USAkuma said...

USAkuma at 08:49 AM JST - 27th May

Government wants to "restrict" cell phone usage by kids. thought it was already against the rules to bring or use your cell phone in class. The teachers I know still can't get them away from the kids who use them to play games and send notes, etc. This proposal won't…

Posted in Panel proposes restricting cell phone use by schoolchildren at 08:49 AM JST - 27th May
USAkuma at 08:34 AM JST - 27th May

Congrats to Kotooshu! Seen him on a bunch of different J-TV shows. he still puts out a soft-hearted, shy boy thing in front of the cameras and the women go gaga for it. Yes its going to be great to see a big hairy foreigner make it to the top.…

Posted in Kotooshu all smiles after capturing 1st Emperor's Cup at 08:34 AM JST - 27th May
USAkuma at 08:20 AM JST - 27th May

The officer should be strung up by the short hairs! He used a passenger's suitcase without consent, then lost it. If that victim had gone on to another country where the dogs are better, then that person would be in an interrogation cell trying to explain how it happened. Which…

Posted in Unsuspecting passenger returns cannabis after sniffer dog test botched at Narita at 08:20 AM JST - 27th May
USAkuma at 11:08 AM JST - 23rd May

I want to wait to see if there is really a regulation against blind or deaf people not being allowed to join gym. But, with a nod to Tanaka and Nessie, We aren't talking about huge open spaces here with lots of padding, but tight confined rooms with heavy objects,…

Posted in Blind Peruvian woman denied admission to Shizuoka fitness clubs at 11:08 AM JST - 23rd May
USAkuma at 10:12 AM JST - 22nd May

Great! The new fad in Japan seems to be, "Take as many others with you when you go!"

Selfish SOB's. I have lots of negative words to say about this but the moderator would likely yank my post for being too offensive.

Posted in 54 sickened at Kumamoto hospital after suicidal man vomits toxic gas at 10:12 AM JST - 22nd May
USAkuma at 09:31 AM JST - 21st May

If the message comes across only on the NHK channels, I'm happy. I never watch them, so it won't bother me. If NHK tries to force all the other channels to have the same sign, I'm royally pissed.

Reasons NOT to pay for NHK according to the Japanese people.

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Posted in Large message on TV screen can reduce nonpayment by NHK viewers: panel at 09:31 AM JST - 21st May
USAkuma at 12:42 AM JST - 21st May

I feel for Ms. Golden, but one thing that seems unclear here is her ability to use the Japanese language or her access to people who do. My wife found an abundance of help in as lowly and powdunk place as Shizuoka, and when we came to Saitama, the local…

Posted in Giving birth in Japan at 12:42 AM JST - 21st May
USAkuma at 10:38 AM JST - 19th May

Its intriguing to see how much effort went into trying to make this seem as normal as wearing uniforms to high school.

Orient’s newest and most expensive line, Diva, is sculpted to be anatomically correct in every way — similar to the U.S.-made Real Doll — but the Petite series…

Posted in Plastic fantastic: Japan's doll industry booming at 10:38 AM JST - 19th May
USAkuma at 07:34 AM JST - 17th May

this smacks of more symbolism than actual effort. What will this transitional period be? 10 years? Also, Aren't they implying that possessors should just change what they have since animated child porn is still "OK" according to the article?

And the big question is how will they go after these…

Posted in Ruling parties agree on bill criminalizing possession of child porn at 07:34 AM JST - 17th May
USAkuma at 10:31 AM JST - 9th May

Marriage is and always be what you make of it, just like everything else. Put effort into the marriage, and it will glow and be great. Put nothing into it, then you'll get nothing from it.

The problem these days is that people only see marriage as something they should…

Posted in What advantages does married life offer in an era of increasing divorce rates? at 10:31 AM JST - 9th May