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  • LikingJapan at 02:07 PM JST - 16th January

    Odd that a real mother and daughter are used in the promotion of a movie where the father is unknown.

    Posted in Seiko Matsuda to star with daughter in ad for 'Mamma Mia!' movie at 02:07 PM JST - 16th January

  • LikingJapan at 12:24 PM JST - 15th January

    I don't need the hot pots as my current ones work perfectly well. It is however about time to update them.

    Posted in Hiroshima Pref to buy 200 Mazda cars with extra budget at 12:24 PM JST - 15th January

  • LikingJapan at 11:10 AM JST - 15th January

    How do you join the police when you are 18?

    Posted in 22-year-old riot police officer shoots himself in toilet at Chofu facility at 11:10 AM JST - 15th January

  • LikingJapan at 09:42 AM JST - 15th January

    How many cars is the government replacing? The article says that the current cars are old which means that they require some pricey maintenance. Looking good by just following standard proceedure perhaps. (Good marketing by the prefecture) They tendered a bid which Mazda won by selling the cars at near…

    Posted in Hiroshima Pref to buy 200 Mazda cars with extra budget at 09:42 AM JST - 15th January

  • LikingJapan at 01:12 PM JST - 9th December

    I'm laughing at the Australians who bought properties in a country where most dwellings depreciate almost as quickly as a vehicle once it is driven off the lot.
    I'm interested in learning about how the mortgages were handled as well. It is possible that people are paying 50% more (because…

    Posted in Waiting for the snow and yen to fall in Hokkaido at 01:12 PM JST - 9th December

  • LikingJapan at 05:53 PM JST - 6th November

    It is November and he shot himself on May 2nd. "Swift Justice".

    Posted in Man arrested after shooting himself with home-made gun in Ibaraki at 05:53 PM JST - 6th November

  • LikingJapan at 08:57 AM JST - 24th October

    Capone got caught for Tax Evasion.

    Palin could be caught by her underwear. (If any of the shopping included undergarments she could be in trouble as there may be some health regulations about donating such items to charity. - You can't return swimsuits or underwear to a store)

    Posted in Palin denies accepting $150,000 in designer clothes at 08:57 AM JST - 24th October

  • LikingJapan at 06:36 PM JST - 15th October

    Only in Japan you say??? A quick google search finds the following by a US attorney.

    Passengers: if the passenger of the drunk driver aided and abetted the driver in becoming intoxicated, he or she may be liable

    http://www.patricialbrownlaw.com/CM/FSDP/PracticePage/Personal-Injury/Drunk-Driving-Accidents.asp

    Posted in Passenger in car ordered to pay Y53 mil in fatal drunk driving case at 06:36 PM JST - 15th October

  • LikingJapan at 08:47 AM JST - 22nd August

    Libertas: The definition of "Engineer" is different than what you are used to. Engineer is used in Japan to include many types of skilled laborers. Technicians and skilled tradesmen (electricians, welders, plumbers) is what the article likely refers to. Your reference to 5,000 hired overseas are the University graduate type…

    Posted in Japan struggling to fight shortage of skilled engineers at 08:47 AM JST - 22nd August

  • LikingJapan at 08:42 AM JST - 11th July

    iPhone Broken This morning on TV it was funny to see an iPhone's functions being shown and the photo not rotating automatically when the phone was rotated. The newscaster tried it a few times in different directions but to no avail.

    On my way to work today I saw a…

    Posted in Apple's iPhone goes on sale in Japan to cheering crowd at 08:42 AM JST - 11th July

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