Ah_so said...

Ah_so at 10:14 PM JST - 16th May

*Guys, guys, guys. I think the stereotyping here is going a little too far don't you think ? I am married to a Japanese woman and I am attracted to Asian girls. However, I can think of scores of Japanese ladies who you would not want a serious relationship with…

Posted in Foreign women in Japan sometimes remark how hard it is to get a date with foreign men. What are your views on this? at 10:14 PM JST - 16th May
Ah_so at 04:36 PM JST - 16th May

The question here specifies English-speaking countries and we should remember that plenty of other countries also commonly dub American films - France for instance.

Posted in Why do moviegoers in English-speaking countries tend to avoid foreign movies with subtitles, while in Japan, for example, it's just the opposite? at 04:36 PM JST - 16th May
Ah_so at 04:30 PM JST - 16th May

Surely the mother would have dialled 119 immediately and an ambulance would have come to take the child straight to a casualty unit? Instead the father had time to go home and then take the boy to hospital? Unless the father worked only a stone's throw away from the apartment,…

Posted in 2-yr-old boy who survived 9th floor fall in March dies after choking himself with backpack strap at 04:30 PM JST - 16th May
Ah_so at 06:46 PM JST - 15th May

The guy in the middle should get the freind of dorothy award.

Oops - above hit the Submit button by mistake.

Nanjazilla's comment made me wonder what he is going to do with that little fist of his that he is thrusting upwards so energetically.

Posted in Cotton USA Award at 06:46 PM JST - 15th May
Ah_so at 06:42 PM JST - 15th May

The guy in the middle should get the freind of dorothy award.

Posted in Cotton USA Award at 06:42 PM JST - 15th May
Ah_so at 04:30 PM JST - 14th May

This sounds like an episode of The Simpsons featuring officer Wiggum.

Posted in Cops under fire for giving cigarette, lighter to kerosene-soaked man at 04:30 PM JST - 14th May
Ah_so at 04:25 PM JST - 14th May

The involvement of a 42-year-old woman in this is particularly disturbing.

Posted in Woman, two minors arrested for confining, fatally assaulting teen at 04:25 PM JST - 14th May
Ah_so at 09:55 PM JST - 13th May

Perhaps the buyer got confused when he heard that a pair of juicy mellons was up for grabs.

Posted in Pair of Yubari melons sell for record high Y2.5 mil at 09:55 PM JST - 13th May
Ah_so at 04:25 PM JST - 12th May

she obviously needs some sort of psychological help... but what law did she break?

If there is not a law to cover locking a child in a cupboard with poisonous gas, Japan's legal system is in a worse state that I feared!

Posted in Mother arrested for attempting to kill 5-yr-old son with hydrogen sulfide gas in Saga at 04:25 PM JST - 12th May
Ah_so at 06:15 PM JST - 8th May

The costs of not having more children are so high that Japan cannot afford not to pay a bit more to at least get the birth rate back up.

A lot of the reasons given above, other than financial ones, are terribly modern - none that stopped my in-laws growing…

Posted in What changes are needed in Japanese society to stop the falling birthrate? at 06:15 PM JST - 8th May