ThonTaddeo said...

ThonTaddeo at 10:16 PM JST - 5th August

Some of this stuff doesn't make sense. Aside from Foxie's claims, a subsidy for driving an electric car? How about subsidizing people who don't drive cars at all? Now that's what's better for the environment!

Also, reading this article has me convinced that the abomination that is Cool Biz will…

Posted in Japan's emission-cut efforts to cost each household Y77,000 a year at 10:16 PM JST - 5th August
ThonTaddeo at 12:08 PM JST - 3rd August

Ebi-chan greeted the crowd in Cantonese? That's pretty cool; the average Japanese person I know is only vaguely aware that there are languages in China besides Mandarin.

The product name could be a little better, but I hope she sells them in the millions.

Posted in Ebi-chan in Hong Kong to promote her 'f*ing MOTESTO' stockings at 12:08 PM JST - 3rd August
ThonTaddeo at 10:07 PM JST - 31st July

Perhaps Dice-K shoulw try throwing donuts instead of eating them.

Posted in Dice-K clarifies controversy in statement at 10:07 PM JST - 31st July
ThonTaddeo at 09:54 PM JST - 31st July

I'm pretty impressed with a taxi driver that can get from Uji to Tokyo by way of Hikone in just 7 hours -- it shuld take longer that that!

Nisegaijin, I'mnot surprised about the low fare. There are some very cheap taxi companies in Kyoto compared to the insane Y710…

Posted in Man arrested for refusing to pay taxi fare from Kyoto to Tokyo police HQ at 09:54 PM JST - 31st July
ThonTaddeo at 10:27 PM JST - 30th July

The age of marriage shouldn't be raised. In the case of teenage pregnancy, it's tough enough for the young couple without one of them (probably the older one, or the boy) being labeled a criminal. I say lower the age of marriage to 14, but put in a stipulation that…

Posted in Japan studies lowering legal age of adulthood to 18 at 10:27 PM JST - 30th July
ThonTaddeo at 10:46 PM JST - 28th July

Shouldn't "Korin-sei" be "Planet Korin"?

Posted in Yukorin points the way with 3 million copies of travel handbook sold at 10:46 PM JST - 28th July
ThonTaddeo at 09:29 PM JST - 27th July

Hso was eventually released with a warning and five-year probation

A "warning"? Sixty-four days in jail is somewhat more than a "warning".

And it couldn't really have been probation if the authorities then grabbed him and imprisoned him for 19 months.

Posted in Asylum seekers find little refuge in Japan at 09:29 PM JST - 27th July
ThonTaddeo at 09:57 PM JST - 24th July

Niijima is great -- I made a big pale-green glass mug out of that island sand -- and the surrounding islands like Shikine aren't half bad either.

If only those ferries were a little cheaper; I'd go all the time.

Posted in Niijima: Idyllic getaway from Tokyo -- without technically leaving Tokyo at 09:57 PM JST - 24th July
ThonTaddeo at 09:55 PM JST - 24th July

If you've got 60 million people working 8 hours a day when they could be working 12 hours a day like a real traditional salaryman, you only really need 40 million workers to get the same total, and fully 1/3 of the work force is "redundant"! And consider how much…

Posted in Japan firms have 6.07 million excess workers: gov't report at 09:55 PM JST - 24th July
ThonTaddeo at 06:50 AM JST - 20th July

Cleo, we can quibble about what constitutes "the third degree", but the fact is that instead of lecturing our author about traffic safety, which is what the cops should have done, they instead made a bunch of irrelevant and insulting demands that had nothing to do with red lights.

They…

Posted in My first run-in with the police at 06:50 AM JST - 20th July