Hikozaemon said...

Hikozaemon at 03:09 PM JST - 14th June

I believe that the term used is "apologist". Youdontknow simply doesn't want anyone criticising Kim Jong Il, and so brings up irrelevant diversions when faced with a black and white case where his beloved North Korean government could appear wrong, and the horrible awful Japanese government is right.

The strangling…

Posted in N Korea to reinvestigate abductions; Japan to partially lift sanctions at 03:09 PM JST - 14th June
Hikozaemon at 03:02 PM JST - 14th June

N Korea wants to get off the list of state sponsors of terrorism more than it needs to protect a handful of aged former Japanese student radicals. This guy thinks he will never have to face any consequence for hijacking an airliner. And he also thinks that the government of…

Posted in Hijack group member says N Korea will not deport them to Japan at 03:02 PM JST - 14th June
Hikozaemon at 02:33 PM JST - 15th May

Nessie, respectfully, I have to disagree. There is no quality I find more attractive in a member of the opposite sex than bitterness.

Peace

Posted in Foreign women in Japan sometimes remark how hard it is to get a date with foreign men. What are your views on this? at 02:33 PM JST - 15th May
Hikozaemon at 10:54 AM JST - 15th May

Given NZ's willingness to allow give President Hu a photo op by agreeing to sign an FTA in the middle of the crackdown in Tibet, it should not be hard then for NZ to climbdown from its ridiculous position against Japanese scientific whaling.

I mean, NZ is willing to sign…

Posted in Japan, NZ discuss environment, security; may study FTA at 10:54 AM JST - 15th May
Hikozaemon at 03:04 PM JST - 14th May

This was what was odd to me, according to the news this morning, the Chinese government has asked that the US only provide financial aid and to let them do all the boots on the ground stuff.

I think that if other countries are offering material help, it should be…

Posted in Japan to give Y500 million in aid to quake-hit China as death toll nears 12,000 at 03:04 PM JST - 14th May
Hikozaemon at 02:58 PM JST - 14th May

Well, life in jail is probably preferable to the fate of those North Korean drug smugglers that got their boat sunk and ended up drowning while the coast guard watched them a couple of years back.

It's hard to think of more aggravating circumstances - besides the 230kg, the fact…

Posted in 2 men sentenced to life for smuggling drugs from N Korea at 02:58 PM JST - 14th May
Hikozaemon at 09:23 PM JST - 13th May

Western women provide a much more in-depth kind of relationship and Japanese girls are a little artificial.

northlondon - have you tried looking beyond inflatable varieties?

Posted in Foreign women in Japan sometimes remark how hard it is to get a date with foreign men. What are your views on this? at 09:23 PM JST - 13th May
Hikozaemon at 05:08 PM JST - 13th May

smithinjapan - may I comment that I think you have mellowed a LOT as of late. I am enjoying your posts much more now.

Capital punishment is one of the hallmarks I think of a backward civilization. The threat of the penalty distorts the justice process itself - it is…

Posted in Japan urged to abolish capital punishment at 05:08 PM JST - 13th May
Hikozaemon at 04:07 PM JST - 13th May

TheguyNextdoor - usually when you ask a group of people to raise their hands if they think that their wives are submissive, you would expect the response to be one of stoney fearful silence, hence proving the rhetorical nature of my suggestion. I would challenge anyone who is married that…

Posted in Foreign women in Japan sometimes remark how hard it is to get a date with foreign men. What are your views on this? at 04:07 PM JST - 13th May
Hikozaemon at 03:27 PM JST - 13th May

No, Jsports has a broadcast license too, as in the past did TV Asahi (?).

I think the thing with ESPN in Japan is that it is not like ESPN in the states, but rather just a trademark and set of broadcast licenses for shows put on by ESPN elsewhere…

Posted in Asashoryu roars back; 2nd win for Hakuho at 03:27 PM JST - 13th May