Azrael said...

Azrael at 03:04 PM JST - 30th April

semansco at 02:46 PM JST - 30th April "The tying is done so that the other participant doesn't back out at the last second"

Yep, murder-suicide.

Posted in Two women, tied together, leap from apartment to death in Maebashi at 03:04 PM JST - 30th April
Azrael at 02:40 PM JST - 30th April

Tied up? Maybe it's a murder-suicide. If it were a suicide pact, why would the ropes be needed? Perhaps one of the two had an obsession over the other, fangirl style. The crazy one was the one grabbing the hand of her victim, maybe. Then a suicide note to cover…

Posted in Two women, tied together, leap from apartment to death in Maebashi at 02:40 PM JST - 30th April
Azrael at 05:04 PM JST - 29th April

That's awesome. Indeed, there's a wide gap between classroom Japanese language and street, real life Japanese language. Only three years after coming to Japan (my scholarship program only provides 6 months of Japanese language course) I am able to hold conversational level with confidence.

They should come up with the…

Posted in Read Real Japanese Essays at 05:04 PM JST - 29th April
Azrael at 05:10 PM JST - 28th April

Nutsagain, just read my previous post again. You missed the entire paragraph below my quote to your post.

Posted in Woman arrested after trying to flush infant down toilet in Nagoya at 05:10 PM JST - 28th April
Azrael at 12:12 PM JST - 28th April

nutsagain at 10:41 AM JST - 28th April

This is a rare, but not unheard of case. As dreadful as it is to recall, I can remember a few stories overseas of women giving birth in toilets. Suffice to say these people are seriously demented and probably beyond all help.…

Posted in Woman arrested after trying to flush infant down toilet in Nagoya at 12:12 PM JST - 28th April
Azrael at 12:05 PM JST - 28th April

Haruki Murakami, as everyone else, has to put food on the table. Unfortunately, not all the works of a person making a living from writing will be works of art; those are the product of time and inspiration, not of a pressing editor and bills chasing you.

No one should…

Posted in Japan’s best-known novelist fails to deliver—again at 12:05 PM JST - 28th April
Azrael at 08:57 PM JST - 27th April

I see a few things here. One: Strangers pretending to be Plainclothes Police Officers - who can really tell they really were police officers? Real police officers do show IDs and do allow verification, which is why they have BADGES with NUMBERS. Real police officers approaching tourists would at least…

Posted in Roughed up by the cops in Shinjuku at 08:57 PM JST - 27th April
Azrael at 08:59 PM JST - 20th April

This is a point of caution to be considered by the Chinese government. I think the Chinese government has or is about to over-play the Nationalism card.

International protests about the Chinese Olympics have come in quite handy for the Chinese government; everything that fans and rouses nationalism fervor distracts…

Posted in China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue at 08:59 PM JST - 20th April
Azrael at 08:03 PM JST - 19th April

“I have always had a negative opinion of those who, with their snotty noses and their erotic fantasies, meddle in other people’s lives,” Putin said.

TELL THEM, PUTIN! Putin is my hero for saying that @.@;.

Posted in Putin denies affair with gymnast at 08:03 PM JST - 19th April
Azrael at 04:09 AM JST - 17th April

Actually, in all the Japanese homes I've visited in about four years, the house door is ALWAYS unlocked throughout the day. Windows are unlatched. Back doors are ajar or closed but unlocked. People announce themselves IN THE GENKAN, not from outside. Even when homes have an interphone at the fence…

Posted in Young women lax on security at home at 04:09 AM JST - 17th April