Beelzebub said...

Beelzebub at 03:28 PM JST - 20th August

Billy Crystal should make a sequel to "Analyze This" set in Japan.

Posted in Yakuza 'misunderstood' by foreign media at 03:28 PM JST - 20th August
Beelzebub at 02:26 PM JST - 19th August

At noon today the vernacular news reported "smoking implements" (like a water pipe) were found during a search of Waka no Ho's residence (he lives outside the stable as befits his rank). He appears to be a dedicated pothead.

Posted in Russian sumo star arrested in Japan for marijuana at 02:26 PM JST - 19th August
Beelzebub at 02:16 PM JST - 18th August

I guess Japanese have been watching Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert in the US and have decided that it's time to parody the TV news. The "Wide" shows do it better. I doubt of this thing will go anywhere. Unless Gekidan gets caught coming out of a love hotel with…

Posted in Comedian Gekidan Hitori to be news presenter at 02:16 PM JST - 18th August
Beelzebub at 11:32 AM JST - 18th August

And the population has doubled over the past 60 years.

Kjunluc2, most of that growth took place in immediate postwar (baby boomers) and mid-60s (so-called "dankai junior"). Due to postwar deprivation and social upheavals, Japan's crime rates including murders and juvenile crimes, were much higher in the late 1940s early…

Posted in Man arrested for 2006 murder of 18-year-old woman in Nagasaki at 11:32 AM JST - 18th August
Beelzebub at 10:29 AM JST - 17th August

The article should have also mentioned that the price of steel has been soaring.

Posted in Auto-use carbon fiber development speeds up in Japan at 10:29 AM JST - 17th August
Beelzebub at 08:36 PM JST - 14th August

This is dumb. Why get the Aussies involved? The Koreans should buy a full-page ad in the Yomiuri Shimbun if they're serious.

Posted in Ad asserts S. Korean claims in isle dispute in Australian paper at 08:36 PM JST - 14th August
Beelzebub at 09:36 AM JST - 13th August

No, no, he was just the delivery boy from Dominos. You can call off the search now guys.

Posted in Man evades immigration check at Osaka port, enters country at 09:36 AM JST - 13th August
Beelzebub at 10:16 PM JST - 10th August

Why should US taxpayers be saddled with the expense of trying and incarcerating this "dirt bag" as you put it? Kick him out, and he's Japan's problem. Good riddance.

Posted in LA prosecutors argue double jeopardy not applicable to Miura's case at 10:16 PM JST - 10th August
Beelzebub at 09:31 PM JST - 8th August

Mitsubishi Motors supplied the Colt to GM for years. US automakers could build good compact cars if they wanted to -- I remember the old Nash Metropolitan, Rambler and Studebaker Lark.

Posted in Chrysler, Nissan reportedly in talks to jointly make midsize cars at 09:31 PM JST - 8th August
Beelzebub at 11:07 AM JST - 8th August

Knowing Sankei's strongly right-wing slant, they should have changed their coloration to red.

Posted in Blue Man group visits newspaper office at 11:07 AM JST - 8th August