badge123 said...

badge123 at 11:02 PM JST - 13th June

In the end, it makes no sense, because now you just crowd the sidewalks even more people. What next, are they going to close Shibuya crossing?

Posted in 'Pedestrian paradise' to be suspended in Akihabara at 11:02 PM JST - 13th June
badge123 at 07:09 PM JST - 13th June

I don't think its a pointless line, its designed to offer better convience especially for those who live out north or south, reduce transfers with direct through service trains via different companies, and reduce some congestion on the JR lines.
Why transfer at Ikebukuro to JR, when you could just…

Posted in Ishihara opens Tokyo's newest subway line at 07:09 PM JST - 13th June
badge123 at 07:04 PM JST - 13th June

All they have to do is place up some mobile barriers, or improvise like during riots, use city buses parked diagonally,\ to block large vehicles from entering, but still allowing space for pedestrians to pass around.

Posted in 'Pedestrian paradise' to be suspended in Akihabara at 07:04 PM JST - 13th June
badge123 at 09:40 PM JST - 12th June

Not this article in particular, but I remember reading some of the data factored into these "polls" are the cost of a taxi from the major international airport to the city.
Well yes a cost of taxi from Tokyo proper to Narita Airport is really expensive and is factored into…

Posted in Tokyo Asia's costliest city for expats at 09:40 PM JST - 12th June
badge123 at 02:41 PM JST - 10th June

Guy probably just picked pocketed someone or shoplifted, the cops stopped to search him (like I said before a bunch of reasons or no reasons at all), but because the recent knife incident, JT throws this up as a picture of the day, so that some can imply that the…

Posted in Police search at 02:41 PM JST - 10th June
badge123 at 02:33 PM JST - 10th June

Nothing much, compared to where I came from in the US, Japan is still a much safer country. s.

Posted in What measures are you taking for your own personal security when you are out and about? at 02:33 PM JST - 10th June
badge123 at 02:28 PM JST - 10th June

The picture doesn't tell the story, it just says a "chubby cop searches a man's bag" wow great "News" story there. There could be a million reason's why he's checking the bag.

Posted in Police search at 02:28 PM JST - 10th June
badge123 at 10:52 PM JST - 8th June

"Japan needs police that prevent things, not police who only draw a handgun after someone has stabbed 17 other people. Stop putting them on patrol AFTER a crime has been committed, start trying to PREVENT things."

Simply saturating an area with police doesn't prevent/stop someone committed to doing something.

Its…

Posted in Temp worker stabs 7 to death, injures 10 in Akihabara at 10:52 PM JST - 8th June
badge123 at 10:58 PM JST - 5th June

They were plain clothes officers/investigators, not undercover officers, a lot of people often confuse the two, just like how people often confuse burglary and robbery.

Posted in Policeman robbed of ID, badge by 4 men in Fukuoka at 10:58 PM JST - 5th June