BernieK's past comments

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  BernieKMar. 15, 2013 - 08:02AM JST

  Complain, complain and complain some more and that's how you negotiate a deal in Japan.

  Posted in: 48 U.S. lawmakers sound alarm on Japan joining TPP talks

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  BernieKMar. 01, 2013 - 09:38PM JST

  Some experts said it was surprising that any increase in cancer was even predicted.

  I remember reading about Radiation Causes Cancer but Rarely in a 2005 article in the New York Times. It says, ``The health risks -- particularly the development of solid cancers in organs --rise proportionally with exposure.'' Also it also says, `But ... prudence should be the guideline and exposure to any unnecessary radiation should be avoided and what is unnecessary is up to an individual.''

  Posted in: WHO: Small cancer risk after Fukushima accident

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  BernieKFeb. 20, 2013 - 11:21PM JST

  the defendant had shown remorse

  He was coached by his defense team in other words. Kudo's for the defendants lawyers. Believe it or not, there are Japanese lawyers and Amnesty International defending youths to not be executed. It's not positive for society even though the minors kill people. I'm just the messenger.

  BTW, I hope he roasts in hell. Imagine him heaved into everlasting fire, howling and screeching.

  Posted in: Youth gets 5-8 years for killing 3 with car

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  BernieKFeb. 10, 2013 - 10:05PM JST

  Bologne. My money will be on wireless electric charging on the fly. The local buses in Sendai City will be using them first in 2015. There is a silver lining after the March 11th disaster.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YZQn_hc3o8

  Posted in: Electric cars head toward another dead end

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  BernieKFeb. 10, 2013 - 11:17AM JST

  a similar one to Miyagi Prefecture two weeks ago

  Politicians really don't make a big impression for Ishinomaki residents.The mayor of Ishinomaki went missing for a day after the March 11th tsunami. The mayor eventually turned up. Right after the tsunami Corokke Comedians visited Ishinomaki. Ishinomaki people always loved it when Norika Fujiwara visited. And, Sugizo from Lunacy stayed for ten days in Ishinomaki.

  Do you guys remember the "town hall" meetings from 2001 through 2006? Well, sixty percent of the one hundred and seventy-four public meetings were staged by you know who, Shinzo Abe when he was chief Cabinet secretary for ex-PM Koizumi. Shinzo Abe atoned by cutting three months salary back in 2006 when he was a PM.

  Ishinomaki people are wary about politicians because they weren't there when they needed them the most.

  Corokke Comedians: http://komasta.jugem.jp/?cid=28

  Posted in: Abe visits tsunami-hit region of Iwate

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  BernieKFeb. 05, 2013 - 10:58PM JST

  China is bluffing. China has thrived because it devotes itself to economic development while letting the United States police the region and the world.

  Posted in: Chinese frigate locked radar on Japanese navy vessel

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  BernieKFeb. 03, 2013 - 06:26PM JST

  The ANSWER really was the government. It was keen to promote its ambitious nuclear power program. Full stop. Haruki Madarame will be the fall guy.

  Posted in: Former nuclear safety chief questioned over Fukushima negligence

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  BernieKFeb. 03, 2013 - 05:21PM JST

  The Tokaimura Nuclear Accident took four years to sentence six executives. However, all received suspended prison terms. The former head of the plant and the company that operated it were fined. The six executives admitted negligence whick killed two workers and caused hundreds of people living near the uranium processing plant at Tokaimura to be exposed to radiation.

  If TEPCO executives don't admit to any negligence, I could see passing sentence take eleven years like Shoko Asahara's sentencing. He was finally sentenced in September 2006 for the 1995 gas attack. He appealed his case to the Supreme Court.

  Posted in: Former nuclear safety chief questioned over Fukushima negligence

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  BernieKFeb. 03, 2013 - 11:15AM JST

  After the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, 6,120 injuries were reported as of January 2013. Miyagi Prefecture suffered the most injuries with 4,144 injuries. A doctor from Ishinomaki General Hospital in Miyagi randomly told me personally a list of patients with ailments, symptoms and injuries he saw at his hospital. They had low temperature, lung inflammatory, drug abuse(sleeping pills), allergy(skin,eye,nose), shock, and injury(head).

  By the way, I think, the cheapest helmet you can buy is a bucket from the 100yen shop. You have only one body so take care after a disaster ya'll.

