Richard_the_First said...

Richard_the_First at 01:10 PM JST - 11th May

It's the whole Cool Japan thing once again.

Posted in Gov't to open center for promoting Japan's pop arts at 01:10 PM JST - 11th May
Richard_the_First at 12:59 PM JST - 11th May

Sorry to tell you that side-parking is required only when a J is trying to obtain a manual transmission license, or 1 out of 10 licensees. The 9 others will have to reverse during the test. No side-parking for the automatic transmission test is required.

Well, I attended a…

Posted in Man runs over daughter, nephew in Chiba restaurant parking lot at 12:59 PM JST - 11th May
Richard_the_First at 10:16 AM JST - 11th May

The test that 95% of Japanese take to get a licence includes parallel parking. I personally think that Japanese are, on the whole, great at parking as they are not lazy and tend to back into spaces which is safer than nose in. Parallel parking is unpopular due to the…

Posted in Man runs over daughter, nephew in Chiba restaurant parking lot at 10:16 AM JST - 11th May
Richard_the_First at 05:41 PM JST - 6th May

Is the BAC limt now zero in Japan? I thought 0.03 = DUI.

Posted in Nagoya deputy police station chief caught driving while drunk at 05:41 PM JST - 6th May
Richard_the_First at 03:33 PM JST - 6th May

Japan's problem is that there are too many middle men taking a slice.

Posted in A retail boom for some foreign brands at 03:33 PM JST - 6th May
Richard_the_First at 09:54 AM JST - 6th May

The weather is reasonably temperate and mild for a N.Atlantic marine climate. On the whole, no extremes....

And it has a history that America can only dream of...

Posted in No. of Japanese tourists visiting Britain plummets at 09:54 AM JST - 6th May
Richard_the_First at 09:50 AM JST - 5th May

DUI no doubt...

Posted in Man killed after being dragged in hit-and-run in Akita at 09:50 AM JST - 5th May
Richard_the_First at 09:55 AM JST - 3rd May

GW will be hell. The tolls are outrageous though, and the discount is welcome.

Posted in For whom the road tolls at 09:55 AM JST - 3rd May
Richard_the_First at 11:11 AM JST - 30th April

But a vaccine doesn't exist and it may mutate quickly. This the concern, surely.

Posted in Gov't to set up fever clinics after WHO raises flu alert at 11:11 AM JST - 30th April
Richard_the_First at 10:49 AM JST - 30th April

Maybe I will wear a mask today and go out of my way to avoid the locals. Pay back time....

Posted in Gov't to set up fever clinics after WHO raises flu alert at 10:49 AM JST - 30th April