bdiego said...

bdiego at 04:24 AM JST - 27th February

Fadamor, the problem is actually that you can prove to a Japanese court that she abducted your children, and they can agree 100% that this is the case, and yet you have no rights to see your children unless this agreement was made valid in Japan. In fact, the case…

Posted in Hatoyama appears positive about ratifying child custody convention at 04:24 AM JST - 27th February
bdiego at 04:21 AM JST - 27th February

Thank you for taking this issue seriously. It's a shame that 99% of Japanese fathers will still have to suffer virtual child abduction in divorce, but at least we foreigners will get justice. Ironic.

Adamwesti, that includes kidnapping and even war. In fact, the irony is that Japan is asking…

Posted in Hatoyama appears positive about ratifying child custody convention at 04:21 AM JST - 27th February
bdiego at 04:17 AM JST - 27th February

I love how you can tell who got gold, silver, and bronze just by their smiles.

Posted in Well done ladies at 04:17 AM JST - 27th February
bdiego at 03:23 AM JST - 25th February

Today's pre-testimony points out and I quote '..we now have 39 deaths attributed to sudden acceleration in Toyotas," Towns said. "To give that horrifying number perspective, there were 27 deaths attributed to the famous (Ford) Pinto exploding gas tank of the 1970s.'

Slap on the wrists compared to Ford.

Posted in Reticent Toyota president typical for Japan Inc at 03:23 AM JST - 25th February
bdiego at 07:04 AM JST - 24th February

Look, it's just their turn. Ford went through the same thing when they killed dozens of people and issued a massive recall, nearly put a multi-billion dollar international tire company out of business too.

And yes, it was the US government that forced them to recall too. And yes, in…

Posted in The Toyota story set to run and run at 07:04 AM JST - 24th February
bdiego at 04:51 AM JST - 24th February

Wrong, Toyota is not recalling enough of its cars. It admits it every single week. Even the Japanese government agrees. But keep smoking your crack.

Posted in U.S. Congress says Toyota misled public on recalls at 04:51 AM JST - 24th February
bdiego at 07:53 AM JST - 23rd February

They should simply give students who misbehave a warning and then expulsion. On first warning, it needs to be stamped by their parents to show they acknowledge the consequences of another infraction. If not, then they can be expelled on first violation.

Of course some horrible parents are going to…

Posted in The dumbing down of Japanese students at 07:53 AM JST - 23rd February
bdiego at 07:50 AM JST - 23rd February

Now the Japanese know how we felt in the 80s. Big deal, we're all one people of one race.

Metaphile, you do realize we had World War Two about 60 years ago thanks to Germany and Japan right? China's amibitions are small fries in comparison. Please have a sense of…

Posted in Magazine airs anxieties over China's burgeoning economic clout at 07:50 AM JST - 23rd February
bdiego at 07:46 AM JST - 23rd February

Well I hope they eventually work things out and all the car makers and safety groups learn something out of this. It sounds like there's plenty of blame to go around, no need to scapegoat people. That said, we need to stop the culture of denial in both automakers and…

Posted in Toyota faces federal, congressional probe in U.S. at 07:46 AM JST - 23rd February
bdiego at 08:52 AM JST - 19th February

11 years is way too light. That said, light sentences happen in a lot of countries. We just need to speak up about them.

Like the vast majority of countries on this planet, Japan does not impose the death penalty for the murder of one person, regardless of the circumstances.…

Posted in Man gets 11 years for leaving son to die in trash bin at 08:52 AM JST - 19th February