used to be the Ospreys themselves falling out of the sky.
Hence the Osprey moniker "Widow Maker".
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Posted in: Man fired after ditching work 633 times to go to the gym See in context
That 633rd time was a step too far.
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Posted in: Student suspected of hammer attack at university cites 'bullying' See in context
Among the eight injured were individuals unacquainted with the assailant...
I think we can safely put some of the blame on the accused in this instance.
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Posted in: PM Ishiba, a Christian, observes Christmas at church in Tokyo See in context
I have to note the Philippines were also invaded and were overtake by the Portuguese Jesuits and are today's poorest nation in south east Asia.
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste beg to differ...
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Posted in: Japan unveils new passport with plastic photo page to prevent forgery See in context
Oyaji Japan proving itself to be decades behind the civilized world in many respects.
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Posted in: Las Vegas already seems part of the NBA world, which makes expansion decision feel inevitable See in context
Pretty amazing when you consider the LV metro population is just a touch over 2 million.
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Posted in: Girl, 15, dies after man stabs 2 students at McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu See in context
With all the loony random assailants in Japan, just imagine how worse it would be if guns were a thing here.
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Posted in: U.S. Marines start transfer from Okinawa in Japan to Guam under plan agreed 12 years ago See in context
On Thursday, a senior Air Force servicemember belonging to the Kadena Air Base was convicted of the kidnapping and sexual assault of a teenage girl last year, a case that triggered outrage on the island.
The real outrage should be that child rape nets just a five years prison sentence.
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Posted in: South Korea lifts president's martial law decree after lawmakers reject military rule See in context
Looky here kids. This is what's called "overplaying your hand".
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Posted in: Japan to use AI to tackle online manga and anime piracy See in context
Isn't AI writing anime/manga by this point?
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Posted in: Health insurance cards to no longer be issued as info will be integrated with My Number cards See in context
Bummer...I remember waiting with taut excitement to see what color next year's health insurance card would be. Bureaucrats kill all the fun.
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Posted in: Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan See in context
So one J-copper said it was illegal...Has this been adjudicated by a court of law yet?
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Posted in: Girl who jumped off building roof, killing herself and pedestrian below, to be prosecuted See in context
I would be curious to see how cross examination goes...
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Posted in: Shuri Castle emerges from ashes as reconstruction makes headway See in context
I was living in Shuri Ishimine-cho that fateful day and remember seeing billowing black smoke just a few km away. Honestly, I thought a traffic helicopter had crashed.
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Posted in: Australian sentenced to prison; judges unconvinced he said 'Go to a door' not 'This is a robbery' See in context
Why would the dramatization use a North American accent, isn't the defendant from Oz?
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Posted in: Women at Japan's top university call out gender imbalance See in context
This story reminds me of the Tokyo Medical University scandal from a few years back, in which the test results of female applicants were reduced by as much as 20%.
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Posted in: Kmart's blue light fades to black with shuttering of its last full-scale U.S. store See in context
I went to the Guam Kmart a few years ago and was surprised to see how many international tourists were shopping there!
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Posted in: Nagasaki mayor says Israel not invited to A-bomb peace ceremony See in context
Israelis should not be welcomed at an event which seeks to promote peace.
My guess is that the Israelis are too busy ensuring their citizens are no longer slaughtered by blood thirsty terrorists to pay it much mind.
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Posted in: Russia bans entry of 13 Japan business leaders, including Toyota, Rakuten chiefs over sanctions See in context
(Also important to highlight there are and were never any "disputed islands" - this is a figment of someone's imagination. Fact is modern Japan with the current constitution never had sovereign control of them; one upon a time, Empire of Japan had administration of them but lost it during WWII - and the modern country didn't come into being in 1952, and only joined the UN in 1956 - so these events happened well before that, thus the islands are Russian.)
The same can be said about the Russia's annexation of the Donbass. Sure, the USSR once held sovereignty over those lands, but the "modern" Russian Federation never has. Thus, Donbass belongs to Ukraine.
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Posted in: Nonprescription drug abuse highest among teens: Japan gov't study See in context
Trying to work out what OTC drugs in Japan are strong enough to do anything!? Definitely not the pain killers...The barely get rid of a headache!
I developed a dental abscess shortly after moving to Japan, and ended up guzzling a dozen Eve tablets with no relief.
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Posted in: Motorized suitcase rider referred to prosecutors for 1st time See in context
Couldn’t they have issued a warning first?
I think we know the real reason why her case was referred to the prosecutors...
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Posted in: U.S. Marine in Okinawa arrested after woman injured in attempted rape See in context
get a rope
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Posted in: Chinese police say suspect is in custody over stabbing of 4 U.S. educators See in context
Isolated, as in limited to American victims.
Sure about that?
"...and also stabbed a Chinese person who approached..."
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Posted in: Why is Uniqlo spelled with a Q? See in context
once upon a time, Uniqlo did call itself “Uniclo,” and it only got that Q because someone screwed up some paperwork
So "Uniqlo" is really just Engrish???
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Posted in: 'Flying car' makes Tokyo debut at international tech event See in context
No, nobody with a mind expects flying vehicles to become anything. People cannot handle a 2D road, flying is out of the question. Even if you put a robot in charge, no, as the dangers will be too high. A collision in mid air? Hitting a building?
Meh, give it a hundred years or so, I'm sure AI will be able to handle the complexities of flight. Besides, humans will likely be irrelevant (or extinct) by then, anyway...
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Posted in: Ex-interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani pleads not guilty to bank and tax fraud See in context
If he violates the bond conditions — which include a requirement to undergo gambling addiction treatment — he will be on the hook for $25,000.
25K is nothing compared to the 17mil he will owe in restitution.
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What about the 83.5% of workers in Japan who are not part of unions? Join one!
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Posted in: Japan to release 210,000 tons from rice reserves due to surging prices
Posted in: Trump wants denuclearization talks with Russia and China