Zybster said...

Zybster at 09:28 PM JST - 3rd November

My son is 11. We have been climbing together and I've never been holding his hand, but I have always been able to see him. I have seen a few places which we so dangerous I thought he would fall off, so I always told him to be in a…

Posted in 11-year-old boy confirmed dead after going missing on mountain at 09:28 PM JST - 3rd November
Zybster at 09:38 PM JST - 25th October

I know a piece by Hisaishi called "I Stand Alone," did he compose another one called "Stand Alone"? Interestingly, the lyrics to this piece are in English, so they redid it in Japanese?

Posted in Soprano Sarah Brightman to sing in Japanese for NHK drama at 09:38 PM JST - 25th October
Zybster at 08:57 AM JST - 21st October

The way you calculate your "poverty" will bring similar result no matter when. As neverknow2 said, look up the word "poverty" and compare this with the situation you have here, and don't compare apples and oranges.

Posted in Survey finds 1 in 7 Japanese living in poverty at 08:57 AM JST - 21st October
Zybster at 08:51 AM JST - 21st October

And what would be the reason to wait with the arrest until such a ridiculous number? Isn't a hundred sufficient to get the psycho?

Posted in Shiga man arrested for calling 110 number more than 12,000 times at 08:51 AM JST - 21st October
Zybster at 12:40 AM JST - 28th August

For those of you who are complaining about the political correctness of the book or propagating social stereotypes - there was this real couple, Saori Oguri and this Laszlo guy, they were married, and she wrote a book/manga for the Japanese people about the adventures in their marriage. She chose…

Posted in Mao Inoue and Jonathan Sherr to star in 'My Darling is a Foreigner' at 12:40 AM JST - 28th August
Zybster at 03:29 PM JST - 24th August

And could all the people who voted "Someone else" say who they could actually see as the next PM for this country? This option seems like complaining for the sake of complaining.

Posted in Who do you hope will be prime minister of Japan after the Aug 30 election? at 03:29 PM JST - 24th August
Zybster at 08:55 PM JST - 2nd August

I don't think it's fair to judge what happened in those days with the present moral standards. From many accounts of those days on both European and Pacific fronts, the distinction between "military" and "civil" was not very clear, from many sides. Suddenly the American attack on civilians is a…

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 08:55 PM JST - 2nd August
Zybster at 03:22 PM JST - 31st July

One of the first articles about this incident mentioned something that they asked the restaurant "what do you recommend?" As a result they were given food they actually didn't order, so if that is correct, they were, in fact, ripped off. Does anybody remember the details?

Posted in 'Fleeced' Japanese couple decline Rome's invite to revisit at 03:22 PM JST - 31st July
Zybster at 10:29 AM JST - 13th July

There is nothing to milk the money like a camel on the dunes.

Posted in Tottori sand dunes at 10:29 AM JST - 13th July
Zybster at 02:00 PM JST - 7th July

This thing is straight from Grand Theft Auto! Love it! So, did he clear his mission?

Posted in Truck thief gets away after crashing into five police cars in Chiba at 02:00 PM JST - 7th July