Richardson said...

Richardson at 01:21 PM JST - 5th September

One wonders how doing away with toll-free highways is going to help...or is this a typo?

Posted in Hatoyama backs fiscal regulation; says he's not turning to socialism at 01:21 PM JST - 5th September
Richardson at 04:37 PM JST - 7th July

Titian's remark about the KGB probably is prompted by an incorrect memory of the poisoned umbrella used by the Bulgarian secret service to kill a defector in London years ago.

Posted in Two women attacked by man with umbrella in Shinjuku at 04:37 PM JST - 7th July
Richardson at 01:48 PM JST - 30th June

The reason should be obvious; cellphones cause brain tumours and DNA destruction, and the young are especially vulnerable. This is all probably too little too late to save what will doubtless be referred to later as the Brain Tumour Generation. A friend of mine who works for Motorola says that…

Posted in Ishikawa Prefecture seeks efforts to bar kids from having cellphones at 01:48 PM JST - 30th June
Richardson at 09:52 PM JST - 15th June

Pooh-poohing the whole pandemic scare is just as kneejerk a reaction as going all alarmist. A realistic assessment would recognise that the very real threat is of swine flu combining with bird flu, both of which are now very active in Egypt. Keep an eye on the birthplace of civilisation;…

Posted in Expert says large-scale new-flu outbreaks inevitable in Japan at 09:52 PM JST - 15th June
Richardson at 11:35 AM JST - 1st May

The ordinary face masks that people wear when they have a cold are indeed good only for preventing the relatively large particles ejected by coughing, sneezing, etc. from passing through, but do not stop the tiny particles that most pathogens ride from entering.

For that, you need a surgical mask,…

Posted in How useful are face masks in helping combat the spread of flu and colds? at 11:35 AM JST - 1st May