Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    SumoBob

    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 able to get a work visa, but somebody won’t be refused permission just because they aren’t signed up to shakai hoken, she explained. If somebody doesn’t show their [insurance card], they aren’t going to get denied permission. They’ll just be asked why they don’t have one. That’s it? Yes.

    So go get your visa renewed and when they ask why you aren't signed up for Shakai hoken, just say you wanted to, but your employer wouldn't allow it, and an fact fudged your "on paper" working hours so that it would seem that you wouldn't qualify. Simple. Then, let the government worry about and go after the real culprits: the stingy employers saving a few bucks at their workers' expense.

    Posted in: Health insurance gets more complicated with new visa law

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    SumoBob

    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?

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    SumoBob

    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 really, why's the guy's job important? No need to confirm anything.

    Posted in: Man arrested after killing mother with wooden sword in Tokyo

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    SumoBob

    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

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    SumoBob

    "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 be an alien because he is unlike an American" "He may appear to be an alien because he is unlike a Canadian"

    It's the same thing. "Japanese" can be both an adjective or noun.

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

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    SumoBob

    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

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    SumoBob

    Yay! More "voluntary" police bag searches starting next week. This was just the excuse they were looking for. Thanks, soon-to-be-pumping-gas-for-a-living teen loser.

    Posted in: Student accidentally sets off fireworks on train

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    SumoBob

    Let me guess, a Japanese student went home for a vacation and brought it back with them. How else could 30 Japanese nationals at the same German Intl. school get swine flu in a country that has only 90 confirmed cases?

    Posted in: 30 Japanese schoolchildren in Germany have swine flu

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    SumoBob

    "I believe many people are worried about serving as jurors, but if you are called to serve on a jury, just use the common sense you develop during everyday life."

    The defendants are all doomed....

    Posted in: I believe many people are worried about serving as jurors, but if you are called to serve on a jury, just use the common sense you develop during everyday life.

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    SumoBob

    Several of the first to posted "nailed" the reason for his actions. He wanted to remain in prison, because he was kept warm, given three meals a day, and didn't have to think about how to survive another day on the street. Call him a loser "cheating" the system, but the bigger issue is how to effectively deal with people (very often an average "joe") who gets downsized and finds himself on the street where society doesn't give a crap.

    His actions aren't surprising in the least. Anyone care to guess the fastest-growing sector of Japanese society being arrested and jailed for non-voilent crimes? It's seniors over the age of 50. The social safety net is failing them, their children live far away, pensions don't pay enough to live by oneself, so prison is seen as a comfortable alternative to living destitute. Heck, prison life is only but a notch or two from the controlled life of the average junior high school. Not such a big adjustment.

    Posted in: Man arrested for assaulting guards upon release from Tochigi prison

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    SumoBob

    The sheer stupidity of the concept of this "product" doesn't stun me as much as the obvious hack job and lack of planning that went into its production (realising, of course that this bra isn't meant to be sold).

    Look the crappy way the digital readout has been haphazardly sewn into the bra. And in a country that makes cutting-edge lithium-ion batteries for cell phones and Mp3 players around 3mm thick, why is the battery pack so HUGE, making the bra unwearable under clothes?

    Publicity stunt this is indeed, yet it comes off looking cheap, like something the R&D boys whipped up in an hour.

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    SumoBob

    So, is she programmed to respond with "anger" when the little kiddies "kancho" her?

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    SumoBob

    "we'll give positive consideration to the matter"

    isn't this the classic Wa way of saying no?

    Spot on, Jonnyboy. It's classic J-bureaucratic jargon for "Nothing will be done."

    Posted in: A change of name could mean it becomes confused with the U.S. state of Georgia, but it's a serious complaint and we'll give positive consideration to the matter.

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    SumoBob

    Just like the banks, they have loaned money to people who can no longer afford to pay them back.

    Yes, but the regular banks don't make you work on a fishing boat to "pay off your debt", buy a life insurance policy on your behalf then conveniently "have you lost overboard" during a bout of bad weather...

    Posted in: The recession affects the yakuza just like everyone else. They are losing investments in real estate and that means losing jobs as well. Just like the banks, they have loaned money to people who can no longer afford to pay them back.

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    SumoBob

    The gal on the left has some serious daikon ashi.

    Posted in: Kagome

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    SumoBob

    Yes, this is a good plan. Making people stuck in the air with 300 other humans in a narrow, metal tube pay for the privilege of expelling their bodily waste. :?

    There are "extra" services, and then there are basic human needs that all are entitled to. What's next? You have to pay for the air in the cabin? That recycled, filtered air ain't cheap, you know.

    Posted in: Ryanair chief says he's serious about pay toilets on planes

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    SumoBob

    Betcha Governor Palin mentioned something about being able to see Japan from her office, and DHS caved to her superior expertise. :)

    Posted in: Japan flights to Alaska back on after Palin intervenes

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    SumoBob

    Prisoners of War are not to be used as slave labor. Cause of death deleted to cite privacy concerns? Whos privacy? Aso`s?

    Indeed. This is a standard Japanese bureaucratic ploy to withhold information they don't want released. Citing "privacy concerns" meaning the family of the victims might feel distraught over the public learning on how they died (even if actual names are withheld) allows them to hide under the threadbare blanket of tatamae "concern" for others' well-being, all the while protecting the Japanese "system".

    It's well documented that the bureaucracy will even refuse the release of documents related to complains against the government by a citizen, again, citing "privacy concerns", even though the person asking for the documents is the complainant themselves!

    See:

    http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20030708zg.html

    Posted in: Gov't admits POWs worked for Aso family's mining company

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    SumoBob

    YutaYamada said:

    Don't forget to carry your Alien Registration Card! Every policeman has the right to ask you to produce the card. If you fail to show it, they can take you to the police station and hold you in custody.

    tokyofun1 said:

    actually they DONT have the right....unless they have just cause...and in return I can ask for theirs....yes i have a Japanese lawyer and judge friend....again....know before you speak...

    * * * Actually, police CAN demand (legally) to see your ARC, under the The Foreign Registry Law.

    "The Foreign Registry Law, Section 13, Clause 2. Foreigners, when asked to show their Gaijin Cards by immigration investigation officials (as outlined in separate laws), police, coast guard, or any other national or local public official or group empowered by the Ministry of Justice as part of the execution of their duties, must show."

    外国人登録法　第十三条　第二項　外国人は、入国審査官、入国警備官（入管法に定 める入国警備官をいう）、警察官、海上保安官その他法務省令で定める国又は地方公共団体の職員がその職務の執行に当たり登録証明書の掲示を求めた場合には、これを提示しなければならない。

    However, you can ask them for ID as well, to confirm that they are actual police.

    "The Foreign Registry Law, Section 13, Clause 3. Public officials governed by the previous clause, if asking for the AR Card outside of their workplace, must carry a certificate of their identity and present it if asked."

    外国人登録法　第十三条　第三項　前項に規定する職員は、その事務所以外の場所に おいて登録証明書の提示を求める場合には、その身分を示す証票を携帯し、請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。

    Posted in: Tokyo police, rail authorities hope to scare Halloween pranksters

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    SumoBob

    jerseyboy said, "Yeh, great. But all the posters promoting this new line in the Metro stations are just in Japanese -- including the stops. So, this wonderful Olympic city with the most "functional and punctual" transport system, once again displayed that it has no sense when becoming tourist friendly."

    Altria said, "Learn Japanese?"

    Ishihara said, “The new subway line will satisfy not only people living in the Tokyo area but also foreign visitors.”

    Posted in: Ishihara opens Tokyo's newest subway line

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