BlackFlag said...

BlackFlag at 02:25 AM JST - 22nd December

I'm sure it was, good for you.

Posted in Gov't to extend cash handouts to 2 mil registered foreign residents at 02:25 AM JST - 22nd December
BlackFlag at 02:21 AM JST - 22nd December

I don't think Aso represents the intelligence of the average person.

Names are different than words. There are many ways to read names. However, besides a few words like 人気　and 一目　that can be understood by context (much in the same way we can tell which "read" we are reading), most…

Posted in Filipino caregivers, nurses to face language hurdles in Japan at 02:21 AM JST - 22nd December
BlackFlag at 02:14 AM JST - 22nd December

Why not head over to the orphanages and hand them out there?

sadly because they don't have parents with bulging wallets. this isn't a charity, it's advertising like tissues at the station

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BlackFlag at 02:29 PM JST - 21st December

agreed, kids shopping in Ginza are probabaly going to get spoilt rotten anyway. however the purpose of this pr stunt is to get shoppers in Ginza to buy more toys, they just shouldn't make it look like they are doing anyone a favour except themselves

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BlackFlag at 01:44 PM JST - 21st December

this whole think stinks. I agree with Speed above

Posted in Gov't to extend cash handouts to 2 mil registered foreign residents at 01:44 PM JST - 21st December
BlackFlag at 12:06 PM JST - 20th December

My friend gave me a pillow once with a funny phrase on it. you can make a nice jacket from 24 cat pelts. My chinese freind thinks my cat looks different to Chinese ones.

Posted in Protests in China over cats on the menu at 12:06 PM JST - 20th December
BlackFlag at 11:30 AM JST - 20th December

would be even funnier if someone left a banana skin on the podium , and he slipped on it, and then he fell over!! just imagine!

Posted in Parliamentary group set up to promote Tokyo's Olympic bid at 11:30 AM JST - 20th December
BlackFlag at 01:55 AM JST - 20th December

moonbeams, if the 'esteemed' leader Aso makes so many mistakes misreading Kanji, as do all Japanese people everyday, then you must admit the language has some deep flaws. I agree with you however that it shouldn't be changed, but there should be a little more leniency towards foreigners for not…

Posted in Filipino caregivers, nurses to face language hurdles in Japan at 01:55 AM JST - 20th December
BlackFlag at 01:02 PM JST - 19th December

the Beltway Snipers were apparently connected to a muslim terrorist group. Not reported very widely though

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2005/10/no-terrorist-attack-on-us-soil-since.html

Posted in Bush says there can be 'no debate' about his keeping U.S. safe at 01:02 PM JST - 19th December
BlackFlag at 10:23 AM JST - 19th December

He was not working on Thursday

the uniform might have given him away

Posted in JR conductor arrested after assaulting high school girl in toilet near station in Shiga at 10:23 AM JST - 19th December