Azrael said...

Azrael at 05:53 PM JST - 24th May

There must be specific reasons for ICOMOS Japan to oppose the recommendation. The World Heritage List is not based on emotion as much as it is based in fact, and more specifically on the Criteria for nomination (available online at http://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria/). If the ICOMOS Japan Committee recommended against the nomination,…

Posted in Panel recommends forgoing registration of Hiraizumi as World Heritage site at 05:53 PM JST - 24th May
Azrael at 05:11 PM JST - 24th May

I saw the TV commercial ad for Core Rhythms; they should have chosen someone else for that ad. During the scene practicing the dance, that lady had no difference between hip and waist! When dressed up of course it was different, but without the layers... Kanashii. Is it far fetched…

Posted in Core Rhythms at 05:11 PM JST - 24th May
Azrael at 05:04 PM JST - 19th May

Wonderful; now they are giving ideas to the local crazies. Thankfully I don't spend long hours in a place with central air conditioning systems.

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Azrael at 08:11 PM JST - 17th May

Indeed, I also fail to see the normalcy in such activities.

Posted in Plastic fantastic: Japan's doll industry booming at 08:11 PM JST - 17th May
Azrael at 08:01 PM JST - 17th May

It was about time that Japan enacts a law against child pornography, specially one with actual penalties. This is a well-oriented step.

Posted in Ruling parties agree on bill criminalizing possession of child porn at 08:01 PM JST - 17th May
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,…

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