blue_monday said...

blue_monday at 11:14 AM JST - 19th November

No surprise that they made promises they couldn't keep

Posted in Gov't having second thoughts on key child allowance pledge at 11:14 AM JST - 19th November
blue_monday at 03:49 PM JST - 17th November

The lawyer will be over 70 before this case is over

Posted in Ichihashi's lawyers say he doesn't want any contact with his parents at 03:49 PM JST - 17th November
blue_monday at 07:51 PM JST - 16th November

Maybe they should take Norman Tebbit's advice and get on their bikes and look for work, or like many of us did, get on a plane.

Posted in New graduates face gloomy job prospects at 07:51 PM JST - 16th November
blue_monday at 11:42 AM JST - 16th November

Do you think they will pass the benefit of this on to the workforce this time ?

Posted in Japan's economic growth accelerates to 4.8% in July-Sept at 11:42 AM JST - 16th November
blue_monday at 11:53 PM JST - 12th November

He is limiting his intake of food to make it easier to resist the interrogation, they use the physical discomfort of denying the opportunity to take care of certain bodily functions to break people down. I bet he is limiting his liquid intake to a minimum too. He's trying to…

Posted in Ichihashi transferred at 11:53 PM JST - 12th November
blue_monday at 07:26 PM JST - 9th November

@BigInJapan The father did not kidnap his kid, the parents are not divorced, he is still the kid's legal guardian, it is a domestic matter. Had the reverse happened the Japanese authorities would have taken this line as an excuse to take no action.

Posted in Czech man takes son out of Japan in suspected child abduction at 07:26 PM JST - 9th November
blue_monday at 11:05 AM JST - 27th October

Japan is prone to earthquakes, big and small, obviously they need to check the tracks frequently.

Posted in Last train blues at 11:05 AM JST - 27th October
blue_monday at 12:08 AM JST - 7th October

OneforAll

Mandelson speaks openly and honestly.

Mandelson and honesty are two words you don't often see in the same sentence.

Posted in Japan needs to welcome foreign investment, UK minister says at 12:08 AM JST - 7th October
blue_monday at 11:48 AM JST - 5th October

Because the reject anything they do not understand. Generally Japanese people who see themselves as having authority use the law when it suits them, and ignore it when it doesn't, if they cannot ignore it they deride it. They know they can do this domestically, but not internationally.

Posted in Why do you think successive Japanese governments have refused to sign the 1980 Hague Convention on International Child Abduction, which seeks to ensure that the rights of access of both parents are protected? at 11:48 AM JST - 5th October
blue_monday at 11:52 PM JST - 4th October

You don't have to look much further than the video Nessie posted to see why they lost, Ishihara's attitude to foreigners is so out of date. By behind the scenes he may well be alluding to people telling the IOC about his plans to pour concrete over mountains.

Posted in Ishihara blames Tokyo 2016 failure on behind-the-scenes deals at 11:52 PM JST - 4th October