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TokyoXtreme at 05:14 PM JST - 30th April

Do Japanese journalists speculate which questions their audience might raise upon reading the news story? Presumably all readers will infer that the suspect was somehow responsible for administering the sedatives; the article however makes no definitive statement as to what's going on.

Posted in Police capture fugitive on run since escape from Ibaraki police station at 05:14 PM JST - 30th April
TokyoXtreme at 06:56 PM JST - 28th April

He was probably drugged anyway. Who strips naked from being drunk? My problem with the guy is all of the apologizing he did afterward. What's he got to be sorry for?

Posted in Kusanagi will pay heavy price with contract cancellations at 06:56 PM JST - 28th April
TokyoXtreme at 06:49 PM JST - 28th April

Japanese Heaven is a place where people don white masks and queue up for eternity.

Posted in For allergy season, Japan turns to surgical masks at 06:49 PM JST - 28th April
TokyoXtreme at 06:47 PM JST - 28th April

A friend speculated that Kusanagi wasn't doing well enough to promote the digital zombie box, so someone slipped drugs into his beer, which then caused him to publicly embarrass himself. With this method, the digital dudes didn't have to fire him outright; instead they masterminded a coup. Man who gives…

Posted in Deer character unveiled as Kusanagi’s successor for digital TV commercials at 06:47 PM JST - 28th April
TokyoXtreme at 12:56 PM JST - 20th April

An extra show at 12 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays? Well, that would be noon, yet my journalism sixth sense tells me the author meant midnight (12 a.m.). Sigh.

Posted in Beatles remain popular in Japan at 12:56 PM JST - 20th April
TokyoXtreme at 01:04 AM JST - 16th April

So the sumo wrestlers were using marijuana AND doping with steroids? Naive me, thinking they bulked up by eating chanko. But uh... I don't think you can determine steroid use through a simple one-shot urine test, not to mention the cost would be prohibitive. Incidentally, Kyodo doesn't ever win awards…

Posted in Sumo chief apologizes for drug scandals at 01:04 AM JST - 16th April
TokyoXtreme at 07:27 PM JST - 10th April

It seems that these articles never have bylines. Because if they did, you would know the names of the people who make up the stories.

Posted in Suicide of prominent Ginza club hostess reflects economic downturn at 07:27 PM JST - 10th April
TokyoXtreme at 11:07 AM JST - 9th April

This headline sounds like the setup of a joke. The punchline might be "I'm sorry, what were we just talking about?"

Posted in When should Alzheimer's patients stop driving? at 11:07 AM JST - 9th April
TokyoXtreme at 05:57 PM JST - 8th April

Oh I get it. "Making bento" is kind of a code-phrase analogous to what we in America used to call "making whoopee". Please refer to the Newlywed Game for more information.

Posted in Aya Ueto and Masami Nagasawa top list for boxed lunch candidates at 05:57 PM JST - 8th April
TokyoXtreme at 12:02 PM JST - 7th April

The Japanese parents are merely reproducing the parenting styles that they themselves received when they were children; what more can you expect from a society that shuns the concepts of individualism and personal responsibility?

Posted in Pregnant junior high school teacher harassed by students’ 'Miscarriage Club' at 12:02 PM JST - 7th April