Comments on: The Oldest Man in the World, Remote-Controlled Toilets, Election Results, and More [Sunday News] http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/23/the-oldest-man-in-the-world-remote-controlled-toilets-election-results-and-more-sunday-news/ A Japanese Language & Culture Blog Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: CelestialSushi http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/23/the-oldest-man-in-the-world-remote-controlled-toilets-election-results-and-more-sunday-news/comment-page-1/#comment-52090 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 04:27:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=26356#comment-52090 Well, the guy stole a coin from a site of religious significance… I could see why they’d prosecute.
Not that stealing from any other place is any less bad, mind you…

]]> By: Jonadab http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/23/the-oldest-man-in-the-world-remote-controlled-toilets-election-results-and-more-sunday-news/comment-page-1/#comment-52000 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:22:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=26356#comment-52000 This would actually be just about the ideal time for Japan to draft an entirely new constitution. The generation of people who were adults during WWII has just about expired — those who are still alive are well into their nursing home years by now and would not have any major influence on the process, so a constitution drafted now could be largely untainted by the war its emperialism. The post-war constitution was necessary at the time, but at this point Japan has clearly joined and fully embraced the free world and is not in any imminent danger of falling back on old pre-San-Francisco habits. The time to draft a new constitution, a completely Japanese constitution, a constitution free of the legacy of the old emperial issues, is now.

]]> By: bigwonk http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/23/the-oldest-man-in-the-world-remote-controlled-toilets-election-results-and-more-sunday-news/comment-page-1/#comment-51996 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:48:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=26356#comment-51996 China, Korea and Japan all have new leaders so there’s a chance to re-think and hopefully calm heads prevail. Abe is going to appoint Aso, another widely unpopular previous PM, to lead Finance which signals Japan stepping backwards to embrace the same economic methods to re-invigorate their economy over the last 20 years. And Aso couldn’t lead the country so why he should be anointed to lead Finance leads folks to think Abe really didn’t learn during his last appointment that you can’t just hire your buddies.

I wonder what the current odds are of Abe lasting 1 year. There’s got to be a good betting line on that.

]]> By: Drewdeth9 http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/23/the-oldest-man-in-the-world-remote-controlled-toilets-election-results-and-more-sunday-news/comment-page-1/#comment-51973 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:14:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=26356#comment-51973 27 times*

]]> By: Tora.Silver http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/23/the-oldest-man-in-the-world-remote-controlled-toilets-election-results-and-more-sunday-news/comment-page-1/#comment-51966 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:25:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=26356#comment-51966 RC toilets? Don’t you have to be fairly close to a toilet to use it anyways? Or is this solely for the enjoyment of making your friends think your toilet is haunted?

]]> By: DAVIDPD http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/23/the-oldest-man-in-the-world-remote-controlled-toilets-election-results-and-more-sunday-news/comment-page-1/#comment-51964 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:19:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=26356#comment-51964 I like how Japan has the most advanced toilet technology in the world, but also uses the squat toilets. Old dogs…

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