Alex Tokyo's past comments

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    Alex Tokyo

    I don't know why, but I'm kind of rooting for this guy.

    Don't get caught sleeping under a CCTV camera 2 minutes walk away or by stopping at 7-11 to read manga like a Japanese suspect would. Come on, son!

    Posted in: Man with stolen German passport escapes from Haneda airport security

  • -1

    Alex Tokyo

    My guess is China is too close to the DPRK for comfort, maybe Beijing has been getting calls from DC, Tokyo, Seoul, etc..and they called Moscow to ask them to voice their opinions?? I do hope the DPRK's silly missile just falls into the sea! Maybe near the Senkaku islands to add a bit of drama.

    You talk about Beijing, DC, Tokyo, etc as if they are 1 person. Must be nice to have a 6 year old's understanding of world politics. Ignorance is bliss. As is stupidity.

    Posted in: Russia urges North Korea to reconsider rocket launch

  • 0

    Alex Tokyo

    I have to admit, I got a good few laughs from Sugi-chan. Especially after a couple of vodkas. Impressive considering that he was 99% ultra-clean and light-hearted. Jokes about soda bottles, Hawaiian shirts, bicycle locks. That was a nice 1-2 month run he had there. Hope he made some nice cash.

    Posted in: 'Wild daro,' 'ishin,' 'Dai sankyoku' voted top buzzwords for 2012

  • -1

    Alex Tokyo

    Technological advances are always great, but even with post production filters/editing, how much clearer can movies possibly get? Especially movies like Taxi Driver that were filmed in the 1970s. Surely 35mm film is not magic, infinite quality, though it would be nice if I'm wrong.

    Posted in: Sony introduces ultra-HD video player with pre-loaded films

  • 5

    Alex Tokyo

    Sounds like the taxi driver was timid and lame. He chose neithier fight nor flight. He could have been heroic and used his taxi to run over (or at least disable the bike, and smash into the other car, maybe even killing or injuring some of the attackers in the process.

    If a gang of thugs suddenly burst out of your closet right this second, shouting and swinging weapons, no doubt you would also be to shocked to fight back or flee.

    On that note, as for running over and even killing the attackers, please think with your logic and not with your emotions. It's not the same as some places in the world where home owners can legally kill intruders. As satisfying as it might be, you can't go around killing people because they stopped a motorbike in front of a car or smashed a window. Not to mention that Japanese judges and prosecutors are just looking for excuses to lock people up. If that taxi driver had pulled some destruction derby stunt in the street and killed a couple of suspects, he'd probably get the rope. At the very least, he'd never walk the streets again. Like it or not, he did the right thing by doing nothing.

    Posted in: Man abducted from taxi in Tokyo

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    Alex Tokyo

    The scenario is not clearly described, but it would seem that there would have been nothing to stop the taxi driver from throwing the car in reverse and stepping on the throttle, and then throwing it into low gear and running over the bike, for example.

    Wow, you're serious? The taxi driver is a coward because he didn't suddenly spring into action, performing some crazy Hollywood movie stunt by driving over a motorbike while under attack from a group of armed men? A stunt that probably would've also gotten him fired and/or arrested? And they were certainly armed, unless one of them nutted out that window with his head.

    Normal people don't go about their work or daily lives ready to defend themselves from attackers at the drop of a hat. Hindsight may be wonderful, and we'd all love the ability to pull off a stunt-filled high speed pursuit & a bunch of crazy kung-fu moves should a gang of ne'er do wells suddenly rear their inbred little heads, but none of that has any connection with the simple reality that the average person, let alone the average Tokyo taxi driver, is most definitely not Jackie Chan.

    Posted in: Man abducted from taxi in Tokyo

  • 2

    Alex Tokyo

    Our taxes are paying for these bozos????? WTF??!!!! Arrest this idiot fool ASAP and make sure he is fired!! And never works in Japan for any government agency!!!! This is worse than Mexico!!!

    Article said he was already arrested, dumbass.

    And no, offering a 17 year old money for sex is not worse than rolling up in a convoy of SUVs and murdering an judge and 20 innocent bystanders with automatic weapons in broad daylight, not by a long shot.

    Posted in: Chiba riot cop arrested for offering schoolgirl money for sex

  • 1

    Alex Tokyo

    Funny this story should come up! I know a couple of guys who are police officers in Osaka. We were out for a few beers last night and the conversation turned to this robbery. Well, being a bit drunk they let a few details slip out.

    All I can say is that this trio better leave the country asap, because it turns out Osaka's finest have a pretty much foolproof 3 step plan of action:

    1. Wait for them to walk into a koban and confess.
    2. ???
    3. Prison.

    Posted in: 3 masked men rob Osaka jewelry store

  • 0

    Alex Tokyo

    For some reason this reminds me of the hilarious 'How to Escape a Fart' video on Youtube.

    Posted in: Odor-eliminating underpants a hot seller

  • 1

    Alex Tokyo

    Nice exposure for Yahoo Auctions (not that they need it...) Hopefully he'll get a bid and have the chance to pick up some extra yen. Good for him.

    It's a nice change to read about something like this instead of J-cops committing crimes, someone killing their baby, etc.

    Posted in: Man auctions himself on Yahoo!

  • -1

    Alex Tokyo

    I thought Yamada would be up there somewhere.

