amerijap said...

amerijap at 03:07 AM JST - 25th July

"460,000 yen, comprising 110,000 yen in contract renewal fees and 350,000 yen in key money,"

WTF???? renewal fees, plus key deposit? That's a huge rip-off. And they will not return the deposits to the tenants at the end of contract term, will they?

Posted in Court: Landlords collecting renewal fees violates tenants' rights at 03:07 AM JST - 25th July
amerijap at 07:11 AM JST - 24th July

Well, it's his own choice. He won't be punished or suspended his duty for not apoligizing to Professor Gates. But, he will deserve the consequence for what he did, and he is the one who will be sorry for that.

Posted in Boston policeman who arrested Gates won't apologize at 07:11 AM JST - 24th July
amerijap at 07:06 AM JST - 24th July

This man is without a doubt fighting for the freedom of speech. He is the one standing up to an academic red-hunting conducted by the bully(the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education) which is likely under the political clout of Governor Shintaro Ishihara. We will see a Japanese version of Brown…

Posted in Court battle between ex-principal, education board starts at 07:06 AM JST - 24th July
amerijap at 09:55 AM JST - 22nd July

Too bad the people of color are still dealing with despicable racial profiling. He's not the only one. There are some cases that non-white scholars became the victim of racial profiling by campus police.

Posted in Charges dropped against black Harvard scholar at 09:55 AM JST - 22nd July
amerijap at 08:10 AM JST - 22nd July

The idea that kids can't/shouldn't learn another language until they've mastered 'their own' is bogus.

I agree. In Japanese society, lots of people in educational institutions tend to think that bilingualism is dangerous simply because it will mess up the kids' first language, whether it is Japanese or English.…

Posted in Unraveling how children become bilingual so easily at 08:10 AM JST - 22nd July
amerijap at 09:50 AM JST - 21st July

Aso set to dissolve lower house for election

Ah, so????

Posted in Aso dissolves lower house for Aug 30 general election at 09:50 AM JST - 21st July
amerijap at 05:12 AM JST - 20th July

Wow!!!

Posted in Lavender at 05:12 AM JST - 20th July
amerijap at 06:46 AM JST - 19th July

Shuffle the cards on the deck, and deal them out. What do you have on your hands? Same old faces... Don't ask me. Neither LDP nor DPJ can be a trump card. Sigh...

Posted in Lower house to be dissolved Tuesday for election; LDP in chaos at 06:46 AM JST - 19th July
amerijap at 06:25 AM JST - 19th July

It's good for the NPA to take an appropriate measure on random ticketing practices which sometimes go too far like the US where some foreign drivers often become the target of random ticketing on highways in some counties of the states. In particular areas, local sheriff condone the trickeries by…

Posted in Policeman suspended for issuing tickets to foreign traffic violators for wrong reasons at 06:25 AM JST - 19th July
amerijap at 06:01 AM JST - 19th July

I can imagine the Japanese Supreme Court judges are holding a political partisanship. It's obvious they are leaning toward the right.

Posted in Court rejects claims by Yokohama teachers over 'Kimigayo' at 06:01 AM JST - 19th July