JeffLee said...

JeffLee at 06:51 AM JST - 27th July

In Canda, 5.5% is called a "labor shortage."

Posted in Economists see jobless rate topping record-worst 5.5% this year at 06:51 AM JST - 27th July
JeffLee at 06:49 AM JST - 27th July

Melatonin. One cap at bedtime for first 4 days of the trip. Works every time.

Posted in What do you do to overcome jet lag? at 06:49 AM JST - 27th July
JeffLee at 09:22 AM JST - 25th July

I hope he does another WW 2 movie, this time from the perspective of the Nazis. Would be a great trilogy.

Posted in Clint Eastwood receives Japanese decoration in LA at 09:22 AM JST - 25th July
JeffLee at 08:12 AM JST - 23rd July

A flawed premise. Japan (and other Asian countries for that matter) deals with criminals far more harshly, using the death penalty. All other "Christian" Western countries (apart from US) ended this.

Prison and sentencing also tend to be harsher here. Usually bereaved family menbers are seen in the news calling…

Posted in Western justice and Oriental order at 08:12 AM JST - 23rd July
JeffLee at 09:43 AM JST - 20th July

A prefabricated Japanese house for half a million dollars? Err, no thanks.

Posted in Sekisui House to sell houses, condos in Australia at 09:43 AM JST - 20th July
JeffLee at 09:41 AM JST - 20th July

Don't automatically assume the J-man is innocent, just because he was Japanese. Most of the J men I see in Manila are real dodgy types, yakuza or other criminal types. If he's living there (he had a motorbike) and married to a 19-year, there's a good chance he's there for…

Posted in Philippine police examine texts, mystery woman in Japanese man's murder at 09:41 AM JST - 20th July
JeffLee at 08:24 AM JST - 20th July

I assume the JAEA issued an open tender, inviting all capable manufacturers, Japanese and foreign, to take part in the bidding process and selected Fujitsu purely on price and performance. Right?

Posted in Fujitsu to build next-generation supercomputer at 08:24 AM JST - 20th July
JeffLee at 07:27 AM JST - 19th July

Accidents DO happen. Even in the most risk-adverse societies.

Posted in 5 die, 2 missing in outdoor accidents across Japan at 07:27 AM JST - 19th July
JeffLee at 07:43 AM JST - 17th July

Smithinjapan: I don't even know where to begin to pick apart your feeble arguments. Here's start: ..."there is plenty of evidence to suggest the war was on its last legs and Japan about to surrender...." What evidence? Funny, you don't mention any. There is, however, a lot of revisionist claptrap…

Posted in Designer Issey Miyake, writing in NYT, asks Obama to visit Hiroshima on Aug 6 at 07:43 AM JST - 17th July
JeffLee at 10:31 AM JST - 16th July

Miyake also wrote that the bomb was dropped out of hatred. Ridiculous. It was dropped to bring a swift end of a war that the rest of the world had grown weary of, especially after the Nazi surrender. I read her piece in the IHT. She fails to mention the,…

Posted in Designer Issey Miyake, writing in NYT, asks Obama to visit Hiroshima on Aug 6 at 10:31 AM JST - 16th July