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DJJapan at 11:20 AM JST - 26th January

Just checked the BA site. Airfare 35,000. Taxes 50,960 Total = 85,960 Taxes may be a lot but it is a reasonable fare. Flying from the other countries to Japan isn't or wasn't this cheap really. Unless you take into account the the pound is very low vs the yen…

Posted in British Airways, VisitBritain campaign offers Y35,000 return fare from Tokyo to London at 11:20 AM JST - 26th January
DJJapan at 10:11 AM JST - 26th January

And they (The sister and her husband) couldn't work out that something was a little strange with her over all these years? Even with mental illness in this country families ignore that the person is ill and treat everything as normal. That's mainly because the society frowns upon it and…

Posted in Bodies of 4 babies found in Tokyo apartment at 10:11 AM JST - 26th January
DJJapan at 01:48 PM JST - 19th January

Wonderlust: There is no how. He will;)

Posted in Aso plans to create 1.6 million new jobs in 3 years at 01:48 PM JST - 19th January
DJJapan at 01:42 PM JST - 19th January

Great! Anymore no brainer comments? I don't see any statement of how.

Posted in Japan will seek to strengthen U.S. alliance with Obama: Aso at 01:42 PM JST - 19th January
DJJapan at 01:39 PM JST - 19th January

I think they should do a Rugby World Cup first. They tried for it for the next one and lost to N.Z. Maybe the next one they will make it. It would be nice if the country as a whole had more than basically 2 professional sports that could be…

Posted in Japan interested in hosting 2018 World Cup at 01:39 PM JST - 19th January
DJJapan at 11:08 AM JST - 19th January

I'm lost on how the Japanese government can create 1.6 million new jobs. In the Hashimoto era he did the same. Mori attempted the same thing. In Hasimoto's case it was to build a bridge to almost his hometown in Shikoku that no one uses. In Mori's case it was…

Posted in Aso plans to create 1.6 million new jobs in 3 years at 11:08 AM JST - 19th January
DJJapan at 11:05 AM JST - 15th January

It seems as though the police here use guns more on themselves than on criminals.

Posted in 22-year-old riot police officer shoots himself in toilet at Chofu facility at 11:05 AM JST - 15th January
DJJapan at 01:17 PM JST - 13th January

Daimler tried to make a go of doing the right thing by Chrysler and improve their products, share chassis systems and so on, but the internal arrogance and selfishness of Chrysler(namely the unions) had them shoot themselves in the foot. The looks of their cars are nice, but the internals…

Posted in Is Chrysler a lost cause? at 01:17 PM JST - 13th January
DJJapan at 10:39 AM JST - 27th October

There are plenty of non-Japanese here in the working pool that would gladly do this I'm sure. I am one of them. I came here 12 years ago and some of the train stations didn't have any romaji written then. I had to rely on listening to the announcements. I…

Posted in 3 foreign students to study ways to attract foreign tourists at 10:39 AM JST - 27th October
DJJapan at 04:19 PM JST - 6th October

‘‘some excel in the ability to express their views, a result that can be ascribed to the courses given at law schools.’’ This above quote must be a first for the Japanese education system. Since when do students or anyone of youth in this country get the opportunity to express…

Posted in Supreme Court concerned about quality of future judges, lawyers at 04:19 PM JST - 6th October