Posted in: Hawaiian chef Sam Choy takes cuisine sky high See in context
Never had good Hawaiian food. Does it exist?
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Posted in: Making a spectacle of himself See in context
This dude has been at the Shinjuku store recently - awesome.
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Posted in: Real estate in Japan: A good time to buy or not? See in context
Ronaldk - All residential properties owned by individuals are fully insured by the government for earthquake damage.
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Posted in: Obama won't yield on tax hike for wealthiest See in context
Love to see all the blue collar folks protesting taxes on the rich... god bless america!
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Posted in: Do you think a man holding a door open for a woman, holding her chair for her when she sits down, or giving up his seat for her are outmoded gestures of politeness or do they still have their place in See in context
MistWizard: Because she was Hilary Clinton.
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Posted in: Each prefecture breeds a different personality type See in context
4 seasons X 47 prefectures. What a rainbow of diversity.
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Posted in: Guidebook of Tokyo restaurants where you’re allowed to smoke See in context
The book is a single word = "Everywhere"
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Posted in: Elderly woman robbed, punched in the face on Tokyo street See in context
I ain't buying this at all.
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Posted in: Hatoyama's style See in context
In all fairness, he looks brutally uncomfortable wearing it.
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Posted in: Rafting See in context
Um, no it isn't. It's very reasonable and a great way to spend the weekend.
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Posted in: Man robs Kawasaki McDonald's of Y98,000 See in context
He threatened someone on the other side of the counter with a knife - and got away with it??
I'd understand if he grabbed a customer on his side of the counter, but...?
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Posted in: April snow See in context
What a relief! Now we can all stop worrying about global warming. Whew!
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Posted in: Chef Pierre Gagnaire makes triumphant return to Tokyo See in context
@stevetrautlein _ it's not every writer that can reflect and adapt - nice post. And good article.
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Posted in: Chef Pierre Gagnaire makes triumphant return to Tokyo See in context
Does every article now need to reference Tiger Woods? Boring. Turned me off reading this article from the start.
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Posted in: What can be done to stem the suicide rate in Japan, which surpasses 30,000 each year? See in context
Less bowing, more hugging.
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Posted in: Man dies after being hit by Tokyo Monorail train in tunnel See in context
Always love people leaving "tips" for victims of horrible fatal accidents. Not so sure this dude will be reading JT.
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Posted in: Corporate 'blacklist' circulating among new graduates See in context
I think they'll need more than 26 letters to "name" all of the troubled and troubling companies in this fair nation.
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Posted in: Police capt in organized crime unit warned for accepting fridge from gangster See in context
What till they hear about the nabe cooker!
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Posted in: Aiming for 6-star hospitality See in context
It drives me nuts when people play games with an established star system - and even more nuts to think that any of these retread hotels Archon manages would even be pushing 3 stars on an objective international scale!
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Posted in: Are there any sports that you think should be dropped from the Winter Olympics for whatever reason? See in context
LoveUSA, it's the WINTER olympics. Because some countries don't have WINTER should we have snow baseball or snow sprinting??
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Posted in: Lysacek won the Olympic gold; Plushenko won the argument See in context
ReikiZen - don't forget the chicks! This is Japan's first MEN's figure skating medal - but Ito and others have won before.
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Posted in: Lysacek won the Olympic gold; Plushenko won the argument See in context
Plushenko just didn't skate well - he barely held on to certain jumps and overall did not give a gold medal performance. Lysacek didn't land the quad but it was a completely clean program with many more techinical elements and transitions than Plushenko's. A four and a half minute program shouldn't be decided by one jump.
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Posted in: I’m shut out of my daughter’s life See in context
Sad story, but very tacky to directly name your wife and air all of your dirty laundry. Tony, some day your daughter will be an adult and will be reading these childish "commentary" pieces on the net and will, sadly, fully understand her parents couldn't be adults and work it out. Really sad.
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Posted in: A quick hop to Narita and back See in context
Paulinusa, I used to work in that area and you don't notice the noise. It's so high up and the city ain't exactly quiet anyway.
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Posted in: The punishment of banks: To whose benefit? See in context
Bankers taking personal risk and responsibility...??? Whaaaa...?
People are clearly mistaking capitalism for banking.
This article is inane and I honestly have no idea what it's doing on JT. Filler anyone?
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Posted in: PAL deploys new Boeing 777-300ER on Tokyo route See in context
Isn't AC flying Airbuses on their Tokyo/Can routes?
Anyway - Tetris! How cutting edge.
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Posted in: Scott Murphy strikes gold with series of J-pop cover albums See in context
Um, something tells me we have another 10 cover nihongo cover albums to look forward to from this guy...
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Posted in: UK diplomat: U.S. was 'hell bent' on Iraq invasion See in context
It boggles my mind that this is even still being debated. As someone mentioned before, Isn't denial a wonderful thing?
Here's hoping the trickle of revelations becomes a full fledged flood. I for one still have my fingers crossed for a Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld war crimes tribunal.
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Posted in: Do Japanese kids need to wear special slippers at school? One part of Tokyo doesn’t think so
Where is the report in the article about COVID-19 vaccines?
Posted in: Man arrested after driving car onto sidewalk and hitting 80-year-old pedestrian
Posted in: Frozen in time: Hospital room preserved since 1945 Tokyo firebombing
At least she didn't jump in front of a rush hour train and make everyone late for work.
Posted in: Death of S Korean actor at 24 sparks discussion about social media and internet culture