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Tuesday, March 9, 2004

And Japanese call this
Topic: Japanese life
sakura

It's that time of year again. The TV "news" constists of nothing but blithering about blooming. ARRRRG! We got to put chicken wire around the TV to protect it from me throwing things at it when the "Flower Front fake news comes on again and AGAIN! ARRRRG!

This is NOT news.

'Sakura' set to blossom early
Japan Times, March 9
It set off a flurry of phone calls to weather officials. The big story: Japan may be on its way to one of its earliest cherry blossom seasons ever. ...

<---translation of the haiku on the right
Without seeing cherry trees
Middie-aged men forget depreession
Got drunk and become alcoholic.

Posted by trek/taro at 10:03 AM JST
Updated: Tuesday, March 9, 2004 10:13 AM JST
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Tuesday, March 9, 2004 - 11:24 AM JST

Name: GomiGirl

How does one purchase chicken wire to wrap up the TV.. I often need to do the same to my computer when it doesn't do things the way that I would like..

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 10:57 AM JST

Name: taro

Yikes! It's a real human post! This is the FIRST POST in my news blog! And it's the prettiest girl in Tokyo* I know too!! Oh my Buddha! I'm gonna break out that sparkling wine in the office frig.

Note: I use the nice fine-mesh, black plastic-coated chicken wire they sell at Tokyu Hands to wrap my plants and stuff to keep my cat from getting at in "trouble".

*The only girl I know in Tokyo besides MJ.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 11:00 AM JST

Name: G, treading water in the moat, Ichi
Home Page: http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=4471

How the sakura won out against real news:
http://www.cjr.org/archives.asp?url=/94/2/nhk.asp
I was bemused by NHK's news agenda, which was skewed by the unending calendar of seasonal festivals across the island nation, excruciating hours of talking heads, and soft documentaries about Japan's beautiful places. Because so many of NHK's resources were allocated to this kind of news, it was not easy to fill an all-business program in a country that prided itself on being the world's second-most powerful economic engine.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 11:48 AM JST

Name: Taro

http://www.cjr.org/archives.asp?url=/94/2/nhk.asp

I've known dozens of FGs who have quit NHK over the years. Very few FG reporters survive the job from more than 2 years. The NHK "Rules", that every reporter carries on a wallet card while on assignment read : Rule 12-- ..."above all, the news must be polite..." Arrrrrg.
Most Japanese journalists live in what I have come to call a culture of censorship, where constant concern about their role in society leads them to hide shocking or unpleasant news, particularly about powerful institutions and corporations. Japanese journalists I know believe American reporters live in what one calls a culture of abandonment, by which they mean we refuse to consider the effect our reporting has on our society
The Joker from Batman

The Joker was right! WHAT THIS TOWN NEEDS IS AN ENEMA.

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