Kwaabish said...

Kwaabish at 10:43 AM JST - 2nd April

"a pretty weak day for the three players"

Wow, tough crowd! a 3 for 3 with a 3 run home-run and a walk, 1.00 OBP day, a triple short of the cycle is a weak day for Fukudome (one of the "three players highlighted here)? Although it was a weak…

Posted in Fukudome makes Cubs debut with homer, 3 hits at 10:43 AM JST - 2nd April
Kwaabish at 09:27 PM JST - 1st April

Umm... Didn't the Seattle Mariners WIN 5-2? Conveniently forget the fact that Johjima took 2 BB and scored once and the Ichiro also ended up scoring twice?

Basically, it looked like the relievers ruined a good game, especially the Cubs game. Sheets and Zambrano had a good pitcher's duel going…

Posted in Fukudome makes Cubs debut with homer, 3 hits at 09:27 PM JST - 1st April
Kwaabish at 10:40 AM JST - 1st April

Still no "real" figures... Vice Minister Yabunaka did complain the other day that the diplomats' tours were disturbing in that it only highlighted what the Chinese government wanted the diplomats to see and that the diplomats were not given the freedom or the offered transparency to obtain a neutral information…

Posted in China announces start of Olympic torch relay at 10:40 AM JST - 1st April
Kwaabish at 10:37 AM JST - 31st March

If Price Hotels did their homework and never had agreed to letting the Nikkyo-so host the meeting, then they never would be in this mess, I agree.

The Seibu Holding group admitted as much and stated that they should have done their due diligence when initially approached by the Nikkyo-so…

Posted in Prince Hotel admits flouting law in denying room to teachers union at 10:37 AM JST - 31st March
Kwaabish at 02:23 AM JST - 31st March

Ummm... historically, the Nikkyo-so have openly supported the Japanese Communist Party and the Japanese Socialist Party and are openly leftist.

Posted in Prince Hotel admits flouting law in denying room to teachers union at 02:23 AM JST - 31st March
Kwaabish at 05:22 AM JST - 30th March

The hotel should have known better in the first place not to book the communist-leaning Nikkyo-so. Then they never would have had to deal with this mess.

Expensive lesson learned for Prince, but maybe the other hotels will also learn from this.

Posted in Prince Hotel admits flouting law in denying room to teachers union at 05:22 AM JST - 30th March
Kwaabish at 12:58 PM JST - 29th March

China rarely wins any PR battle when it comes to censorship, oppression or any Tibet issue.

Posted in Tibetan monks disrupt foreign media tour at 12:58 PM JST - 29th March
Kwaabish at 02:11 PM JST - 26th March

I say, let the athletes compete, but ordinary visitors and leaders od nations boycott the Olympics. Let the Chinese spend money on a party where no one cares to come. Show them just how "popular" their stance is.

Posted in Would you support a boycott of the Beijing Olympics because of China's crackdown in Tibet? at 02:11 PM JST - 26th March
Kwaabish at 02:03 PM JST - 26th March

I'm not fond of the new format as I found the old site wasy to navigate.

Also, the I had to re-register so the transition was not automatic...

I'll probably get used to the new format eventually, but ptobably not anytime soon.

Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 02:03 PM JST - 26th March
Kwaabish at 12:59 PM JST - 26th March

So it's a chaperoned visit "arranged" by the "sponsoring authority"?

The media blackout until now must have been filled with script re-writes and rehearsals preparing the actors for the "arranged" visit.

Posted in 10 foreign reporters to visit Lhasa at 12:59 PM JST - 26th March