BigInJapan said...

BigInJapan at 01:46 PM JST - 3rd June

Kaio said Mongolians are hungrier and train harder and that’s why they are dominating sumo.

There is always an excuse why a Japanese is lazy, and why Bulgarians, Mongols, Americans etc. are working harder. Who are the next yokozunas? Pygmies? They are hungry for sure.

Why must they…

Posted in Kaio says harsh treatment a part of sumo at 01:46 PM JST - 3rd June
BigInJapan at 01:37 PM JST - 3rd June

I think there is no need to have a big mouth about the Thai police. Till they don&t have evidence for child pornography, they use visa overstay, that is it. You guys judge the Thais as if Japanese, European or American police would be much more efficient in catching the…

Posted in Thai police arrest Japanese man wanted for child pornography offenses at 01:37 PM JST - 3rd June
BigInJapan at 01:54 PM JST - 27th May

So if they are so conscious about prejudice, why they say "they tried to smuggle the drugs by hiding them in their shoes upon arrival at Kansai International Airport from Hong Kong on May 5"? Why don they just keep their mouth closed?

Posted in Prosecutors decline to disclose defendants' statements at 01:54 PM JST - 27th May
BigInJapan at 09:42 PM JST - 1st May

Finally, a yokozuna with a full-on life. He's become a J-celeb.

So will he sing naked and drunk in Roppongi, too?

Posted in Fall-out rumored between Yokozuna Asashoryu and wife at 09:42 PM JST - 1st May
BigInJapan at 09:27 PM JST - 27th April

i guess it would but made by the goverment smells like propaganda to me. And how about what Mao has done to his own people? no film about that?

Since the film industry as whole in mainland China own by the government, whatever Chinese movies qualifies as propaganda. By…

Posted in Nanking Massacre movie has strong opening in China at 09:27 PM JST - 27th April
BigInJapan at 09:21 PM JST - 27th April

In the Japanese market, the producers decide who is the hot star. In the US, they just don't have enough influence to hype bands like SMAP or morning musume.

Posted in Why do Asian pop stars have a hard time succeeding in the U.S. market? at 09:21 PM JST - 27th April
BigInJapan at 05:19 PM JST - 27th April

Well, my parents always asked what I would like to be when i grow up. Now I know: I will be a condor or something like that. I will fly high and wait till this dinosaur country will die, with no professional labor force, no cheap, manual labor force, only…

Posted in The United States had been a failure on the immigration front. at 05:19 PM JST - 27th April
BigInJapan at 06:28 PM JST - 22nd April

Considering these numbers we will know more bout mink whales soon than about chimps or laboratory rats.

Posted in Japan to hunt 60 minke whales off northeastern coast for 'research' at 06:28 PM JST - 22nd April
BigInJapan at 04:56 PM JST - 17th April

Farmers are heavily underpayed due to the lot of middle man, and small, inefficient field they have. As far as I heard from friends, it suck to be a farmer in Japan. For vegetable, the price one pay in the supermarket is about 10times higher than the farmer got for…

Posted in Experts have second thoughts on Japan's falling food supply capacity at 04:56 PM JST - 17th April
BigInJapan at 04:44 PM JST - 17th April

Sorry, do I understand right that the hospitals couldn't even handle a dead patient? That is scary.. "We don't have enough capacity even to decide if this old guy is dead or not!" I should open a brain surgery in the backyard: it seams I have all the skills it…

Posted in 65-year-old man dies after being rejected by 7 hospitals at 04:44 PM JST - 17th April