UdaMan said...

UdaMan at 12:10 PM JST - 12th October

wargalley20011:

Yes and no. There is a long tradition in Japan of honor suicide (especially seppuku, or "hara kiri", for men, throat-slitting for women). There was also a tradition of retainers following their liege-lord in death. The suicide could be a way of atonement (for losing a battle, for example),…

Posted in LAPD says Miura hanged himself with shirt in cell at detention house at 12:10 PM JST - 12th October
UdaMan at 09:15 PM JST - 11th October

FandB: "People are getting mad, really mad at tghe thought of Obama being president. Decent folks know they country will be destroyed by the wicked man, who is good buddies with terrorists!! McCain is getting mad at heh lies and evil poilicies and past of Obama. Now is the time…

Posted in Raw anger in McCain's crowds as Obama strengthens at 09:15 PM JST - 11th October
UdaMan at 12:26 PM JST - 11th October

coulrophobic:

Wait a minute, are you implying that the angry crowds at Republican conventions think Obama is somehow to blame for the financial tailspin we're undergoing? Do you think they're actually THAT stupid? I'd almost rather they were JUST racist...

And skipthesong:

There's quite a bit of difference between not…

Posted in Raw anger in McCain's crowds as Obama strengthens at 12:26 PM JST - 11th October
UdaMan at 07:04 PM JST - 10th October

"Here, take this suitcase and I'll give you some money." "Sounds good to me!" Sometimes it's hard not to blame the victim, when the victim is clearly an idiot. I mean, unless they're actually retarded or something. Then it's not nice.

Posted in Swiss woman expresses anger at Japanese legal system at 07:04 PM JST - 10th October
UdaMan at 06:52 PM JST - 4th October

ichinensei:

They hang 'em here.

Posted in Teen indicted for pushing man to his death off train platform at 06:52 PM JST - 4th October
UdaMan at 12:22 PM JST - 21st September

OK, let me rephrase that as questions:

@ tokyofun1:

I don't understand your comments.

a) "We are so KOKUSAITEKI": Who is the "we" you are referring to? TUJ? Japan as a whole? b) "NO you can come in here NOT asian" ... = CAN'T come in? "here" = where? TUJ?…

Posted in Temple Japan’s undergraduate student numbers double since 2001 at 12:22 PM JST - 21st September
UdaMan at 01:42 PM JST - 11th September

For those of your concerned about creating black holes and/or the end of the universe, don't breathe that sigh of relief just yet... They only started the thing up -- they haven't started smashing particles together in earnest yet. That starts next week.

Posted in World's largest particle accelerator starts operation at 01:42 PM JST - 11th September
UdaMan at 06:44 PM JST - 7th September

Yeah, um, I believe that should be "Girls' Collection". Otherwise it really does sound like they're about to be auctioned off.

Posted in Tokyo Girls Collection 2008 A/W at 06:44 PM JST - 7th September
UdaMan at 02:28 PM JST - 11th July

For a far better informed thread, see:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=402787

There is an option to use a regular phone-keypad style input for Japanese, for those who are totally unwilling to give up that format (though the querty keyboard is bound to be faster, once you get used to it) so that shouldn't…

Posted in Apple's iPhone goes on sale in Japan to cheering crowd at 02:28 PM JST - 11th July
UdaMan at 12:31 PM JST - 13th June

Technically, I believe teenage life ends at 20 no matter where you are... Let's see... sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen... twenty. Yup, no more teens.

But in Japan that's when you're also officially an adult! I like the fact that it's an across-the-board thing here. US laws where you become able…

Posted in Actress Yui Aragaki closes official blog at 12:31 PM JST - 13th June