888naff said...

888naff at 06:18 AM JST - 22nd September

"I will congratulate him when he takes away useless fingerprinting and photographing of all "legal" foreign residents on each return to Japan. He is probably more foreigner friendly, right? Prove it!"

wow Japans big issue hey. I suspect he wont even have talked about this. anyway these checks ,etc; par…

Posted in Beware Japan’s new political beast at 06:18 AM JST - 22nd September
888naff at 07:13 PM JST - 20th September

maybe she needs the house insurance money to help pay court fees. or drug fees.

Posted in Vacation home of actress Sakai burned down; police suspect arson at 07:13 PM JST - 20th September
888naff at 07:12 PM JST - 20th September

maybe a bong or shisha/Hookah fell over catching fire to the rug, then the rest of the house, etc etc, the dangers of drug taking eh :-)

Posted in Vacation home of actress Sakai burned down; police suspect arson at 07:12 PM JST - 20th September
888naff at 05:53 PM JST - 20th September

"littehammer1 - the definition of PR is PERMANENT RESIDENT not vistor..."

Canukle, I don't think that littehammer even said that! and/or that wasn't quite his point.

I fairly sure most international minded ( granted most anti immigrant voices popular in most countries in the last 10 years or indeed general…

Posted in Ozawa positive about granting foreigners local voting rights at 05:53 PM JST - 20th September
888naff at 05:35 PM JST - 20th September

"I don’t think I was trespassing in a legal sense"

wow the next time I catch some anti social yob trespassing on my land ( it happens), causing damage and say something like that!

Posted in 'The Cove' director risks arrest to come to Tokyo at 05:35 PM JST - 20th September
888naff at 05:33 PM JST - 20th September

wow that would set a new trend in the world wouldn't it?

Not sure many Japanese or any other nationality that have permanent residents visas in other countries have that kind of respect/right.

Usually you have to be a citizen.. which again is difficult with Japan as it doesn't allow…

Posted in Ozawa positive about granting foreigners local voting rights at 05:33 PM JST - 20th September
888naff at 08:09 AM JST - 19th September

"reassuring Israel" ...why?

Posted in Obama's missile shield approach aimed at squeezing Iran, reassuring Israel at 08:09 AM JST - 19th September
888naff at 01:45 AM JST - 19th September

"germany never developed a rocket alone" mmm :-) didn't they start all this back in ww2 with rocket missiles and then with early development work for the American space program.

Anyway I think whether someone thinks one country is "better" than another usually has little to do with space programs.

Posted in Japanese cargo vehicle successfully connected to int'l space station at 01:45 AM JST - 19th September
888naff at 07:32 PM JST - 18th September

http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/htv/index.html

Posted in Japanese cargo vehicle successfully connected to int'l space station at 07:32 PM JST - 18th September
888naff at 07:31 PM JST - 18th September

capture video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8262085.stm

lift off video - with its seems different counting in English than Japanese - maybe just the translator - I quite like the Japanese countdown, sounds more like a this thing will self destruct kind of count down: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8249357.stm

Posted in Japanese cargo vehicle successfully connected to int'l space station at 07:31 PM JST - 18th September