Apsara said...

Apsara at 09:48 AM JST - 9th September

I don't get it when people like Betting actually try to defend or justify these people's actions. It doesn't matter how loud her stereo was, for how long, you don't stab someone to death because their music is loud! Attacking the stereo with a baseball bat I can understand, but…

Posted in 22-year-old man arrested after fatally stabbing sister over 'noise' at 09:48 AM JST - 9th September
Apsara at 09:43 AM JST - 9th September

Yes, that's what they said in the article is the main cause of the delay...

Posted in Ambulances taking longer to reach patients, hospitals at 09:43 AM JST - 9th September
Apsara at 09:40 AM JST - 9th September

If the car then runs over the person who was hit (imagine they were hit front on), they could easily be caught on the engine or another part of the car and then dragged along. You don't necessarily bounce off if hit by a car, you could go up on…

Posted in Man dies after being dragged by car for 70 meters in Ibaraki at 09:40 AM JST - 9th September
Apsara at 04:50 PM JST - 8th September

My brother did almost the same thing at the same age. Luckily the river was fairly deep, but the impact with the water cracked one of his vertebra and he spent some time in hospital and more time in pain. When teenage boys start egging each other on, they will…

Posted in 16-yr-old boy dies after jumping with 4 friends into canal in Tokyo at 04:50 PM JST - 8th September
Apsara at 08:52 AM JST - 7th September

You don't have to wait for donuts anymore as there are now lots of shops in Tokyo. There's one in Yurakucho; I waited there for about 3 minutes the other day before being served. The 2-hour-long queues in Shinjuku were the case about 2 years ago, not any more. If…

Posted in A Krispy Kreme autumn at 08:52 AM JST - 7th September
Apsara at 08:49 AM JST - 7th September

The Jomon sugi is just one particularly old tree on Yakushima, so it should not be used in the plural in this article- Jomon sugi is not a type of tree, just a name for a single tree. I sometimes hear the sugi on Yakushima called "Yaku-sugi", but they are…

Posted in Japanese eco-tour interpreter active in New Zealand at 08:49 AM JST - 7th September
Apsara at 08:35 AM JST - 7th September

That is just brainless. The parents who got distracted for a few minutes while their children managed to climb onto a window sill, I can still empathise with. This woman actually facilitated her son's death. You have to wonder why she never thought of that as a possible outcome of…

Posted in 1-year-old boy falls to his death from 9th floor of Osaka condo at 08:35 AM JST - 7th September
Apsara at 08:56 AM JST - 6th September

That would explain some of the unusually supple bodies of both men and women in some East Asian countries.

No it wouldn't. Suppleness and flexibility have everything to do with length of muscles and mobility of ligaments/tendons/connective fascia, and nothing to do with hardness of bones. The very flexible Chinese…

Posted in Fluorine in tea could weaken bones, say researchers at 08:56 AM JST - 6th September
Apsara at 08:48 AM JST - 6th September

it's actually the pants that are the "Shakitto" part, not the bra. The article said "support wearers around the pelvis", which a bra obviously doesn't do.

Posted in Shape up at 08:48 AM JST - 6th September
Apsara at 08:46 AM JST - 6th September

I have known a number of people who committed suicide, and in each case it came as a complete shock to their families. Some people are very, very good at hiding their mental state, and also their preparations to commit suicide, right up until the last minute. I have started…

Posted in Father dies trying to stop son's hydrogen sulfide gas suicide at 08:46 AM JST - 6th September