GW said...

GW at 06:02 PM JST - 28th August

ha ha ha what a scam

I bet if they check they will find out a ton of various ministry lazy sods have rooms at this hotel & others all on our expenses paid by us tax payers, what a joke........

actually calling this a joke seems more like a…

Posted in Foreign Ministry official disciplined for unpaid hotel expenses at 06:02 PM JST - 28th August
GW at 05:52 PM JST - 28th August

a lot of these secretaries just collect a huge salary for doing nothing in particular(not rare in politics here) & are expected to kick back a large portion to their masters, been going on for decades, many many decades.

my guess is they were or are about to be caught,…

Posted in Lawmaker Sugimura's secretary hangs himself; in serious condition at 05:52 PM JST - 28th August
GW at 04:06 PM JST - 27th August

keeping poisonous critters in those plastic cases with lids that can easily be opened from the inside by a snake as they only snap shut & are meant for bugs, duh!

I like snakes great critters but 51 is nuts & they clearly arent kept in a proper enclosure, dolt.…

Posted in Man held for keeping 51 poisonous snakes without permit in Tokyo apartment at 04:06 PM JST - 27th August
GW at 03:57 PM JST - 27th August

and people wonder why Jpn wont do anything about child porn..................clue, its because its acceptable behavior in Jpn!

Y300,000..........its licensing fee

truly pathetic

Posted in Ex-cop fined Y300,000 for running teenage prostitution in Fukuoka at 03:57 PM JST - 27th August
GW at 10:11 AM JST - 27th August

tkoind2

what you say is true but the old "systems" are slowly but very surely killing this country & its ability to compete with the world, but as you know the J-pop just love to collectively wollow in self pity & await the impending implosion & the response will be…

Posted in Yakuza 'misunderstood' by foreign media at 10:11 AM JST - 27th August
GW at 10:01 AM JST - 27th August

I compost my leftovers, pretty easy to do some composting unless yr in an apt above ground floor.

Just imagine how high the number in Jpn wud jump without the relabelling scams we constantly hear of.

And as someone said above it wud be nice to be able to buy…

Posted in The agriculture ministry estimates 22 million tons of food get thrown out by consumers, restaurants and supermarkets each year in Japan. What are your thoughts on this? at 10:01 AM JST - 27th August
GW at 09:50 AM JST - 27th August

need to make mirror lock up easier to use as well

Posted in at 09:50 AM JST - 27th August
GW at 09:13 PM JST - 26th August

soldave

pay attn Jpn kept the world outta Jpn in the early 90s, created PHS etc etc ie different systems , those days they ripped us blind, so when they opened the doors again so to speak it was totally different than the rest of the planet, thats why no…

Posted in Mobile carriers focus on smart phones at 09:13 PM JST - 26th August
GW at 09:07 PM JST - 26th August

guess his star was fading some so he shot home to do the Obon thing, lame, and who in their right mind wud want the J-media to be closely observed, totally creepy!

Posted in Jero visits grandmother's grave in Pittsburgh at 09:07 PM JST - 26th August
GW at 08:48 PM JST - 26th August

subsidies wud be a total disaster, it wud give the truckers ways to screw around & no one wud have any idea what real costs are, its bad enough even before fuel went up.

If it hurts that much raise yr damn rates, I work in cargo here using air…

Posted in Trucking firms call for gov't action on high fuel prices at 08:48 PM JST - 26th August