Kouseikun said...

Kouseikun at 02:43 PM JST - 31st August

The center has been open for 15 years and they just got their 100,000th visitor? That's only an average of 20 visitors a day!?

I will comment on that as well; for a museum of sorts to be so popular, how can it only get 20 visitors per day? That…

Posted in Teen becomes 100,000th visitor at Holocaust center in Japan at 02:43 PM JST - 31st August
Kouseikun at 07:25 AM JST - 19th July

The reaction part is illegal, but the action part deserves also a "closer examination"

You're probably just joking around, but do you mean "the action part (the groping) is illegal, but the reaction part (the citizen's arrest) is perfectly legal"?

Second note: Kudos to you, Hachisuka-san!

Posted in Miniskirt Police singer nabs groping suspect on train at 07:25 AM JST - 19th July
Kouseikun at 03:32 AM JST - 19th July

Marion,

The scrambled aircraft mostly flew from Komatsu Airbase in Kanagawa prefecture.

Komatsu Airbase is in Ishikawa Prefecture, on the coast of the Sea of Japan.

My take on this is: the Japanese military did here as they did with the H1N1 virus scare, took preemptive action; they took…

Posted in Japan scrambled jets 8 times from April to June due to N Korean planes at 03:32 AM JST - 19th July
Kouseikun at 10:57 PM JST - 14th January

To mindovermatter, martyman, and Ultradude: Where in the article do you see 'US ordinance' or anything related to it? I certainly do not. All I see is "an undetonated land mine from World War II." which does not suggest any specific country. The fact that it's in a place where…

Posted in Construction worker hurt in explosion of possible dud shell in Okinawa at 10:57 PM JST - 14th January
Kouseikun at 12:22 PM JST - 17th April

From the J-gov's POV: Disturbing the peace is a federal offense. From Nakatsuji's POV: He broke the copyright laws and that isn't a federal offense. My opinion: I don't entirely understand the Japanese justice system, but I think two years is much too harsh a sentence for either of those…

Posted in 2 years in prison sought for graduate student over computer virus at 12:22 PM JST - 17th April