GenevaMan said...

GenevaMan at 04:55 PM JST - 27th February

@titian, good point. The Taepodon launched in 1998 was a three stages missile. The first part (propeller) can go orbital, but quickly dropped in the Sea of Japan after the launch. The two other stages fell apart around 200-300 km of altitude: the third stage fell down and came close…

Posted in Defense chief warns North Korea against missile launch at 04:55 PM JST - 27th February
GenevaMan at 12:51 PM JST - 26th February

For the first time in my life I have seen softball, during the Olympics, thanks to the hysteric japanese media focusing on the only athletes that could make a somehow not so bad performance. Softball!!!!!! WTF, who cares? I cared about Phelps, Bolt, and other of this kind...instead, the same…

Posted in Some teed off by Japanese media swarming over Ishikawa at 12:51 PM JST - 26th February
GenevaMan at 12:21 PM JST - 26th February

What the hell with those negative comments.

Live and let live.

Posted in 'Agejo' girls just want to look cute -- and sexy at 12:21 PM JST - 26th February
GenevaMan at 03:54 PM JST - 21st February

I am sadly amazed that nobody pointed out that he was an alcoholic. According to the media, he is just "somebody who likes alcohol". Alcoholism is a disease and even though many Japanese people consume way too much alcohol, alcoholism is not recognized as a disease in this country.

A…

Posted in Nakagawa seen 'misbehaving' at Vatican; Russian official says he acted like 'brain was turned off' at 03:54 PM JST - 21st February
GenevaMan at 03:21 PM JST - 19th February

In the case of Japan,nope, it won't change much. Japan has a very complex consumerist attitude: people identify themsleves so much with brands that if you won't keep buying and showing off some specific articles, you won't be able to belong to your group anymore.Some goods are so fetishized that…

Posted in Amid the global recession, do you see the end of rampant consumerism and is that ultimately a good thing? at 03:21 PM JST - 19th February
GenevaMan at 05:03 PM JST - 18th February

Ishihara: "In Japan now, people don’t have dreams."

Yep, but if they had, they wouldn't have voted for you.

Posted in Tokyo Big Talk at 05:03 PM JST - 18th February
GenevaMan at 03:18 PM JST - 18th February

Might be rude, but the real questions is: Will they be still alive in 2016?

Posted in Tokyo Big Talk at 03:18 PM JST - 18th February
GenevaMan at 11:59 AM JST - 18th February

A weak argument at best. But it worked in the 1700's.

GG2141, blood types were discovered at the beggining of the 20th century... (lol)

Getting married in Japan is based on everything except feelings. No surprise that birth rate is declining.

Posted in Yumiko Shaku to get serious about hubby hunting as blood-type drama airs on Fuji TV at 11:59 AM JST - 18th February
GenevaMan at 12:15 PM JST - 16th February

LOL,

In other countries he would be sacked immediatly in disgrace.

No no, in Europe we have some drunk blokes too:

Here is Dardenne (Belgian politician, mayor of Bruges city):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCgp6eZ8JHU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be21BdEyEgM&feature=channel_page

And the best one might be Sarkozy in a G8 summit, after having some good time with Vladimir…

Posted in Finance minister under fire for sloppy behavior at G-7 meeting at 12:15 PM JST - 16th February
GenevaMan at 05:30 PM JST - 13th February

On a sideonote, I remember that during the Aichi Universal Exihibition, one member of the swiss far right party (SVP, Schweizerisches Volks Partei) was praising Japan for its laws and tough regulations on immigrants.

This might be a good news for the common Japaneses and a good news for the…

Posted in Filipino family cannot stay together in Japan, Justice Ministry decides at 05:30 PM JST - 13th February