Alan said...

Alan at 10:30 AM JST - 23rd August

Cold-blooded murderers like al-Megrahi don't deserve compassion. They should stay in jail until their victims stop being dead.

Posted in FBI director outraged by Lockerbie bomber's release at 10:30 AM JST - 23rd August
Alan at 04:35 AM JST - 23rd August

"Obstructing police in the performance of their duty" might be a better translation than "interfering with police in the line of their duty."

Posted in Two police officers stabbed while trying to subdue 74-yr-old man at 04:35 AM JST - 23rd August
Alan at 12:02 PM JST - 16th July

How ironic. The old Japan National Railway system was the most featherbedded outfit in Japan. They had about 5 times too many employees, most of whom were deadbeats who couldn't be bothered to provide a half-way decent service to passengers. They managed to operate at a loss on some of…

Posted in Cram school teacher arrested for plugging toilets on express trains at 12:02 PM JST - 16th July
Alan at 10:55 AM JST - 7th July

Japan really needs a law to regulate the use of loudspeakers. Exposure to that noise can cause hearing loss, and judging from some of the politicians, brain damage as well. It should be classed as physical assault.

Posted in 2 arrested for tearing LDP poster, obstructing DPJ candidate's speech at 10:55 AM JST - 7th July
Alan at 09:59 AM JST - 22nd June

I've been using this service regularly for many years. It's easy and cheap to transfer funds into and out of my currency online account from banks anywhere but in Japan. To transfer funds from my Japanese bank account into my currency online account, I first have to transfer money from…

Posted in Managing currency exchange online at 09:59 AM JST - 22nd June
Alan at 08:22 AM JST - 22nd June

The Japanese medical and political establishment should also start accepting that's its insane and obscene to ban transplants for children under 15.

Posted in In this country, we'll need to start accepting the fact that brain death is the real term for death. at 08:22 AM JST - 22nd June
Alan at 11:38 AM JST - 19th April

What an imaginative excuse for taxpayer-funded junkets.

Posted in Japan's Jomon Sugi, New Zealand's Tane Mahuta to become 'sister trees' at 11:38 AM JST - 19th April
Alan at 04:30 AM JST - 21st March

It's amazing how filth like these can act with total disregard for the law and the rights for others, and then use every trick in the lawbook to preserve their own worthless hides.

Posted in Aum member on death row files for retrial at 04:30 AM JST - 21st March
Alan at 06:47 PM JST - 20th March

I remember a furore over this very problem when I lived in Japan in the early 1980s. I wonder if it will take another 30 years to fix it.

Posted in Emergency patients rejected 3 times or more stood at 14,732 cases in 2008 at 06:47 PM JST - 20th March
Alan at 06:34 PM JST - 20th March

Chavez is a long-winded, loud-mouthed dictator who is ruining the economy of Venezuela. The King of Spain publicly told him to shut up. I hope the Emperor does the same.

Posted in Venezuelan President Chavez to visit Japan in early April at 06:34 PM JST - 20th March