blue_monday said...

blue_monday at 06:29 PM JST - 10th July

nisegaijin Possibly because many people who buy foreign cars like the left hand drive, strange as it may seem.

Posted in Japan unit of GM to make fresh start with new Chevrolet Camaro at 06:29 PM JST - 10th July
blue_monday at 12:11 AM JST - 9th July

Tokyo is run for the benefit of people living and working there, not as a backdrop for movie makers.

Posted in Filmed on location in Tokyo...not quite at 12:11 AM JST - 9th July
blue_monday at 10:47 PM JST - 8th July

This is why foreign owned companies have been cutting back on ex-pats for some time now, first it was a preference for people without families, now they are even replacing them with, shock horror, local hire gaijin and bilingual Japanese. I've even heard murmurs of ex-pats considering a local hire…

Posted in Tokyo becomes world's costliest city for expats: survey at 10:47 PM JST - 8th July
blue_monday at 12:55 AM JST - 8th July

I think there has a drop off with the "best -ists" of late - the titles have become a tad more creative, but they're just - ho-hum - ways for industries to promote their goods/products/services. Pick a celeb, get them to hold the item in question, give them a spurious…

Posted in Meisa Kuroki picked as 'Miss Lily 2009' at 12:55 AM JST - 8th July
blue_monday at 10:45 AM JST - 15th June

three options one : it is for target shooting two : it is for shooting the opposition three : it is to make the home team run faster

Posted in Packing heat at 10:45 AM JST - 15th June
blue_monday at 05:36 PM JST - 14th June

So Japan is turning into a nation of jobsworths, scroungers, and feeloaders. Companies don't expect you to work long hours anymore, the Labour Ministry has been pushing for work life balance for years now, it's the workers that would rather sit in the office than go home and look after…

Posted in New graduates show lack of zeal for jobs and job-hunting at 05:36 PM JST - 14th June
blue_monday at 06:56 PM JST - 11th June

@Brunobear and I thought Australia's strength lay in its natural resources .......

Posted in Japan can do without preaching on how to fix its economy at 06:56 PM JST - 11th June
blue_monday at 11:38 AM JST - 11th June

@Simon_Foston

Hard to say how many hereditary politicians there are in the UK's House of Commons, but not so hard to spot them in the House of Lords, or indeed Mr Brown's new cabinet, or the Mandy Fan Club as it is now known.

I agree with the gist of…

Posted in Japan can do without preaching on how to fix its economy at 11:38 AM JST - 11th June
blue_monday at 02:00 PM JST - 1st June

Cars are boring, get a motorbike.

Posted in Why I hate driving in Japan at 02:00 PM JST - 1st June
blue_monday at 01:03 AM JST - 28th May

@spammy420 the situation has got out of hand, the massage girls are irritating but the touts are right up the street, so getting to a bar to meet your friends starts to be a chore, it's probably killing off business overall

Posted in Cleanup at 01:03 AM JST - 28th May