Its Friday and you know what that means! But first the news. Seen below is Thursday’s front page from the Asahi Shimbum: What all that Kanji is telling you is that the US and Japan have come to an agreement about closing Futenma Marine Corps station in Okinawa, long a
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Winning the Series………
The Japan series that is. Last night the Chiba Marines beat the Hanshin Tigers . The Marines swept the Tigers in four games to claim their first championship in 31 years. Valentine says his club has what it takes to compete against either of this year’s World Series combatants, the
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Of interest, here are some pictures from the Tokyo Auto show. Held out in Kaihin Makahari at Makahari Messe it had displays from everywhere. I think there were some cars there too, just can’t really remember them: There were some motocycles too I think: I do recall needing some new
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Today in History, 25 October: 2005- US Military casualties in Iraq top the 2000 mark. 1994 -Susan Smith reports a false carjacking to cover her murder 1972- Nixon suspends bombing of North Vietnam. 1971 – The U.N. seats the People’s Republic of China and expels Taiwan. 1944- First kamikaze attack
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A reader e-mailed me and tipped me off to the fact that Donald Rumsfeld had a chance to be a hero to victimized affected servicemen and women, but avoided the issue entirely. Evidently during his Town Hall meeting in Korea, a question was asked about the Former Spouse protection act
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I’m finally back on the correct side of the Pacific after a fairly busy week and some adventure in getting back. Almost missed my plane back to Nihon when the SFO airport was fogged in and I sat in an aircraft sitting at the hold short for almost 2 hours.
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Short posts only for a while, as I am in a room with no hi speed access and I am not an NMCI preferred customer. This trip is not starting off so good. First the two “usual” resteraunts I have gone to have changed ownership. And with that the quality
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This is not a good sign, “Sir the only way you can upgrade is to try at the airport………”. Better stock up on 5 dollar bills so I can get the right amount of beer in me…… On the road again for a few days for meetings back in the
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CDR Salamander has a post and a link up from a member of the group of Soldiers that were part of the Presidential Video Tele Conference the previous evening. The Soldier bashes the Main Stream Media for calling the event “staged“: It makes my stomach ache to think that we
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Its October and we all know what that means: Cooler weather and the Tokyo Auto Show! I’ll be going this year and will provide you with a detailed play by play. The cool weather means you can see Fuji in the mornings though, and that is always a good thing:
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