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Posted in: Hammer lock See in context

The credit though really goes to his genetics, not him.

May be neither, just like the last Olympics

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Posted in: 'Cove' star urges dolphin watching, not killing See in context

some obscure village in Japan abuses animals, and the whole nation gets the blame by this guy.

So does the article, just look at how the location of Miyakejima and Taji in Japan is described. It would seem every place not Tokyo in Japan has to be referred by the distance away from Tokyo by foreigners.

He obviously wants Taji to turn their village into a tourist attraction for dolphin lovers, well guess what Ric, they would've preferred this relatively effortless venture if the returns were about the same if not better.

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Posted in: AKB48's newest album sets music industry sales record See in context

Although it is substantially true that Komuro's conviction destroyed much of the brighter future of the industry and if any shred of international esteem along with it, we still have Tsunku, Yasu Nakata and to a lesser extent Daisuke Assakura to maintain some form of composure in the market until a new genius can emerge, right guys?

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Posted in: Cool beauty See in context

what's with the women of this nation and their unhealthy obsession with androgynous or otherwise gay western males?

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Posted in: Fire! See in context

The only occasion the GSDF can be put to use for defending Japan apart from missile defense and logistics is when the enemy makes landfall when our navy and air force are at the bottom of the ocean. Here's the irony: Tokyo will most likely surrender to the enemy in that circumstance, so the GSDF is useless for combat, unless of course they fight as partisans along with irregular volunteers, but this not what they are trained to do amongst others. Neither is the mounting of amphibious assaults against offshore interests, even reinforcing the defensive position of our continental allies is also out of the question and yet Japan has ample armor that are unfit for combat on the rugged or otherwise densely populated Japanese terrain.

There are so much inconsistencies between the strategic discipline of the GSDF and the nation's enduring 'pacifist' policies that makes me uncomfortable as a Japanese resident and taxpayer.

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Posted in: Face time See in context

what's missing from this scene? cigars, good whiskey, high class hookers..

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Posted in: March 11 quake even rattled upper atmosphere See in context

I tend to view a massive earthquake as the best early warning system for tsunami's, not ionosphere anomalies detected AFTER the tsunami has been unleashed.

Totally, unless there's some element of quantum mechanics involved which is most likely.

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Posted in: Noda seen as frontrunner to replace Kan as PM See in context

Anyone have anything good to say about Noda?

hopefully he will be terrible enough for the electorate to swiftly reinstate the LDP. Then again the tyranny of Nero didn't return Rome back into a republic did it?

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Posted in: Teenage girl motorcycle daredevil wows Japan See in context

THIS IS SPINAL TAP! wait what, why did I even make that reference

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Posted in: Rally planned to raise awareness of parental abduction issue during Biden visit See in context

sole custody favouring policy in Japan is quite an ironic one, because this country's step-parents just love smacking the crap out of their step-kids.

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Posted in: Post 9/11, few beside superheroes can save the day See in context

Do Americans learn and experience stuff from forms of media apart from movies..say, books?

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Posted in: Ishihara calls Kan, cabinet 'not Japanese' for not visiting Yasukuni Shrine See in context

I thought Japan was a country that only exalts and worships WINNERS, not losers. This kind of behaviour is basically telling our kids that mediocracy and EPIC FAIL are acceptable as long as you give it your best shot.

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Posted in: Japan marks 66th anniversary of World War II surrender See in context

Did you know that Iraq is in Asia, and that Japan supported the aggressive war against them back in 2003?

I'm afraid history is repeating, except we won so no-one is gonna punish us!

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Posted in: Paying their respects See in context

To be fair, all of my Japanese friends here think these guys are idiots. They hate the Imperial Japan motif!

that's ironic, because modern Japan doesn't have an army to compare!

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Posted in: Japanese TV show invokes Hitler as motivator See in context

Hitler liked eating chicken, may be liking chicken is evil.

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Posted in: Chiba parents arrested for allowing child to starve to death See in context

It's ironic. I've met young married couples couples in Japan who don't have immediate plans to have kids or never , and yet they have all the qualities of good parents. At the other end of the spectrum, I see immature stupid couples with toddlers and kindergarteners on the sidewalk and at the shops. It feels like Japan's past sins have caught up and will destroy every shred of decency this nation holds dear.

