Okinawamike said...

Okinawamike at 08:37 AM JST - 14th August

"Never heard of 80km/h limit expressways"

Come to Okinawa.

Posted in Expressways may be nationalized around 2012 under DPJ plan at 08:37 AM JST - 14th August
Okinawamike at 04:27 PM JST - 11th August

You people are so behind the times. "Why does a 14 year old need 30,000 yen anyways?" Cell phone bill!

How else can she chat/e-mail and keep up todate on requesting more money on the "web site".

Posted in Dentist held for indecent behavior with junior high school girl in Fukuoka hotel at 04:27 PM JST - 11th August
Okinawamike at 12:30 PM JST - 10th August

He was quote as saying " They were wearing short skirts and dressed like a punching bag"! "Oh yea, and I was stressed too"! "Can I go now"?

Posted in Two young girls punched by stranger on street in Hyogo at 12:30 PM JST - 10th August
Okinawamike at 11:55 AM JST - 5th August

This can only get better.

After it has been determined your guilty, you get to go and sit in front of the only citizen jurors who will show up for your trial and be questioned by them also? Sounds fair.

Posted in All 6 lay jurors question defendant on third day of trial at 11:55 AM JST - 5th August
Okinawamike at 08:01 AM JST - 5th August

Bill had also asked the North for two interns and a box of Cuban cigars but was turned down.

He was quoted as saying that Kim Jong II still drives a hard bargan!

Posted in 2 pardoned U.S. journalists leave North Korea with Bill Clinton at 08:01 AM JST - 5th August
Okinawamike at 01:16 PM JST - 29th July

"The gunmen broke into the state-run Rafidain Bank at about 4 a.m., killing three on-duty guards and five others on the premises who were either on a break or asleep, according to Iraqi police".

Who the hell needs to be in a bank at 4am taking a break?

Posted in Gunmen kill 8 in Baghdad bank robbery at 01:16 PM JST - 29th July
Okinawamike at 02:00 PM JST - 27th July

The big question is how do you translate "What is your rank" in Japanese?

The housing off base never asked what can you afford or how big or small of a place do you need. They ask your rank (they had the pay chart) and then only showed housing in…

Posted in U.S. servicepersons in Okinawa to be required to live inside base at 02:00 PM JST - 27th July
Okinawamike at 11:37 AM JST - 27th July

I guess with this happening everyday now, no one wants to comment anymore.

Posted in 10-yr-old boy injured in hit-and-run in Shizuoka at 11:37 AM JST - 27th July
Okinawamike at 02:02 PM JST - 23rd July

So the old saying is true:

Not My Job:

I'm not allowed to run the train

The whistle I can't blow

I'm not allowed to say how fast

The railroad train can go

I'm not allowed to shoot off steam

Nor can I clang the bell

But let the Darned…

Posted in JR West slaps 26 execs with pay cuts over 2005 fatal derailment at 02:02 PM JST - 23rd July
Okinawamike at 12:52 PM JST - 23rd July

NotJapanese at 09:46 AM JST - 23rd July

Everyone is speculating on the cause, have a read for yourself. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/03/23/national/w123603S79.DTL

That's fine for a posting from 2006, but Japan said, OK you can start shipping again if you don't include Spinal Columns, so what's the question? Testing for the diseases…

Posted in Beef imports from U.S. plant suspended over BSE concern at 12:52 PM JST - 23rd July