Freespeech said...

Freespeech at 12:56 AM JST - 6th January

Dear Terrie,

Please accept my compliments for wanting to clarify what is still another Japanese oddity (unless it is another trick for painting a rosy picture of a country that always wants to pose as a model of social harmony...). I also appreciated the supplementary explanations of jeancolmar.

However, it…

Posted in Who is really unemployed? at 12:56 AM JST - 6th January
Freespeech at 06:54 PM JST - 3rd January

MichaelJP :

I agree with you ; but why is it so ? Don't you believe that the absence of any system of ethical and humanistic values in a religion-less Japan is the source of all that ?

Posted in Homeless man found bashed to death under Tomei Expressway in Tokyo; suspect in custody at 06:54 PM JST - 3rd January
Freespeech at 05:46 PM JST - 3rd January

Here we have an example of irrelevant information pushed forward by the editorial office : what sense does it make to write up front that the suspect is a "part-time worker" ? Is it implied that being a part-time worker makes you more suspect thant others, that part-time people are…

Posted in Homeless man found bashed to death under Tomei Expressway in Tokyo; suspect in custody at 05:46 PM JST - 3rd January
Freespeech at 08:37 PM JST - 2nd January

When will Japan learn from the West about road safety law enforcement ?

Here (in France) : - seat belt (and child seat if applicable) usage is compulsory - enforcement means fines for the driver who is responsible for compliance by passengers, and loss of DL's points.

Our road safety…

Posted in Father, daughter, 5, thrown out of car after accident on Kyushu expressway; girl dies at 08:37 PM JST - 2nd January
Freespeech at 07:22 PM JST - 25th December

Sad, sad, sad, sadder, saddest...

I have the same feelings as you have, Razor. The previous thread of discussion about Ai showed many thoughtful comments (leaving aside ill inspired words by cavemen). This woman incarnated to perfection the utter decomposition of japanese society, and at the same time she was…

Posted in Police say Iijima was dead 1 week before body was found at 07:22 PM JST - 25th December
Freespeech at 04:20 PM JST - 18th December

To make it worse, the firemen themselves contribute excuses for the hospitals... Wonderful Japan !

Posted in 79-year-old traffic accident victim dies after being refused admission by 6 hospitals at 04:20 PM JST - 18th December
Freespeech at 11:24 PM JST - 16th December

And it takes 80 minutes to discover that the smoke comes from cigarette butts, to extinguish it and to start things rolling again ???? Maybe some time is spent exchanging "meishi" between firemen and subway staff...

Posted in Smoke from cigarette butts stops 2 Tokyo subway lines at 11:24 PM JST - 16th December
Freespeech at 12:14 AM JST - 24th November

TokyoVP : brillant !

Posted in Suspect says murders motivated by death of pet dog 34 years ago at 12:14 AM JST - 24th November
Freespeech at 06:26 PM JST - 23rd November

It is also designed to be a celebration of the strength of Christianity in a culture dominated by Buddhism and Shintoism, organizers say. Christians make up only 1 percent of the Japanese population, but Japan now has its first Catholic prime minister—Taro Aso.

A culture dominated by superstition and spiritual…

Posted in Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified at 06:26 PM JST - 23rd November
Freespeech at 06:15 PM JST - 23rd November

Koizumi told officers, ‘‘I was angry because my pet was killed by a health care center in the past,’’ according to the police.

I can actually believe this is the guy (although it has to be proven factually, DNA etc), but I cannot believe the explanation. There is more to…

Posted in Suspect says murders motivated by death of pet dog 34 years ago at 06:15 PM JST - 23rd November