Posted in: No ex-Johnny's singers in NHK year-end show 'Kohaku Uta Gassen' after sex scandal See in context
So they are cancelling the performers who were abused? That doesn't make sense. Make it make sense. Why blame the performers. Also Smile-Up is total cringe and also doesn't make any sense. I've seem to have hit the doesn't-make-any-sense section
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Posted in: Telecom outage cuts off millions of Australians See in context
Desert Tortoise, landlines have their own power line separate from the house to a switching station generator. Often the problem is resolved long before the generator goes out, days, weeks, etc
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Posted in: Blinken seeks G7 unity on Israel-Hamas war among items on crisis-heavy global agenda See in context
It's a no win scenario. Why attack Israel fully knowing they'd retaliate with extreme prejudice? Sure, Apartheid Israel has to end so killing babies and people does what? So first response is correct against Hamas. But it is going too far now Israel too much now too. A cease fire and a two state solution looking further away by the day
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Posted in: China owed more than $1 trillion in Belt and Road debt: report See in context
BRI was always a scam to take over other counties. Poor countries in debt and all assets ports roads whatever to Communist China basically forever now.
Or, all those countries will have to go to war against Communist China in order to absolve all the loans
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Posted in: China kickstarts Xiangshan Forum in absence of defense minister See in context
France... why are you so confusing
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Posted in: 2 workers at Fukushima plant hospitalized after accidentally sprayed with radioactive waste See in context
I'm glad they reported it and are taking the master seriously. No more cover-ups
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Posted in: After 2 years in office, Kishida may call snap election soon See in context
Shouldn't elections be called for a reason, not vanity?
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Posted in: Hearings in $1 billion lawsuit filed by Carlos Ghosn against Nissan start in Beirut See in context
I guess we're going to skip the whole trying to starve him to death in jail for a year, without trial huh. His Victory against Japan Inc is something to be celebrated. The longer Japan protests the greater the victory
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Posted in: Hearings in $1 billion lawsuit filed by Carlos Ghosn against Nissan start in Beirut See in context
And Saikawa simply bowed against the same crimes, and is still free, thus proving Ghosn's point about conspiracy against foreigners. Hope he wins
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Posted in: Why doesn’t the U.S. adopt the metric system? See in context
Had the USA been using Imperial money they might have converted to metric, but because they used metric money 100 cents : 1 dollar anyway, I guess they didn't care about the rest. Various industries and businesses though would need to use metric, just not domestic ones
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Posted in: Why doesn’t the U.S. adopt the metric system? See in context
Canada and the USA were to convert over to the metric system around the same time, there was this whole big deal about the change . But while Canada did, USA bailed at the last moment. We ended up converting. For Canadians we end up mixing the two, although older generations may still use F for temperatures I don't at all. Weird mix, height and shoes Imperial, but distances temperature volumes(mixed), any kind of science or engineering, in metric. So we end up being familiar with both to a certain extent. Funny in Japan while we both use metric sometimes the units differ. Using hectopascal (hPa) for barometric pressure but we use kilopascals (kPa), so imagine my surprise of reading 1000 hPa instead of 100 kPa !
USA doesn't have gun control either. If it wasn't for California they probably wouldn't even have seatbelts. They speak English but is still a mysterious place
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Posted in: Man admits starting deadly Kyoto Animation studio fire See in context
Also staff and director for Hyouka, Yasuhiro Takemoto and many more. Apparently many names were not released unlike outside Japan where it would have been in the public interest to release the names and thus the public cannot honor or celebrate their works which is really too bad
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Posted in: Nagasaki urges break from nuclear deterrence at reduced A-bomb anniversary See in context
Denounce nuclear weapons sure but Japan became an arms dealer under Abe. Are they going to rescind that? Or is this more do as I say not as I do kinda thing
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Posted in: Silkworm sashimi, cricket curry on menu as bugs make comeback in Japan See in context
Meat companies will do anything to keep you eating meat, even bugs, and never acknowledge the existence of vegetables
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Posted in: Silkworm sashimi, cricket curry on menu as bugs make comeback in Japan See in context
have a sweet potato , you can just eat your vegetables not bugs!
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Posted in: Scores of horses suffer sunstroke at Japan samurai event See in context
Now change sports days for Kids likewise
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Posted in: Japanese high school kids average 12% correct answers in English oral test See in context
If they would stop teaching English to every kid, then only kids that are interested in English --as a subject-- will learn it later, and excel at it. The terrible testing, teaching materials, and lousy teachers are working, the 12% is obviously their reward
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Posted in: Japanese high school kids average 12% correct answers in English oral test See in context
I'm at work and reading an "English" email from a Japanese company right now. I have no idea what they're saying or mean. Coworkers have no idea either. It's such a waste of time, then they get all upset when asked again, This is supposedly a professional company, it's sad
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Posted in: Japanese high school kids average 12% correct answers in English oral test See in context
Japan should stop teaching English. They are clearly terrible at it and it just ruins Japanese by replacing their own language with an Engrish creole no one understands. To save Japanese they must stop teaching English
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Posted in: 6-year-old boy wakes up to find his parents dead in the house See in context
kid is pretty young, no reason to assume he's damaged/scarred
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Posted in: Japanese eateries in China fear ruin as Fukushima water discharge looms See in context
also countries will just start banning Japanese products since they can't be sure the label is the truth
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Posted in: Japanese eateries in China fear ruin as Fukushima water discharge looms See in context
what do they expect? Of course there are consequences
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Posted in: Japan says North Korea threat more serious than ever See in context
For realzies? Or isn't NK continuing to ignore Japan while its right-wing tries to make political hay out of it?
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Posted in: Japan records steepest population decline while number of foreign residents hits new high See in context
Japan needs to accept dual citizenship otherwise there's no reason to move there
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Posted in: Japan issues heatstroke alerts as temperatures soar See in context
Long theorized in anime, Japan needs to start building its cities downward to escape the hotter and hotter climate. It already has all the subway infrastructure
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Posted in: Turkey unblocks Sweden NATO bid, setting stage for summit See in context
Thanks to Putin making everyone feel unsafe, NATO will keep increasing.
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Posted in: 1 year on, Abe assassination leaves behind crucial issues in Japan See in context
This should have brought down the LDP government due to their corruption with the church. Killing someone was wrong but it has opened up the curtains a bit to reveal their true affiliations. Japan is really a mess politically so they are woefully unprepared for change
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Posted in: World Heritage temple in Nara vandalized by visiting foreign teen See in context
Quite mortified that it was a Canadian kid. You have to be a special kind of dumbass to do this if you're from my country. Usually we have an outward view of the world and respect things. Something went wrong here
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Posted in: Kishida keen to deepen ties with 3 Middle Eastern nations on energy See in context
ridiculous especially when Japan has plenty of renewable energy, but they interfere with the brown envelopes. It's incredible to think how far advanced Japan would really be if it wasn't for corruption and these oyagis
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Posted in: South Korean market tests seafood to dispel Fukushima radiation fears See in context
it's bioaccumulative, so what is one fish going to prove?
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Posted in: Death of last surviving Alaskan taken by Japan during WWII rekindles memories of forgotten battle
Posted in: Ohtani agrees to record $700 million 10-year contract with Dodgers
Posted in: Death of last surviving Alaskan taken by Japan during WWII rekindles memories of forgotten battle
Posted in: China, Japan trade blame over confrontation near disputed islands