    Posted in: 5 most common Japanese surnames are Sato, Suzuki, Takahashi, Tanaka and Watanabe

  • -1

    Alex Tokyo

    Unless there are witnesses, and even if there are, he'll probably walk unless he opens his mouth. A couple of podgy coppers shouting with rolled Rs and slapping the table is all that's required to make 99% of people start talking, though.

    Posted in: 19-year-old arrested for forcing boy to jump to his death in river

  • -1

    Alex Tokyo

    Really? Cops using a rental car on a stakeout?

    How is using rental cars NOT common sense? It could genuinely be anyone.

    Posted in: Police officer's car stolen during stakeout

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    Alex Tokyo

    So the staked criminals only have to check if there is a white (mostly they are white) rental car to find out if there is police watching them, next time use confiscated cars!

    A rental car could be anyone, that's the point.

    Using confiscated cars is too risky for a number of reasons. "Hey boss, remember that time we went down to Kobe to discuss import operations, and one of the guys had a burgundy Majesta with steel wheels? It's parked outside."

    Posted in: Police officer's car stolen during stakeout

  • -1

    Alex Tokyo

    I love my iPhone but I still think the iPad is a glorified etch-a-sketch. Too limited to be a real laptop and too limited to be a real gaming system. Closed OS and no file system with mostly proprietary hardware. And for some reason, seems like people from western Asia and the middle east go absolutely mad over them. There's always a good half-dozen Indian lowballers with "want for buying your new perfect conditions iPad's mini for budget at less than the cost of a broken one on yahoo auctions yens isn't it?" ads on Craigslist Tokyo.

    I feel like welding a kitchen sink to a hairdryer and calling it the iLaundry. Too limited to wash your clothes and too limited to dry them.

    Posted in: Apple unveils iPad mini

  • 0

    Alex Tokyo

    he probably left the car running while he went into the combini

    Yet another well-thought out gem from a hard-of-thinking JT regular. Damn carjackers and their 300m long extendable arms that can reach down streets and round corners and through automatic doors to blindly elbow conbini shoppers in the face with aggressive pinpoint accuracy.

    Yeah. Sounds plausible.

    Posted in: Police officer's car stolen during stakeout

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    Alex Tokyo

    A rental car? The J-stones don't have unmarked cars for stake-outs?

    Once an unmarked car is made, it can't be used again for stakeouts unless it is modified, repainted, etc. Huge hassle. Plus, anyone with connections can run the plate of a car and find out who or what organization the vehicle belongs to, and whether that person actually exists, their personal details if they do, etc.

    Rentals can be easily identified by their plates, since all rentals have the same hiragana character, and of course they will always come back as a legit rental car registered to "Toyota Rent-A-Car Lease", for example. Common sense. Much less suspicious.

    Posted in: Police officer's car stolen during stakeout

  • 4

    Alex Tokyo

    What kind of an idiot has 270,000 yen CASH at 430 am??

    Someone who works for or owns a bar and doesn't want to leave 270,000 yen in cash there for another 12 or 13 hours until it opens up at 5-6pm (at which point, 270,000 will become 370,000, then 470,000 and so on).

    If the bar's safe or tills were stolen, you'd be asking why the money was left in the bar. Can't win with some of you guys.

    Posted in: Man robbed of Y270,000 at Odaiba ATM

  • 1

    Alex Tokyo

    Alex, guess you didn't see it.

    Of course I didn't. And nor did anyone else, I suspect, since it never actually happened. But as always, I'm totally open and welcome to being proved wrong. Is there any actual detail that you can give us? An original broadcast date, Youtube link, names of SMAP members involved with this alleged "telling off", anything at all?

    Madonna is an A-list celebrity with world-class management and world-class media coaching. She does not continue to rake in tens of millions of dollars per year from overseas fans by traveling to their countries and then humiliating national icons on popular TV shows, telling people off and stomping around like an enraged dinosaur on red bull & roids.

    Perhaps your version of a "telling off" was simply a bit of an underhanded, sly, amusing, and well-timed tease or joke to the rest of us?

    Posted in: Usain Bolt to appear on SMAP TV program on Monday night

  • -1

    Alex Tokyo

    If he would have gone to trial, as you state, you obviously have not heard of the conviction rate in Japan.

    The cumulative conviction rate has nothing at all to do with the allegations against Koike, nor anyone else's alleged (individual) wrongdoings. They are totally unrelated, unless you're implying that anyone accused of a crime here is automatically guilty simply because Japan has a high conviction rate. And that would be just silly. Let's be realistic and not sensationalist.

    Not sure why some of you guys revel in reading about suspects' alleged crimes & then enjoy pouncing as if the accused is absolutely and definitely 100% guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt - in most cases, even before a basic arraignment hearing has taken place. An allegation, a face on a poster, and even an arrest is NOT a conviction. Real talk. Unfortunately, Koike died before a trial could take place and we'll never know what might have happened. Like it or not, it's a fact.

    How can come of you get so riled up and throw about words like 'murderer' so confidently when he was never convicted? A face on a poster is good enough to pass a sentence? Either you guys know something us sensible and level-headed people don't know, or you know nothing at all. Know something the rest of us don't? Please post it up. I'm not too proud to admit where I'm wrong, but infinitely more important than that, the families involved are owed it.

    Posted in: Man wanted for 2 murders dies after evading police for over 10 years

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