as_the_crow_flies said...

as_the_crow_flies at 12:05 PM JST - 9th July

Um yes, any hints about where this is - like prefecture, city, access?

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Posted in The king’s road at 12:05 PM JST - 9th July
as_the_crow_flies at 11:57 AM JST - 7th July

Wow! This sounds like there is a thinking brain up there. And one with principles. Could it be the same lop-sided grinning dork we see on our TVs?

Posted in Aso calls for responsible farm investment as 'land grabs' spread at 11:57 AM JST - 7th July
as_the_crow_flies at 11:54 AM JST - 7th July

It also aims at improving children’s information-gathering skills through the Internet.

Can't understand why they seem to muddle together two unrelated things (public service and education) in one document. On the other hand, muddle-headed thinking in J-government ...

If they want to improve students internet skills, they'll need to start…

Posted in Japan aims to build 'one-stop' online public service system by 2013 at 11:54 AM JST - 7th July
as_the_crow_flies at 08:34 PM JST - 3rd July

I'd love to know how mnay people are currently infected in Japan - it all seems to have gone very quiet recently and I don't buy the tourism minitry's view that it is all over for a second.

Last night on BBC news here in the UK, the British government…

Posted in Japan's 1st case of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 influenza detected at 08:34 PM JST - 3rd July
as_the_crow_flies at 08:34 AM JST - 2nd July

Send them to China to work in the fields!

No, just make them write "Zisu izu aa Chineezu corifrower" 100 times by hand on the side of each box before they send it for the lucky lucky schoolchildren to eat with their mercury-loaded, locally sourced fish.

Posted in 3 executives convicted in vegetable false labeling case at 08:34 AM JST - 2nd July
as_the_crow_flies at 08:30 AM JST - 2nd July

Oh and yea most Brits I know have few kind things to to say about British Rail's performance. But that's been going on for decades

Actually the rail system was privatised in the late 80s and 90s and it's since then that the service has really gone down the tubes.…

Posted in Japanese-built train makes debut on British rail lines at 08:30 AM JST - 2nd July
as_the_crow_flies at 03:23 PM JST - 1st July

I think this is actually supposed to be a 4 letter sentence: "NO! DRUG dame, zettai"

Actually it's not bilingual, it's trilingual. You don't realise that apart from Japaneses and English it's also in Spanish, and it if you change it all into English, it reads like this: **Glazed…

Posted in Anti-drug poster featuring Yukie Nakama to go up at schools nationwide at 03:23 PM JST - 1st July
as_the_crow_flies at 03:17 PM JST - 1st July

They could do what other countries do and start using low trailers here. Much more stable, manoevrable and practical than these dumb#ss, only in Japan heavy designs. "Less than 200,000 yen"? What a joke. They have to make up their own designs and come up with useless, lumbering, small-wheeled clunkers…

Posted in Bicycles strong enough to carry 2 kids launched at 03:17 PM JST - 1st July
as_the_crow_flies at 03:07 PM JST - 1st July

Notice there is no reporting of flu within Japan because it has officially ceased to be newsworthy. Any look at numbers of new cases reported in other countries with similar outbreaks will tell you that (unless you believe that Japanese people get flu differently to foreigners) if japan's official numbers…

Posted in Singapore reports Japanese teenager infected with new flu at 03:07 PM JST - 1st July
as_the_crow_flies at 07:25 PM JST - 3rd March

> "Wedding Ceremony " is supposed to be happy, fun special occasion .But tradition, society pressure can turn it into a nightmare . I admire people who have courage to keep it within the line of happiness, friendliness and not a heavy burden.That's said, however"photo of couple only wedding" is…

Posted in 'Photo only' weddings become trendy at 07:25 PM JST - 3rd March