borscht said...

borscht at 12:56 PM JST - 22nd October

How much per family?

I thought it was six billion, like in the headline.

Posted in Finance Ministry agrees on Y6 bil for single-parent families at 12:56 PM JST - 22nd October
borscht at 08:34 AM JST - 18th October

Good point, KallyPygous. What is a "Hollywood" film but a film financed by the Hollywood money people or, perhaps, distributed by the major distributors - Paramount, Universal, et al. Although Lions Gate is based in Canada, can it be considered a Hollywood distributor. Most of Star Wars, for instance, was…

Posted in Hollywood reinterprets Astro Boy at 08:34 AM JST - 18th October
borscht at 11:09 PM JST - 17th October

How about drivers being required to sound their horn when approaching people who are blind. Of course, the blind will have to wear bright orange jackets so as to be easily identified.

I understand the plight of the blind when it comes to quiet in the streets. I'm being facetious…

Posted in Carmakers to be obliged to fit engine-like sound device in hybrids at 11:09 PM JST - 17th October
borscht at 11:02 PM JST - 17th October

seijichuudo9sha, I believe Mr. Jindal is of Indian (as in India) descent and perhaps not a white supremacist.

Posted in Louisiana JP's halt of interracial marriage sparks outrage at 11:02 PM JST - 17th October
borscht at 09:27 AM JST - 13th October

4:00 AM in Kawagoe and they find 100 police officers? Slow night but I'm waiting to hear "the rest of the story." i.e. what exactly the officers were doing (checking hiding places, for example), why the girl goes to a handicapped school (physical? mental?). And other details as they come…

Posted in 40 police cars, 100 officers, one copter mobilized to chase 2 thieves at 09:27 AM JST - 13th October
borscht at 10:33 AM JST - 8th October

a 60-year-old man ...hurting his right hand when he collapsed due to strong wind

How does the news agency (here unnamed) get this information so quick? Does the doctor rush off to fax the medical records every time a 'typhoon-related' injury shows up?

On a related note, it's raining. Day…

Posted in Typhoon lands in Japan, leaving 2 dead, 56 injured at 10:33 AM JST - 8th October
borscht at 12:19 PM JST - 30th September

I'm not surprised nobody at Kyodo has mentioned this but the Tora-san movies were filmed all over Japan with one exception. That one exception was a film they made in Vienna. It was the only Tora-san movie that didn't make any money. Once bitten, the producers never went abroad to…

Posted in 'Tora-San' Park opens in Vienna at 12:19 PM JST - 30th September
borscht at 08:48 AM JST - 25th September

I didn't know Japan had a life sentence. Does this mean 'in jail until dead' or 'in jail until someone decides he's spent enough time in jail'? And in Japanese is it 無期?

Posted in Life sentence finalized for Tokyo man convicted of murdering neighbor at 08:48 AM JST - 25th September
borscht at 08:56 AM JST - 17th September

Osakadaz, yes her mother was murdered but she was murdered by Amuro's uncle (the mother's brother or brother-in-law) who went on to commit suicide.

BlueTiger, lots of famous people jealously guard their childrens' privacy.

I've always enjoyed her music and singing and am glad she's still on top of the…

Posted in Amuro's new DVD hits No. 1 on Oricon charts at 08:56 AM JST - 17th September
borscht at 09:57 AM JST - 11th August

Yes, well, actually the discrimination went further than just avoiding those with keloid scars. From Nakazawa Keiji (survivor & author of Barefoot Gen):

You simply couldn’t say publicly that you were a hibakusha. The discrimination was fierce.

A generation of Nagasaki and Hiroshima survivors - even without the scars -…

Posted in Singer-songwriter Fukuyama reveals he's son of A-bomb survivors at 09:57 AM JST - 11th August