Number11 said...

Number11 at 11:31 AM JST - 23rd January

The small number of women pilots has nothing to do with flying skills. It's just that they can't park the damn plane at the gate -- back and forth, back and forth, opening the window and looking backwards trying to line up with the jetway.

Posted in More women becoming airline pilots at 11:31 AM JST - 23rd January
Number11 at 08:32 PM JST - 6th January

I just wonder whether the Japanese will get the whole parody aspect.

Nothing like starting a new year with a little arrogant superiority. Maybe you should go to the theatre for every show and explain it to the Japanese.

Posted in Norika Fujiwara makes musical stage debut in 'Drowsy Chaperone' at 08:32 PM JST - 6th January
Number11 at 07:48 PM JST - 6th January

All taxpayers will get this token amount of their money back, regardless of nationality. It doesn't really matter and this is just foolishness by Aso. Government can do nothing to stimulate demand or fix any economy. Businesses do that over time in spite of governments.

If the governments and politicians…

Posted in Aso rejects calls to resign, saying he has to lead Japan out of recession at 07:48 PM JST - 6th January
Number11 at 11:38 PM JST - 5th January

Data is no more or less reliable in Japan than any other country.

Data in all developed nations is the number of new unemployment claims in a month and all people in all developed nations are no longer counted after benefits cease. Shall I type it out again?

No one…

Posted in Who is really unemployed? at 11:38 PM JST - 5th January
Number11 at 08:05 AM JST - 5th January

G-7 governments have dropped the unemployed from their statistics after their benefits expire for half a century now. Nothing new. The greater statistical fantasy is inflation measurement. The criteria is always changed to suit the economic forecast flavor of the day that a government wishes to toot its horn about.…

Posted in Who is really unemployed? at 08:05 AM JST - 5th January
Number11 at 04:16 PM JST - 18th December

And one anecdote is not enough to call the entire medical system a "joke." That is a joke.

Posted in 79-year-old traffic accident victim dies after being refused admission by 6 hospitals at 04:16 PM JST - 18th December
Number11 at 04:14 PM JST - 18th December

Of course, this is a tragedy. Blaming Japanese "society" for it is nonsense, though. There are too few doctors to start with and too many are not returning to Japan after specialized training overseas, particularly in the US. The US is siphoning them off by offering them easy permanent residence…

Posted in 79-year-old traffic accident victim dies after being refused admission by 6 hospitals at 04:14 PM JST - 18th December
Number11 at 03:49 PM JST - 16th December

Yakuza should be allowed as jurors. Before the war, the yakuza were the police. Today, they're smarter than the average policeman, more honest than politicians and have better manners and ethics than most kachos and shachos.

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Number11 at 10:31 AM JST - 14th December

I disagree completely with this. This is typical, self-serving nonsense that I am tired of reading. The great failure of the Internet is that we're all being subjected to constant, never-ending advertising and agenda-based crap masquerading as serious commentary or "news."

Japan has little to learn from the US. The…

Posted in Remember the bubble economy years at 10:31 AM JST - 14th December