Posted in: Bill English to be New Zealand's next prime minister See in context
His first name is "Speak"
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Posted in: Woman, 3 minors arrested after girl's body found in apartment See in context
The cops had been called several times and went away because no one was home?
So that's how you avoid arrest in Japan... just act like you're not home.
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Posted in: Have online recommendations killed the need for references? See in context
Referees are a pain in the ass.
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Posted in: Woman found strangled to death in Kanazawa hotel room See in context
Why was she "fully clothed" in bed?
And it can't have been cleaners who found her, since they don;t come into a room where there are still people, and it says the other woman was still in the room. It;'s all rather odd.
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Posted in: Australian tycoon to sue Murdoch; claims his wife 'Chinese spy' See in context
This fat idiot is clearly a charlatan. BUT.... what he says about Murdoch's malevolent influence is correct.
As for Wendy Deng, there is a chance that that allegation is true too.
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Posted in: Seven-Eleven illegally threatened store holders over discounts, court finds See in context
They just assume that it was not reported. They don't know at all... Just blabbing.
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Posted in: 2 men killed in hit-and-run incidents in Saitama, Kanagawa See in context
I wonder if the bikes they rode had any lights. Hard to see some cyclists.
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Posted in: Japan voices irritation at Ban's comments See in context
Amazing. The same Korean U.N. Secretary General has never even once criticized China for its white-washing of history.
And how much criticism has he leveled against North Korea, which completely denies its own sordid history?
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Posted in: Australian PM Rudd hires Obama strategists to help him get re-elected See in context
"“I’ve always been a strong supporter of President Obama, both in his leadership in the world, also his message to the American people..."
**What message to the American people?
It sounds like Rudd doesn;t even follow US politics. **
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Posted in: Robert Downey Jr signs up for 'Avengers' sequels See in context
He must be in his 50s by now... Pretty old for a superhero, but doing well.
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Posted in: CIA secretly providing training for Syrian rebels: LA Times See in context
"The US has achieved precisely nothing with its covert and overt attacks and "wars" in the Middle East."
Totally agree. The U.S. really needs to butt out. Gee, it was only 25 years ago that the US was training and providing weapons to the rebels in Afghanistan. One of those rebels was called Osama bin Laden. And we all know how that turned out.....
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Posted in: Fake fingers help ex-yakuza lead lawful life See in context
What a silly bastard. Why not just set up the house renovation company in the first place and not join the Yakuza at all?
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Posted in: 2 men arrested for pushing man onto train tracks after argument See in context
Stations are closed by 1 am. I've been to JR stations at 12:05 and they are closed.
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Posted in: Police koban door smashed, baton stolen while officer sleeps See in context
Why would anyone want to break into a police station anyway?????
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Posted in: Man arrested on train in Aomori after knifing girl in Kanagawa See in context
Haruki Suzuki .. what a name.
In most countries, suspects' names are not disclosed until a conviction has been achieved.
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Posted in: 84% of women don’t want to see men's nipples at office: survey See in context
I can't say that I've noticed the nipples of "dirty old men" ... Is this really a big issue?
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Posted in: Scrambling for the immigrant elite See in context
I like Japan too. I don't live there anymore, and sometimes miss it.
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Posted in: 39-year-old man arrested for beating 1-month-old son to death See in context
Strange details. The baby was diagnosed with brain damage in early March, but the father wasn't charged until the end of May?
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Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation See in context
Actually, Hashimoto is right. Incidents of rape in Japan were particularly egregious during the spring of 1946. In Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of WWII, John Dower says that “the number of rapes and assaults on Japanese women were around 40 per day... and then rose to an average of 330 a day in early 1946.” on April 4, fifty GIs broke into a hospital in Omori prefecture and raped 77 women, including a woman who had just given birth, killing the two-day-old baby by tossing it onto the floor. And on April 11, forty US soldiers cut off the phone lines of one of Nagoya’s city blocks and entered a number of houses simultaneously, “raping many girls and women between the ages of 10 and 55 years.”
Research it if you don't believe me,,,
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Posted in: AKB48′s Yuki Kashiwagi sparks debate over 'vulgar' video See in context
She's a nice sweet girl.
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Posted in: Women have the knives out for their celebrity sisters See in context
Japanese women are surely a bit LESS catty than Western women, aren't they?
That's my impression anyway....
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Posted in: Woman slashed on Yamanote line See in context
A packed Yamanote line train at 8:45 a.m., and nobody saw anything??
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Posted in: Waterproof, mountable video camera See in context
Full HD picture for only 17,800 yen? What's the catch?
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Posted in: N Korea threatens nuclear retaliation against Japan See in context
One day the NK regime will fall.
I hope the leadership dies a painful death.
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Posted in: Leno to bow out after 22 years on 'Tonight' show See in context
Fallon and Leno are both better than Letterman
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Posted in: Truck driver arrested for dumping 2 tons of snow on Sapporo street See in context
Maybe he was stoned
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Posted in: China defends massive growth in military spending See in context
China sells weapons to anyone. When Hezbullah attacked Israel in 2006, it used Chinese missiles. Iran and other Muslim insurgent groups rely on Chinese weapons too. When Beijing says that its military spending has contributed to global peace and stability, that is a total farce.
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Posted in: Bullet train derails in Akita See in context
This was just the second Bullet Train derailment in 49 years of operation. The other was in Niigata in October 2004, just after a huge earthquake.
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Posted in: 15-year-old alleged rape victim in Maldives to be flogged See in context
If anyone believes that Islam is a "religion of peace", the truth should be clear. What a hideous, barbaric culture.
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They shall not steal Google Kyodo Bus Driver Theft
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Posted in: Restoring ‘kominka’ in Chiba: A quiet resistance to Japan’s rural exodus