Curmudgeon said...

Curmudgeon at 04:21 PM JST - 31st August

“The results are very severe,” Aso said. “There has been a deep dissatisfaction with our party.”

Talk about not getting it! Taro-sama, it is not necessarily the party that the Japanese people detest; it is you! Just in case it still hasn't sunk in, you lost because of your arrogance,…

Posted in Calls already coming in for fast action after DPJ sweeps LDP out of power at 04:21 PM JST - 31st August
Curmudgeon at 10:16 PM JST - 1st May

He didn't attack anybody. He didn't hurt anybody. He didn't do anything that others should worry about except having too much to drink and making a spectacle of himself. I'm glad the prosecutors decided not to go for him, and hope both they and the police concentrate on catching and…

Posted in Prosecutors decide not to indict SMAP singer Kusanagi over indecency at 10:16 PM JST - 1st May
Curmudgeon at 08:48 PM JST - 26th April

I'm so happy for PM Aso that he can now take people's minds off his lousy leadership and the crumbling economy by taking the emotional lead in a campaign against a so far imaginary threat.

Posted in Aso orders measures to block swine flu after outbreak in Mexico at 08:48 PM JST - 26th April
Curmudgeon at 06:18 PM JST - 17th April

The articles missed out the most irritating form of pollution on the Tokyo streets -- dog dirt. It is true that during daylight hours Japanese dog owners, or perhaps I should say surrogate parents, dutifully clean up after their canine offspring, but at night, when nobody can see them, and…

Posted in Outing litter louts at 06:18 PM JST - 17th April
Curmudgeon at 05:01 PM JST - 5th March

The teacher was quoted by school officials as saying, “It was just a joke.”

The teacher should be sacked without any pension "just for a joke."

Posted in Teacher forces female student to wear maid's costume in Akita at 05:01 PM JST - 5th March
Curmudgeon at 02:33 PM JST - 4th March

Dear 70x4060d

"DPJ has 2 years of control of the upper house and not a single law passed."

Hardly a surprise, as the upper house is not legally allowed to pass laws. It is, as its name suggests a House of Councillors, so they are there to advise, not dictate

Posted in Prosecutors raid local office of Ozawa; DPJ leader refuses to quit at 02:33 PM JST - 4th March
Curmudgeon at 01:44 PM JST - 4th March

In Japan, "The dog ate my homework'" comes only a far off second to, "My secretary did it," in the league table of the most egregious and disbelieved lies. Come on Ozawa-kun, think of something more original.

Posted in Prosecutors raid local office of Ozawa; DPJ leader refuses to quit at 01:44 PM JST - 4th March
Curmudgeon at 02:26 PM JST - 21st February

Yummy! Please keep copying as much as you want. You warm the cockles of this old man's heart.

Posted in What do you think of young Japanese women's fashion style this winter? at 02:26 PM JST - 21st February
Curmudgeon at 01:50 PM JST - 18th February

Isn't Sakhalin the Japanese for "Waterloo"?

Posted in Aso, Medvedev eye 'unconventional' approach to resolve territorial row at 01:50 PM JST - 18th February
Curmudgeon at 02:51 PM JST - 14th February

If this is global warming, I'm all for it.

Posted in Temperatures hit July levels in some places in Japan at 02:51 PM JST - 14th February