TokyoTanuki said...

TokyoTanuki at 11:08 AM JST - 6th October

It sounds as if the boy was crossing the road between the cars that were queued at a pedestrian crossing - some distance from the crossing itself.

This is one of the most dangerous places a person can cross the road. Drivers will be focused on the crossing itself, and…

Posted in 8-year-old boy dies after being hit by truck outside home in Yokohama at 11:08 AM JST - 6th October
TokyoTanuki at 08:35 PM JST - 4th August

It was a war crime as far as I am concerned. No one would argue that killing children to prevent civil wars over successions was not murder, yet the American position seems to be very close to the Medieval logic.

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 08:35 PM JST - 4th August
TokyoTanuki at 03:11 PM JST - 4th July

I received mine, but I was also sent the application form for another foreigner with a similar name to my own, which I sent back to the ward-office.

Posted in 471,000 applications for cash handouts sent back with wrong addresses at 03:11 PM JST - 4th July
TokyoTanuki at 01:48 AM JST - 29th April

The joke is on the Ministry though, this deer is only wearing body paint.

Posted in Deer character unveiled as Kusanagi’s successor for digital TV commercials at 01:48 AM JST - 29th April