J_rock said...

J_rock at 12:44 AM JST - 20th September

A lot of people who post here are straight up player haters. Slagging off a rock star because he's "a show off"? Isn't that part of the job description? Saying he looks like a woman doesn't change the fact that he probably gets more action than everyone on this board.…

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J_rock at 01:57 AM JST - 19th September

This is a terrible story, but 6 year-old boys are not too old to follow their mothers into a ladies' room. Although I hated it, my mom used to drag me in so I wouldn't be alone outside.

Posted in 6-year-old boy found strangled in Fukuoka park at 01:57 AM JST - 19th September
J_rock at 10:50 PM JST - 22nd August

TPOJ,

One of the better posts I've seen on JT in quite some time. Well done.

Posted in Ainu rise up from the margins of Japanese society at 10:50 PM JST - 22nd August
J_rock at 11:22 PM JST - 14th August

Oops. I got a bit carried away complaining there, and forgot to say "Great Job" by Kitajima. I was happy for him in Athens, and it's good to see him do so well again.

Posted in Kitajima makes it a double double at Olympics at 11:22 PM JST - 14th August
J_rock at 11:20 PM JST - 14th August

I watched both the 2000 and 2004 Olympics in Japan, and I remember being struck by how limited the coverage was. NHK would often skip marquee events to show Judo, or a swimming heat in which the Japanese competitor finished in 8th. And then there were the endless replays when…

Posted in Kitajima makes it a double double at Olympics at 11:20 PM JST - 14th August
J_rock at 10:54 PM JST - 12th August

The LDP are not going anywhere. isthistheend summed up several of the reasons rather nicely. People in Japan are conditioned to just accept things as being the way they are. How often do you hear Japanese people say "Shouganai", and just resign themselves to whatever unpleasantness is being heaped upon…

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J_rock at 12:43 AM JST - 31st July

This guy needs out of Seattle ASAP. Time to play for a contender. He'll be the first Japanese player in Cooperstown. There will be a lot of debate, and his achievements in Japan will be called into question, but he'll get in.

Posted in Ichiro reaches 3,000 career hits at 12:43 AM JST - 31st July
J_rock at 12:34 AM JST - 31st July

This is a nice change from tired western celebrities sleepwalking through a press conference, or the local "Talento" which often make the picture of the day. If anyone can look at that picture and not smile, then they have no soul. Beautiful.

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J_rock at 12:08 PM JST - 29th July

I can't believe that I'm actually saying this, but back when I lived in Japan, there were times during summers when it actually got to be a little much. When I first arrived in 2001, fishnet stockings were all the rage. Where I come from, only a certain type of…

Posted in Young women’s summer fashions show too much, poll reveals at 12:08 PM JST - 29th July
J_rock at 11:10 PM JST - 28th July

For numerous, and rather obvious reasons, Toronto should have won the 2008 games instead of Beijing. While I was annoyed by the IOC's choice for a long time, it seems as though both they and China are now getting what they deserve. Was the air quality not taken into account…

Posted in Beijing shrouded in thick fog of pollution ahead of athletes' arrival for Olympics at 11:10 PM JST - 28th July