DoctorTofu said...

DoctorTofu at 01:20 PM JST - 10th July

thepro - amen, brother (sister?). It's the しょうがない attitude of so many Japanese that bothers me. Too many of them with go along with anything. Oh, I'm expected to work 20 hour days? Shouganai na... I'm not getting paid extra for it? Well, what can you do - shouganai... My…

Posted in Labor bureau rules that Toyota engineer died from overwork at 01:20 PM JST - 10th July
DoctorTofu at 09:13 AM JST - 10th July

rjd_jr: Interpreters who took part in the first-ever mock trial for a defendant of foreign nationality ahead of the introduction of lay judges in Japan - Japanese (and foreigners in Japan) will also be judged by their peers, only the interpreters are professionals.

Posted in Interpreters pushed to limit in mock trial for foreign defendant at 09:13 AM JST - 10th July
DoctorTofu at 08:43 AM JST - 10th July

I have something even better. Yesterday, in a store I saw a summit commemorative bottled water from Hokkaido, with a blue label featuring flags of the G-8 countries.

Bottled water. In a plastic bottle. With a plastic label. Brought all the way here to Tochigi from Hokkaido, probably in a…

Posted in How green was my G-8 summit? at 08:43 AM JST - 10th July
DoctorTofu at 11:43 AM JST - 9th July

Haha, I might actually get that one. Softbank commercials with that dog are the only ones I unmute (I developed a reflex of hitting the "mute" button on my remote as soon as the commercials come up. Watching TV is fun again). More o-toosan is always good ;)

Posted in Softbank Mobile's 'Oto-san' dog to release DVD at 11:43 AM JST - 9th July
DoctorTofu at 03:52 PM JST - 8th July

Well, the wave of unemployment caused by that move would certainly cause some suicides, thus reducing the CO2 that all those newly unemployed and freshly deceased people would emit to the atmosphere if they lived longer. Executing some government members would decrease CO2 emissions even further.

Posted in Do you think curtailing convenience store hours would be good for the environment? at 03:52 PM JST - 8th July
DoctorTofu at 03:01 PM JST - 7th July

RepublicofTexas - not to sound too harsh, but how exactly do you imagine Olympics could address the problem of aging population? People won't start having babies en masse just because there's a big sporting event in the vicinity...

Posted in Tokyo public lukewarm on bid for 2016 Summer Olympics at 03:01 PM JST - 7th July
DoctorTofu at 07:22 AM JST - 4th July

Well damn, I guess soon I'll start receiving offers for "orriginaal cheapp watremelons" in my spam box together with offers from Nigerian princes and ads for cheap Rolex replicas...

Posted in Watermelon yields Viagra-like effects at 07:22 AM JST - 4th July
DoctorTofu at 11:12 AM JST - 30th June

Right. As we all know, Chinese don't use chopsticks - in fact, I haven't seen a pair of chopsticks once when I was in China - everyone was eating their Thai rice with a plastic fork and knife.

Posted in No soy sauce! Japanese athletes forced to adapt to Olympic menus at 11:12 AM JST - 30th June
DoctorTofu at 08:17 AM JST - 30th June

Zen Builder - agree. Also, because their approach to teaching English closely resembles one for teaching math or kanji - memorization, memorization, memorization. This simply doesn't work for languages. This, and the fear of making mistakes - many people will not speak unless they're ABSOLUTELY sure that what they are…

Posted in Why don't Japanese speak English better than they do? at 08:17 AM JST - 30th June
DoctorTofu at 08:13 AM JST - 30th June

More of the insane security theater... Seriously, how many terrorist have access to nuclear weapons compared to traditional explosives? Still, a terrorist with a nuclear warhead sound much scarier than one with a couple of stick of dynamite... Next in line - screening program to detect invisible death rays the…

Posted in Japan, U.S. agree to introduce nuke cargo screening at Yokohama port at 08:13 AM JST - 30th June