DJJapan said...

DJJapan at 01:41 PM JST - 3rd April

A blip of improvement in the radar screen isn't going to change anything overnight. The world still has someway to go yet. A week or 2 of good dow results isn't a reflection on the reality of what's really going on.

Posted in Over 1.6 million people on welfare, up 62,000 amid economic slump at 01:41 PM JST - 3rd April
DJJapan at 01:39 PM JST - 3rd April

I say let them go on TV or in a town hall and debate. Parliament should be a daily event of debate not a one off.

Posted in DPJ turns down LDP proposal to hold party leaders' debate at 01:39 PM JST - 3rd April
DJJapan at 11:51 AM JST - 3rd April

Japan is confused about what is and isn't sexual harassment. This would be probably because in part that it is a culture that lacks human touch. If a female really dislikes a male collegue and he just touches her on the arm in a non suggestive manner then because she…

Posted in Dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace at 11:51 AM JST - 3rd April
DJJapan at 11:37 AM JST - 3rd April

Yes, but welfare is what we have already paid for out of our taxes and can only receive it for a couple of months before we move onto something else. Over the years that we pay into the welfare system we don't get this back in full in Japan unless…

Posted in Over 1.6 million people on welfare, up 62,000 amid economic slump at 11:37 AM JST - 3rd April
DJJapan at 10:56 AM JST - 2nd April

A few phone books on his stomach would do the trick! Rather than fining him or prosecuting him maybe they should get some of the new policewomen recruits to line up and let him have it with their kahunsho build up!

Posted in Man arrested for wiping saliva on woman sleeping on train at 10:56 AM JST - 2nd April
DJJapan at 04:00 PM JST - 1st April

TJrandom: Great idea! It would be great if rich countries strapped for lack of workers bring over people giving them a promise of wealth to then give them a slight severence package offer so they could be less of a problem by sending them on their way home broke. Then…

Posted in Jobless foreigners of Japanese ancestry given cash to go home at 04:00 PM JST - 1st April
DJJapan at 03:36 PM JST - 1st April

Maheshvitekar: You explained it in one. I never said that it shouldn't be solved or stopped but as a result of trying to fix it or solve it Islamic radical thinking is increasing. What do you propose? It is continuous and that's my point. It has gone on for centuries…

Posted in Pakistani Taliban chief threatens strike on White House at 03:36 PM JST - 1st April
DJJapan at 02:22 PM JST - 1st April

combinibento: Did you need to have a degree to work in a factory here as an hourly worker?

Tokyo has already allocated 1.08 billion yen for training, including Japanese language lessons, for 5,000 foreign workers of Japanese ancestry.

In translated terms about US$10 million over a period of how long?…

Posted in Jobless foreigners of Japanese ancestry given cash to go home at 02:22 PM JST - 1st April
DJJapan at 01:39 PM JST - 1st April

tkoind2: I agree with you in what the solution should be but thus far, even after 7 years of being there I haven't seen one majority Muslim country or group raise their hand and want to co-ordinate together to achieve any such goal and it seems that for the most…

Posted in Pakistani Taliban chief threatens strike on White House at 01:39 PM JST - 1st April
DJJapan at 10:47 AM JST - 1st April

As much as there is an effort to combat the Taliban and their numbers. By having the Non-Muslim fighters in their countries and areas going into their houses and threatening innocent families only helps their cause get larger. When the group of Nations initially went to Afghanistan it was for…

Posted in Pakistani Taliban chief threatens strike on White House at 10:47 AM JST - 1st April