biengo said...

biengo at 03:17 PM JST - 27th October

A bit of history for you. The first series between Americam League champions and National League champions was sponsored by a news paper call "The World" from which it got it's name.

techall, that is just an urban legend.

are the games being shown live?

BS1 is showing them live,…

Posted in Yankees advance to World Series at 03:17 PM JST - 27th October
biengo at 11:57 AM JST - 6th October

This article seriously lacks details ! There is a "time-shift" function recording automatically 8 simultaneous channels for up to 26 hours (2 of the 3 TB are reserved for it). So that you can watch a program you missed during the last 26 hours.

Posted in Toshiba to launch 1st Cell-powered Regza LCD TV in Dec at 11:57 AM JST - 6th October
biengo at 10:24 AM JST - 28th September

cow76, the explanation for the pregnancy would be off-topic, but for "1 night 3 days" (ippaku mikka) that means that only one night will be spend in an hotel, the missing one will be spent traveling.

Posted in Hatoyama to push Olympic bid from environmental point of view at 10:24 AM JST - 28th September
biengo at 03:15 PM JST - 8th September

How can you have a fixed pupil ratio ??? (if "pupil ratio" is what I think it should be) And if someone's irises were really deep black wouldn't you be unable to distinguish the pupil ???

Posted in Meisa Kuroki voted 'Celeb with most attractive eyes' at 03:15 PM JST - 8th September
biengo at 11:10 AM JST - 18th August

biglittleman : no, she is unrelated and the daughter of the 41 yo woman (her jijo, which means 2nd daughter, which may be why the translator got confused)

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biengo at 09:30 AM JST - 18th August

I think we may have a problem with the translation here; in the Japanese articles it is not written that the victim's mother was there. There was a mother and her (2nd) daughter, but nowhere it is written that she is related to the victim. Still, what an horrible crime...

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biengo at 04:14 PM JST - 9th June

Spudman, they changed the headline, at first it was "Woman falls 2,400-meter to death from mountain ridge", or something like that.

Posted in Woman falls to death from 2,400-meter mountain ridge at 04:14 PM JST - 9th June
biengo at 09:33 AM JST - 31st October

Lieutenant, he will put his career on the line in January only if he enters the tournament. Yokozuna can usually skip tournaments, but if they participate they need to perform well or face calls for retirement. I don't think that if Asashoryu has another poor performance in January the Association…

Posted in Asashoryu extends stay in Mongolia; likely to skip Kyushu meet at 09:33 AM JST - 31st October
biengo at 09:16 AM JST - 16th October

I don't think he "failed" to make the postseason roster, he wasn't allowed to be part of it to start as he joined the Phillies too late in the season.

Posted in Iguchi ready to talk with any club in majors or Japan at 09:16 AM JST - 16th October
biengo at 09:42 AM JST - 9th September

Among those 17 babies, they could track down the parents of 10 of them, and one baby has foreign parents. http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20080909-00000012-nnp-l43

Posted in Foreign child left in baby hatch in Kumamoto at 09:42 AM JST - 9th September