SumoBob said...

SumoBob at 10:08 PM JST - 10th October

From the article, it sounds like the answer is easy:

A PR spokesperson at the General Affairs Division of the Immigration Bureau, who declined to give her name, sounded genuinely surprised that the issue had garnered as much attention as it had. Legally, if someone isn’t working, they won’t be…

Posted in Health insurance gets more complicated with new visa law at 10:08 PM JST - 10th October
SumoBob at 03:40 PM JST - 9th October

Any sentence that begins with "Ware ware nihonjin ha...."

Also, "Yappari", when used a Japanese-held stereotype is "confirmed" by someone asking if you can eat this, or do ~~~ in gaikoku, etc.

Posted in Which words or expressions annoy you the most when you hear them repeatedly used by other people in conversation? at 03:40 PM JST - 9th October
SumoBob at 10:58 AM JST - 28th September

The attempted murder charge is so that they can hold him for 23 days before re-arresting him for murder. It was the only avenue for the police, as he stayed in the house after calling the police thus they can't arrest him for the standard "abandoning a corpse" charge.

And…

Posted in Man arrested after killing mother with wooden sword in Tokyo at 10:58 AM JST - 28th September
SumoBob at 10:53 AM JST - 28th September

As usual, it's the change people can't handle. These people protested for decades against a largely useless project (other than the construction jobs and concrete company windfalls) but once the plan was put in motion, consensus was reached and the few people still protesting accepted the inevitable.

Now the decision…

Posted in Leading a new life without a dam vexes Yamba residents at 10:53 AM JST - 28th September
SumoBob at 12:04 PM JST - 24th September

There's no design flaw here. Someday there will be a story on here about how a strong, rigid guardrail saved a family of five from plunging off a icy mountain road in the dead of night. Whatever the reason for this unfortunate crash, it was just bad luck.

Posted in Two children die after car crashes into guardrail in Okayama at 12:04 PM JST - 24th September
SumoBob at 02:04 PM JST - 18th September

Why would the prosecution allow her to have bail? As we all know, non-Japanese are never granted bail, as the government fears they will flee the country. Sakai and and her surfer husband have said their drugs were supplied by a foreigner. Is if not plausible that the police might…

Posted in 200 reporters wait at detention center after Sakai posts Y5 mil bail at 02:04 PM JST - 18th September
SumoBob at 11:06 PM JST - 16th September

Carbon dioxide emissions will increase 33% if the Democratic Party of Japan goes ahead with its key policy of abolishing expressway tolls, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said.

Accordingly, the number of slush fund accounts and amakudari appointments will fall 54% and 78% respectively once the plan…

Posted in DPJ's toll-free expressway policy seen boosting CO2 emissions 33% at 11:06 PM JST - 16th September
SumoBob at 01:54 PM JST - 8th September

Toshihiko Miura:"In an ordinary meal, you take in too much nutrition. Supplements are more efficient if consumed with due consideration."

Toshihiko Miura continues: "Please accept my advice and kindly overlook that in addition to my professor emeritus status, I have a amakudari position with Taisho Pharmaceutical."

Posted in In an ordinary meal, you take in too much nutrition. Supplements are more efficient if consumed with due consideration. at 01:54 PM JST - 8th September
SumoBob at 03:40 PM JST - 7th September

"He shows love without restraint, and in that sense he may appear to be an alien because he is unlike a Japanese"

Unlike a Japanese cat? Unlike a Japanese car? Unlike a Japanese house? Unlike a Japanese person??? Maybe?

Think of the quote in these terms:

"He may appear to…

Posted in He shows love without restraint, and in that sense he may appear to be an alien because he is unlike a Japanese at 03:40 PM JST - 7th September
SumoBob at 01:38 PM JST - 4th September

Yeah! "Fix all of our problems in a year, DPJ, or we'll throw you out and install the same party that have screwed things up for the past 50 years." Nice thinking there. (/sarcasm)

Posted in LDP could re-emerge after losses at 01:38 PM JST - 4th September