Beelzebub said...

Beelzebub at 09:41 PM JST - 13th June

A typical overreaction. It's obvious that the authorities fear copycat crime above all else. In fact, last Sunday's crime was a copycat too. Who knows what else they will wind up banning in the effort to prevent recurrences.

Posted in 'Pedestrian paradise' to be suspended in Akihabara at 09:41 PM JST - 13th June
Beelzebub at 11:30 AM JST - 12th June

I don't think there is a "Chuo Ward in Chiba Prefecture." It's got to be Chiba City.

Posted in 22-yr-old drunken woman held for attacking police box in Chiba at 11:30 AM JST - 12th June
Beelzebub at 11:00 AM JST - 11th June

I am eagerly looking forward to the vicarious thrill of watching Godzilla melting the Sky Tree with his radioactive breath, toppling it over with a swing of his tail, and then giving it the coup de grace with a stomp of his mighty foot. Long Live the Livid Lizard!

Posted in New Tokyo Tower to be called 'Tokyo Sky Tree' at 11:00 AM JST - 11th June
Beelzebub at 09:04 AM JST - 7th June

Things are probably a lot worse in the U.S. and those with insurance are not necessarily exempt from the problem. In Japan, with its aging population, the situation is likely to get worse before it gets better. (Forget that cliche, it's not ever going to get better.) All we need…

Posted in Over 30% of big hospitals close, downsize departments in past four years at 09:04 AM JST - 7th June
Beelzebub at 03:19 PM JST - 6th June

This appears to be a typical translation glitch, since the Japanese "kau" (飼う）makes no distinction between "feed" and "raise" (or "keep"). The man wasn't just passing out Friskies, he probably had an apartment full of puss 'n boots. If the landlord had laid down the law sooner, when the tenant…

Posted in Man allegedly stabs apartment owner to death after being told not to feed cats at 03:19 PM JST - 6th June
Beelzebub at 08:16 AM JST - 6th June

What spaceship did you just descend from, rdj_jr? This system has been in effect for years. And nobody puts a gun to female passengers' heads and makes them use it, it's optional.

Posted in New subway line to open in Tokyo on June 14 at 08:16 AM JST - 6th June
Beelzebub at 08:50 PM JST - 5th June

If a Japanese player (like Ichiro or Matsui) feels he's taken the game as far as he can go, and wants to seek new horizons, I can't see any harm in their playing in the U.S. Their presence has also helped build new bridges. It's a good thing. But it…

Posted in Bobby Valentine makes pitch to save Japanese baseball in new documentary at 08:50 PM JST - 5th June
Beelzebub at 05:57 PM JST - 5th June

Depends on whether or not the girls father owns a shotgun...

Posted in Are young males losing interest in commercial sex? at 05:57 PM JST - 5th June
Beelzebub at 01:26 PM JST - 5th June

There is a difference, borscht, between "comparison" and "figurative language." Maybe it's the readers should be reprimanded for never having picked up a book published before the age of political correctness -- or they would have surely recognized an expression that probably dates back to ribald novels like Henry Fielding's…

Posted in Kitakyushu cops’ indiscretions come under scrutiny at 01:26 PM JST - 5th June
Beelzebub at 12:46 PM JST - 5th June

Man-they talk of those girls like animals in a stable....that is sick.

Um, Nextdoor and bushlover, "stable" appears to be a rather tired cliche, used figuratively by pulp magazine writers to describe brothels. I wouldn't be surprised if it dates back to the 19th century.

Posted in Kitakyushu cops’ indiscretions come under scrutiny at 12:46 PM JST - 5th June