Azrael said...

Azrael at 02:45 AM JST - 17th May

KaptainKichigai, this link may be helpful:

http://www.crnjapan.com/en/

The Children's Rights Network of Japan has legal information and links that may be useful to you. I wish you good luck!

Posted in Losing Kei at 02:45 AM JST - 17th May
Azrael at 09:38 PM JST - 16th May

borscht at 05:58 PM JST - 16th May "And Japanese TV has subtitles even when the speaker is speaking in Japanese and is a native speaker of Japanese so I guess many viewers enjoy it. Or are subtitle otaku."

I am not sure, but I think the subtitles on Japanese…

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 09:38 PM JST - 16th May
Azrael at 09:14 PM JST - 16th May

I agree. I recently read on Asahi Shimbun that Japan -might- sign the 1980 Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, perhaps in 2010. I say -might- and -perhaps- because I will only believe it when I see it done.

http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200805100051.html

It's such a heart-wrenching problem, how the…

Posted in Losing Kei at 09:14 PM JST - 16th May
Azrael at 01:05 AM JST - 12th May

Thanks Ms. Cleo ^^;

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 01:05 AM JST - 12th May
Azrael at 12:55 AM JST - 12th May

When I was in my second year at the MSc. studies, one of our sensei would take us to Karaoke on the weekends, and all we'd sing was Enka. I liked it, and Enka is somewhat similar to 1970's music from Spain and the Caribbean, specially Boleros. In Latin America,…

Posted in American singer Jero to appear in TV ad at 12:55 AM JST - 12th May
Azrael at 10:02 PM JST - 11th May

Illsayit, that's the typical speech one gets from older Japanese women. You don't like it, go home. I think that is beyond the point; I am simply telling my analysis of the things I have seen here in Japan. I am not waiting for anything. I simply enjoy life as…

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 10:02 PM JST - 11th May
Azrael at 09:11 PM JST - 11th May

Illsayit, I will give you an answer from my perspective, which is not necessarily right or wrong in all cases:

Japanese men are attractive for ladies; I never said they are not. However, there's a subtle communication problem. Being a foreign woman from the West and a Latin woman, I…

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 09:11 PM JST - 11th May
Azrael at 08:39 PM JST - 11th May

I am somewhat surprised by the comments above. I am a foreign woman, but I came to Japan strictly to study (two years left till Graduation now). Due to the Hague Convention regarding International Child Abduction which Japan won't ratify any time soon (my most powerful reason) and irreconcilable cultural…

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 08:39 PM JST - 11th May
Azrael at 07:53 PM JST - 11th May

Beautiful bird!

It seems like the bird spotted the photographer c.c;.

Posted in Black kite at 07:53 PM JST - 11th May
Azrael at 01:27 AM JST - 10th May

Thieving is thieving. Give back the treasure of Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes and all remains! I'd rather see it in a museum, properly investigated and displayed - it's part of Ibero-American history. The US would do well in giving back the booty from excavations in Peru and other countries…

Posted in Spain claims 500 million in sunken treasure from Florida deep-sea explorers at 01:27 AM JST - 10th May