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  • Fredster at 09:37 AM JST - 5th July

    so make up a bunch of hard-to-measure standards, just so that you can put your beloved japan at or near the top...

    This "report" has been compiled by the "Economist Intelligence Unit" - a division of the Economist Newspaper group in the UK...

    There are no Japanese trying to blow…

    Posted in Japan ranked 5th most peaceful country in world at 09:37 AM JST - 5th July

  • Fredster at 12:12 AM JST - 28th June

    Hey, I drove back to Sapporo this afternoon from Hakodate and I have NEVER seen so many J-cops in my life at and around Toya... The wife and I counted over 350 police vehicles in a 100 km stretch of the expressway - but mostly between Oshamambe and Higashi-Mororan exits..about…

    Posted in HK activists heading for G-8 summit held overnight at Narita at 12:12 AM JST - 28th June

  • Fredster at 01:17 AM JST - 26th June

    jonobugs - I am in agreement with you 100% until you wrote...

    Whether you agree or not, you have to admit that lack of photography ethics has ruined the life of some celebrities and has arguably caused the death of others (Princess Diana).

    This is like lumping real doctors in…

    Posted in Singer Namie Amuro sues women's magazine over photos at 01:17 AM JST - 26th June

  • Fredster at 02:30 PM JST - 25th June

    As a professional Photographer working in Japan I can tell you first hand that there are differing levels of what is acceptable regardless of the letter of the law or of the various International Conventions that Japan - as signatories - has sworn to uphold regarding International Property Rights and…

    Posted in Singer Namie Amuro sues women's magazine over photos at 02:30 PM JST - 25th June

  • Fredster at 10:52 AM JST - 25th June

    Why does a young College student on Cultural School Vacation in Italy carry around an "oil based" marker ??? Is it because she is a design student ?? Does this me it was like a Sharpie or something different??

    ~

    I say that the parents and the college should send…

    Posted in Japanese student scrawled on world heritage cathedral in Italy at 10:52 AM JST - 25th June

  • Fredster at 10:57 AM JST - 22nd June

    ‘‘If there is a sense of urgency to prevent criminal acts by the government and major companies, it is standard among nongovernmental organizations around the world to take action that may result in the infringement of law,’’ Jun Hoshikawa, executive director of Greenpeace Japan, said at a news conference…

    Posted in Greenpeace defends 2 activists nabbed for alleged theft at 10:57 AM JST - 22nd June

  • Fredster at 10:52 AM JST - 8th April

    It becomes obvious that - according to some of the responses to my post yesterday - some her just like being nit-pickers because it floats their boat...

    My point was that the average Boo-Boo that many here associate with are a different breed than the bears up north here in…

    Posted in Man dies after being attacked by bear in Hokkaido mountains at 10:52 AM JST - 8th April

  • Fredster at 10:17 AM JST - 7th April

    No more than an excuse for a member of a local hunting association to go out and get his jollies killing a bear. And what was the excuse?

    Afraid not Cleo... tragic for the bear as well - yes... However, the bears up here are a different lot to the…

    Posted in Man dies after being attacked by bear in Hokkaido mountains at 10:17 AM JST - 7th April

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