Zolt said...

Zolt at 12:18 PM JST - 8th December

Funny, I took the JLPT test yesterday and in the reading section there was a whole rant about people bringing a bag to the supermarket, but then filling it up with triple-wrapped groceries, plastic bottles and stuff.

Well, I suppose a small step is better than nothing.

Posted in Retailers step up efforts to slash plastic shopping bag use at 12:18 PM JST - 8th December
Zolt at 12:14 PM JST - 8th December

I would very much like to dismiss Sasagawa as just an obnoxious loudmouth, unfortunately he also happens to be a major power broker and one of the richest men in the LDP.

He does seem to be in a nice form this past few months, 2 sexist and one borderline…

Posted in Obuchi chosen as minister only because she has child: Sasagawa at 12:14 PM JST - 8th December
Zolt at 12:39 PM JST - 4th December

Senior citizen get to be wooed back, yet at the same time the young part-timers get booed out. Talk about a country standing on its head...

Posted in Senior citizens being wooed back into workforce at 12:39 PM JST - 4th December
Zolt at 04:19 PM JST - 3rd December

While I'm sure these airguns certtainly don't have half the power of a "real" metal handgun, it looks like they can still inflict grievous bodily injury. And they're made of plastic. If you've managed to get one before they were recalled, hold on to it because it's sure to fecth…

Posted in Head of toy gun maker held for possessing 'lethal' air guns at 04:19 PM JST - 3rd December
Zolt at 12:33 PM JST - 1st December

Japan may not have an Obama around for the near future but they had their Hillary in the race for premiership along with Aso. Her names Yuriko Koike and I'm sure we'll be hearing more about her. Incidentally I think she's the only person running for LDP leadership who isn't…

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Zolt at 04:46 PM JST - 28th November

What bugs me is that the companies will prefer hiring new graduates rather that people who have fended for themselves for a year or two through a difficult economy. So if you haven't got a job right after graduating, you're "spoiled material" and your career is ruined. Same if you're…

Posted in College students find job offers withdrawn at 04:46 PM JST - 28th November
Zolt at 02:21 PM JST - 17th November

“Aso possibly thinks nighttime is his private time and he doesn’t have to tell the media what he does and where he goes.” That pretentious fart of a journalist seems to think Aso and the whole world revolves around him.

If a country's prime minister can't have a bit of…

Posted in Aso evasive about his schedule at 02:21 PM JST - 17th November
Zolt at 05:42 PM JST - 12th November

My company uses trend which we keep up to date, but it's proven particularly useless against USB stick based worms. We got a couple of offices where half the computers were infected, some of them with 3 or more different viruses by the time trend even noticed there was a…

Posted in Computer virus infections via USB spreading in Japan at 05:42 PM JST - 12th November
Zolt at 01:22 PM JST - 11th November

Yeah when you consider that becoming a nurse in Japan is crazily expensive, like $30 000, and then you have to slave away for untold hours at low pay? Who would want that? I was in the Philippines recently, and a colleagues brother, a doctor in the Philippines, chose to…

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Zolt at 01:06 PM JST - 11th November

Most of the post war Japanese politicians in the LDP are the descendants of war-time politicians. Kishi is a good example and so is Aso and his family, so nobody is going to do much to condemn or apologize for Japan's war time actions.

On the other hand, the (currently)…

Posted in Ex-Air defense chief to testify at Diet over controversial essay on Tuesday at 01:06 PM JST - 11th November