LFRAgain said...

LFRAgain at 04:51 PM JST - 15th May

This conversation's gone all over the place here, which is good, I think, for a fuller discussion, but returning to the main topic, I can count off the top of my head six foreigner-foreigner couples that met and developed successful, healthy, long-term relationships while here in Japan in the last…

Posted in Foreign women in Japan sometimes remark how hard it is to get a date with foreign men. What are your views on this? at 04:51 PM JST - 15th May
LFRAgain at 01:22 PM JST - 15th May

The system Japan has in place for protecting its local agriculture is mind-boggling. It's why apples cost 200-400 yen ($2-$4) per. It's why watermelons sell for $30 when they're in season. It's why rice costs anywhere from 400-1000 yen per kilogram. It's completely nuts. In the meantime, as SushiSake pointed…

Posted in Soaring food prices spark debate on agriculture in Japan at 01:22 PM JST - 15th May
LFRAgain at 12:37 PM JST - 15th May

And the problem with all the above suggestions is one that's been plaguing industrialized economies since they started really gaining momentum: People don't want to farm anymore.

Let's be realistic: It's tough work, and even if the government offered up heaps of subsidies and starter money for people who might…

Posted in Soaring food prices spark debate on agriculture in Japan at 12:37 PM JST - 15th May
LFRAgain at 04:06 PM JST - 14th May

weedkila,

Thanks for bringing some interesting info to the table. I don't deny that Japanese courts tend to favor the mother over the father in custody hearings. What I do take issue with is posters who equate this admittedly unfair situation as one which could understandably lead to murder, in…

Posted in Man arrested for killing ex-wife in Fukushima after crashing into her car at 04:06 PM JST - 14th May
LFRAgain at 02:23 PM JST - 14th May

Romulus,

And there you go again.

But what right of recourse did he have IF indeed this line of THEORY is accurate?

Again with the idea that with all other options theoretically closed to him, murder seems like the next inevitable step. You may not be overtly stating that homicide…

Posted in Man arrested for killing ex-wife in Fukushima after crashing into her car at 02:23 PM JST - 14th May
LFRAgain at 09:51 AM JST - 14th May

I’m still on the fence with this one, but I’m leaning towards the career woman who wants to have a family and work.

On the one hand, I can certainly understand how asking for a nebulous “few years” off to raise a family can make any company manager balk. As…

Posted in It's so strange that many Japanese companies don't allow career-minded women to take leave from work, even if only for a few years. at 09:51 AM JST - 14th May
LFRAgain at 09:31 AM JST - 14th May

Unemployed doesn't automatically mean "homeless." Good on him for turning himself in so quickly. It sounds like he just needs help and I hope someone in the system finds a way to do that, rather than just locking him up, out-of-sight-out-of-mind.

Posted in Convenience store robber repents after 5 minutes at 09:31 AM JST - 14th May
LFRAgain at 09:22 AM JST - 14th May

Romulus,

As a supposed casual outsider looking in, you certainly present yourself as an authority on the subject, declaring, among other things, that crimes of passion happen at such-and-such a time, and that the only reasonable assumption left is that he somehow was unfairly screwed in a custody battle, leading…

Posted in Man arrested for killing ex-wife in Fukushima after crashing into her car at 09:22 AM JST - 14th May
LFRAgain at 06:18 PM JST - 13th May

Romulus,

You're wearing your heart on your sleeve, Romulus, and reading a little too much personal experience into this story. To suggest that murder falls into the realm of a last "option" makes you little better than this nutcase who has no business raising children when he himself can't find…

Posted in Man arrested for killing ex-wife in Fukushima after crashing into her car at 06:18 PM JST - 13th May
LFRAgain at 01:29 PM JST - 13th May

Stupidity on the part of this young woman does not invite nor deserve gender-specific insults designed to demean more than criticize. Grow the hell up, people.

Posted in 9 injured in car-bus collision in Nagasaki; car driver says she was using cell phone at 01:29 PM JST - 13th May