MichaelJP said...

MichaelJP at 03:33 PM JST - 31st January

So if I buy a blank Blu-ray disk, I'm entitled to freely download a movie via Bittorrent? Seems fair since I've paid the royalty.

Posted in Copyright royalties for Blu-ray discs, recorders to be collected from April at 03:33 PM JST - 31st January
MichaelJP at 03:13 AM JST - 31st January

A "Buy American" initiative is not illegal under NAFTA, and they could just as well call it the "don't buy lots of low-quality crap" policy. Encouraging competition based on quality rather than price is a very good thing because it reigns in excessive consumption -- and hence pollution -- and…

Posted in Obama administration's relations with China off to rocky start at 03:13 AM JST - 31st January
MichaelJP at 05:39 PM JST - 27th January

launched her wedding dress brand “BCK message”

She spelled it wrong.

Posted in Becky launches her line of wedding dresses at 05:39 PM JST - 27th January
MichaelJP at 10:20 AM JST - 27th January

its being moved so foreign tourists cant find the tuna auctions,

Please, can we move Tokyo so those annoying foreign tourists who enjoy licking frozen tuna can't find us at all?

Posted in Data withheld on high carcinogen find at Tsukiji relocation site at 10:20 AM JST - 27th January
MichaelJP at 08:32 AM JST - 27th January

Great message from the metropolitan government... hide it and it might go away. This seems to be the modus operandi of government and business here in Japan. Radiation spill? Polution? Shhhhhh.

Posted in Data withheld on high carcinogen find at Tsukiji relocation site at 08:32 AM JST - 27th January
MichaelJP at 10:29 AM JST - 22nd January

I'm glad to hear that twa0026 stopped to help. I've heard on numerous occasions that a foreigner should never stop to help a Japanese at the scene of some trouble because they will more likely than not become an easy target for police and will be arrested.

Posted in Spate of accidents reported with drivers in wrong lane; one trucker killed at 10:29 AM JST - 22nd January
MichaelJP at 06:54 PM JST - 13th January

openyoureyes: ...not to mention furthering the notion that killing is a valid solution to problems...

Depends how big the problem is.

Posted in Man pleads guilty to killing female neighbor, mutilating body at 06:54 PM JST - 13th January
MichaelJP at 06:51 PM JST - 13th January

The officers lead by example, and it appears the example they are setting is rather bad indeed, yet they get away with it.

Posted in Sexual harassment rampant in SDF at 06:51 PM JST - 13th January
MichaelJP at 06:48 PM JST - 13th January

Japan defines "suicide" a little differently it would seem. But I'm sure he would have gotten the death penalty if the police had found 0.10 grams of marijuana on his person... although if he was staying chill by smoking weed, he probably wouldn't have committed murder in the first place.…

Posted in Gifu man gets life for killing 5 relatives at 06:48 PM JST - 13th January
MichaelJP at 06:41 PM JST - 13th January

Pity the ministers aren't worrying more about the future of Japan, but of course you wouldn't expect those political turds to care about anything beyond their own personal benefit.

Posted in Ministers worry about plunge in voter support for Aso at 06:41 PM JST - 13th January