WhatJapanThinks said...

WhatJapanThinks at 10:05 PM JST - 17th April

keech2: what Scientology ads? I don't see any, but I've got some of the ads blocked. Are they Google ads? Are you in the USA, not Japan?

Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 10:05 PM JST - 17th April
WhatJapanThinks at 02:11 PM JST - 17th April

jerseyboy, not all the immigration of Koreans (actually, much of it was technically internal migration when Korea was a colony) was forced; indeed it seems very little was.

taiko666, only EU citizens get rights, not other nationalities.

Posted in Koreans, foreign residents step up calls for local suffrage at 02:11 PM JST - 17th April
WhatJapanThinks at 01:05 PM JST - 17th April

One suspects if it was the katakana "produce" (can't remember how to spell it), that means something like "producer", which I assume really means she said she likes flowers and the real designers went off and did the business.

Posted in Model Moe Oshikiri designs new Volkswagen Beetle at 01:05 PM JST - 17th April
WhatJapanThinks at 11:39 AM JST - 17th April

northlondon, you are mistaken. From the time he was born until he made the choice (just like all dual nationality children in Japan have to make the choice between the ages of 20 to 22), he was both Japanese and Iranian. Once he becomes an adult, because Japan does not…

Posted in Yu Darvish makes his mark on and off the field at 11:39 AM JST - 17th April
WhatJapanThinks at 10:01 AM JST - 17th April

nigelboy, I am aware that the Zainichis choose not to naturalise themselves rather than being denied or disuaded by the government, but on the other hand there is (as far as I am aware) no shortcuts for them to obtaining citizenship; they have to jump through the same hoops as…

Posted in Koreans, foreign residents step up calls for local suffrage at 10:01 AM JST - 17th April
WhatJapanThinks at 08:25 AM JST - 17th April

If the number of foreign tourists reaches 10 million, the effects on production could be worth close to 6 trillion yen and employment could be boosted by about 470,000.

Where did he pull these numbers from? Working at a rough figure of an increase of 3 million visitors per year…

Posted in New Tourism Agency faces several barriers to boosting visitor numbers at 08:25 AM JST - 17th April
WhatJapanThinks at 07:30 AM JST - 17th April

it’s thus important to offer them some way to take part in politics.

Yes, it's called naturalisation.

I realise that for first-generation foreigners it's a big step, but for people who only know Japan, there ought to be some system like the one for halfs, where when they reach 20…

Posted in Koreans, foreign residents step up calls for local suffrage at 07:30 AM JST - 17th April
WhatJapanThinks at 08:43 AM JST - 16th April

9 out of 10 for capturing the scene. 1 out of 10 for picture quality.

Posted in Battle reenactment at 08:43 AM JST - 16th April
WhatJapanThinks at 02:28 PM JST - 15th April

redacted - Zimbabwe left the Commonwealth over four years ago:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3299277.stm

Posted in Mugabe deploys troops as Zimbabwe general strike looms at 02:28 PM JST - 15th April
WhatJapanThinks at 12:07 PM JST - 15th April

sarcasm123 - that's the point, the writer here pulled the 700 number out of the air - his timeline is all mucked up too, as the other "local" family was in Hyogo, not Chiba.

Here's health officials backtracking from over 2,000 to 10:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080215a1.html

Posted in Gyoza scare offers insight into Japan's culture of eating at 12:07 PM JST - 15th April