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  • borscht at 01:09 PM JST - 13th November

    timor, yes.

    Morioka saying it is ‘‘obvious’’ that the defendant was dependent on marijuana

    I know it's obvious she smoked the devil's weed, but can one be 'dependent' on it like so many are dependent on alcohol and cigarettes? i.e. addicted?

    Posted in Doshisha Univ student gets suspended term over marijuana possession at 01:09 PM JST - 13th November

  • borscht at 01:02 PM JST - 13th November

    This article kind of veered away from the '~ist' topic and into post-war cheerfulness and then back, almost, to '~ist' awards. But it isn't going to be Best Foreigner, it'll be Best Gaijinist

    Posted in The merry-go-round of 'Best' awards at 01:02 PM JST - 13th November

  • borscht at 03:55 PM JST - 12th November

    I'd rather read about her than aluminum imports for 1966 (which was actually in a textbook I 'studied').

    Posted in Enka diva Hibari Misora featured in English textbook at 03:55 PM JST - 12th November

  • borscht at 03:48 PM JST - 12th November

    Unemployed or retired? He's 58 he could have taken early retirement from some corporate job. Plus, the real story here is the second body under the second car. Will JT kindly do some follow-up cut-and-paste so we can learn more about it?

    Posted in Man rescued three days after car drops 200 meters into valley in Gifu at 03:48 PM JST - 12th November

  • borscht at 01:26 PM JST - 12th November

    They won't have to decide who the erai person is. The 'jury' will consist of three real judges and 9 (?) lay people. The lay people may just nod in agreement with the eldest of the three real judges. On topic, I'd like to sit on a jury just to…

    Posted in How would you feel about being called up for jury duty? at 01:26 PM JST - 12th November

  • borscht at 03:21 PM JST - 11th November

    making her the first Japanese mother to fly into the space.

    Well, first, she isn't the first female, the first Japanese female, or the first Japanese soooo, let's go with first Japanese mother. Of course, the first Japanese father was never announced because, well, they missed it. And 'the space'…

    Posted in Japanese mother selected for space shuttle mission in Feb 2010 at 03:21 PM JST - 11th November

  • borscht at 08:44 AM JST - 11th November

    The government enact a law? How ridiculous. Everything should be voluntary. Let's start with the NHK fees.

    Posted in Aso calls on high-income earners to voluntarily decline benefits at 08:44 AM JST - 11th November

  • borscht at 02:04 PM JST - 10th November

    It would have been far better PR if the photo showed the Aso listening to a 'youth' rather than stabbing the air with his finger with his mouth open as if to say 'Your youth, you don't understand.'

    Posted in Aso at 02:04 PM JST - 10th November

  • borscht at 11:33 AM JST - 10th November

    Notginger & smartacus,

    My friends and I actually had a chance meeting with a high ranking justice ministry person in an izakaya about the time we foreigners needed to be fingerprinted. We were not very sociable to him because we kept asking him questions he couldn't answer. i.e. If all…

    Posted in Aso at 11:33 AM JST - 10th November

  • borscht at 11:26 AM JST - 10th November

    For those who think it's farfetched that anyone would leave the drugs in the car, about 20 years ago two yakuza gangs had a turf war in Fukuoka. One day, a gangster was shot and almost killed. The next day a member of the opposite gang was stopped for speeding…

    Posted in Man dies from multiple gunshot wounds in Aichi at 11:26 AM JST - 10th November

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