Schoolboyerror said...

Schoolboyerror at 01:48 PM JST - 28th October

I would love to see the size of the cage this dog was confined in. Except I'd be saddened, rather than "love" to see it, I suppose. People here have no idea how to care for pets. Dogs are either chained up outside as guard dogs, or pampered like dolls,…

Posted in Tosa dog bites boy, postman in Osaka; owner arrested at 01:48 PM JST - 28th October
Schoolboyerror at 12:21 PM JST - 27th October

Improving the attractions would be the first suggestion I would make. Japanese castles look great from the outside, but inside they're as dull as dishwater - a few dusty relics behing glass while vending machine and video game jingles ring out in the background. Compare that to the superb jousting…

Posted in 3 foreign students to study ways to attract foreign tourists at 12:21 PM JST - 27th October
Schoolboyerror at 12:39 PM JST - 23rd October

fazool2, sorry if this is tricky for you to understand, but seeing as the first time this national holiday will take place is not the 20th anniversary of anything, I thought a little clarification might help.

Posted in Panel OKs bill to mark emperor's 20th anniversary with holiday at 12:39 PM JST - 23rd October
Schoolboyerror at 08:03 PM JST - 22nd October

Is the article wrong? If he ascended to the throne officially in 1990, next year will be his 19th anniversary.

Well, JT?

Posted in Panel OKs bill to mark emperor's 20th anniversary with holiday at 08:03 PM JST - 22nd October
Schoolboyerror at 12:08 PM JST - 21st October

I don't know about the US. In the UK last year 174 770 was the Big Issue's average weekly circulation, according to the Guardian.

In January this year, Japan Today reported that the circulation was about 29 000 copies.

I don't recall reading any news reports about gangs of youths…

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Schoolboyerror at 10:48 AM JST - 21st October

A good reminder that the way (most of) the Japanese view the homeless is an absolute disgrace. Views I've heard range from "They should help themselves" to the bafflingly ignorant "They want it that way", as if people actually choose to freeze their brass monkeys off in winter.

If she…

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Schoolboyerror at 10:33 PM JST - 20th October

Perhaps she was making unrealistic and unreasonable demands. Like he should move out and find his own place, get a job perhaps, stop collecting toy robots. What a sick man - to end the life of an old lady in her 80s, who no doubt gave him a ton of…

Posted in Police arrest 26-year-old man for killing his 83-year-old grandmother in Nagasaki at 10:33 PM JST - 20th October
Schoolboyerror at 09:54 PM JST - 20th October

Making it more expensive to throw rubbish away will not solve the problem - it will lead to more fly-tipping, as it did when the town hall where I used to live informed me that it would cost me 18 000 yen for them to come and collect my broken…

Posted in What suggestions do you have for reducing the amount of garbage that gets thrown out each day? at 09:54 PM JST - 20th October
Schoolboyerror at 11:20 AM JST - 20th October

What a very sad life - reciting inane comments (which say absolutely nothing) composed beforehand by the IHA to go through the facade of answering reporters' questions, also composed beforehand by the IHA.

Posted in Empress, turning 74, expresses joy over Aiko's school debut at 11:20 AM JST - 20th October
Schoolboyerror at 11:16 AM JST - 20th October

Another thrilling, fun-packed day in the Palace. I wonder if Masako will be allowed out of her cell on parole for a few minutes to wish her happy birthday.

Or did he have to submit an application to the Imperial Household Agency for them to consider potential gifts to the…

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