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2008-10-09 China-Japan-Koreas

Nikkei Dives 9.4 Percent in Biggest 1-Day Fall Since '87

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Are they diving out of windows all over Tokyo yet?
Sounds like the Japs have a real problem with suicides. Do they yell Banzai! as they jump? Prolly no more often as we'd yell Geronimo!
Their culture doesn't seem to have the taboo against suicide that ours does.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-10-09 11:23|| 2008-10-09 11:23|| Front Page Top

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