as_the_crow_flies said...

as_the_crow_flies at 08:49 PM JST - 7th November

It's families that build communities and sustain them. Breaking them up is not what elected officials are for. Laws should be obeyed, but only if they don't create unnecessary misery for people.

Seconded. Actually the supposed policy was not to break up families beforehand. That's why cases like the Calderons…

Posted in Filipino family gets special permission to stay in Japan at 08:49 PM JST - 7th November
as_the_crow_flies at 08:32 PM JST - 7th November

and she was invited to give ladder-climbing a try.

She was probably too tied up communicating with Martians to come down to the Big Top.

Posted in Hatoyamas check out Cirque du Soleil in Tokyo at 08:32 PM JST - 7th November
as_the_crow_flies at 08:30 PM JST - 7th November

The fine strands of unsaturated fat in the meat melt when it is cooked,

Oh sure! They can breed cattle which have saturated instead of unsaturated fat! Usual Japanese bllx, I imagine. Anyway, whatever, if it sells, good luck to the eaters and the sellers. Wagyu at ASDA sounds a…

Posted in Ordinary Britons to get taste of exclusive Japanese beef at 08:30 PM JST - 7th November
as_the_crow_flies at 08:42 AM JST - 4th November

It advised the broadcasters to ‘‘produce programs that correctly convey the reality of the serious harm that drugs can cause and to guide young people to think and choose not to use drugs.’‘

What they mean is that there should have been images of Kitty-chan plastered all over our screens…

Posted in TV coverage of Sakai lacked warning about drug use, says ethics panel at 08:42 AM JST - 4th November
as_the_crow_flies at 08:35 AM JST - 4th November

EFFICIENCY - making the most out of the energy you harvest. There is a definite market for dirt-cheap OLED-based lighting panels too

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Too true. They could try closing a few shop doors and switching a few trillion unneccessary lights out, too. Force companies to do energy audits. Fine truckies…

Posted in Japan accelerates purchase of surplus solar electricity at homes at 08:35 AM JST - 4th November
as_the_crow_flies at 08:32 AM JST - 4th November

Good point, noborito. I wonder if the speakers play the gentle sound of hubby snoring to soothe fractious wives to sleep in their solitary glory...

Posted in Sleep tight at 08:32 AM JST - 4th November
as_the_crow_flies at 08:30 AM JST - 4th November

“Occasionally foreign managers or coaches become uncontrollable from the Japanese perspective.

This is a very interesting and telling sentence. What is it about this deep-seated need to control other people's emotions?

I thought it was about the only interesting thing in the article, too. I think the new Foreign Minister…

Posted in Is Miki Ando's skating coach a Japan hater? at 08:30 AM JST - 4th November
as_the_crow_flies at 08:13 AM JST - 4th November

And as for the catchphrase, I think it would be a bit more catchy if they add Da-lin-gu Aimu to the Ka-min-gu 30. Not sure what the 30 adds to it, but this is Japlish after all.

Posted in Gov't study group advocates chewing food 30 times at 08:13 AM JST - 4th November
as_the_crow_flies at 08:10 AM JST - 4th November

cutting edge technology to offer a comfortable sleep environment through automatic adjustment of lighting and sound...lighting and audio equipment and controllers....he unit plays relaxing music as the lighting turns down gradually...light turns on and music plays to induce the user to wake up for the day...

so let's see if…

Posted in Sleep tight at 08:10 AM JST - 4th November
as_the_crow_flies at 08:05 AM JST - 4th November

But it would be an improvement on the way some Japanese people eat. In particular, I feel ill just looking at the way some young boys eat in restaurants. There's no chewing involved, just shovelling and inhaling.

Urggh! I know what you mean! Even worse when it's hair-thinning otaku-types in…

Posted in Gov't study group advocates chewing food 30 times at 08:05 AM JST - 4th November