Zenigata2 said...

Zenigata2 at 02:25 PM JST - 13th June

A few years ago a teen-ager (14 y.o.) posted jokingly in an on-line bulletin board a sketchy plan to kill President George W. Bush. Within hours FBI agents raided his home, brought him away for questioning and seized all the computers in the house.

Maybe that was a tad extreme,…

Posted in Akihabara rampage foretold but lost among myriad messages on Internet site at 02:25 PM JST - 13th June
Zenigata2 at 11:22 AM JST - 13th June

Back in the 1980s we had congressmen and senators smashing Toshiba TV sets and Toyota cars with sledgehammers on Capitol Hill. Now nobody seems to notice this kind of things going on, probably because the North Koreans had also some US-made equipment up there...

Posted in Japan-made pump found in N Korean nuke facility at 11:22 AM JST - 13th June
Zenigata2 at 11:48 AM JST - 10th June

Given the intent of this bum to take out as many victims as possible, it's just lucky that he limited himself to the use of an empty truck and a knife as weapons. Had he stumbled across the instructions on how to mix ammonium nitrate with kerosene (both relatively easily…

Posted in Temp worker stabs 7 to death, injures 10 in Akihabara at 11:48 AM JST - 10th June
Zenigata2 at 11:38 AM JST - 10th June

I never take the same route twice from house to work or vice versa. I can reach the station nearest to my office using three different train lines and/or trains, and I never take the same train two days in a row. Also, I stand back from the platform's edge…

Posted in What measures are you taking for your own personal security when you are out and about? at 11:38 AM JST - 10th June
Zenigata2 at 02:10 PM JST - 8th June

As long as there will be people who NEED to fly somewhere else for business purposes or to join their loved ones, planes will keep getting full no matter how expensive air tickets get.

Years ago I tried to figure out whether there could be a way to be a…

Posted in As fuel prices continue to rise, the fuel surcharge on airfares is also increasing. What's your view on the issue? at 02:10 PM JST - 8th June
Zenigata2 at 02:04 PM JST - 8th June

What's the point of having state-of-the-art warships if the JMSDF staff them with sailors so delicate that prefer to stay indoors rather manning their watchposts when the weather gets rough?

Posted in Lookout men inside bridge at time of Aegis accident due to cold weather at 02:04 PM JST - 8th June
Zenigata2 at 09:47 AM JST - 29th May

The three Japanese FM stations already broadcasting on the internet are available on this website: http://www.simulradio.jp

Posted in 20 FM radio broadcasters to hit the Internet at 09:47 AM JST - 29th May
Zenigata2 at 09:25 AM JST - 29th May

The article should be more about the intent of the town about preserving its scenery and natural beauty against the will of money-hungry developers who wouldn't think twice about smacking a high-rise building among the hills.

The world is dotted with previously cozy resort towns completely ruined by overdevelopment (take…

Posted in Hokkaido town curbs resort development at 09:25 AM JST - 29th May
Zenigata2 at 12:32 PM JST - 28th May

Maybe I'm overly optimistic, but could it be because younger Japanese men have a better awareness about human rights (and STDs as well) than older generations, and don't consider patronizing sex-related businesses such a good and/or healthy thing to do?

Posted in Are young males losing interest in commercial sex? at 12:32 PM JST - 28th May
Zenigata2 at 12:55 PM JST - 6th May

How generous! Knowing that 28 million Yen are little more than 260,000 US dollars, and that such a paltry amount comes for a country that in 2006 had a GDP of 4.218 TRILLION US dollars says so much about how Japan does care about his needy Asian neighbours...

Posted in Japan to give Y28 mil in aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar at 12:55 PM JST - 6th May