adm_kenshin said...

adm_kenshin at 06:12 AM JST - 6th January

That's nonsense - people can still invent and create whatever they want and as long as it has the essential elements of patentability and they take the steps to patent it they will be safe.

Do you know how much successfully attaining a patent can cost? It is not something…

Posted in Research engine navigates patent jungle at 06:12 AM JST - 6th January
adm_kenshin at 06:00 AM JST - 6th January

I've never heard about the Japanese government breaking contracts unpunished, do you have any examples?

Patents are a different game however, and I'm happy to see that Japan continues to give them the respect they deserve.

Posted in Bayer filed for stem cell patent before Kyoto Univ team at 06:00 AM JST - 6th January
adm_kenshin at 04:34 PM JST - 9th December

I find it amusing when people make the assumption that a nation is a single individual.

Posted in North Korea challenges Japan's qualification to attend 6-nation talks at 04:34 PM JST - 9th December
adm_kenshin at 04:20 PM JST - 9th December

noborito: To be honest, does any significant mass of people display rationality and reason?

I don't really understand the need for a jury system. Most trials are heavy in technicalities and legal mumbo-jumbo, unless they intend to switch to plain japanese a jury drawn from normal people won't be adding…

Posted in Many citizens confused by upcoming lay jury system at 04:20 PM JST - 9th December
adm_kenshin at 03:41 PM JST - 25th November

Normally in Japan you are supposed to drive at a speed were you can stop in time if something happens, that why the drivers at fault, but this time the article said it happened on a highway, where there shouldn't be people. Therefore, I doubt they'll lock up the driver.

Posted in Elderly couple run over while cleaning highway in Shizuoka at 03:41 PM JST - 25th November
adm_kenshin at 06:39 PM JST - 24th November

I thinks some of you are putting words in my mouth.

While it was too bad for those Japanese who indeed did fully believe in the christian faith, you surely cannot deny that it was at this time a very political religion?

Tokugawa had heard of what had happened to…

Posted in Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified at 06:39 PM JST - 24th November
adm_kenshin at 06:43 PM JST - 23rd November

herefornow: But, Japan is still Japanese right? Sure, a christianized and possibly colonialized Japan would not lose all of its culture, it would be more like the Philippines probably, but still, I think that Japan as a whole was a lot better of throwing out political christianity, because it WAS…

Posted in Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified at 06:43 PM JST - 23rd November
adm_kenshin at 03:42 PM JST - 17th November

It saddens me that even Japan have started to take the easy way out. Then again, if you have a family and work overtime at JR, you probably don't have time for self-defense classes, and you can't just go half-way with most martial arts.

Maybe martial arts throughout the school…

Posted in JR Tokai female staff issued pepper spray for self-defense at 03:42 PM JST - 17th November
adm_kenshin at 03:19 PM JST - 14th November

fatloser: LEDs are more energy-efficient than light bulbs, so the footprint is smaller than you think. Besides, the Japanese have deserved their christmas lights for taking the train instead of the car.

Posted in Tokyo Midtown Christmas at 03:19 PM JST - 14th November
adm_kenshin at 03:13 PM JST - 14th November

Many asian countries are especially scared of smoked drugs, and this is mainly due to history. Opium did topple China and allowed it to be defeated by a european upstart ^_^. Now, I don't think cannabis specifically is worse than, say, alcohol, nor is it a gateway drug, if it…

Posted in Is Japan becoming a 'drug heaven?' at 03:13 PM JST - 14th November