LFRAgain said...

LFRAgain at 04:16 PM JST - 2nd July

As for the shops, nothing but Starbucks everywhere, overpriced Japanese style clothing shops, pretentious people walking around as if the world revolves around them, and not a damn thing worth buying in any of the stores!!

No kidding! People have been saying this about Seattle for years. You'd think they'd…

Posted in Fukuoka voted best city in world for shopping at 04:16 PM JST - 2nd July
LFRAgain at 01:04 PM JST - 2nd July

It's going to just get worse from here on out.

Posted in Domestic wheat prices to rise 30% at 01:04 PM JST - 2nd July
LFRAgain at 04:58 PM JST - 26th June

Westurn,

"Homz" "Mate" You're a walking poster for globalization. But seriously, yan, you need to to get out of the house a bit if you think Fukuoka is a dump. Fukuoka beats out almost every "top" city in the US in terms of liveability, from ease of getting around town,…

Posted in Fukuoka voted best city in world for shopping at 04:58 PM JST - 26th June
LFRAgain at 04:50 PM JST - 26th June

the cops should have opened all apartments where no one answered to and do a search. they could have saved that girl.

I believe Japanese law has some provisions regarding illegal search and seizure. Not opening a door or not being home is not probable cause enough to enter a…

Posted in Man served with new arrest warrant for killing woman in Tokyo condo at 04:50 PM JST - 26th June
LFRAgain at 04:41 PM JST - 26th June

There's a vast difference between actively choosing to publicize oneself and having that choice made FOR you. Being famous does not automatically strip one of a right to privacy, particularly when children are involved. The type of juvenile petty jealousy that prompts some to think otherwise is truly annoying. These…

Posted in Singer Namie Amuro sues women's magazine over photos at 04:41 PM JST - 26th June
LFRAgain at 03:53 PM JST - 26th June

How'd they catch the faux Japanese eel? Did their accents give them away?

Posted in 2 fish dealers pass off Chinese eels as Japanese at 03:53 PM JST - 26th June
LFRAgain at 01:19 PM JST - 26th June

fds,

You may be on to something there. It seems that over the years, as the Japanese legal system has come under greater scrutiny from within and without for the way it both categorizes and reports crime, more things are making it to the public view. The drop in conviction…

Posted in Man served with new arrest warrant for killing woman in Tokyo condo at 01:19 PM JST - 26th June
LFRAgain at 01:12 PM JST - 26th June

Nutsagain,

Fair enough. I'm as much a card-carrying liberal as one can find, but even I know that somewhere along the way, society and people have lost the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, when there very clearly is a difference. As someone pointed out on another thread about…

Posted in Man served with new arrest warrant for killing woman in Tokyo condo at 01:12 PM JST - 26th June
LFRAgain at 10:32 AM JST - 26th June

Quite honestly, I'm surprised it took this long. To be fair, I read WaiWai fairly regularly, and I too found it amusing. But it really didn't present Japan in too flattering a light.

If WaiWai were to be believed, Japan is a nation brimming with unfaithful wives, morally suspect husbands,…

Posted in What do you think of the Mainichi's decision to cease publishing its WaiWai tabloid tidbits section on its English online site following complaints that it portrays Japanese society in a negative light to the world? at 10:32 AM JST - 26th June
LFRAgain at 10:16 AM JST - 26th June

jalways,

I agree. In the 15 or so years since I became a self-proclaimed Japanophile, I've been disheartened by what seems to be an upward spiral with regard to violent crime, both in its frequency and brutality. I did my undergraduate thesis on crime in Japan, and when I compare…

Posted in Man served with new arrest warrant for killing woman in Tokyo condo at 10:16 AM JST - 26th June