as_the_crow_flies said...

as_the_crow_flies at 10:08 PM JST - 22nd February

How do we know the other 21% didn't want him to climb to the top of Rainbow Bridge and line his shoes up on the way down?

Posted in Poll: 71% want Aso to resign at 10:08 PM JST - 22nd February
as_the_crow_flies at 07:25 PM JST - 21st February

At leas the family agreed enough to let the upstairs lot use the door. Imagine if the 78-year old dad had been expected to climb in and out of a second floor window...

What is it with abandonment of bodies in Japan? Has anyone ever heard of a crime called…

Posted in 15-year-old girl arrested for abandoning mother's body in Okinawa home at 07:25 PM JST - 21st February
as_the_crow_flies at 08:25 PM JST - 19th February

"quoted by police as saying he liked his colleague’s wife and wanted to see her in her home environment."

Did he mean "natural habitat?" What a creepy character. Scareeey, when you start to think about it. How could he have gone to abuse his position in some other more serious…

Posted in Cop busted for trying to sneak into colleague's house to spy on wife at 08:25 PM JST - 19th February
as_the_crow_flies at 08:08 PM JST - 19th February

If the company is paying them not to work, fine, they can say don't work for anyone else. But if they have laid workers off for an indefinite period (why are they so afraid of saying laid-off here?) then they have no right to deny staff the right to earn…

Posted in Nissan may allow regular factory workers to take side jobs at 08:08 PM JST - 19th February
as_the_crow_flies at 10:17 PM JST - 12th February

will cut the number of new graduates that it will employ in spring 2010 to several dozens, Cut to several dozens? Can someone tell me what that means in English.

Posted in Nissan, Honda to cut hiring of new graduates for spring 2010 at 10:17 PM JST - 12th February
as_the_crow_flies at 11:09 AM JST - 9th February

Many foreign workers on these kind of temporary contracts are hourly paid in the range of 600 to 700 yen an hour for women and 1000 to 1200 an hour for men. Some are employed on a daily basis. The only way they make a living wage is by doing…

Posted in Temp workers bear brunt of recession in Japan at 11:09 AM JST - 9th February
as_the_crow_flies at 10:43 AM JST - 9th February

This is all due to the immigration system. ID without photo; no wonder that there are so many crooks around. Lawmakers can blame themselves for this issue.

BB Leo: Do you mean all Japanese should carry photo ID? I'm quite sure if you push hard enough for that the…

Posted in Passport applications using false documents double in 2007 at 10:43 AM JST - 9th February
as_the_crow_flies at 10:36 AM JST - 9th February

Of course they didn't touch the yakuza most likely in charge of this business.

Posted in 120 kg of illegal stimulant found in Kochi port; 9 Chinese arrested at 10:36 AM JST - 9th February
as_the_crow_flies at 12:04 AM JST - 31st January

A very clear explanation of exactly how Japan sidesteps the obligations it reluctantly took on when ratifying an international treaty on refugees is at http://www.iwanami.co.jp/jpworld/text/ClosedCountry01.html Although written several years ago, it exposes through the case study of a small group of Afghan refugees, the way the government actually deals with…

Posted in Refugee applications in Japan hit record 1,599 in 2008 at 12:04 AM JST - 31st January
as_the_crow_flies at 05:55 PM JST - 23rd January

And everytime I have to pay a new re-entry. It is annoying.

What is a re-entry anyway? I thought a visa is so that you can go in and out of the country within the period of that visa. Just a mealy-mouthed measure to keep hairy barbarians and errant…

Posted in Gov't to extend duration of student status by foreigners at 05:55 PM JST - 23rd January