as_the_crow_flies said...

as_the_crow_flies at 12:25 PM JST - 16th November

Dozens of Gitmo detainees finally get day in court

Gitmo? Was this article written by some hick from Nowheresville Texas? Don't they realise this is supposed to be the international section of a News page, not page 11 of the Hicksville News?.

Posted in Dozens of Gitmo detainees finally get day in court at 12:25 PM JST - 16th November
as_the_crow_flies at 12:04 PM JST - 16th November

Japanese interests won't be satisfied until all species of tuna have been fished to oblivion. Those involved in the trade probably like the quotas to an extent because it boosts the price of tuna on the market. That is also likely to encourage the unscrupulous to try and get away…

Posted in Stores, restaurants worried about record 40% cut in bluefin tuna catch at 12:04 PM JST - 16th November
as_the_crow_flies at 02:10 PM JST - 9th November

With the high number of Indian IT professionals in Japan, one wonders why there aren't there more Japanese engineers in the field.

Yes, I always wonder about that. Surely there must be good money to be had in becoming an IT specialist here. You'd think it would spur more students…

Posted in Indian engineers becoming backbone of Japan's IT industry at 02:10 PM JST - 9th November
as_the_crow_flies at 02:04 PM JST - 9th November

Just my hunch here, but I also have a suspicion that for many Asian students, Japan is not their preferred destination, but realistically, they feel that it's closer and therefore cheaper to reach, there are networks, albeit exploitative, that can get them here, and as I mentioned earlier, the similarities…

Posted in Animation, job hunting drive popularity of Japanese-language study at 02:04 PM JST - 9th November
as_the_crow_flies at 01:48 PM JST - 9th November

The Japanese ambassador in Prague will make a short discussion with the Czech PM about Japanese investments in the country, and the Czech will handle the father with the kid to the Japanese without much argument about Hague. Japan is just a big bully in the EeatEU region.

That would…

Posted in Czech man takes son out of Japan in suspected child abduction at 01:48 PM JST - 9th November
as_the_crow_flies at 09:51 AM JST - 9th November

no need to limit ourselves only to Japanese to secure excellent personnel

Hardly rocket science, but yes, it is a big turnaround. And good to hear that companies like Lawson are saying normal things like ‘‘In the convenience store industry, the advantage is how many people with new ideas there…

Posted in Animation, job hunting drive popularity of Japanese-language study at 09:51 AM JST - 9th November
as_the_crow_flies at 09:08 AM JST - 9th November

I assume the article is talking about the government increasing international student numbers to 300,000 at universities by 2020. Sounds like a pretty unambitious number, if you compare with Germany's plan to have 7.23 million by 2025 (and they seem to be well on track to achieving this). But if…

Posted in Animation, job hunting drive popularity of Japanese-language study at 09:08 AM JST - 9th November
as_the_crow_flies at 01:25 PM JST - 8th November

The mother was reported by some American media to have unlawfully taken the children first from the United States.

Talk about rubbish reporting! she wasn't reported by some American media to have done it. She abducted the children out of the US in violation of a custody agreement, and therefore…

Posted in Czech man takes son out of Japan in suspected child abduction at 01:25 PM JST - 8th November
as_the_crow_flies at 01:12 PM JST - 8th November

The old tvs are gathered and put into containers and shipped to the Philippines.

I saw a programme in the UK and just about every part of a TV is recycled by specialist companies. Much goes back into making new TVs. Even the recycling centres are energy conscious and try…

Posted in Nearly 70% of Japanese families have digital broadcasting receivers at 01:12 PM JST - 8th November
as_the_crow_flies at 08:55 PM JST - 7th November

I think you can get some sort of decoder that costs about 3000 yen and just run your analogue tv till it runs into the ground. No eco points for that though! Perish the thought that you'd do anything like avoiding buying a new tv for the sake of the…

Posted in Nearly 70% of Japanese families have digital broadcasting receivers at 08:55 PM JST - 7th November