badge123 said...

badge123 at 09:30 PM JST - 15th December

I know some people making a big fuss about this, honestly, I don't get up that early, and if I did, I wouldn't be going to a Tuna auction.

Also from a business point of view, I can totally understand, it is a place of business and you have many…

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badge123 at 09:49 PM JST - 14th December

They they need them at school...no. Do they need them going to and from school..yes.

Posted in Do children need to have cell phones with them at school? at 09:49 PM JST - 14th December
badge123 at 07:58 AM JST - 10th December

Double standard, some say Japan is breaking the law so its ok for these vigilanties to take the laws into their own hands. Then someone mentions international waters, but then another person says its Australian waters so what do you want it to be?

Just because someone robs you of…

Posted in Japan to arrest anti-whaling activists, newspaper reports at 07:58 AM JST - 10th December
badge123 at 07:52 AM JST - 10th December

So two wrongs make a right? Hey I'm no big fan of whaling, but still doesn't give Greenpeace, or SeaShepard crews to go an take the laws into their own hands, or in this case, pretty much breaking into some place and stealing stuff.

Posted in Greenpeace protests anti-whaling arrests at 07:52 AM JST - 10th December
badge123 at 06:07 PM JST - 7th December

Obstruction of business is a broad definition. The IWC allows it, if you have a beef, then take it out with the IWC.

Maybe some readers are missing the part where its when these "activists" actually board a Japanese ship is when Japan can detain them. Not when they are…

Posted in Japan to arrest anti-whaling activists, newspaper reports at 06:07 PM JST - 7th December
badge123 at 05:19 PM JST - 7th December

" Australia owns 48% of Antarctica so anyone within, I think, 200 kilometres of those parts of Antarctica are in Aussie waters."

No country owns Antarctica or any parts of it. They can only claim parts of it, and Australia's claim is only recognized by four countries . Antarctic territorial…

Posted in Japan to arrest anti-whaling activists, newspaper reports at 05:19 PM JST - 7th December
badge123 at 02:22 PM JST - 7th December

They aren't exercising such powers against other ships, they are exercising against people who board their ship.
I'm not a fan of whaling, I don't eat whale, I'm just looking at this from a non whale standpoint. If I'm the Captain of a Ship, and someone boards my ship that…

Posted in Japan to arrest anti-whaling activists, newspaper reports at 02:22 PM JST - 7th December
badge123 at 01:06 PM JST - 7th December

Ah the powers. I can also flip this story around and say 44.4% of Japanese think relations with China are good, but relations with the US dropped to only 72%. All in the wording.

Posted in Record high 28% regard Japan-U.S. relations as not good: survey at 01:06 PM JST - 7th December
badge123 at 01:03 PM JST - 7th December

International law gives captain's of ships (to include Aircraft) broad authority of events that happen on their ships (aircraft).

Posted in Japan to arrest anti-whaling activists, newspaper reports at 01:03 PM JST - 7th December
badge123 at 11:11 PM JST - 30th November

"Which one is better tgv or shinkansen? I rode tgv and felt it as a typical train." According to the French: "As of today, the reliability of a Duplex train (TGV) is on average six incidents per million km, which is good, but 60 times worse than Shinkansen reliability."

The…

Posted in 1st-type shinkansen train ends regular run at 11:11 PM JST - 30th November