Starviking said...

Starviking at 01:47 PM JST - 29th April

Lovevictim,

If the police are doing undercover checks on tourists - they should at least be able to identify themselves properly and communicate their request to the persons they are checking.

If knowing a little English (or Chinese or Korean) is what it takes to do their job properly then…

Posted in Roughed up by the cops in Shinjuku at 01:47 PM JST - 29th April
Starviking at 11:27 AM JST - 27th April

It occurs to me that G-comm asking a 51 year-old employee to leave his pregnant wife and relocate across the country was a roundabout way of getting rid of an older employee...

Posted in Foreign teachers at Nova successor say they are suffering unreasonable dismissals at 11:27 AM JST - 27th April
Starviking at 08:00 PM JST - 24th April

A lot of the responses here seem to confuse "the way things are" with "what is right".

Excellent post telecasterplayer. J-Police should learn how to do their jobs right so events like this could be avoided.

Posted in Roughed up by the cops in Shinjuku at 08:00 PM JST - 24th April
Starviking at 05:38 PM JST - 23rd April

The Japanese government will take all possible measures to prevent terrorist attacks

Yea right! Are they going to restrict the availability of fertilizer? That's what most of the IRA Bombs were made from in the Troubles.

Are they going to consider the extreme vulnerability of the country's subway and train…

Posted in Gov't says it will do all it can to ward off terrorist attack, following al-Qaida threat at 05:38 PM JST - 23rd April
Starviking at 05:21 PM JST - 20th April

I love the fact that even though it's an alleged assault his employers are offering their apologies and trying to distance themselves from the poor sod.

Talking of which - I wonder if JT would try and get his side of the story?

Posted in British chef of restaurant to be used during G-8 summit held for assault at 05:21 PM JST - 20th April
Starviking at 05:19 PM JST - 20th April
The sun long ago set on the old empire.

Two things redacted:
- Reading the one-sided report it seems like the Chef's thoughts were not - "damn uppity native getting in my way" as you seem to think. Rather, they were "Mmmmm! Need Barbecue Sauce!!!"
- You seem to be…
Posted in British chef of restaurant to be used during G-8 summit held for assault at 05:19 PM JST - 20th April
Starviking at 05:18 PM JST - 17th April

remember that while Britain never allowed Indians, Africans, Singaporeans, Americans and other colonists to be citizens who could vote in British elections

Hikozaemon, in the days before communications satellites - how on earth is the UK going to get those colonial subjects voting in UK elections?

I know Brit-bashing is…

Posted in Koreans, foreign residents step up calls for local suffrage at 05:18 PM JST - 17th April
Starviking at 06:28 PM JST - 16th April

Wow, another one to add to the wacky conspiracy theories

Posted in Hu tells Japanese lawmakers Tibet riots plot to pressure China at 06:28 PM JST - 16th April
Starviking at 08:17 PM JST - 10th April

Pretty useless measure for Japan anyway - unless they restrict all persons entering the country to quarantine areas for a few weeks. Japan has a virtually non-existent coroner/public health examiner system - if something gets into (or starts in) Japan then Japan is in a lot of trouble. Better to…

Posted in Japan may restrict entry of foreigners if new type of flu breaks out at 08:17 PM JST - 10th April
Starviking at 06:11 PM JST - 2nd April

Once again, JGov - look up 'Safety Culture' in the dictionary and implement some measures. Oh, sorry - I forgot your capabilites...JGov get someone to look up 'Safety Culture' in the dictionary and get someone smart to implement some measures.

Posted in Teen worker falls from bridge into Seto Inland Sea at 06:11 PM JST - 2nd April