Xinef said...

Xinef at 11:20 AM JST - 21st October

I know that even the French cannot be bothered about Michelin these days.

I would add: What is the point in buying a book listing restaurants you cannot afford? At least in Japan you can find various price levels...

Also, I doubt the people visiting restaurants and those making stupid…

Posted in Prominent Kyoto restaurants say no to Michelin at 11:20 AM JST - 21st October
Xinef at 11:12 AM JST - 19th October

"were arrested for selling 19 tons of falsely labeled bamboo shoots between June and December 20008 for 10 million yen"

20008? Is this the only figure that has been exaggerated?

Posted in Two food company execs arrested over false labeling of bamboo shoots at 11:12 AM JST - 19th October
Xinef at 11:00 AM JST - 28th August

I cannot understand how common this is. Every year babies and children die in a car left by their pachinko-addicted parents, and every year there are still people who think it is safe to leave babies in cars... This has to be a new kind of fine: if leaving a…

Posted in Baby boy dies in locked car while mother plays pachinko in Akita at 11:00 AM JST - 28th August
Xinef at 11:24 AM JST - 24th July

The title... it... hurts my brain...

Posted in 2nd missing climber found in critical condition on Mt Fuji at 11:24 AM JST - 24th July
Xinef at 11:12 PM JST - 11th July

I prefer some brands of bottled water, but can only afford tap water...

Posted in Do you prefer tap water or bottled water for drinking? at 11:12 PM JST - 11th July
Xinef at 12:28 PM JST - 3rd July

Maybe the fact that it was a sperm whale discouraged the local sushi bar...

Posted in Whale washed up on Chiba beach dies at 12:28 PM JST - 3rd July
Xinef at 02:06 PM JST - 29th June

Okay, okay, what's the hitch?

By cooking at lower temperature, it will take a bit longer to get the food ready... Not such a big downside, but probably has an impact on fast foods...

Posted in Taking the heat off fried foods at 02:06 PM JST - 29th June
Xinef at 12:11 PM JST - 23rd June

As one said earlier, there is no need to generalize.

Yet some companies, and I say some without knowing how many, which are abusing there "trainees" in a way that is inhuman.

I heard first hand testimonies from Chinese workers who came under the training program. The employer actually pays…

Posted in 34 foreign trainees in Japan died in FY 2008 of suspected overwork at 12:11 PM JST - 23rd June
Xinef at 01:54 PM JST - 19th June

“They did an incredible job,” she said. “I would have done the exact same thing.”

I like how these sentences imply things that the lady interviewed never meant... Great editing!

2 co-pilots still there, I can hardly see at which moment the situation could have become critical for the plane.…

Posted in Continental Airlines plane lands safely in NJ after pilot dies at 01:54 PM JST - 19th June
Xinef at 11:38 AM JST - 18th June

Do you realize that the "inside" of such ball is mere calcium carbonate: basically rock.

1- Japanese people do NOT eat rock as far as I know...

2- You do not need to slice in half a rock to analyze its layers, a simple and small core sample (like the…

Posted in Japan's largest coral ball found on seabed off Kagoshima at 11:38 AM JST - 18th June