Stonecoldsoba said...

Stonecoldsoba at 04:06 PM JST - 1st June

This article is total rubbish.

Badly written too. The first sentence should be something like: "Being a musician living in Tokyo, I am asked by many Westerners ..."

Posted in Tokyo’s lack of live music at 04:06 PM JST - 1st June
Stonecoldsoba at 10:27 PM JST - 25th May

kirakira:

We both agreed that we would always work out a way to be friends and raise the kids "together" even if we are not "together".

You might say I'm pessimistic but should you ever cease to be "together", I wouldn't be surprised if in his view any agreements you…

Posted in Japan urged to sign accord against parental abductions at 10:27 PM JST - 25th May
Stonecoldsoba at 07:52 PM JST - 14th May

Spelling: "He slammed on the brakes ..."

The shot of the car is probably from after it was cut open to release the occupants. I reckon it didn't look that bad immediately after the accident.

Posted in Driver held after trailer overturns in Nagoya, killing 2 at 07:52 PM JST - 14th May
Stonecoldsoba at 07:42 PM JST - 14th May

On the subject of getting stuck under a bicycle, I once came across a kid lying on the ground mostly under his bike in the middle of a quiet backstreet. His leg was sticking up through the frame with the shin bent over one of the tubes. The positioning of…

Posted in 4 elementary school students save woman from being run over by train at 07:42 PM JST - 14th May
Stonecoldsoba at 10:55 PM JST - 8th April

According to my experience, the cause of this disruption is usually referred to as 'signal failure' in English, not 'traffic light trouble'.

Posted in Tokyo subway train stalls, forcing 150 passengers to evacuate on foot at 10:55 PM JST - 8th April
Stonecoldsoba at 11:55 AM JST - 6th April

Farmboy:

"(CBS) North Korea has made good on a promise to launch a long-range rocket, but there are doubts the rocket successfully carried a satellite into orbit as Pyongyang claims."

Now...are there doubts? Or not?

If there seemed to be a new object in an orbit consistent with the rocket's…

Posted in Fuss turns into relief in northern Japan after N Korean rocket launch at 11:55 AM JST - 6th April
Stonecoldsoba at 12:11 PM JST - 26th March

This story needs a photo!

Posted in Stationmaster cat Tama presented with own train before 2,500 fans at 12:11 PM JST - 26th March
Stonecoldsoba at 01:07 PM JST - 25th March

I don't see food shops on either of those two lists. Some of the shops where I regularly buy stuff are often polluted with smoke from back rooms which are not effectively separated from public areas.

What does 'separate smoking areas' mean? One side or end of a room? Without…

Posted in Kanagawa adopts anti-smoking ordinance; 1st among 47 prefectures at 01:07 PM JST - 25th March
Stonecoldsoba at 03:53 PM JST - 26th February

People go out onto crosswalks al the time without carefully looking, ...

Not I. I always check, both directions, even where it should be one-way traffic.

Actually, it is quite common for people used to riding elevators to imeadiately step forward into the elevator as soon as the doors open.…

Posted in Woman dies after falling down elevator shaft in Hyogo at 03:53 PM JST - 26th February
Stonecoldsoba at 04:04 PM JST - 24th February

I was wondering what the Japanese reaction to this software issue would be if the subject matter featured an obviously foreign characther that stalks and rapes a Japanese mother and her two daughters.

Something like: "beware of those foreigners: they're out to rape you"?

Posted in Boycott of violent Japanese video game urged in U.S. at 04:04 PM JST - 24th February