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NEWS: AKB48 Resumes Handshake Events With New Security Measures




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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:25 pm Reply with quote
I'm sure the girls are thrilled.
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neonie



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:40 pm Reply with quote
They should do this
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Lusbox



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:44 pm Reply with quote
neonie wrote:
They should do this


That's pretty much what i was thinking when i read the title Laughing
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Hoppy800



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:55 pm Reply with quote
It's about time this level of security was implemented although that handshake window in that link should've been implemented. Anyone else thought that they should search coats and jackets as well?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:39 pm Reply with quote
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Security personnel will now hand search all bags, and attendees will have to pass through a metal detector. Attendees are limited to bringing one bag per person, and the three dimensions of the bag must not exceed 90 centimeters. Attendees also cannot bring their bags with them when they actually shake hands with the group members.


And there goes the magic.
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L'Imperatore



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 7:50 pm Reply with quote
"New security measures"? Those are basic security measures. Confused

Not that I'm complaining. It's about time, and I think those "new security measures" are pretty much adequate for events like these.

Now let's hope future troublemakers won't resort to the most basic weapon humanity owns... their fists.
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mewpudding101
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:36 pm Reply with quote
Unfortunately, Japanese bag checks are really underwhelming. Heck, you could carry a gun in the bottom of your bag, and they wouldn't notice (I would never carry one, let alone touch one). All they literally do is poke one item in your bag to move it just a weensy bit. It's like, "Isn't this a little bit dangerous?"

Also, really? A film less than a month after, promoting the idols and earning money off of a tragedy? Really sad.
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partially



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:53 pm Reply with quote
That is pretty much bag searches anywhere apart from major security operations. And really it is all that is needed. Anyone actually bringing something usually gives themselves away out of fear. They will act agitated or refuse the search. Those with the presence of mind not to do so will usually mean you won't find anything anyway as they have planned it well. All most bag searches will ever stop are crimes that aren't premeditated.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:09 pm Reply with quote
Plus, they could implement the Israeli airports method of detecting odd behaving travelers.

Oh wait...............
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:42 am Reply with quote
I'd get some security dogs. Since this is Japan, how about getting some trained Tosa Inu?
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TheMorry



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:54 am Reply with quote
Good thing they do their best to secure the safety of those girls. Normaly i hate j-pop however I love akb48... Maybe its because the short dresses or that they look to you with those cute eyes.. i dont know Anime hyper. Atleast their music doesnt give me brain damage unlike other j-pop artists.

Also i wish thye make a thrid season of akb0048 Razz.
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iiRandom



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:53 am Reply with quote
mewpudding101 wrote:

Also, really? A film less than a month after, promoting the idols and earning money off of a tragedy? Really sad.


The film was already scheduled for release quite a while ago. It was announced in January during one of their live concerts
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Pado



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:09 am Reply with quote
mewpudding101 wrote:

Also, really? A film less than a month after, promoting the idols and earning money off of a tragedy? Really sad.


They release a documentary movie every year based on things that happened within the group over the past year, so it's not like that as iiRandom said above. It just happened that this incident happened before the movie came out, hence it obviously got it's own part in the documentary as it was major thing.

The main theme of the documentary movie of this year was basically about the graduations of the top members of the group in the past year, with some highlights on the cancelling of Oshima Yuko's graduation concert due to heavy rain(storm) at Kokuritsu (Tokyo Olympic Stadium) on 30th March, which later got rescheduled at the Ajinomoto Stadium on June 8th. So they finished editing within a short month.
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Tiggyz



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:08 am Reply with quote
Lets pray to god this type of security system isn't as bad as airport security systems
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