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Conversations Started by tokyorich

Why is there not a jazz song called I Met a Sassy Beau in Sasebo?
Latest reply 8:11PM Sun, April 28

Struggling to figure out what Shinzo Abe's "masakaki" offering to Yasukuni was. Can anybody help?
Latest reply 4:36AM Fri, April 26

Why is my train almost completely empty? Is it Golden Week today?
Latest reply 9:43PM Wed, April 24

Who is paying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's medical expenses? The state?
Latest reply 11:16AM Sun, April 21

So is there actually a way to see Israeli-Palestinian peace with Obama giving support to settlement building? Like a theory. Anything?
Latest reply 1:17PM Thu, March 21

On The Sun front cover, what is the Nick headline in the top right about?
Latest reply 7:59AM Thu, March 21

Dear Internets, do you know where I can get a stream of the League Cup final tonight?
Latest reply 8:33AM Sun, February 24

Where can I apply to become an Abenomic?
Latest reply 4:15AM Tue, January 29

Will he be able to use them? “@jt_ayakomie: RT @Kyodo_News_EN: Japan city of Obama to present U.S. president with chopsticks”
Latest reply 5:30AM Fri, January 11

Anyone know a site where I can get numbers for the Japanese lottery?
Latest reply 9:59AM Thu, December 27

Any ideas on the nationality of the foreigner hit by the van in Kyoto? And did she die?
Latest reply 6:53AM Thu, April 12 2012

China recorded a trade deficit in February. Where are the trade surpluses at the moment?
Latest reply 1:43AM Sat, March 10 2012

There is a safety pin in the hood of my jacket. How long has it been there? How did it get there?
Latest reply 12:22AM Thu, March 08 2012

Those people who are teetotalers and get up early. What do they do?
Latest reply 7:54AM Sun, March 04 2012

Why do people retweet the Dalai Lama?
Latest reply 8:33AM Thu, February 23 2012

Why is Sean Lennon always in a John Lennon fancy dress costume these days? Is he skint?
Latest reply 7:00AM Sat, February 18 2012

Native English speakers: If I write "look up with doleful eyes" what do you think I mean?
Latest reply 6:23PM Sat, January 21 2012

Anyone know how to automate all G+ stuff to enter your Twitter stream?
Latest reply 12:01AM Thu, January 12 2012

My iPhone has been on the boot down screen for about 20 hours, won't read when plugged into computer. Can anyone help?
Latest reply 4:04AM Tue, October 25 2011

Hmm. Why does Japan insist on putting on multiple demonstrations with the same basic demands on the same day?
Latest reply 3:09AM Thu, September 15 2011

Can someone check for me on Google where the antinuke demos are in Tokyo today? Ta
Latest reply 12:49PM Sun, September 11 2011

When is the typhoon supposed to hit?
Latest reply 3:17AM Wed, August 31 2011

What is the Japanese management term for ongoing/constant improvement?
Latest reply 4:37AM Mon, August 22 2011

Is David Cameron thick? Why does he keep demanding deeper regulation of media as if that's enough? The politicians also need regulating no?
Latest reply 1:44PM Wed, August 24 2011

Why does the Asahi have an article calculating the price of viewing towers on a per meter basis? Am I missing something?
Latest reply 9:22PM Sun, July 10 2011

Do English readers who haven't volunteered and live in Japan have anything they would like to read about volunteering still?
Latest reply 2:09PM Mon, May 23 2011

Given that ホルモン is from ほるもの, what is the correct translation?
Latest reply 12:58AM Fri, May 20 2011

So, does the Japanese net have the Fukushima worker's name?
Latest reply 10:02AM Sat, May 14 2011

Does anyone have anything positive to say about what the LDP are doing? I'm at a bit of a loss on their post 311 behavior.
Latest reply 3:28AM Tue, May 10 2011

The old lady in the bakery where I have been going for four years just told me Tokyo also gets earthquakes. Can anyone confirm this?
Latest reply 2:03AM Thu, May 05 2011

Does anyone know if donations of second-hand clothes to the north are accepted anywhere? Is it a no no?
Latest reply 2:43AM Thu, April 14 2011

What is the Japanese name for the computer monitoring act just passed in Japan?
Latest reply 11:41AM Mon, April 11 2011

Why does a nuclear power company not have the equipment to measure plutonium?
Latest reply 7:32AM Sun, March 27 2011

Does anybody know how I can get my hands on a couple of vans for a few days?
Latest reply 8:37PM Sat, March 12 2011

Any advice from journalists: Just received a great doc, but its for a story I finished. How do I reply to the source?
Latest reply 1:47AM Thu, February 24 2011

When does the New York Times paywall go up?
Latest reply 11:11PM Sun, January 09 2011

Anyone have an invite for Quora? Looks like the best place to be sarcastic in the world...
Latest reply 9:04AM Sun, January 09 2011

Does こどもの樹 by Taro Okamoto have an English name?
Latest reply 9:48PM Wed, December 15 2010

What are the implications of the cops getting the Google recs over the YT upload? Weren't Google angry at China for something similar?
Latest reply 5:53AM Tue, November 09 2010

Does anybody know how to extract vids from FB?
Latest reply 4:19AM Tue, October 26 2010

Who is Diane Abbott? Is she good or bad? Loony left?
Latest reply 1:54PM Tue, August 31 2010

Can someone confirm the mic works here?
Latest reply 9:43PM Fri, July 30 2010

Who is Tarutoko?
Latest reply 11:47PM Thu, June 03 2010

Does anybody know a Japan-based writer with an interest in hip-hop?
Latest reply 4:26AM Sun, May 30 2010