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Posted in: Ban asks Japan to help in South Sudan See in context

There must be some crude deal behind Sudan (sorry for the pun)

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Posted in: Hostess bar worker stabbed to death outside Saitama workplace See in context

Interesting: this murder occurred in a town that's NOT served by the Takasaki line. May be it's worth to pay a visit.

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Posted in: U.N. chief tells Fukushima radiation evacuees 'to hang in there' See in context

Any victim of war, disaster or famine who places hope in the UN for salvation have a lot to learn. Especially those from nations that the UN was born to wipe off the face of the earth.

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Posted in: U.N. leader to visit Fukushima nuclear zone See in context

Cool I hope he brings a real good gieger counter! Hopefully broadcast this live around the world in about 90 languages, to let the whole world know what stupid Tokyo Electric and these useless fools in the Japanese government are really up to.

I am Kettle (UN), this is Pot (TEPCO), he is black (overpaid buffoons who are totally incompetent when the going gets tough, manages to charge a hefty sum for their services from the Japanese people despite its clear lack of respect for them)

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Posted in: S Korean ferry operator bans Japanese passengers: Yonhap See in context

Oh wow, to think Neojamal's cycnical, juvenile and outright offensive predictions of Korea's subsequent course of actions came true made me lose faith in humanity..Just kidding!

I've been keeping tabs over the score for this media circus, so far Japan is winning. Their right-wing nutjobs are getting all the attention they needed just by sitting in at Gimpo Airport and the Koreans are reacting in a furious and outrageous manner. I wonder what more our friends on the Peninsular have in store for us!

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Posted in: Anti-base ad See in context

Contrary to the nationalistic tunnel vision, not everything is about Japan only. There is a balance of power involved here, and an evolving superpower right next door. You really ought to look at bigger picture beyond Nippons shores.

Well there, allowing one's country to be an American dagger aimed closley against the throat of the Chinese won't score points with them either.

Japan's lapdoggery to the Americans will guarantee one thing, that it will get little of what the Chinese are prepared to offer otherwise, and it looks much better than what the Yanks would give in the long run.

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Posted in: Tokyo Food Bar opens at JR Akihabara Station See in context

When they say authentic Indian dining, I assume it's nothing like those Anglo-bastardised joints right?

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Posted in: JAL expands codeshare with Jetstar on Kansai-Cairns route See in context

It takes 'courage' for a flag carrier to codeshare with a budget airline. Unless JAL is going low-cost themselves.

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Posted in: Man's body found in Osaka apartment building See in context

A guy is killed in Osaka, why is this news?

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Posted in: Vivian Hsu back in Japan after 7-year absence See in context

Kira Yamato: "IT WASN'T MEANT TO END THIS WAAAAAAY!"

LOL I hate that character very much!

That reminds me, it's almost 7 years to the day her duet song with Kaz fom Siam Shade "Moment" was released as the theme tune to Gundam Seed where she made her voice acting debut. Could it be that Gundam was the last work she did before going on hiatus?

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Posted in: Namie Amuro and troupe dance off against Maori haka for Coke ad See in context

Man, I miss the Zinzan led haka with the 90s squad, I do not like these new faces.

Many people in New Zealand will be furious about this. Will be interesting to find if they have permission or not

You think 'dance offs' with hakas in beverage promotions is something to be upset about? Then see this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmy6OaZEAhE

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Posted in: New book suggests ulterior motive to timing of 1948 executions See in context

Hirohito should be grateful he wasn't executed with them. In fact the only reason he wasn't was because the US cared more about reconstruction than exacting justice.

"Reconstruction" encompasses advancement of US's own biological weapons programme. Hirohito and Shiro Ishii had it good while people who were convicted for Class-A war crimes because they were ambassadors to Germany and Italy hanged.

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Posted in: U.S. gov't imposes 3-hour limit on tarmac strandings See in context

American holiday flyers have put their trust in a piece of legislation that won't help them get to their destination on time instead of being towed by the F40PH

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Posted in: Japanese-American graduate recalls wartime ordeal See in context

Why not address the HARD FACTS I provided regarding fifth column activity within the Japanese West Coast community. Rather than ignore it, what do you have to say about it?

So is the citation of dubious, un-confirmed assertions is readily accepted as HARD FACT in the JT community?

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