Over haafu the articles seem to do it. I have hanbun a mind to write a stern letter. Maybe that is a job for Kuro. When you hear the people on these so-called news channels on YouTube like TYT try to pronounce haafu when they cover these stories you realize they're not making the connection between...

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Grumpy Gramps wrote: ...........Nastya is an excellent cosplayer ...........

If she names the shop after herself it will be one of the finest examples of nominative detrminism in recent history.

Nothing will ever top Anthony Weiner.

I'm getting rearry tired of theses articles saying "haafu" is the Japanese word for half.


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i havent read the text of the article. just commented about the title of this thread. You didn't understand that either and got things arse backwards. The title means something like: (Korea) is very similar to Japan but with more plastic surgery and harder drinking. That also agrees with your data....

Wage Slave wrote:I can't even work out what the argument is.

You're not the only one.

Grumpy Gramps wrote:cuter than them "purebreds"

Ummmmm .... Becky?

I think a lot of the stuff about corporate culture will sound very familiar to most of us. The boozy, narcissistic culture shock of working in South Korea Frank Ahrens was director of global p.r. for Hyundai, based out of their Seoul, South Korea, headquarters. One day, his employee Eduardo gave him...

Wuchan, plainclothes and undercover police aren't the same thing. Japan does have plainclothes cops.

I have an FG friend who says he's only been late once on an electric bill and that was just a few days over 10 years ago. He works in front office investment banking, makes a lot more money than most people, has a nice chunk of change in his savings account (no PR though), and he can't get one eithe...

I was able to get a Shinsei Bank Amex right away when I moved back to Japan thanks to Amex's global card transfer program. However, it's been over decade and I've never been able to get any other Japanese card so I recently made a LINE pay JCB card . It's a prepaid charge card that can be used at an...

Student missing since ‘04 was kidnapped by North Korea An American student reported missing during a 2004 hiking trip in China was kidnapped and forced to teach English to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, authorities say. David Sneddon, a Brigham Young student, disappeared at the age of 24 in Yunna...

With all mergers and takeovers, there is an inordinate amount of time spent making sure that neither party is perceived to be dominant beyond what could be said to be balanced. It is kind of a face saving. See here where the name is a different order to the logo and web domain. Note also that we ar...

Japanese fisherman uses karate skills to fight off black bear in mountains A 63-year-old Japanese man says he used his karate skills to fight off a black bear that attacked him in a mountain creek. Atsushi Aoki was fishing when the 190-centimetre animal set upon him in what he said was an unprovoke...

This starts as a typical newbie reporter piece .... 12 Hours in Tokyo: Faces, Smiling Everyone Americans, be warned. When you visit Tokyo, be prepared to abandon familiar frames of reference. Like the world of Studio Ghibli, an American visiting Tokyo for the first time must be prepared to enter an ...

I undersand why she'd want to postpone the move and look not only into the pollution issue but possible corruption. I also recognize that she just came to power and wasn't necessarily able to do anything about it sooner. However, it has to be really frustrating for the vendors and buyers at Tsukuji ...

Barely two months to spare and now this. :shake: New Tokyo leader postpones plan to move famous fish market The newly elected governor of Tokyo has postponed a plan to relocate the world’s biggest fish market, one of the city’s most famous landmarks. Gov. Yuriko Koike announced Wednesday that she wi...

So is this some weird concept product of are people actually expected to wear these?


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Guess that's just me being in my bubble where they aren't used as part of SOP. Are you basing that on real knowledge or just your experience? Like I said, it wouldn't surpise me if it was being used but you weren't in a demographic that was being routinely targeted. I wasn't either but a lot of my ...

Regular policing is exactly what they were used for in NY. Hard to make revenue from ticketing if a uniformed police officer discourages people from violating the law. And cops in a lot places in the US sit in around unmarked cars waiting for traffic violations.

I recognize that uniforms are uniquely important for a number of reasons in law enforcement and the military Unless you're in Japan where anyone can cosplay like police and the police don't always wear uniforms....I wonder how many crimes have been committed by individuals posing as cops or underco...

Cost of Vomiting in a Seoul Cab: $140 By KWANWOO JUN Jan 27, 2015 5:00 pm KST From next month, Seoul taxi passengers will be liable for a fine of up to $140 if they vomit in a cab. The Seoul city government said Tuesday new guidelines on fines for passenger misbehavior will be enforced from Feb. 1 ...

I recognize that uniforms are uniquely important for a number of reasons in law enforcement and the military Unless you're in Japan where anyone can cosplay like police and the police don't always wear uniforms....I wonder how many crimes have been committed by individuals posing as cops or underco...

Have we actually objectively established that the hijab is discriminatory against women? Is that discrimination, if any, any more severe than that requiring women to conceal their nipples and not men? Do you outright reject the idea that, just as some women are more comfortable that the issue to co...

separation church/state maybe... Maybe not. Seperation of church and state is about not having a state religion which interestingly enough some very secular countries like the UK and Denmark do have. It's not about keeping the religious out of state jobs. I recognize that uniforms are uniquely impo...

Most cops I see in Tokyo have revolvers on their hips but some don't depending on what they're doing.

IS LAOS SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES FROM CHINA TO VIETNAM AND THE U.S.? Obama will become the first sitting president to visit the small nation when he joins global leaders for an Asian summit. The secretive communist government of Laos, a country with a population of less than 7 million, rarely causes a ...

Burkini is fine with me, but I do have a problem with female cops walking around in religious attire. Yes! This is the core issue. Well said, Russell! What about male cops? deputy.jpg For the record that's a sheriff in Rockland County, NY . Obviously, it also applies to male cops. If it doesn't int...

accept what happens now - In general you are free do believe/do anything you like but you have to stay within criminal and civil law no matter what your religious beliefs may be. I like the status quo. Of course there will always be those test cases and sometimes the ultimate decision will be the w...

You're right. I'm not clear. The issue the left should be fighting for is strict separation of religion and the state. That is all very easy to say, but is marriage a religious issue or a secular issue? What about bigamy? The very fact that the US (other nation states prohibiting bigamy are availab...

Burkini is fine with me, but I do have a problem with female cops walking around in religious attire. Yes! This is the core issue. Well said, Russell! What about male cops? deputy.jpg For the record that's a sheriff in Rockland County, NY . To be fair, not much grey area where you stand if you are ...