DalekCaan said...

DalekCaan at 05:21 PM JST - 19th December

whining? who stepped on the cat's tail?

to paraphrase isn't Japan again 'off... to impose Japanese culture' on Christmas? and having a laugh at it all is a lot less painless than listening to a group of bow-tied university students singing Stille Nacht.

Posted in A very Japanese Christmas at 05:21 PM JST - 19th December
DalekCaan at 06:15 PM JST - 15th August

Nope, just checked. Very precise about the time the poor girl was found by her parents but no indication that she'd been dead for a few days.

TV news reports mentioned that she had sent an e-mail to her parents saying she was visiting friends on Monday; guess that was…

Posted in Boyfriend of murdered Tachikawa woman found dead in Yamanashi at 06:15 PM JST - 15th August
DalekCaan at 06:12 PM JST - 15th August

So doesn't that imply the girl had also been dead for a few days when her body was found?

Wonder why the police held on to that information? I don't remember that information in the related story from yesterday.

Posted in Boyfriend of murdered Tachikawa woman found dead in Yamanashi at 06:12 PM JST - 15th August
DalekCaan at 12:59 AM JST - 15th August

Seems to me that Mr. A has done all his talking behind closed doors which keeps his name out of the press, whereas Taylor is doing his talking through the media - and that's why one gets his name printed and not the other.

Ako Kawada herself had allegedly been…

Posted in Kawada's last relationships before suicide draw mother's criticism at 12:59 AM JST - 15th August
DalekCaan at 12:15 AM JST - 15th August

Japan allows dual citizenship to children, typically expecting a choice to be made either way when they reach twenty years old, although this is often extended into their 20s.

I guess with her probably never having even stepped foot in Japan she has slipped through the net and the decision…

Posted in Japanese Olympic protester deported from China at 12:15 AM JST - 15th August
DalekCaan at 01:48 PM JST - 14th August

Actually a milliner makes and sells womens hats.

Whereas Haberdasher in British english means 'a dealer in dressmaking and sewing goods' in American usage it means 'a dealer in men's clothing and accessories' which includes, amongst other things hats.

So I guess the translator over at Kyodo was using a…

Posted in Blazing summer becomes boon for haberdashers at 01:48 PM JST - 14th August