Hoolie said...

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
Hoolie at 07:51 AM JST - 4th September

A tiny but insignificant minority of the homeless might choose that lifestyle but the majority are forced into it.

Actually, in Japan, the majority of the homeless are homeless by choice. They are men that came to Tokyo to work or find work, and ended up unemployed. They choose to…

Posted in There are 'rich' homeless and 'poor' homeless at 07:51 AM JST - 4th September
Hoolie at 07:41 AM JST - 4th September

Japanese inmates receive ‘mugi-meshi’ (an unappetizing but nutritious boiled rice-barley mixture) as the staple food. Westerners get meat and bread.

Not exactly true. American military prisoners get meat and bread, but that is because their rations are provided by the American military onder the Status of Forces Agreement. Civilian westerners…

Posted in Cozy prisons coddle foreign inmates at 07:41 AM JST - 4th September
Hoolie at 09:18 AM JST - 21st August

Surprised that nobody made a comment about letting the teachers know that they will be held personally and criminally responsible if they encourage bullying in any form, tacitly or otherwise.

A surprisingly large amount of the bullying that goes on in Japanese schools is not only something that teachers are…

Posted in What is the best way to eradicate bullying from schools? at 09:18 AM JST - 21st August