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  • Tiresias at 03:35 PM JST - 4th September

    Well H1N1 influenza is being called swine flu in Britain and Ireland.

    Posted in Hokkaido woman dies after contracting new flu at 03:35 PM JST - 4th September

  • Tiresias at 04:28 PM JST - 28th August

    Garrido had a wife living with him while his victims lived in sheds in the back yard. What role did she have in this horror? Garrido is quoted as having said that he turned his life around. It is a pity that he didn't return this girl to her family…

    Posted in Horror story emerges after woman kidnapped as child resurfaces 18 years later at 04:28 PM JST - 28th August

  • Tiresias at 04:21 PM JST - 28th August

    "I guess we should feel sorry for Japan that Americans pay outrageous prices for Japanese cars, electronics, gaming consoles, and plenty of other big ticket items that drive the Japanese economy."

    Nobody forces US consumers to buy Japanese goods, and presumably US consumers are intelligent enough not to pay "outrageous"…

    Posted in Japan needs to diverge from status quo of following U.S., says adviser to Hatoyama at 04:21 PM JST - 28th August

  • Tiresias at 05:29 PM JST - 26th August

    Well done Nakasone, but more pressure will be needed before Burma becomes a democratic country.

    Posted in Nakasone calls on Myanmar minister to swiftly release Suu Kyi at 05:29 PM JST - 26th August

  • Tiresias at 05:06 PM JST - 26th August

    The Question says: "I have no doubt in my mind that every country in every war since the concept of two nations fighting each other started have resorted to torture in one form or another. It's not personal, it comes with the business of achieving a tactical edge over the…

    Posted in CIA interrogation probe steams those on right and left at 05:06 PM JST - 26th August

  • Tiresias at 04:51 PM JST - 26th August

    "Who cares if children in other countries cannot get access to vaccines (or rice) for that matter, as long as the over-medicated senior citizens of Japan can get their fix and live for another few years."

    The information we are getting in Europe is that older people might have some…

    Posted in Japan to import new-flu vaccine despite global shortage at 04:51 PM JST - 26th August

  • Tiresias at 04:56 PM JST - 25th August

    "The Taiji community is not asking the rest of the world to support their ways and culture, they are asking people to respect their way of life and culture"

    Some aspects of culture can do with being reviewed and dropped in the light of more mordern thinking. Some cultures believed…

    Posted in Broome sweeps away sister-city ties with Taiji over dolphin kill at 04:56 PM JST - 25th August

  • Tiresias at 05:11 PM JST - 17th July

    Ah but it was an eye-catching headline all the same: "snails" just would not have had the same effect at all. Here's where translation and journalism clash, and journalism wins.

    Posted in Escargot found in large numbers in Osaka apartment complex at 05:11 PM JST - 17th July

  • Tiresias at 05:01 PM JST - 17th July

    The suggestion that the Japanese police should speak foreign languages if they want to stop non-Japanese nationals is ridiculous, of course.

    As a comparison, at the last count in Ireland, we have 180 languages in the school system alone and police could not hope to keep up! If you live…

    Posted in Policeman suspended for issuing tickets to foreign traffic violators for wrong reasons at 05:01 PM JST - 17th July

  • Tiresias at 05:10 PM JST - 16th July

    Japan has a long tradition of the man at the top having little real power but the system which surrounded him running on quite well no matter what poor qualities he had. Some of the Tokugawa shoguns were pretty poor leadership material, yet the system lasted for centuries.

    How much…

    Posted in LDP dissidents' attempt to oust Aso hits stumbling block at 05:10 PM JST - 16th July

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