Latenights said...

Latenights at 01:21 PM JST - 16th October

Sorry, I don't see this as either a good start or a step in the right direction. It's just enough for the Mizuho PR team to appear to be taking positive action, but not enough to actually provide ongoing, reliable support to working parents. The article here doesn't specify if…

Posted in Mizuho Financial opens in-house day-care facility at 01:21 PM JST - 16th October
Latenights at 01:17 PM JST - 29th September

They might get a little more sleep if their parents didn't keep bringing them out to bars.

Posted in Japanese babies sleep shortest at 11.6 hours a day; N.Z. longest at 01:17 PM JST - 29th September
Latenights at 05:34 PM JST - 16th September

My day started with a chuckle at the train station... A "mature" cop leaning on a long stick and standing on a box with a picture of Ichihashi propped up against it, was calling out "Good Morning" type greetings to commuters while a film crew of two (undergrads, judging from…

Posted in Hawker's father visits Chiba police to be briefed on case at 05:34 PM JST - 16th September
Latenights at 05:42 PM JST - 19th August

Good God! Between my mother's "abnormal" mammogram and her mastectomy she had: a second mammogram to confirm the growth; a biopsy to confirm the cancer; seven months of a combination of IV and oral chemotherapy; three months of radiation therapy; and ongoing counselling about her unavoidable surgery. This lady went…

Posted in Healthy woman loses her breast due to hospital mistake at 05:42 PM JST - 19th August
Latenights at 05:36 PM JST - 12th August

What the...?

Posted in School staff covers children's unpaid school fees in Osaka Pref. at 05:36 PM JST - 12th August
Latenights at 05:35 PM JST - 12th August

I don't suppose Softbank have considered the number of existing customers, like me, who intend to buy the iPhone but are tied into 2-year contracts with our existing phones...? They were foolish to expect crowds to run out and snap up the latest gadget when they themselves set out the…

Posted in Softbank boosting efforts to shore up sales of Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G at 05:35 PM JST - 12th August
Latenights at 07:16 PM JST - 9th June

Revising laws only affects people who abide by laws!

It's illegal to carry knives over 6cm long... but he did. It's illegal to drive down pedestrian zones... but he did. It's illegal to run down and stab people... but he did.

What on earth makes Fukuda think that revising laws…

Posted in Fukuda orders investigation into social background of man held in Akihabara killings at 07:16 PM JST - 9th June