Beelzebub said...

Beelzebub at 08:55 AM JST - 29th July

They spew out high-decibel renditions of enka songs

I believe the tunes are called "gunka" (martial music), not "enka" (romantic ballads). Failure to make such a simple differentiation does not bode well for the assertions that follow.

Those "average" foreigners who would like to know more about the "lurid" kanji…

Posted in It’s time for emperor to rev up his own sound truck at 08:55 AM JST - 29th July
Beelzebub at 10:14 PM JST - 27th July

I wonder what her tattoo says... Probably "this space for rent."

Posted in at 10:14 PM JST - 27th July
Beelzebub at 02:01 PM JST - 27th July

I've always felt laptops were a bit overpriced and full of features I didn't really need. Longer battery life is a prime concern, naturally. Huge storage space is not.

Posted in Mini laptop at 02:01 PM JST - 27th July
Beelzebub at 06:09 PM JST - 24th July

These days I often see moms pedaling down the street with their kid(s) on board while they tap out messages on their keitai. Anyone dumb enough to do that should be made to sweat out the good part of an afternoon in the local police station.

Posted in Ban on riding bicycles with 2 kids to be lifted at 06:09 PM JST - 24th July
Beelzebub at 06:07 PM JST - 24th July

Who decided baseball is an Olympic sport?

Well, it's still more of a sport than girls in leotards twirling hula hoops and rolling balloons. Obviously the modern-day Olympics have become one big marketing event for corporations (with a generous dollop of nationalistic fervor thrown in for good measure). I'm disconnecting…

Posted in Japan, US and Cuba chase baseball gold in likely Olympic farewell at 06:07 PM JST - 24th July
Beelzebub at 04:58 PM JST - 23rd July

Come on, Korea, you spineless wimp. Let's see you get tough. Withdraw your ambassador, break off diplomatic relations, and lay mines across the Genkai-nada. Maybe you can even persuade that wacko with the funny hairdo in Pyongyang to sell you one of his nuclear toys.

Blood must be shed on…

Posted in Japan-S Korea islet row spoils more cultural exchanges at 04:58 PM JST - 23rd July
Beelzebub at 08:34 AM JST - 23rd July

I think the word for a paper bag lantern is "luminaria." They're big with Hispanic-Americans at Christmas time.

Posted in Odaiba at 08:34 AM JST - 23rd July
Beelzebub at 12:24 PM JST - 21st July

If the two countries can co-host a World Cup tournament, they can share the bloody islands. Let's rename them "Hello Kittyland" and let everybody live happily ever after.

Posted in S Korea reportedly plans to build hotel on disputed islets at 12:24 PM JST - 21st July
Beelzebub at 06:14 PM JST - 20th July

I guess the best thing you could say about waiwai was that it showed that Japanese had more interesting stuff on their minds than the constantly repeating plot of a Tora-san movie (or an NHK travel documentary). I can't believe the MDN was cranking out all that stuff with a…

Posted in Mainichi promises new start following criticism of online English column at 06:14 PM JST - 20th July
Beelzebub at 11:34 AM JST - 19th July

This is nothing new. In the 1980s you could go to Yoyogi Park any Sunday and it was like a Halloween party. Japanese have great fantasy lives. They're a nation of Walter Mittys.

Posted in Cosplayers get set for world summit at 11:34 AM JST - 19th July