Azrael said...

Azrael at 05:07 PM JST - 16th November

MagnusGarstin: How many other books on the subject have you read apart of Mrs. Ellerbe's?

Posted in DPJ's Ozawa calls Christianity 'self-righteous' at 05:07 PM JST - 16th November
Azrael at 05:01 PM JST - 16th November

Kirakira, I wish I had something to answer all my questions, too XD. I wish you deliver a healthy child! Yabusama, thanks for your reply. Yes, it's a sad state of affairs everywhere. No matter their background if people give up on courtesy, society becomes a pandemonium.

Posted in Is chivalry dead on Tokyo trains? at 05:01 PM JST - 16th November
Azrael at 04:10 PM JST - 16th November

yabusama at 03:59 PM JST - 16th November: The Japanese have the idea of WA, preserving the harmony of society, not being disruptive. Acting like a bunch of monkeys on the trains is not practicing WA.

Exactly. I maintain my point of view that chivalry is foreign to Japan. The…

Posted in Is chivalry dead on Tokyo trains? at 04:10 PM JST - 16th November
Azrael at 03:42 PM JST - 16th November

The title of this article poses a weird question. Is chivalry dead on Tokyo trains? It asks. Chivalry is not part of Japanese culture in the first place. Chivalry is a Western concept. All the manners and deferences associated with chivalry are foreign to Japan and are not taught to…

Posted in Is chivalry dead on Tokyo trains? at 03:42 PM JST - 16th November
Azrael at 12:21 AM JST - 16th November

Thanks for your reply, dolphingirl. You are probably right. I think it's better in the long run to leave Japan.

Norinrad21, are you quite alright?

Posted in Hatoyama says Japan should embrace more migrants at 12:21 AM JST - 16th November
Azrael at 11:27 PM JST - 15th November

This is a sensitive issue. As my school days draw to an end I am considering the possibility of staying to work in Japan, but a tiny voice in the back of my mind wails with horror whenever I think about working here. Working conditions and workplace equality for women…

Posted in Hatoyama says Japan should embrace more migrants at 11:27 PM JST - 15th November
Azrael at 01:15 AM JST - 15th November

It is true that all should be presumed innocent till proven guilty, but it is beyond apparent that Ichihashi has done everything he could to paint himself as the murderer. There are no other suspects, all physical evidence at the crime scene as revealed to the public points at him…

Posted in Ichihashi undergoes medical checkup after refusing to eat at 01:15 AM JST - 15th November
Azrael at 02:34 PM JST - 13th November

I suppose the street where he threatened her was a solitary street or there were few people around. I might have just blinked at him at passed by (if he used kanji I have not learned yet in his message) or just use a high-pitched scream if he tried to…

Posted in 19-year-old arrested for rape after threatening victim on cell phone at 02:34 PM JST - 13th November
Azrael at 07:24 PM JST - 12th November

The fact that the emperor has never visited Yasukuni shrine after it enshrined the souls of Class A criminals despite right winger's calls every year for him to pay homage in Yasukuni is very tale-telling about the emperor's understanding of history. I think he's a strong man despite his life…

Posted in Emperor, on 20th anniversary of accession, concerned young people forgetting history at 07:24 PM JST - 12th November
Azrael at 08:11 AM JST - 12th November

I hope this means Japanese government scholarship stipend will stop shrinking.

Posted in Panel starts cutting projects to eliminate waste in gov't spending at 08:11 AM JST - 12th November