Mocheake comments

Posted in: Ohtani boom See in context

Can't go a day without a (non)-story using his name.

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Posted in: Japan society on transgender issues to drop 'disorder' from name See in context

It IS a disorder, of which we will probably never know the true cause, but that doesn't mean there should be any kind of blame or shame thrust upon that person. There is a huge number of disorders out there. I also believe people in that mental state differ from people who just decide on a whim one day that they want to be something else. That is a different kind of disorder but a disorder nonetheless.

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Posted in: In Germany, the far right is on the rise again. How did it happen? See in context

JeffLeeMar. 18 09:35 pm JST

@Mocheake

> The general population resents the presence of people who do not look like them...

> I don't know about that. I do that in a democracy, mainstream parties all pushing the same unpopular policy for quite a few years will open the door to extremism.

Fair point, but I think the reason why it is unpopular is because many on the right don't want people who do not look like them to have a large(r) population or large say in the government and the country they feel their ancestors built and they've inherited. Just my opinion from my travels. "First World" countries will accept immigrants to do jobs the native population doesn't want to do but when they feel they are losing too much power that feeling finds its way into the mainstream quite easily. The backlash in the States started well before all the talk about migrants. Many in the far right, like that klansman David Duke, were alarmed at the rising power of blacks and the browning of America way back when. Migrants are just the latest easy target, but look at how they are trying to redistrict, take away voting and abortion rights, etc and you can see that the door to extremism on the right was never ever close to being closed no matter who was in power, it's just worse when a democrat is in the White House. The bombing in Oklahoma City is one unfortunate example of that. Charlottesville happened during the Trump administration and he didn't even condemn it. He's going to get 80 to 90 million votes in the next election, the overwhelming majority of which will come from people who who all of a sudden feel like they are the real victims of disenfranchisement.

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Posted in: ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ repeats at No. 1 on North American box office charts See in context

I had no idea this slop was on a 4th movie. Next: Ninja Turtles 20 and Fast and Furious 100. Man, we are seriously doomed.

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Posted in: In Germany, the far right is on the rise again. How did it happen? See in context

Sven AsaiToday 06:14 pm JST

The problem is not the big number of immigrants itself. The problem is, what those people do (a lot of crimes far above average crime rates) and what they don't (show a little bit respect for German lifestyle and culture and also a minimum of thankfulness for the hosting population for example by working a few hours in return and not only cashing in the generously applied money, housing, alimentation, Infrastructure etc

Really? Where's the proof about the crimes and crime rate? Your post sound like exactly what the Japanese police say every year about crimes by foreigners being on the rise but only show a total number. No rate. No comparison of the rate of increase in the foreign population or to the Japanese. It's biased, inaccurate, unscientific and just good old fear mongering, plain and simple. They are really good at it, too, but there are no reasons EVER to target a whole group. Are/were all Germans Nazis? Saying immigrants don't show a little bit of respect and are just 'cashing in' is an ignorant comment. You probably don't know anything about any of the immigrants in the country so just how can you say that? The main problem by far is the people who think just like you.

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Posted in: In Germany, the far right is on the rise again. How did it happen? See in context

> JeffLeeToday 05:25 pm JST

It's mass immigration, mainly. Especially after more than a million people arrived from the Middle East in 2015 alone. If you continually foist unpopular policies on a moderate population, you will eventually generate a lot of extremism.

> Imagine if Japan decided to adopt the scale immigration that Germany and other western European have done? The reaction will be a lot harsher, I reckon.

Right. So, if that's the case, it has relatively nothing to do with how poor the native population is, inflation, etc, as the first part of this article would lead you to believe. Those just exacerbate the situation. The general population resents the presence of people who do not look like them or share their heritage, moreso if they have been persuaded to believe them to be criminally-inclined or rule/ tradition breakers. Many far right newscasters are more than happy to portray migrants or immigrants negatively en masse by picking and choosing and staging incidents (Sliwa and Hannity) to make them seem like a menace. Some in the population can also become really resentful, and I've seen it in Japan plenty of times, if you have a nicer home, car or life. They feel you don't belong, have somehow stolen from the "hardworking" people in the country, degrade the quality of life and aren't as respectable a citizen as any of them and cannot ever be seen as equal.

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Posted in: In Germany, the far right is on the rise again. How did it happen? See in context

After the fall of communism in 1989 and the unification of East and West Germany a year later, many people in the five eastern states lost not only their jobs but their collective past, leaving them disoriented and helpless in the capitalist system

Not buying it at all. Just a copout excuse for people to use behind their racism. It gets kind of quiet when things are going good but a person who is a bigot is not suddenly going to change because they have a great job, a car in the garage and food on the table. I don't have a university degree in anything close to this but you can easily see people who dislike you or don't want or like you being around. I have always been skeptical of Germany being different now as many friends of different ethnicities have told me but I hope I am proven to be incorrect. Japan is no different, either. Even during the Bubble, when the country was as prosperous as ever, I was shunned and turned away left and right and ignored constantly. Japanese may not be as violently racist as Germany but they do have a shared history of being on the very wrong side of history and the behavior here may be much more subtle but it IS there. The past is prologue. With all the tourists coming here now and the "shortage" of workers, more foreigners will be coming in and as we've seen in all these articles recently that tax "tourists," the country is adjusting its behavior too. They want the foreign tourists' money but not the tourists at all. The rise of the far right is happening in the U.S. and now Germany. It's dormant but will soon rise here again.