  Posted in: M6.9 quake shakes Hokkaido; 10 injuries reported

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  BernieKFeb. 01, 2013 - 12:28AM JST

  Don't be surprised about why the LDP is amending the Japanese constitution because Japan needs a deterrent from North Korea. Japan built a reprocessing plant in Rokkasho Village that has a stockpile of uranium and plutonium. And, Japan has a solid fuel rocket called the M5(MV) and M3 that can deliver a warhead on short notice. And, there are probably engineers willing to develop a nuclear warhead. And finally, how could you now forbid nuclear weapons on Japanese soil when radiation will be leaking in Fukushima for decades?

  I'd like to see Japan say they're building the bomb and point the missiles to North Korea and see NK's reaction.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokkasho_Reprocessing_Plant

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-V

  Posted in: Abe says he intends to change constitution

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  BernieKJan. 30, 2013 - 11:18PM JST

  "forward-looking"

  You mean less masochistic. Yeah, I could see, in the history books, a picture of a 1937 Nanjing Massacre Japanese soldier, but without his bayonet.

  Posted in: Gov't to review statements on wartime history, revise textbook guidelines

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  BernieKJan. 28, 2013 - 11:06AM JST

  ...adding to an onerous energy bill that helped push the country into a record trade deficit in 2012

  Were we not going to pay more in energy costs anyways because Japan built a reprocessing plant the Rokkasho village?

  Steve Fetter, a University of Maryland professor, advised against reprocessing and made his case to the Tokyo Government in 2004. Also, he warned about the security concerns of stockpiling so much plutonium, which could be diverted and used to make nuclear weapons.

  I mean you go to spend money to protect nuclear energy. I really think Japan has other ideas than using Nuclear power for energy.

  Posted in: Japan faces nuclear shutdown for second time since Fukushima

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  BernieKJan. 21, 2013 - 10:52AM JST

  Alcohol can't kill a virus. Relenza kills viruses.

  Posted in: Hospital admissions for flu jump

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  BernieKJan. 14, 2013 - 10:43PM JST

  Abe is preparing for his commemoration speech this January 17th on the Kobe earthquake tragedy. He's also wiping his hands clean now and not be blamed with those building inspectors who were under pressure to certify buildings quickly to gain more business when Japan privitized the building inspection system.

  Posted in: Gov't to require quake resistance checks for large buildings

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  BernieKJan. 10, 2013 - 12:22PM JST

  "I want to atone for my crime in a way no one can know."

  Mr. Hawker wanted the death penalty for Ichihashi. There's your atonement.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2013013/Lindsay-Hawkers-killer-Tatsuya-Ichihashi-sentenced-life-guilty-murder-verdict.html

  Posted in: Ichihashi's former mentor sheds new light on 2007 Hawker murder case

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  BernieKJan. 09, 2013 - 11:34PM JST

  "counterproductive."

  It's just taboo and bad luck too.

  We just don't have time and energy for this, especially for us folks in the Tohoku area. Really.

  Posted in: Opposition lawmaker urges Abe to stay with 1993 sex slave apology

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  BernieKJan. 07, 2013 - 09:56PM JST

  a symbol of past imperialism and militarism.

  If you sing "Your Majesty Reign", but Emperor Akihito has stated his opposition to singing it in schools, just doesn't raise public spirit. What Japan needs right now is a one hundred and eighty degree turn. Start making up.

  Posted in: Abe sings national anthem as LDP prepares to 'take back Japan'

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  BernieKDec. 20, 2012 - 08:43AM JST

  Zichi, you rock!

  Anyways, Japan has defaulted on their debts in 1942. They were dishonorable.

  Posted in: LDP to scrap budget spending limit, launch Y10 tril package

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  BernieKDec. 18, 2012 - 11:24PM JST

  households plan to spend less when they expect incomes to stagnate

  You reading that PM Abe. The Japanese people are retrenching. So if you introduce target inflation you will contribute to the global slump by your policy mistake. The risks of slipping back to deflation are high.

  Posted in: Japan's war on deflation runs into psychology of hard times

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  BernieKDec. 17, 2012 - 01:20PM JST

  Voter turnout was around 59%

  Back in 2005 when Koizumi won with 296 seats, nationwide voter turnout came to an average 50 percent.

  Posted in: Abe to become Japan's 7th PM in 6 years after landslide LDP win