Dog said...

Dog at 12:10 PM JST - 7th April

In other words, the problem is humans, not the bears.

No disagreement here and I would be more specific and say it is the town dwelling Japanese, who see these wild animals as cute kuma chans, that cause the problems.

Posted in Man dies after being attacked by bear in Hokkaido mountains at 12:10 PM JST - 7th April
Dog at 11:58 AM JST - 7th April

i spend my summers working around bears, both brown and black. if you know how to conduct yourself around them attacks can generally be avoided. while being mauled is no way to go i have a feeling that this guy was probably doing something wrong.

You've got that wrong about…

Posted in Man dies after being attacked by bear in Hokkaido mountains at 11:58 AM JST - 7th April
Dog at 03:23 PM JST - 4th April

. I would say the same about English - especially if you want to learn proper prounciation - learn the alphabet first!

You've got to love comments like this, what has the English alphabet got to do win English pronunciation? English has 25 graphemes (letters) to represent at the minimum…

Posted in Gov't unveils new English education textbooks for elementary schools at 03:23 PM JST - 4th April