Latenights said...

Latenights at 07:48 PM JST - 13th January

Hmmm... I hear a lot about Softbank not having as extensive coverage as the other two, but I've been with them since they were Jphone and I've never been out of range. I live in a city and avoid climbing mountains like my life depends on it, but subways, beaches,…

Posted in Softbank Mobile ranks 1st in net subscription gains in 2008 at 07:48 PM JST - 13th January
Latenights at 07:39 PM JST - 13th January

BBLeo

Sorry, mate, he has no talent as a thief: he got caught. A female shrink would only "understand him better" if she were also a cross-dressing, incompetent shoplifter. A cautionary note for others considering relieving their stress in public: either dress to turn heads or seek to be inconspicuous…

Posted in Man dressed as woman arrested for shoplifting in Ikebukuro at 07:39 PM JST - 13th January
Latenights at 09:41 PM JST - 26th December

likeitis -

No, it's not just the money I'm worried about: my point is that spending the money won't solve the problem of people not paying attention to the hazards around them. If money was all it took we could put up barriers by the roadside with gates that only…

Posted in Woman standing on platform dies after being hit by passing train in Fukuoka at 09:41 PM JST - 26th December
Latenights at 09:12 PM JST - 26th December

Japan may have strict legislation for protecting privacy, but it is BS in practice! My Ward Office has twice released my address to groups of elementary school kids (or teachers, I never got a straight answer out of them) whose homework was to interview a foreigner.

Posted in Group seeks to scrap Google's Street View at 09:12 PM JST - 26th December
Latenights at 08:56 PM JST - 26th December

Since no part of the train or station malfunctioned in any way I see no reason to spend a billion yen putting up barriers and gates. This is entirely the fault of the lady who drank to the point of being unable to take care of herself. This story is…

Posted in Woman standing on platform dies after being hit by passing train in Fukuoka at 08:56 PM JST - 26th December
Latenights at 06:36 PM JST - 18th December

Women who do not want people viewing up their skirts have clothing alternatives these days. So this crime is essentially preventable by the "victim".

However, short skirts are readily available in stores, legally obtainable and culturally acceptable, whereas filming inside anyone's clothing without their expressed permission is not. By the…

Posted in Man arrested for filming up woman’s skirt in shopping center at 06:36 PM JST - 18th December
Latenights at 01:33 PM JST - 16th December

The next time the alarm sounds, you’re forced to jump out from under the duvet and embark on a bracing wake-up walk across the frozen wastes of the bedroom.

Not unless my "hitting snooze" sends it over my 8th floor balcony. How can anyone hate themselves enough to even try…

Posted in Moving alarm clock at 01:33 PM JST - 16th December
Latenights at 01:29 PM JST - 16th December

likeitis -

Thanks. That's much clearer, though only slightly less disturbing!

Posted in Ex-teacher convicted of trespassing on school grounds to take kids' photos at 01:29 PM JST - 16th December
Latenights at 06:53 PM JST - 15th December

Out of curiosity... where could he have got the pictures of kids killed in accidents? Surely he hasn't witnessed enough fatal accidents to have taken them himself (otherwise there ought to be a WHOLE other investigation...), so are cops and paramedics making these pictures available? I'm not defending him, distributing…

Posted in Ex-teacher convicted of trespassing on school grounds to take kids' photos at 06:53 PM JST - 15th December
Latenights at 01:41 PM JST - 15th December

Yup, judicial progress: one step forward, two steps back...

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