bcbrownboy said...

bcbrownboy at 07:50 PM JST - 24th June

"A bill to oblige companies to enable employees with children under 3 years old to work shorter hours"

"Enable" is the hitch. If the companies don't "force" them, they can never take it. Peer pressure, and hierarchical pressure, will keep them on the job.

Anyone who's lived here more than…

Posted in Bill to introduce shorter working hours for parents of young children clears Diet at 07:50 PM JST - 24th June
bcbrownboy at 06:08 AM JST - 23rd June

Oh, my idyllic memories of Hakodate have forever been tainted.

Posted in 75 cars found with their windows smashed in Hakodate at 06:08 AM JST - 23rd June
bcbrownboy at 06:05 AM JST - 23rd June

Should now be relocated from the crime section.

Posted in 6 students arrested for gang rape released after out-of-court settlement reached at 06:05 AM JST - 23rd June
bcbrownboy at 06:20 AM JST - 22nd June

J-keystone-cops hard at work again, I see. That's the other main problem with forced confessions - real culprits get away!

Posted in Witness account may link 2 unsolved cases involving 4-year-old girls at 06:20 AM JST - 22nd June
bcbrownboy at 06:18 AM JST - 22nd June

Life in prison seems suitable.

Posted in 2 infants die of heatstroke in parked car in Niigata at 06:18 AM JST - 22nd June
bcbrownboy at 06:51 AM JST - 21st June

Here's the real link: http://www.nyrr.org/resources/photos/images/2008/mini/event/Mini_event10.jpg

Posted in 1,000 chicks escape on Seto Ohashi Bridge after truck accident at 06:51 AM JST - 21st June
bcbrownboy at 06:10 AM JST - 20th June

Most of us have two fitness machines we don't use - legs.

Posted in Keeping fit at 06:10 AM JST - 20th June
bcbrownboy at 06:08 AM JST - 20th June

Shows the tawdry depths that j-society has reached.

Posted in Divorced couple arrested for shoplifting with kids in Fukuoka at 06:08 AM JST - 20th June
bcbrownboy at 08:05 AM JST - 18th June

comedy of errors

Posted in Woman feigns hyperventilation attack to avert robbery at 08:05 AM JST - 18th June
bcbrownboy at 08:01 AM JST - 18th June

"Prosecutors sought life imprisonment" seems fair - and should pay ¥100,000,000 to the man's family.

Posted in Prosecutors seek life term for U.S. sailor for killing taxi driver at 08:01 AM JST - 18th June