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03-02-2011, 12:04 AM

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Do you really think that? Another state 5000+ miles away? I highly question whether Japanese people would have any interest in that. All government business would need to be conducted in English. Japan would have to stop using the metric system. We need to move the cars to the other side of the road, and switch the handling of all cars from right to left. Say goodbye to Japanese money. Are you ready to celebrate President's Day and Martin Luther King Day? But you'd get a state quarter, so that's cool.
I'm not offering this as my own opinion, but how do you think Japan as a territory would fare?


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