Statistician said...

Statistician at 10:40 AM JST - 16th August

Good move. If that crop of senior bureaucrats that were responsible are allowed to slither away and enjoy their own pensions the mess will never be cleaned up.

Posted in DPJ would keep troubled pension agency in place to fix scandal at 10:40 AM JST - 16th August
Statistician at 10:39 AM JST - 15th August

The LDP have made this a political issue for years. We all remember Koizumi. Now they pay a price for it.

Posted in Aso says Yasukuni should not become election issue at 10:39 AM JST - 15th August
Statistician at 10:37 AM JST - 15th August

Sounds like Obama is putting together a really good package here. Let's hope Americans get a better deal on their health care in future.

Posted in Obama denounces media emphasis on health care protests at 10:37 AM JST - 15th August
Statistician at 10:33 AM JST - 15th August

DPJ policy appears to have a lot of support amongst my Japanese friends.

Posted in LDP, opposition parties differ on policy over U.S. nuclear umbrella at 10:33 AM JST - 15th August
Statistician at 10:33 AM JST - 14th August

Because they have to?

Posted in Why do most Japanese take their holidays at the same time - Bon, Golden Week and New Year? at 10:33 AM JST - 14th August
Statistician at 10:31 AM JST - 14th August

It is time for the tolls to be abolished.

Posted in Expressways may be nationalized around 2012 under DPJ plan at 10:31 AM JST - 14th August
Statistician at 10:38 AM JST - 13th August

Hatoyama won. Inevitably.

Posted in Debate at 10:38 AM JST - 13th August
Statistician at 10:36 AM JST - 13th August

We had soem real fun yesterday beating up the local LDP cavassers about their party's 'new policy' of fingerprinting foreign born registered residents at entry ports.

I might not have a vote but the rest of the household certainly does! Time these guys were thrown out.

Posted in Aso asks voters to stick with LDP because it has produced results at 10:36 AM JST - 13th August
Statistician at 11:43 AM JST - 12th August

In China they are dishing out the death penalty for this kind of financial crime now. Maybe it is time Japan considered it for serious cases like this.

Posted in Insurance agency head may have embezzled over Y100 mil from Nipponkoa at 11:43 AM JST - 12th August
Statistician at 11:41 AM JST - 12th August

Sounds like the DPJ are going to have some good policies when they take power.

Posted in Hatoyama says Japan will stay nuclear-free if DPJ wins election at 11:41 AM JST - 12th August