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Posted in: Filipino woman admits to killing sister, Japanese niece See in context

Sounds more like they were fighting over the victim's money. It's not good to let anyone, even close relatives, know you are carrying a good sum of money. Don't truly know that was the case here but the story seems to point that way: The elder victim told the sister about the deal and the sister may have wanted in or had other ideas about what should be done with the cash or just plain wanted it for herself so she got her husband in on the plot and some goons to do the dirty work.

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Posted in: Edible bug businesses at crossroads in Japan See in context

bass4funkToday 10:24 am JST

Well, the incompetent elites can have all the bugs and EVs they want, I’ll continue to eat steak and drive fossil-fuel truck.

I'm with you there.

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Posted in: Edible bug businesses at crossroads in Japan See in context

What bugs me is people really think bugs are tasty. The two words don't even go together unless you're starving to death. Edible. Bugs. Pass.

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Posted in: Inflation dents budgets for cherry blossom viewing in Japan See in context

Overrated experience. Seeing them from the train as it goes by is enough for me and damn near everyone I know. Budget: zero.

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Posted in: 'Manhunt,' about hunt for John Wilkes Booth, may make you wish you paid attention in history class See in context

Knew all of that already. I have always despised that virulent racist and segregationist (Booth) and all the Confederates. It's a terrible part of American history and they were all traitors who were on the evil side and lost. A lot of their descendants still haven't gotten over that.

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Posted in: U.S. ambassador says Beijing stance on TikTok ban 'supremely ironic' See in context

What a laugh! Beijing must think they are the only ones allowed to block, ban and censor. Welcome to the real world of just deserts!

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Posted in: U.S. resumes Osprey flights in Japan 3 months after deadly crash See in context

Mr KiplingToday 02:39 pm JST

Poor Japan gets no say on what it's occupying force does

No, they do. Posters on JT most certainly don't, however.

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Posted in: 45-year-old man arrested for arson after argument with mother over breakfast See in context

No job, no prospects. Just freeloading off mom and| complaining about the food and her cooking. Well, this should be the last straw and no hospital visit is coming from mom unless it's to (censored) the IV.

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Posted in: Hiroshima grapples with 'Oppenheimer' Oscars success See in context

My conclusion: people in Hiroshima and elsewhere who believe they alone were war victims should look at the historical context. And it should be taught in Japanese schools

Agreed, but if you know Japan...the only context the country cares about is its own. The proof is everywhere. August is only a few months away.

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Posted in: Rumors of Aya Nakamura Paris Olympics appearance sparks far-right backlash See in context

Philosopher's StoneToday 08:53 am JST

Well, she definitely doesn't represent France. And why the hell does she even carry a Japanese name?

I'd never heard of her until 10 minutes ago but from what I just read, it seems she does represent France. Many Japanese celebrities use non--Japanese names and nicknames. Any problems with them?

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Posted in: Hiroshima grapples with 'Oppenheimer' Oscars success See in context

Here we go again! Not one day can go by without somewhere in the country feeling violated by something foreign. The vast majority of the people in Hiroshima, and the country for that matter, were not around when the A-bomb was dropped. I have seen countless movies, documentaries and shows about slavery, which people of my skin color suffered from for CENTURIES in many different locations. Most are very painful to watch and I run a gamut of emotions throughout. The same goes for movies and documentaries about the Holocaust. The Japanese have their own narratives about the bombings, and seem to feel that no one can understand their pain. Maybe that is true from the perspective of being the only country to have had that happen but they need to stop feeling sorry for themselves. The country has never owned up to the atrocities the IJA committed; just give a few token words about the pain and suffering that the war caused whenever August comes around and rail against atomic weapons, which they themselves and the equally evil Nazis were trying to make. Their narrative is they are ever-the-victim in every situation and it got really tiring decades ago. Come completely clean already, like Germany. Never happen.

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Posted in: Trump calls Oscars ceremony 'disjointed, boring and very unfair' See in context

Excellent joke by Jimmy Kimmel. Anything that pees Trump and his crazies off works for me! Hopefully, his jail time is coming up soon.

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Posted in: Ceremony held to mark 79th anniversary of U.S. firebombings of Tokyo See in context

AlongfortherideToday 07:39 pm JST

Jonathan PrinToday 04:51 pm JST

> I understand ceremonies about nuclear bombings.

> But about others ? You don't celebrate when you were the aggressor normally. It was bound to happen and can only blame themselves.

