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Speed at 08:38 AM JST - 20th July

Thank God!!!!!!!

Posted in Kuidaore Taro, symbol of Osaka, returns to Dotonbori at 08:38 AM JST - 20th July
Speed at 10:26 AM JST - 16th July

How do you stop hit-and-run? You can only try to stop the hit part, but if people are going to run despite laws against it what can you do?

Make the penalty for "running" severe to the point that no would think about doing it. Change the rules of…

Posted in 17-year-old Ibaraki boy dies after being found bleeding with tire marks on his head at 10:26 AM JST - 16th July
Speed at 04:11 PM JST - 14th July

Yeah, I think Japan is a really nice place to raise kids!

Posted in Is Japan a good place to raise children? at 04:11 PM JST - 14th July
Speed at 12:16 PM JST - 9th July

To kill your own offspring is quite extraordinary (even though we've had quite a few killings their small children/babies). I wouldn't be surprised if this son really was making his parents' lives hell. Many times, police will not get involved with private family matters like this. It must have been…

Posted in Elderly Saitama couple arrested for killing son, claiming he abused them at 12:16 PM JST - 9th July
Speed at 08:47 AM JST - 7th July

LA = worst. One of the only large cities where the downtown is located nowhere near a port. Cities "naturally" grow around commercial/industrial centers that spring up from access to water for transportation and trade. San Pedro/Long Beach are over thirty miles away from downtown LA. Also, the tourist attractions…

Posted in Which cities are among the best designed in the world and which are among the worst? at 08:47 AM JST - 7th July
Speed at 11:18 PM JST - 5th July

Watari Tetsuya was one of Japan's "good looking dude" leading men in the 60s. He's actually one the few actors who seems down to earth and I don't mind seeing.

Posted in Tetsuya Watari to play PM in upcoming NTV drama at 11:18 PM JST - 5th July
Speed at 11:13 PM JST - 5th July

If he was still alive when they sunk the car, that's got to be one of the most awful ways to die. Poor guy.

Posted in Body found in trunk of sunken car in Gunma at 11:13 PM JST - 5th July
Speed at 10:41 AM JST - 3rd July

Like Sarge asked, why was this placed closed for 15 years?! Did they NOT want to make money?

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Speed at 09:04 AM JST - 27th June

He shouldn't have to retract his statement. There's nothing wrong with what he said. Just on appearance, Michael did look exactly like a white guy. It's not as if Kawamura said he didn't "act" white or something loaded like that.

On that note, it's hard to imagine anyone, including an…

Posted in Government spokesman retracts remark about Michael Jackson's complexion at 09:04 AM JST - 27th June
Speed at 08:59 AM JST - 21st June

It's fine they don't visit Pearl Harbor. Let them go where they want to go. They don't need to go on a tour to apologize, by proxy for the actions of his father, for the rest of his life.

US Presidents don't make stops to Sand Creek to honor massacred…

Posted in How do you feel about the decision not to have the emperor and empress visit Pearl Harbor during their visit to Hawaii next month? at 08:59 AM JST - 21st June