Zolt said...

Zolt at 04:06 PM JST - 29th January

Well unless your name is Takeru Kobayashi, it takes a bit of time to swallow 90 pouches of drug.

Posted in Man collapses at Narita after swallowing 90 pouches with drugs at 04:06 PM JST - 29th January
Zolt at 01:09 PM JST - 21st January

The 2 masked guys creeped me out

Posted in Pachinko man at 01:09 PM JST - 21st January
Zolt at 05:42 PM JST - 6th January

Well, Japan has been in recession for about 20 years now, so they got a head start on everybody else.

Posted in Aso pledges to make Japan 1st to overcome global recession at 05:42 PM JST - 6th January
Zolt at 05:12 PM JST - 6th January

He didn't hear about the road to hell?

Posted in Maybe what Japan needs right now is a dictator, a dictator with good intentions. If you spend your time discussing issues, then for example the abductions issue will remain unsolved. Certain things can only be achieved by a dictator. He can act decisively within a limited period of time. at 05:12 PM JST - 6th January
Zolt at 03:03 PM JST - 19th December

Well, not that I don't have mixed feelings about that (I shudder just from hearing "Aso" and "textbooks" in the same sentence) but they may actually have a point with the exercises. The japanese school system is based on rote learning with little to no practical application of knowledge. A…

Posted in Panel proposes doubling textbook pages for Japanese, English, science at 03:03 PM JST - 19th December
Zolt at 02:43 PM JST - 19th December

"A 56-year-old man" , couldn't they simply have said "serial murderer and rapist Obara"?

Posted in Obara appeals high court ruling at 02:43 PM JST - 19th December
Zolt at 12:20 PM JST - 15th December

Oh yeah, I'd just forgotten. Members of criminal syndicates can and do register legally in Japan, and you can just look them up in the phone book.

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Zolt at 02:39 PM JST - 8th December

Wiki has a few goodies but nowhere near the whole story on Sasagawa. Google a bit for his father Ryoichi Sasakawa for some interesting stories...

Posted in Obuchi chosen as minister only because she has child: Sasagawa at 02:39 PM JST - 8th December
Zolt at 01:26 PM JST - 8th December

I agree the time is as ripe as it's ever been. If he manage to woo away a few other disgruntled reformists, it might force new elections, and he could form a coalition with Ozawa

Posted in Watanabe hints at quitting LDP, forming new party at 01:26 PM JST - 8th December
Zolt at 12:20 PM JST - 8th December

Wow, what a nice rant on someone who hasn't even taken office yet! I do believe his policy on Iraq and Afghanistan has been made clear, and the iraqi government is paving the way for it already. As for gun laws he also has mentioned repeatedly that he won't touch…

Posted in Where is Obama's change we can believe in? at 12:20 PM JST - 8th December