susano comments

pure LDP PR fluff.... and this passes for journalism in this country

" ID personally shovel poo for 10hrs a day if the pay was good enough"...... thats what so many of the posters here who work in finance and sales are actually doing

got to agree with the previous posters....... trains in my neck of the wood are often late due to wind, rain, snow, etc

I turned on the Tv late last night and was under the impression japan had just won the world cup

but when a foreign designed stadium doubles in price because of japanese construction companies greed there is a public outcry?

There are many examples of adoption in Japan where the older of a gay couple will adopt the younger, even if it only a few days younger, so that in the case of death assets and inheritance can legally be passed on.

agree with trevorpeace.... overrated...... similar views can be had at many places including Tsuwano castle ruins

Alfie Noakes nailed it.

the yakisoba sandwich was invented after the war to provide a large calorific intake for construction workers.....

"These idiots will not be satisfied until they kill someone.".... which is why its good that SS is going to try and stop them

"Tokyo was forced to scrap the first stadium design because it was too expensive"..... who comes up with this stuff? No-one forced anyone.

thanks for that sensato.......

"thought control" has been an important and integral part of how Japanese society, including its culture, has been trained by its rulers. TV is a big part of that nowadays.

for a more-than 2,600-year-old royal line.

how on earth can anyone get away with writing such nonsense?

1,600 years maximum...... the 2600 year figure is pure myth......

The association of doves with peace is a western idea. In Japan the dove is a symbol of Hachiman, commonly known as the God of War.

monsanto, TEPCO, Apple

articles like this always fail to mention that many japanese hate yasukuni for the part it played in killing their families

tacky

totally support those partying......

congratulations to Sea Shepherd!!!!

Japan should be top

Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo

the sentos stopped being mixed in the meiji era because the rulers of Japan wanted to appear civilized, not because of foreign pressure. The onsens were mostly mixed until the 80's when the "onsen boom" began and younger people started visiting them. before that it was mostly old people and they were quite comfortable with mixed bathing. trying to blame the US occupation is off base . 20th century Japanese had learned to be prudish and believe it to be "traditional"

the Japanese are confused by any choices..... life is much simpler simply being told what to do.....

When the rest of the world made a complete ban on asbestos Japan waited ten years because of the harm such a ban would do to the economy. It is estimated 15,000 deaths can/will be attributed to this wait.

Not sure that it is so true for all English-speaking countries.... the U.S. for sure.... also, a year or so ago they ran an article on the huge reduction in subtitled movies in Japan.....

Why is it that McDonalds is more popular in Japan than in the UK, Germany, or Australia?

Unfortunately there are many who post here who believe that the chemical soup called budweiser is beer, that hersheys corn syrup plus chemicals is chocolate and that macdonalds is haute cuisine..... so of course they will knock british food.....

The vast majority of Japanese did not eat rice daily until modern times......

I agree that Hokkaido should be given back to the Ainu and Okinawa back to the Okinawans.... The history of Japan is the history of aggressive expansion....