borscht said...

borscht at 10:09 PM JST - 18th June

DenshaDeGo,

My first thought exactly - when are the Contact cold remedy people going to sue?

Looks like those two guys are asleep at noon. Guess they overate at breakfast?

Posted in Have a rice day at 10:09 PM JST - 18th June
borscht at 10:05 PM JST - 18th June

Tobu Tower, Sumida Tower, New Tokyo Tower. Bland but normal. Tokyo Sky Tree - unbland but ridiculous. How about: Sumida Sky Happy Life Tree Thingy?

Whenever I tell travel agents I want to fly out of the Tokyo New International Airport they stare at me like I've lost my marbles…

Posted in Tokyo Sky Tree unlikely to take root at 10:05 PM JST - 18th June
borscht at 01:16 PM JST - 17th June

westurn,

Night school: A school held at night so those who have jobs can still finish high school or those who don't want to go to regular high school can still finish school. In more advanced nations it's called night school, too, but it would be a mistake to assume…

Posted in 22-year-old night school student assaults 15-year-old classmate in Chiba at 01:16 PM JST - 17th June
borscht at 01:12 PM JST - 17th June

WillB

The death penalty is 'one' response by society to some behaviour. It may not be the best and it is surely abused - both now and in the past.

And no one I've read on this forum or any other has expressed any sympathy for this cretin at all.

Posted in Serial child killer Tsutomu Miyazaki, 2 others executed at 01:12 PM JST - 17th June
borscht at 01:09 PM JST - 17th June

The PR hack who wrote this should have mentioned that 'aloft' is part of the name of the hotel rather than make us figure it out. It's the same as writing 'the first loft opened in Shibuya.' Only to find out 'loft' is the name of a store, not a…

Posted in World's 1st aloft hotel opens in Montreal at 01:09 PM JST - 17th June
borscht at 01:04 PM JST - 17th June

Tehran and other big cities are fine to travel in and to. The country-side, which no Iranian government has ever controlled (not even the Shah with his CIA-backed enforcers), is a different story as even Iranians will tell you.

I'd apologize, too, but not to the governments. I would thank…

Posted in Freed Japanese, in Tehran, apologizes for having caused trouble at 01:04 PM JST - 17th June
borscht at 12:50 PM JST - 17th June

While I agree that Miyazaki is probably the best candidate for the death penalty and I hope the families of the girls he killed feel somehow relieved at his passing, I disagree that only 'we Japanese' can comment on the death penalty as pathat demands. If that is the case…

Posted in Serial child killer Tsutomu Miyazaki, 2 others executed at 12:50 PM JST - 17th June
borscht at 10:56 AM JST - 17th June

Are they going to ban his style of knife? or psychiatric treatment?

I'm glad the injuries weren't serious enough to result in death. That would be regrettable.

Posted in 22-year-old night school student assaults 15-year-old classmate in Chiba at 10:56 AM JST - 17th June
borscht at 08:23 AM JST - 17th June

I don't know about 'significantly.' Maybe 'added to,' given the sentences some of these judges have meted out: 3 years for killing a child; 30 years for having some marijuana.

Posted in Supreme Court seeks dismissal of indicted judge at 08:23 AM JST - 17th June
borscht at 09:00 AM JST - 16th June

See http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/japan-coast-guard-admits-to-negligence-in-collision-with-taiwan-boat

On this very site for a differing viewpoint!

Posted in Taiwan demands apology from Japan over ship collision at 09:00 AM JST - 16th June