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I prefer the non-celeb version of The Apprentice.
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Yeah cheese Metabo Oyaji.
Did a good job.
Next year, yoroshiku.
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Definitely. Cold can really put people off learning.
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Great thread idea!
I don't know many though.
Impressed at the collective knowledge "we" all have ( )
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Does sound good. How long would that trip take you Go Native?
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I am very jealous.
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I suppose there will be many coming soon but here's a documentary
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You should buy her a big wooly coat, Tubby!
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Out of interest how much about do they cost?
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Remember that incident in 2009 as well.
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You can just pay every time you go
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Annoying that it isn't open yet, hey?
I see they need 150cm to be able to open that up because it's protected national park but Happo still only has 140cm up top officially.
Come on snow, just another 10cm or so.
It can't be too much to ask, especially in Hakuba.
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Great stuff.
Really really want to see it covered.
Come on Snow Gods!
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Great pics.
Makes me want to go too.
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Spam and cheese pasta pie.
Perhaps Cheeseman, SpamMan and pie-eater could pool efforts...
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Is this true?
Japan's whaling fleet has left port under heavy guard as it prepares to kill almost 1,000 whales in the Antarctic, where more clashes are expected with members of the Sea Shepherd marine conservation group.
Three ships, led by the 720-tonne Yushin Maru and accompanied by a fisheries agency guard vessel, left Shimonoseki port in south-western Japan amid accusations that the fleet was taking cash intended for fishing communities hit by the March earthquake and tsunami.
According to campaigners the government used 2.28 billion yen (£19m/US$30m) from the earthquake recovery fund, on top of its existing $6m annual subsidy, to pay for this year's hunt.
"It is absolutely disgraceful for the Japanese government to pump yet more taxpayer money on an unneeded, unwanted and economically unviable whaling programme, when funds are desperately needed for recovery efforts," said Junichi Sato, the executive director of Greenpeace Japan.
"The whaling programme is a black mark on Japan's international reputation, and a black hole for taxpayer money. Pouring billions of yen into Antarctic whaling during this time of crisis is downright shameful. Japan cannot afford to waste money on whaling in the Antarctic when its people are suffering at home."
The fisheries agency said the use of the fund was justified because one the towns destroyed by the tsunami was a whaling port.
Reports said several Japanese groups had written a letter to the prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, protesting against the use of recovery cash.
"We demand the government not waste any more taxpayers' money on the whaling program but instead spend this money on projects that actually help the people, communities and region affected by the tragic March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis," the letter said.
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Originally Posted By: OzOzOzThe second poster summed it up pretty good:
Other places I want to visit just don't have any of this shit going on.
Hope they can get things cleared up, but it's going to be a difficult few years for Japan tourism I think.
OK so I posted this a fair while back.
Perhaps expected but time is healing.
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Around that yes.
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Been out of Japan for some time now and was shocked to hear all of this. Still am, I have plenty of friends in some of those coastal towns on that east coast that were wiped away. One who is missing presumed dead.
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I spent my last 2 months in Japan around the Fukushima and Iwate area and I recognise a few of the places being talked about in all the reports.
So so sad and shocking to see it all. Feeling for the people in that area. Gambatte.
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The second poster summed it up pretty good:
Other places I want to visit just don't have any of this shit going on.
Hope they can get things cleared up, but it's going to be a difficult few years for Japan tourism I think.
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The jazz bar? Yes, good food there.
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Not sure yet.
Initial plans are to catch up on the 120,000 posts on here since I last came on!
The FOOTBALL Thread (2011-2012)
in General off-topic discussions
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Australia vs Japan now