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Vagante at 10:47 AM JST - 10th April

The stipulation of the Constitution of Japan that "the emperor shall be the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people," is evinced through a gracious royal couple who have served the country stoically and have gained the respect of many. However, the social restrictions, strict adherence…

Posted in Emperor, empress celebrate 50th wedding anniversary at 10:47 AM JST - 10th April
Vagante at 01:32 PM JST - 7th April

Den Den writes that this "wouldn't of happened in Japan." I daresay it also wouldn't have happened in Japan.

Posted in Japanese pop singer dressed as pineapple robbed in Sweden at 01:32 PM JST - 7th April
Vagante at 12:34 PM JST - 7th April

As I read in various parts of the media there was no order "to intercept and destroy the North Korean rocket that flew over Japan", only the parts of the rocket that might have fallen towards Japanese territory. If the order was to destroy the rocket, then that mission clearly…

Posted in Japan ends destruction order over N Korea launch at 12:34 PM JST - 7th April
Vagante at 11:38 AM JST - 14th March

Closed mind, closed heart. Ignorance and cruelty go hand in hand. Every day we read about the exploitation of workers who do overtime for no compensation or about kids who are bullied at school and by their parents. Narrow horizons contain narrow ideas. Japan could be a paradise - a…

Posted in More Japanese shunning the outside world at 11:38 AM JST - 14th March
Vagante at 11:16 PM JST - 10th March

I wonder how Saudi diplomats and businessmen abroad get away with "mingling" with females who are not their immediate family ... do they all get arrested and sentenced to lashes when they get back home?

Posted in Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to lashes at 11:16 PM JST - 10th March
Vagante at 11:17 AM JST - 10th March

If he had asked her to dress up in a highschool girl's uniform instead of as a maid, he would have got similar photos and might have avoided the attention of the raging mob.

Doesn't this story smack of discrimination against maids? They do a useful job and are pleased…

Posted in Teacher forces female student to wear maid's costume in Akita at 11:17 AM JST - 10th March
Vagante at 04:52 PM JST - 1st March

Sorry about the crappy formatting - return doesn't seem to work. It's a limerick ... (but you knew that). :-(

Posted in If we continue to wait for the next Koizumi, the next strong leader, we're going to be waiting forever. at 04:52 PM JST - 1st March
Vagante at 04:51 PM JST - 1st March

"Another popinjay like Koizumi ..."

A Nagata-cho popinjay Was Koizumi, some would say He did his utmost To privatize post Delivered, and then walked away.

Posted in If we continue to wait for the next Koizumi, the next strong leader, we're going to be waiting forever. at 04:51 PM JST - 1st March
Vagante at 02:20 PM JST - 1st March

The answer is to remove the requirement to wear school uniform. At my son's co-ed high school in Tokyo there was no uniform rule and the school functioned well enough for most of the students to do very well there.

As it stands, schoolgirls who are forced to wear uniform…

Posted in Posters over length of high school uniform skirts causing controversy at 02:20 PM JST - 1st March
Vagante at 03:33 PM JST - 18th February

"... rule number one in a hold up situation, give them the money and don't antagonize the perp ..."

Interesting rule. Most people with a knife have no intention of using it on somebody. It would be much more interesting to use those hard-earned SK or Aikido techniques ... if…

Posted in Man ties up 11 Uniqlo employees with sticky tape, steals Y2.5 mil before being arrested at 03:33 PM JST - 18th February