VOR said...

VOR at 07:20 PM JST - 8th July

what else is he going to say? I really get a kick out of signing death warrants. After the sucker hangs I head off to the nearest soapland.

Posted in I can't sleep for the several days between signing the orders and execution. I'm alone with no help as the justice minister has nobody to consult with on death warrants. at 07:20 PM JST - 8th July
VOR at 05:56 PM JST - 8th July

These people are here on business. The futon experience is okay while on vacation, but traditional Japanese rooms lack some of the most basic amenities for business travelers. The Inn operators were smart enough to recognize it and raise the issue but government people are just too damn smart to…

Posted in Tatami rooms don't agree with G-8 visitors at 05:56 PM JST - 8th July
VOR at 11:52 PM JST - 2nd July

In the end it is the Korean consumer who is getting the royal screw job. Blocking competition from their market or scaring the hell out of the public prevents market forces from offering the best products at the lowest prices.

Its pretty obvious to any rational human being that the…

Posted in Hyundai Motor workers strike over U.S. beef imports at 11:52 PM JST - 2nd July
VOR at 07:28 PM JST - 2nd July

more people have died in Hyundais then from eating US Beef. You don't see American consumers launching stupid protests over the issue.

Posted in Hyundai Motor workers strike over U.S. beef imports at 07:28 PM JST - 2nd July
VOR at 06:40 PM JST - 2nd July

the proletariat seems rather united on this one. SoKo democracy looks to be in deep kimichi as these protests show a communist movement growing in strength and number.

its only a matter of time before SoKo prosperity gives way to NoKo mismanagement and then where these morons be? Starving their…

Posted in Hyundai Motor workers strike over U.S. beef imports at 06:40 PM JST - 2nd July
VOR at 06:25 AM JST - 30th June

these are the same people who bury cabbage in the backyard then eat it when its good and rotten.

the ban on US Beef has never been a health issue. its protectionism masked under the thin cover of a public safety. now that the ruse is over, it takes protests…

Posted in Hundreds injured as 15,000 S Koreans protest U.S. beef after Rice visits Seoul at 06:25 AM JST - 30th June
VOR at 02:19 PM JST - 29th June

T-Cat

Not sure. Chances are they may have looked into it but came to the same conclusion as the J-prosecutors did not being able to build a strong enough case with the evidence at hand. If they were not able to get at least one of these goons to admit…

Posted in U.S. Marine sentenced to 12 months in prison for assaulting Japanese woman at 02:19 PM JST - 29th June
VOR at 01:51 PM JST - 29th June

whoooooops! Either somebody got paid or this is a setup.

Why Japan risks its reputation internationally at the benefit of its domestic whaling industry is beyond me?

Posted in DNA tests uncover undocumented whale meat on sale in Japan at 01:51 PM JST - 29th June
VOR at 07:34 AM JST - 29th June

The court martial found Sgt Lanaeus J Braswell, 25, guilty of conspiracy to engage in indecent acts, sodomy, violating liberty and alcohol orders and fraternization, according to a statement by the Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni in southern Japan.

The other 3 were court martialed using the same or…

Posted in U.S. Marine sentenced to 12 months in prison for assaulting Japanese woman at 07:34 AM JST - 29th June
VOR at 03:28 PM JST - 27th June

roughneck, the mere fact that you are on the internet tells me you are a willful participant in modern society. if you were just a mountain vegetible eating back woodsman the pollutants created to keep you alive would be so minimal it would be hard to argue your point. The…

Posted in To say that smokers should pay more tax because they risk their health and cost more on public health expenditures is the exact same logic behind the controversial new health insurance scheme for the elderly. at 03:28 PM JST - 27th June