barfly08 said...

barfly08 at 05:26 PM JST - 28th October

Otaru, if I may,

"The US just happens to be the largest market for autos"

Sorry. The US auto market has been saturated for years. I feel boobugs pain. Back around 2001 Japan was consistently advised not to depend so much on the US consumer for it's economic engine. Japan…

Posted in Japan auto output down on weak U.S. demand at 05:26 PM JST - 28th October
barfly08 at 05:14 PM JST - 28th October

Sammi33, just where are you buying your so called "non-preservative" foods ? I doubt it's in Japan. I know of now organic food chain here and I've read horror stories about the amounts of chemicals that are added to Japanese food. I mean do you really think that shocking pink…

Posted in Chloric acid detected in purified underground water at Itoham Foods' factory at 05:14 PM JST - 28th October
barfly08 at 05:07 PM JST - 27th October

Hey, here's an idea, how about manufacturers find ways to import from the USA ! Is this really so difficult ? Then again Japan has been avoiding this scenerio for a good 20 years now, why expect any change now? Buffoons !

Posted in Turbulent markets worry tourist spots, investors, manufacturers and gov't at 05:07 PM JST - 27th October
barfly08 at 05:01 PM JST - 27th October

"Morinaga has provided support for his activities as a fencer since he was a high school student."

So the guys basically a pro ? Sounds like Boobug hit the nail on the head, this is not news, Ota has had financial support since he's been a high schooler, and I…

Posted in Olympic silver medalist Ota employed by Morinaga at 05:01 PM JST - 27th October
barfly08 at 11:20 AM JST - 21st October

Boy what a bust Matsuzaka turned out to be ! His pay package included a variety of incentives and bonuses, yet as far as I can tell, he was a wash in all of them ! Failed to win 20 games ! No complete games ! Barely lasted 5 innings…

Posted in Rays beat Boston to advance to World Series at 11:20 AM JST - 21st October
barfly08 at 03:32 PM JST - 10th October

Say goodbye to Toyota, Sony, and Hitachi ! Japan's export focused economy has just been blown out of the water. No one will be looking to buy these products anytime soon... except some chinese maybe !

Posted in Aso concerned over effect of stock plunge at 03:32 PM JST - 10th October
barfly08 at 03:26 PM JST - 10th October

"Nothing surprising knowing the health of Japanese Economy, but now some comapnies have plus point for declaring bankruptcy by blaming everything on U.S.- "origin" of financial crisis."

Japan has no one to blame but themselves. All the data indicated that exports from Japan were doing fine, it was domestic spending…

Posted in Mid-sized insurer Yamato Life goes bust, affecting 1,000 employees at 03:26 PM JST - 10th October
barfly08 at 03:16 PM JST - 10th October

Hmm, seemed odd to me that "all of a sudden" the Japanese have 3 Nobel prize winners in one year. Something stinks here !

Posted in Italian physicists say colleague 'robbed of' Nobel Prize by Japanese scientists at 03:16 PM JST - 10th October
barfly08 at 03:13 PM JST - 10th October

"Myth 4: Contract employment means lower salary:

Yes. In comparing my salary to that of non-contract faculty I am paid between 30 and 40 percent less. Again, my boss admits that biggest benefit for the university of hiring me on contract is saving money."

Really ? Companies using dispatch agencies…

Posted in Top 5 contract employment myths at 03:13 PM JST - 10th October
barfly08 at 03:03 PM JST - 10th October

The vast majority of posts here have simply missed the point. That being the fact that racial discrimination is not only highly practiced here in Japan, but is also "legal" ! I for one insist that the "Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry" that did this survey provide the names, results,…

Posted in 70% of inns without foreign guests wish to keep it that way: survey at 03:03 PM JST - 10th October