smartacus said...

smartacus at 11:44 AM JST - 18th September

It's frightening how accidents like this can happen in a second.

Posted in 6-yr-old girl critical after hanging herself on overhead ladder in park at 11:44 AM JST - 18th September
smartacus at 07:58 AM JST - 18th September

I think that in Japanese culture, the most important thing about someone who commits suicide to avoid prosecution or atone for an accident due to negligence or scandal is that the act expiates the sin. No matter what the person has done, once he or she commits suicide, an investigation…

Posted in What do you think of suicide as a means to atone for a scandal or wrongdoing? at 07:58 AM JST - 18th September
smartacus at 03:59 PM JST - 17th September

Brainiac is right. It is the Mikasa president Mitsuo Fuyuki who is criminally responsible, not the companies like Nakagawa (unless it is proven that they colluded with Fuyuki to sell tainted rice to consumers). I think a lot of companies will suffer as a result.

Posted in Rice retailer hangs himself over tainted rice scandal at 03:59 PM JST - 17th September
smartacus at 09:29 AM JST - 16th September

lazyman0909 The news last night said that Lehman employs around 1,300 in Japan. Seems like a lot to me. What do they all do, I wonder. I imagine that this morning Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will be getting heaps of job applications.

Posted in Bank of Japan injects Y2.5 tril into markets as Lehman Japan also files for bankruptcy at 09:29 AM JST - 16th September
smartacus at 09:27 AM JST - 16th September

I don't think I would like to be operated on by a doctor who takes drugs.

Posted in 2 Japanese doctors arrested for smoking marijuana in Indonesia at 09:27 AM JST - 16th September
smartacus at 04:14 PM JST - 15th September

Although I agree that the police bungled the case at the beginning, there is not a lot they can do now. Most of the suggestions from readers above are the result of watching too much TV. Crime solving, especially cold cases, is very difficult. My cousin, who is a detective…

Posted in Slain British woman's father back in Japan to renew public appeal at 04:14 PM JST - 15th September
smartacus at 07:42 AM JST - 14th September

Seven weeks early this year. I suppose Christmas decorations will appear in October. Why don't they just leave the decorations and goods on display all year round?

By the way, is Halloween really celebrated in Japan? I don't think I have ever seen any children trick or treating, not even…

Posted in Halloween at 07:42 AM JST - 14th September
smartacus at 09:11 PM JST - 11th September

If they can suspend their mud-slinging and dirty tactics for one day to mark 9/11, why can't they do it for the whole campaign?

Posted in Candidates halt campaigns for joint appearance on Sept 11 anniversary at 09:11 PM JST - 11th September
smartacus at 10:48 AM JST - 11th September

The lines aren't nearly as long at Cold Stone Creamery as they used to be.

Posted in Tea-licious Mont Blanc at 10:48 AM JST - 11th September
smartacus at 09:34 AM JST - 10th September

I once heard that Japanese law requires all food manufacturers to reveal the ingredients. If that is true, then the colonel's secret recipe of herbs and spices would not really be a secret in Japan.

Posted in KFC shoring up security for secret recipe at 09:34 AM JST - 10th September