ThonTaddeo said...

ThonTaddeo at 05:56 PM JST - 23rd September

Once again Japan Today shows a depressing indifference to the correct spelling of the names of the people in their stories. I'm guessing that they're (surname last) "Kyung-gil Hong" and "Suk-ja Pak". Any Korean speakers who can help?

Posted in Man arrested after strangling wife to death in Tokyo apartment at 05:56 PM JST - 23rd September
ThonTaddeo at 01:44 AM JST - 19th September

They've got to be kidding. “We are facing difficulty raising funds"!? What would you do with a customer of yours who said something like that?

We all know what Aiful would do, and Aiful's creditors should do the same thing. Demand repayment, or tack on the same egregious interest that…

Posted in Finance company Aiful seeks debt reprieve at 01:44 AM JST - 19th September
ThonTaddeo at 01:42 AM JST - 19th September

Huis Ten Bosch looks a lot better than the average Japanese city block. Why not convert some of those buildings to apartments and let regular people live there?

Posted in Nomura Principal in talks with HMI to rescue Huis Ten Bosch at 01:42 AM JST - 19th September
ThonTaddeo at 01:38 AM JST - 19th September

When it comes to legs, the model in the photo has nothing to be embarrassed about either!

Posted in Junichi Ishida talks about girlfriend's great legs at 01:38 AM JST - 19th September
ThonTaddeo at 05:22 PM JST - 18th September

Oh, yeah, and courtesy of the Stars and Stripes:

While in Iraq, Michael Ferschke kept a running letter in diary form for his bride. The last page was written only a few hours before he went out on his last mission. The last sentence was: "I love you." Shame…

Posted in Proxy wedding means Marine's Japanese widow, baby unwelcome in U.S. at 05:22 PM JST - 18th September
ThonTaddeo at 07:40 PM JST - 17th September

Looking forward to this!

Now get this part settled:

Millions more titles could be added to On Demand’s virtual inventory if Google gets federal court approval of a class-action settlement that would grant it the right to sell copyrighted books no longer being published.

...and every bookstore with one…

Posted in Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks at 07:40 PM JST - 17th September
ThonTaddeo at 11:38 PM JST - 16th September

IF the tolls are used for construction / repair of the highways then they are a user fee and justifiable. Since I don't own a car why should my taxes pay for the highways? I pay plenty for the trains.

So are you going to become totally self-sufficient, buy…

Posted in DPJ's toll-free expressway policy seen boosting CO2 emissions 33% at 11:38 PM JST - 16th September
ThonTaddeo at 10:16 PM JST - 16th September

LFRAgain,

You say that this argument is strictly about expressways, and not general roads, but I beg to differ. Your statement was, and I quote:

“Road maintenance should be paid by the people who actually use the roads. Those of us who can't drive suffer enough in an automobile-centered…

Posted in Only 3 governors support DPJ's toll-free expressway policy at 10:16 PM JST - 16th September
ThonTaddeo at 09:24 PM JST - 16th September

As an American guy I am pretty worried about what marriage with the average Tokyo girl would mean. Seems that demands for turning over salary are very common. This is, of course, impossible.

Then there is the seemingly inevitable cut off of sex by the wife who has…

Posted in Low-income bachelors victims of widening 'sex gap' at 09:24 PM JST - 16th September
ThonTaddeo at 09:28 PM JST - 15th September

from what i experienced, real nurses usually wear pants these days

Fortunately not everywhere!

Posted in Yu Yamada slips into nurse uniform for 'Team Batista' at 09:28 PM JST - 15th September