> Show us 1 case where the Japanese targeted US civilians. The same can not be said about the USA

The balloons they launched across the Pacific is one instance. They weren't very successful but they sure as hell were targeting US citizens. Also, before the main war, the IJA was bayoneting Chinese citizens and cutting babies out of pregnant women and there is a good amount of documentation. They also to told civilians living on Okinawa and Saipan to commit suicide because the Americans were coming to rape and torture them (lies). Stop trying to portray Japan as being some poor innocent country that had a war thrust upon them. They were aggressively rampaging across Asia and were an evil regime that needed to be stopped. What happened to them was a direct result of their military's own cruelty.

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Posted in: Six Sri Lankans knifed to death in Canadian capital See in context

The headline is written to make it seem like it was a hate crime committed by someone from a different ethnicity but it doesn't look that way from the article. People need to stop making this incident an indictment on Canada's or Ottawa's safety. RIP to the victims.

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Posted in: Tourists banned from private alleys in Kyoto's geisha district See in context

LindsayToday 07:39 am JST

Does this include Japanese tourists or only foreigners?

My question exactly but I think we all know the answer. This country is so tiring with its greed on one hand and bias on the other.

KazukoHarmonyToday 06:56 am JST

Good luck enforcing that.

> At the upscale Sembikiya cafe in Omotesando yesterday afternoon, a European family let their two children run wild throughout the establishment, causing one Japanese woman in her early 50s to finally scream 「うるさい」 (Urusai! (Be quiet!)).

> I think many in Japan are tired of seeing their peaceful corners disrespected by discourteous

Some woman in a cafe complained about noisy European kids? Well, I see this behavior damn near every day here. We all know what the only difference is and that is the ethnicity of the people involved. I have to shoo away kids all the time who think I'm some kind of sideshow for them to look at with curiosity or play games around. I'm tired of Japan acting like their corners are peaceful and only disrespected by discourteous guests. They are guilty of being discourteous too. Some foreigners spend all day telling them how special they are so it fills their head with garbage.

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Posted in: Japan's Riken Yamamoto awarded Pritzker prize for architecture See in context

wallaceMar. 6 01:22 pm JST

The art museum looks like a worthwhile visit

I went over there 5 years ago. The museum was closed but the Italian restaurant on the premises was exceptionally good.

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Posted in: 'Monster' Inoue to face Nery for super-bantamweight world titles See in context

Unlike the vast majority of over hyped Japanese fighters, Inoue is the real deal and deserves all the hype. Nery's got nary a chance. KO coming by the 6th round.

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Posted in: Japan's Riken Yamamoto awarded Pritzker prize for architecture See in context

factcheckerToday 08:10 am JST

Well done. Now can someone take a wholistic view to Japanese cities? Ugly would be an understatement. A few nice buildings here and there by Yamamoto San doesn't make up for the concrete wasteland the cities are.

Wholeheartedly agree. For example, most of the buildings in Minatomirai were made with a cookie cutter it seems.

@garymalmgren, I get it about being built to withstand earthquakes but too many of them have the blandest of designs.

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Posted in: Want to spruce up your bike helmet? Switch over to Oshare-heru See in context

Helmet shortage? Not on the planet where I live. Plenty of stores online that offer nice helmets. These things are for female mamachari riders, as the picture shows, not for serious cyclists. Way overpriced as well.

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Posted in: Upskirt photos lead Japanese high school to redesign cheerleader uniforms See in context

I must be missing something here. Is this team's skirts different than all the others? Are they wearing underwear under the skirts? What about the other 31 teams? Have they experienced any of the same problems? There are TV cameras placed all over the stadium and I'm sure they must have accidentally caught various "upskirt" photos. Is that voyeurism too?

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Posted in: Tokyo police mistakenly arrest Filipino man for allegedly overstaying visa See in context

ProtestantToday 07:00 am JST

Always an excuse. Always trying to rationalize and justify disgraceful behaviour. It’s laughable and so very typical

So true, but you know the general population and a good many non--Japanese will readily see nothing wrong with it. A good amount of them post on this site regularly.

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Posted in: Tokyo police mistakenly arrest Filipino man for allegedly overstaying visa See in context

Can't trust these cops at all. They'll do anything to cover up a mistake, and this one was easily preventable in the first place. Some of us know it's par for the course and much more likely to happen if you are a dark-skinned foreigner, or one from SE Asia.

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Posted in: City in Saitama Prefecture to require multilingual trash rules posted for foreigners See in context

A city in Saitama Prefecture will require owners of new single-room apartment complexes to post basic garbage sorting and disposal rules in seven languages from April in a bid to help its increasingly multinational inhabitants avoid making mistakes that can cause conflict with their neighbors.

That's Japan. It's always the foreigners making the mistakes because it's just so muzukashii understanding how things are done. A lot of the "conflict" is just passive-aggressive people looking for any reason to complain about you because you are not one of them and they resent you being there. Make sure you let Japanese people know they need to follow the rules too. Mistakes are one thing. Willful ignorance and laziness are another and they are certainly guilty of those sometimes.

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