JohnBecker said...

JohnBecker at 02:11 AM JST - 24th November

I've been lucky enough to visit Himeji and Matsumoto. After that, visiting a place like Nagoya or Osaka is best thought of as a trip to a castle-shaped museum.

Posted in Kiyosu castle faithfully reconstructed at 02:11 AM JST - 24th November
JohnBecker at 01:45 AM JST - 23rd November

I'm picturing Roos and Hatoyama watching the game....

Referee on TV: "Encroachment, defense, number 75. 5 yard penalty, repeat second down."

Hatoyama (jumping up, screaming): "Ya wanna talk encroachment?!?!? I got yer encroachment right here! Sasebo! Kadena! Yokosuka!"

Roos (rolling eyes): "Settle down, Yookie..."

Posted in Hatoyamas visit Roos to watch football on TV at 01:45 AM JST - 23rd November
JohnBecker at 02:16 AM JST - 19th November

They would rather piss away their money 13,000 yen at a time on the child allowance, to very little benefit.

Posted in GX rocket project to be scrapped as gov't waste cutters continue work at 02:16 AM JST - 19th November
JohnBecker at 01:49 AM JST - 19th November

timeon, you beat me to it - it's nice that they're increasing production capacity, but until cell efficiency comes up to a more reasonable percentage, photovoltaic cells are still very much a niche product.

Posted in Sanyo to quadruple photovoltaic cell production capacity at 01:49 AM JST - 19th November
JohnBecker at 02:27 AM JST - 12th November

Most people here in the States believe that the death penalty is called for in at least some cases. For someone like this, who terrorized a region over a period of time and killed completely random victims, there certainly is no sense of mercy or compassion or forgiveness. Society wanted…

Posted in DC sniper John Allen Muhammad executed in Virginia at 02:27 AM JST - 12th November
JohnBecker at 01:49 AM JST - 10th November

Japan - the land of no smoke detectors. This is a damn shame, and completely avoidable.

Posted in 3 die in residential fire in Okayama at 01:49 AM JST - 10th November
JohnBecker at 02:50 AM JST - 5th November

Not long. The once-proud Pirates have transformed themselves into a laughingstock.

Posted in Akinori Iwamura traded to Pirates at 02:50 AM JST - 5th November
JohnBecker at 02:46 AM JST - 5th November

I just read three paragraphs and have no idea what they're selling.

Posted in Crossbow introduces energy monitoring EcoWizard system at 02:46 AM JST - 5th November
JohnBecker at 02:14 AM JST - 3rd November

Good for Sanyo! Wow... a Peugeot that runs on Eneloops....

Posted in Sanyo Electric to supply batteries for Peugeot hybrid cars at 02:14 AM JST - 3rd November
JohnBecker at 02:11 AM JST - 3rd November

$100 million seems like a lot to pay for the opportunity to have the drivers call your tires "rubbish".

Agreed, DXXJP - the Abu Dhabi facility looked like a fantasy track in a racing video game. Spectacular.

Posted in Bridgestone to halt tire supply for F1 at 02:11 AM JST - 3rd November