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  • Hoolie at 11:52 AM JST - 30th October

    Hmmm... I've seen clinics advertising for doctors on Daijob for as high as 18 million yen annual salary... a far cry from a 300,000 yen per month cap. Perhaps the 300,000 yen cap is a per-patient non-surgical procedure payment cap?

    Posted in Many core perinatal care centers lack full-time doctors at 11:52 AM JST - 30th October

  • Hoolie at 10:22 AM JST - 22nd October

    Beelzebub - any sword or oversized knife can be legally possessed if you get certification from your city office that it is a piece of artwork and not merely a cutting tool.

    CavemanLawyer - you're sure right about kitchen implements. Scariest guy we knew in my old neighbourhood in East…

    Posted in Gov't to tighten rules on possession of double-edged knives, guns at 10:22 AM JST - 22nd October

  • Hoolie at 02:03 PM JST - 21st October

    This is amazing... this was on appeal by the prosecution, as the original sentences were 3 years suspended for 4 years, and 14 months suspended for three. The first judge (district court) handed down that slap on the wrist... and the high court judge didn't add much.

    The prosecution have…

    Posted in High court hands suspended jail terms to prison guards over abuse at 02:03 PM JST - 21st October

  • Hoolie at 01:34 PM JST - 20th October

    Reading the Japanese news on this incident, the girl was found by police in Ichikawa's house, rolled up in a futon which was tied shut with rope/cord, and with extensive facial bruising.

    Posted in 63-yr-old man sent to prosecutors for confining high school girl at 01:34 PM JST - 20th October

  • Hoolie at 09:02 AM JST - 10th September

    Betting, what T-cat was getting at is that Japan is signatory to WTO agreements that require the import of certain amounts of foreign rice every year. To ensure that local rice farmers aren't faced with competition, they import inedible tainted rice for industrial use rather than edible rice that might…

    Posted in Mikasa Foods likely bought tainted rice for 3 yen and sold it for 70 yen at 09:02 AM JST - 10th September

  • Hoolie at 12:25 PM JST - 8th September

    Some additional facts for thsoe of you with students:

    The contaminated rice was from multiple sources - he sold 295 tons of rice from China was contaminated with high levels of pesticides, and 3 tons of rice from Vietnam that was contaminated with a carcinogenic mold.

    He bought the rice…

    Posted in Head of Osaka rice miller admits involvement in sale of tainted rice at 12:25 PM JST - 8th September

  • Hoolie at 11:01 AM JST - 8th September

    Wakanoho was not suspended illegally - he was suspended, and later dismissed - for being indicted with a criminal offense.

    The samples currently being tested were not collected under controlled circumstances and there are questions regarding the chain of custody (as per Japanese media).

    As mentioned above, the simplest solution…

    Posted in Roho's lawyer casts doubt on anti-doping tests at 11:01 AM JST - 8th September

  • Hoolie at 07:49 AM JST - 5th September

    For the record, I asked at my local station on the way in this morning. It is normal practice to take fare jumpers into either the stationmaster's office or one of the staff lounges/break rooms for further questioning if they deny wrongdoing or refuse or are unable to pay. With…

    Posted in Tokyo subway worker held for allegedly attempting to rape teen at 07:49 AM JST - 5th September

  • Hoolie at 07:33 AM JST - 5th September

    Kitsune, the bribes in question were given to allow these parents' adult chidlren to pass the teacher recruitment exams, presumably after they had failed them previously. This one isn't so much an education issue as a job-rigging issue.

    On the subject of community college, there's an interesting system here in…

    Posted in 4 fired Oita education officials admit to taking, giving bribes at 07:33 AM JST - 5th September

  • Hoolie at 12:16 PM JST - 4th September

    The thieves need psychological help

    You think so?

    Let's review:

    18-year-old college student was arrested for allegedly stealing 44 sets of underwear belonging to small children from a kindergarten

    He doesn't need psychological help, he needs a thorough beating, lengthy prison term, chemical castration and an ankle bracelet for…

    Posted in 4 charged in underwear theft cases in Aichi, Chiba, Kanagawa and Niigata at 12:16 PM JST - 4th September

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