Speed said...

Speed at 08:43 AM JST - 13th September

I say just put a cap on expressway fees at 1,000 yen. The money collected by the tolls is used to pay back the taxpayers from whom the money is/was borrowed from.

Having to fund the payback of the public loans, construction, and maintenance of expressways through a general tax…

Posted in Only 3 governors support DPJ's toll-free expressway policy at 08:43 AM JST - 13th September
Speed at 10:31 AM JST - 8th September

So who's stepping in for him?

Posted in Hanshin's Brazell sidelined with injured quadriceps at 10:31 AM JST - 8th September
Speed at 08:42 AM JST - 6th September

Good for them. Wish more restaurants follow suit.

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Speed at 02:23 AM JST - 5th September

LFRAgain, hear, hear! Couldn't have said it better myself.

Posted in 4-year-old boy falls to death from fifth-floor apartment window in Shiga at 02:23 AM JST - 5th September
Speed at 08:26 AM JST - 31st August

Request to JT: Considering that most of us readers are in Japan and we use the "Typhoon #" system here, it'd be nice to have them noted that way in the articles rather than only "Typhoon Krovanh". It'd make it a hell of lot easier to talk about specific typhoons…

Posted in Typhoon brings heavy rain to Tokyo area at 08:26 AM JST - 31st August
Speed at 09:20 AM JST - 30th August

Hugging doesn't make ME uncomfortable. It's when my Japanese counterpart stiffens up like a corpse that makes both of us look silly.

Posted in Does hugging ever make you feel uncomfortable? at 09:20 AM JST - 30th August
Speed at 02:25 AM JST - 30th August

Beer doesn't make you fall. Stupid decisions by people to precariously balance themselves on a high wall result in falls.

The rest of us million or so people who go and watch baseball games handle ourselves just fine. Don't need to take my alcohol away, thank you very much.

Posted in Man who fell from outfield fence at Yokohama Stadium dies at 02:25 AM JST - 30th August
Speed at 09:37 AM JST - 23rd August

"I'm reading JapanToday right now." "I'm commenting in the 'Have Your Say' column!'"

Posted in What do you think about Twitter? at 09:37 AM JST - 23rd August
Speed at 10:20 AM JST - 19th August

Many Japanese blogs tend to be a bit more polite and less confrontational than English blogs.

Posted in What do you think are some of the main differences between Japanese and Western bloggers? at 10:20 AM JST - 19th August
Speed at 05:54 PM JST - 11th August

Booooooo!!

Posted in Suu Kyi ordered to serve 18-month sentence under house arrest at 05:54 PM JST - 11th August