Posted in: How bad do you think tensions between Japan and China are going to get over the disputed islands? Is Japan's detention of the Chinese fishing boat skipper the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's See in context
I can tell you. It's very serious.
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Posted in: China overtakes Japan in 2nd quarter as world's No. 2 economy See in context
So the Chinese who don't live in the East side of China and aren't "economically active" (dead? comatose? beggars?) arent Chinese and shoud not be counted as part of > the population?
Put it this way. Some lesser-than-intelligent Aliens from outer space arrived on Earth and measured the GDP per capita of everybody on the planet - they believed this was the best measure of the economic activity of the average human being. Would that not that overlook the economic strength of the Japanese or even the US? In the case of China, you're using one single indicator for over 1 billion individuals - you're forgiven if you cannot understand what a billion really is, you're only normal. China has a population greater than all European countries put together - shall I ask if that one GDP/cap of Europe is adequate for measuring the economic activity of say Germany? Anyone with a decent imagination if not a decent mathematical education will tell you the "average" of "mean" for a billion samples a very lousy measure for practical purposes!
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Posted in: China overtakes Japan in 2nd quarter as world's No. 2 economy See in context
In China er capita is $3,600, but that is misleading. The figure is much much higher if you take into account only the economically active Chinese who are mainly in the East side of China.
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Posted in: Generations See in context
Hnouring the ones who fought for your country...okay seems reasonable. But to honour those who commited mass rapes and massacres on ordinary YOUs and MEs is not so reasonable...
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Posted in: Should U.S. President Barack Obama visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki when he comes to Japan in November? See in context
Obama shouldn't visit those places or it would symbolize that US had made a mistake to stop the war.
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Posted in: Gay pride See in context
If straight people went around dressing like that the sentence would have been...making Japanese society more understanding toward the country’s straight communities.
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Posted in: 127 dead, thousands missing in China landslides See in context
"Life is cheap since we have more than enough people"
That's just what you think HonestDictator.
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Posted in: Karate kid See in context
All rubbish comments. Karate is actually a type of kungfu (if you know what the real meaning is, kung fu is a collective term) or more accurately wushu. I bet 99.9% of people didn't know that karate was original called "Chinese hands".
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Posted in: I think young people today have a much stronger desire not to be bound by a strict group hierarchy, so they just drive around when they feel like it. See in context
Driving and group hierarchy? How are they linked?
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Posted in: What do you do to keep cool and fresh during the summer months? See in context
Wear cool and fresh clothes, eat cool and fresh food.
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Posted in: What do you think of the decision by major Japanese companies such as Rakuten and Fast Retailing to make English the official language at their management meetings? See in context
I don't work in their management team so I don't care.
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Posted in: Japan weighs up whether to give foreign residents the vote See in context
Whoever you vote for, that guy (yes, a male) would only stay for a few months.
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Posted in: What do you think of the quality of refereeing so far in the World Cup? See in context
It's good.
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Posted in: Japan bribed small nations with cash, call girls to get whaling vote: Sunday Times See in context
Probably true!
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Posted in: Bus boys See in context
Imagine if they self-terminate if they lost a match...that'd be true samurai spirit!
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Posted in: Sancta Karina See in context
Funnily I actually like it. I could imagine the groom waering the male version of same costume. Future wedding costumes should be whatever design the couple prefer! That'd more muhc more interesting!
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Posted in: Shake See in context
a handshake and a smile means nothing in Asia.
Nor does everyone else in the world.
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Posted in: Who do you think was behind the sinking of a South Korean warship on March 26? See in context
ahaha...looks at those anti-US votes!
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Posted in: Hatoyama apologizes for plan to move Futenma base within Okinawa See in context
Enough said. Japan cannot exist without the USA.
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Posted in: Japan, China play Nanjing numbers game that both will lose See in context
Numbers don't matter, what matters is the nature of the crime and those who dare read about them will have nightmares - if they're can realistically imagine putting themselves into the shoes of the victims.
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Posted in: What do you think are some of the most spectacular scenes ever filmed in movies? See in context
Probably the Pandora's green landscape.
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Posted in: Student robbed after being hit by car in Saitama See in context
Very thoughtful of the culprit. "I'm going to be in trouble anyway so might as well make the most of my time in hiding".
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Posted in: Do you think Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama knows what he is doing on the Futenma base relocation issue? See in context
Proves that the majority who read this news site are non-Japanese.
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Posted in: Should same-sex couples be entitled to equal social security benefits? See in context
Why shouldn't they?
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Posted in: J-pop starlet May J reveals her Persian heritage See in context
I knew she wasn't 100% Japanese when I see her on J-Melo.
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Posted in: Japan celebrates historic Emmys triumph for 'Shogun'
Routh appears to be just another Lee Harvey Oswald, albeit with less luck, fortunately for America.
Posted in: Man accused of trying to kill Trump wrote a book urging Iran to assassinate the ex-president
Posted in: Burning oil tanker safely towed away from Yemen after rebel attacks, EU says
Posted in: End of the strong chu-hi boom? Kirin launches new low-alcohol canned cocktail line