Apsara said...

Apsara at 11:44 AM JST - 21st November

tigerguy, and I don't wear a mask, ever, and I am coming up 3 years without a single cold. I have never had the flu. The masks may have worked for you, but correlation doesn't always equal causation.

Posted in Number of flu cases in Japan estimated at over 9 mil at 11:44 AM JST - 21st November
Apsara at 11:42 AM JST - 21st November

Oh no! We were just planning to go to Sapporo!

Don't worry, they've arrested him...

Posted in Man slashes two women on Sapporo street at 11:42 AM JST - 21st November
Apsara at 09:36 AM JST - 21st November

This flu is a win win for everybody.

Other than the people who have died of it, presumably. Actually I'm sure that most of the people who have caught it would have preferred not to, even if they do get time off work- who actually wants to get the flu?…

Posted in Number of flu cases in Japan estimated at over 9 mil at 09:36 AM JST - 21st November
Apsara at 04:29 PM JST - 18th November

I don't think he needs a psychiatrist- I diagnose sulking. He's just massively annoyed that he was caught. So he's going to show everyone that he can still do what he wants by not talking and not eating.

Posted in Ichihashi given nutritional supplements at 04:29 PM JST - 18th November
Apsara at 03:33 PM JST - 17th November

Can we just take a reality check here and remind ourselves that this kind of people are a tiny minority in any society? This does not reflect badly on Japanese women, the vast majority of whom are every bit as repelled by Ichihashi as the rest of us. It just…

Posted in Airhead female fans can't get enough of 'cool' accused killer Ichihashi at 03:33 PM JST - 17th November
Apsara at 08:16 AM JST - 17th November

They just showed the footage on TV- it wasn't a prolonged bow like Japanese people would do at all, it was very brief- that photo just catches it at its deepest point. As for the comment above saying that "the majority of JT readers criticised", you're wrong. Check out the…

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 08:16 AM JST - 17th November
Apsara at 02:17 PM JST - 15th November

I like to laugh at the shows of Africa here where they show dirty refugee camps and unwashed people... As if it were generally any cleaner here!

I hate this kind of ridiculous comment where people compare anything like that in any developed country to a third world country.…

Posted in Self-centered zombies running rampant through Japanese society at 02:17 PM JST - 15th November
Apsara at 04:41 PM JST - 14th November

There is also the option of a nasal feeding tube- I don't know if it will go that far, but I guarantee you they won't let him starve to death. That takes a long time anyway.

Posted in Ichihashi undergoes medical checkup after refusing to eat at 04:41 PM JST - 14th November
Apsara at 03:13 PM JST - 14th November

I see no reason for ANYONE to bow to ANYONE. We are all equals and a simple handshake should do in this day and age.

Techall, that kind of attitude is known as cultural imperialism. You're insisting that Asian cultures should drop their "outmoded" traditions because in your opinion the…

Posted in Meet and greet at 03:13 PM JST - 14th November
Apsara at 01:08 PM JST - 14th November

That's awful. I'm guessing Japan has laws about leaving children unattended so that's probably a criminal conviction for one/both parents as well as having lost the two children. No excuse for leaving kids that young at home alone though, ever.

Posted in 2 infants die in apartment fire in Ibaraki Prefecture at 01:08 PM JST - 14th November