Posted in: Abe, Obama discuss importance of alliance See in context
In a humorous moment, Abe got his U.S. leaders mixed up, when he told business chiefs he had been speaking to “President Bush.”
Yeah, hilarious. Abe's stuck on autopilot.
All these right-wing guys are living in a cold-war world, when what Japan needs is to embrace a global world.
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Posted in: Election result is 'harsh verdict' on DPJ: media See in context
Exactly. Voters didn't like Abe and his crew before, so they voted for change. The new ruling party was given about 3 years to deal with a depression, earthquake, tsunami, nuclear blow-up, and out-of-place-agitators such as Ishihara provoking China. Now voters are unhappy and want what caused all the political problems from before. I dont get it..
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Posted in: Abe to become Japan's 7th PM in 6 years after landslide LDP win See in context
Congrats Japan! No complaining when conscription and war rolls around...you bought this BS.
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Posted in: LDP favored to win lower house election See in context
Term minimums are what's needed most - especially to curb wasted time from bickering about 'the PM should resign', which will probably start by spring.
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Posted in: Shinzo Abe: Comeback kid with conservative agenda See in context
come back-kid? geeze
Imagine any other country in the world where a leader quits because the stress of the job cause health problems. Even if they attempted a 'come back', people would have none of that.
Foreign opinion of Japan is going to sink even more sharply after he gets elected.
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Posted in: NHK suspends announcer for 3 months over groping incident See in context
Three months means he has more time for drinking from around noon.
I wonder if he gets paid during these three months? I doubt it....but....
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Posted in: Abe hopes to get second chance at easing limits on military See in context
war mongerer
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Posted in: Girl hit by train may have committed suicide due to bullying, say police See in context
What a sad story. Sometimes I'm so scared about being a father...I can't imagine a worse situation for him to be in right now.
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Posted in: Social media space dominated by conservative candidates See in context
Hashimoto should be forced to investigate and then declare how many of his twitter followers have tattoos...then disown them as supporters.
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Posted in: Yui most popular name for baby girls in 2012; Ren for boys See in context
Whenever I meet a Ren, I always think of that movie "Makin' the Grade" with Judd Nelson.
Every second kid I meet seems to be named Yui these days.
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Posted in: Hashimoto pledges action, not words See in context
Words lead to logic and reason, not good for nationalistic knee-jerk politics like these.
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Posted in: Ishihara-Hashimoto party seeks bigger defense spending See in context
Increase defense spending, yet shrink the role of central government? I don't get it.
Is this just doublespeak for shifting money from education and health care to the military?
Btw, that photo is so cute <3 luvluv
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Posted in: Ozawa's People's Life First party disbands to join Shiga governor's new party See in context
avatarfx - politicians don't have any time to talk about those issues, their too busy negotiating the formation of parties.
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Posted in: Noda, Abe take to the streets to woo voters See in context
I'll vote for whoever promises to ban megaphones during election time.
Oh wait, I can't vote...and never will be able to.
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Posted in: Nori-P returns See in context
Is it just me, or do the photographers in the background seem like part of the purpose of the photo?
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Posted in: No. of reported school bullying cases tops 140,000 in April-Sept period See in context
Disillusioned - it's a valid concern. I don't think it's the case. In the past, schools were strongly discouraged from reporting bullying. The were indifferent to actual presence of it, however.
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Posted in: N Korea preparing for missile launch: Japanese media See in context
The annual cry for attention.
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Posted in: TV blunder labels Abe a train groper See in context
Abe should have rolled with it, as he probably gained a few votes from the train-groping voter demographic. I hear that's quite a populated group, actually.
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Posted in: Leader of gang that stole Y3 bil from elderly through scams busted See in context
Excellent! Great job police...hope this story gets much media coverage.
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Posted in: Osaka to reintroduce Saturday classes for elementary schools See in context
This is the type of crap that makes Hashimoto popular with his fan club. It has nothing to do with what is better for students or teachers or education or schools...it's simply for the old-school, easily impressionable voter to think to them self "Yeah, this guy's right-on. He's a leader, doing whats tough, but needed for Japan. We need to work harder, and this guy knows that. Young kids are lazy, they should be more like I was when I was young....blah blah blah".
This has nothing to do with education, and everything to do with winning votes. Guy is a scumbag.
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Posted in: Ishihara, Hashimoto announce 'third force' in Japanese politics See in context
I'm sure half of the negotiation time was spent arguing who's name would appear first on the press release.
"The country is going to fall apart if we don't act now!" <------ self-important a-holes.
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Posted in: Critics ask if Abe learnt from mistakes when he was PM See in context
Well, if he doesn't work out he can always try again a few months later at the next election.
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Posted in: Ishihara formally launches new Party of the Sun See in context
This would be great news if Party of the Sun was a new Manzai team and sketch comedy group. The photo would support this, as well.
Unfortunately, it's funny...but not 'ha-ha' funny.
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Posted in: U.S. Navy tells its leaders to work harder on preventing sexual assaults See in context
US Navy officials need a publicity photo of them giving the "fight" clenched fist gesture, or else their efforts to work harder at stopping rape means nothing in Japan.
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Posted in: Two candidates vying for Tokyo governor so far See in context
I heard that to get elected gov of Tokyo, you have to be considered insane by the public.
The bar has been set pretty high. One of these guys is going to have to mud-sumo a wild boar dressed as a samurai, or something.
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Posted in: Less than 50% of workers in Japan receive full payment for overtime: survey See in context
One of the sad things is that I often meet find foreign business owners here defending this practice, because they can easily get Japanese staff to work for free. You get the feeling that if slavery weren't illegal, a lot of ppl would own some.
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Posted in: 2 more deaths linked to Kobayashi Pharma dietary supplements
When I mention this to some people, they blame it upon the Vaccinations....
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