Beelzebub said...

Beelzebub at 10:53 AM JST - 21st November

This has been a really bad week for shooting ranges around the Pacific. First Pusan and now Saipan.

Posted in Saipan reels after deadly shooting at 10:53 AM JST - 21st November
Beelzebub at 10:06 AM JST - 21st November

The exact same item that goes for ¥95 in a 7-11 around here sells for ¥68 in an Aeon mini-supermarket outlet. The local drug stores also undersell kombini on food and snack items, with Soy Joy going for ¥20 cheaper. The reason the kombini are so overpriced is that they…

Posted in October convenience store sales down for 5th month at 10:06 AM JST - 21st November
Beelzebub at 08:51 AM JST - 21st November

If you want to tell the whole world, "I'm a nerdy, self-absorbed moron!" I guess walking around with this thrust out in front of you is the way to go. Truly the Louis Vuitton of cell phones.

Posted in Panasonic begins delivery of P-01B handsets to DoCoMo at 08:51 AM JST - 21st November
Beelzebub at 10:18 AM JST - 20th November

The quality of the service and amenities on all the US carriers has been declining for decades. People still seem to entertain the naive idea that long-distance flying carries is supposed to be an experience reserved for the bourgeoisie. If one looks at one's fellow travelers crammed into steerage, it's…

Posted in American Airlines warns JAL of 'enormous risks' in switch to SkyTeam at 10:18 AM JST - 20th November
Beelzebub at 10:08 AM JST - 20th November

A lot of good restaurants are teetering or have already gone under due to the recession, which I sense is still worsening. If things get too bad, those wealthy diners who think nothing of dropping 40,000 or 50,000 yen for meals at deluxe establishments will be going to discount shops…

Posted in Tokyo crowned new gourmet capital by Michelin at 10:08 AM JST - 20th November
Beelzebub at 12:51 PM JST - 18th November

Time to consider either mining all of Somalia's harbours or declaring unrestricted submarine warfare on everything that sails out from them.

Posted in Somali pirates free 36 hostages after getting $3.3 million ransom at 12:51 PM JST - 18th November
Beelzebub at 05:49 PM JST - 17th November

Interestingly, a new word seems to have been coined regarding the US-Japan relationship.

Previously: Japan Bashing　ジャパン　バッシング Next: Japan Passing　ジャパン　パッシング This time: Japan Nothing ジャパン　ナッシング

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 05:49 PM JST - 17th November
Beelzebub at 10:20 AM JST - 17th November

I think everybody's got it wrong, including Nikkan Gendai. Ichihashi's appeal is that he refuses to be sunao, a nice obedient otonashii Nihonjin who does what is expected of him. He runs, he hides, he ducks, he weaves, he gets plastic surgery, he refuses to respond to interrogators, he won't…

Posted in Airhead female fans can't get enough of 'cool' accused killer Ichihashi at 10:20 AM JST - 17th November
Beelzebub at 10:11 AM JST - 17th November

Ozawa and his Buddhist buddies had better come up with a viable substitute for Christmas or the retailers will all go bust.

Posted in Ozawa won't retract remarks on Christianity at 10:11 AM JST - 17th November
Beelzebub at 05:04 PM JST - 16th November

The Emperor seemed a little surprised by the bow, but His Majesty has become used to people botching protocol.

Posted in Should President Barack Obama have bowed to the emperor while he was in Japan? at 05:04 PM JST - 16th November