JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
-
1
Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
-
2
U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
-
3
Confrontation
-
4
California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
-
5
Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
-
- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
-
- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
-
- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
0
WilliB
I get angry and sad every time I just think of this. What a human scum this man is. And what a piece of work the mother too.... to make her child scream in pain for months on end and never even question the doctors about it??
Posted in: 5-yr-old boy may lose sight after man adds battery acid to eye drops
1
WilliB
Great story! He should work for the police... or not, coming to think of it. They would lose face :-)
Posted in: Man uncovers bike thief by bidding on own bike in online auction
-2
WilliB
Hameln:
Google for the "community reinvestment act". The government forced banks to make bad loans, and then bailed them out when the bad loans predictably went bust. Double whammy. The law of unintended consequences. Of course, for the short period of the initial high, everybody was happy. If you were blissfully unaware of that, do some research.
No! The failure of the Eurozone happened because it is a fundamentally flawed concept. An artificial common currency for different economies can not work, has never worked, and will never work. (Control question: Do the independent countries of the ex USSR still share the ruble?) The current Eurozone troubles have been predicted by the Eurocritics from the start, and they happen now exactly as predicted already back then, 10 years ago.
Posted in: Eurozone crisis biggest threat to world economy, Noda tells Davos forum
0
WilliB
gaijintraveller:
It is fashionable to blame the US for everything, but the Eurozone disaster is quite separate of the US. The Eurozone disaster would have happened even if the USA did not even exist.
That the debt burden of the US is unmaintainable and creates its own distortions is a given.
Posted in: Eurozone crisis biggest threat to world economy, Noda tells Davos forum
0
WilliB
japan_cynic:
Contradiction in terms right there. The US property bubble was the result of regulation, which forced banks to give unsafe loans. The Euro housing bubble in the PIIG countries is the result of the artificial Euro currency, which gave the PIIG borrowers artificially low rates.
Neither would have happened in a truly deregulated market. I suggest you look deeper than partyline talking points.
Posted in: Eurozone crisis biggest threat to world economy, Noda tells Davos forum
3
WilliB
Noda is right about the scale of the threat, but he does not mention the root cause with even a word: The Euro currency. Until that futile and descructive project by the Euro elites is finally stopped, there is no solution. So the best Noda can do is to stop wasting Japanese tax payer money to fund more stupid Euro support schemes.
Posted in: Eurozone crisis biggest threat to world economy, Noda tells Davos forum
-1
WilliB
TheBigPicture:
Get your facts straight. Germany has not phased out nuclear energy yet, they are only blabbering about it. And if they really do phase it out, they do not yet have any other viable alternative than to buy electricity from France, where it is produced by ............. drum roll............ nuclear reactors. It is hardly a coincidence that France has several new nuclear power plants on the drawing board, all on the German border. Ditto for Poland, by the way.
Brilliant example you found there.
Posted in: Fukui 'Nuclear Alley' conflict: reactor danger vs economic reality
0
WilliB
YongYang:
Why interrupt such a beautiful mutual gratification session?
Posted in: Fukui 'Nuclear Alley' conflict: reactor danger vs economic reality
2
WilliB
What really freaks me out is that this absue went on for almost a year. Unbelievable.
Posted in: 5-yr-old boy may lose sight after man adds battery acid to eye drops
0
WilliB
Well, I guess if you follow Ozawas lead and keep 600 million Yen in cash in your house, then keeping it in 500 Yen coins is not a bad idea. Any potential robber would have to work hard for it... 10 tons of coins are not easy to carry.
Posted in: Man held over theft of 5,800 Y500 coins from friend's home
2
WilliB
Ridiculous story. The teens clearly just smoked/drank too much of whatever herb he was selling them. The whole drug hysteria is crazy. If you really want to fry your brain, there are plenty of legal substances that will do that in the right amount. A trip to the local suupa will quite suffice, if you do your homework. And of course, an overdosis of anything will make you sick.
By the same logic, the cops might as well close every food store in the country. Dinwits.
Posted in: Shibuya herb vendor raided after 3 teenagers fall ill
2
WilliB
Why do they have to "deny" anything, anyway?
Posted in: Kuroki, Akanishi deny they are dating
3
WilliB
That is just sick. If there is a hell, this creep deserves a place in it.
Posted in: 5-yr-old boy may lose sight after man adds battery acid to eye drops
0
WilliB
Sarcasm321:
They lived without the amenities of modern life. For that matter, people also "lived" before the invention of the wheel and fire. It can be done. Try it and come back to report.
Posted in: Fukui 'Nuclear Alley' conflict: reactor danger vs economic reality
0
WilliB
Gelendestrasse:
Interesting mention of the General Slocum disaster. Here is from one report about it:
"With fire raging completely out of control and decks already collapsing on terror-struck women and children, Captain Van Schaick, his own clothes on fire, stayed at the wheel and ran the Slocum up on the shore of the hospital island beyond the Hell Gate"
.... quite a different attitude by the captain, I would say. I wonder how long Captaion Schettino would have stayed on board. Or not.
Posted in: Italian cruise ship captain blames company pressure
0
WilliB
Will the conspiracy nuts get around to this one?
Posted in: Rescuers search rubble after Rio buildings collapse
2
WilliB
Animal concentration camp. Depressing.
Posted in: Hitching a ride
5
WilliB
This looks like a case where nobody benefits from his confessing to the crime. Who will care for the sick mother now, if he goes to jail?
Posted in: Man fakes his own death with brother's corpse to escape debts
0
WilliB
This Schettino guy just looks worse with every "explanation" he comes up with.
Posted in: Italian cruise ship captain blames company pressure
0
WilliB
anglootaku:
I don´t think that one wanted to meet the emperor though.
Posted in: Man in underwear swims palace moat 'to meet emperor'