Stonefish said...

Stonefish at 11:07 AM JST - 9th December

All very well if he doesn't want to give a speech in English, you'd hope there would've been an interpreter. Otherwise it would've been pretty damn boring....apart from the first gag: "I can't speak English!"

Posted in Nobel laureates give lectures before award ceremony at 11:07 AM JST - 9th December
Stonefish at 10:52 AM JST - 9th December

Bad enough having to share the streets with all kinds of enormous heavy vehicles. But I really wish the authorities would do more to regulate how these vehicles are driven. It is not uncommon for me to see these monsters being driven TOO FAST and with little apparent regard for…

Posted in Dump truck smashes into cars and family restaurant in Toyama; one dead at 10:52 AM JST - 9th December
Stonefish at 03:49 PM JST - 5th December

Is there a Japanese gene? That would be the one with 4 bases wouldn't it?

Posted in Children born out of wedlock can now receive citizenship at 03:49 PM JST - 5th December
Stonefish at 03:47 PM JST - 5th December

Future custody disputes will involve judges "urging" fathers to recognise paternity; judges "urging" fathers to accept requests for DNA testing, judges "urging" "urging" "urging". In Japan people are always "urged" to do things that were never really so "urgent" to be included in legislation in the first place. "Urging" makes…

Posted in Children born out of wedlock can now receive citizenship at 03:47 PM JST - 5th December
Stonefish at 01:27 PM JST - 5th December

Yeah but bebert, couldn't the government has simply sponsored a similar style education campaign for the innocent Japanese bloke? They could've hung up a few posters in various snack bars. "Do you REALLY know where your sperm is now?"

Posted in Children born out of wedlock can now receive citizenship at 01:27 PM JST - 5th December
Stonefish at 12:53 PM JST - 5th December

Not in Nara! Surely not!!! What terrible news. One of the girls in my school came in with here hair dyed red today. Will they be able to keep this out of the papers I wonder.

Posted in Junior high school girl arrested for stealing comics in Nara at 12:53 PM JST - 5th December
Stonefish at 12:52 PM JST - 5th December

Still the law WAS that regardless of genetic ancestry, kids born out of wedlock with a Japanese father did not get citizenship. So what is the deal with women? It still seems sexist to me. Is there a law applying to opposite gender cases? Does there need to be? The…

Posted in Children born out of wedlock can now receive citizenship at 12:52 PM JST - 5th December
Stonefish at 12:46 PM JST - 5th December

Ya got a point there Dogdog!

Posted in Children born out of wedlock can now receive citizenship at 12:46 PM JST - 5th December
Stonefish at 12:44 PM JST - 5th December

Geez I wouldn't have thought it'd be that draconian! Surely not!

Posted in Children born out of wedlock can now receive citizenship at 12:44 PM JST - 5th December
Stonefish at 12:43 PM JST - 5th December

Who is this law intended for? It just seems so bizarre, obfuscating and vague. The law protects dads against false claims of paternity but DOESN'T protect the wife/child against false claims of non-paternity. Can the father be ordered to take a DNA test if a claim is lodged, or are…

Posted in Children born out of wedlock can now receive citizenship at 12:43 PM JST - 5th December