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POPSjapan:city governments raiding remains of dead for precious metals this went on to say tokyo collected 700grams of gold,500grams of palladium and 1.9kg of silver from cremated bodies in the year 2007-adding Y3.2 million to the cities bank accoutn- the city also banked around Y90,000 in coins left as offerings inside of coffins-this has been going on for some 20 odd years- though some cities are stopping the culling of these monies -as being disrespectful to the dead- "Gee..do ya think?"
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POPSJapanese whalers going broke One senses the Japanese govt is ridding itself of the associated corruption, and losing patience with this very minor industry. Most of the meat was used as catfood last year.
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POPSHas capitalism reached its limits? 6-12-08, 9:32 am Editor's Note: Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo was interviewed on an Asahi Newstar Communication Satellite TV program broadcast on June 6. The interviewer was Hoshi Hiroshi, a senior political writer of the daily Asahi Shimbun. This is an excerpt of the transcription as provided by Akahata, the national daily newspaper of the Japanese Communist Party.
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POPSPerv Adventures in Subway land delay 80,000 The F*CK? Jumping into a subway? Because Tokyo only has the most frequent train system in the world? Even if you don't get hit, dude its rush hour just go into a crowd they'll never find you! Sararimen all wear the same damn clothing, smell of shochu and probably have similar hair cuts. Also, so how many of the salary men delayed for work engaged in opportunistic sexual her-ass-ment during the delay? Thats the stat I wanna know. I say run the trains.