chardk1 said...

chardk1 at 11:17 AM JST - 14th November

The reality is as a politician, military leader or public figure you can't just say whatever you want and then be suprised by the consequences.

Absolutely. The right to freedom of expression simply does not guarantee anyone his job, whether in the private or public sector, for saying things…

Posted in Unapologetic ex-general's testimony fuels concern over civilian control of SDF at 11:17 AM JST - 14th November
chardk1 at 10:29 AM JST - 13th November

If they work as smoothly together on this as they do on everything else, the project should be a smashing success! For the Chinese tourism industry.

Posted in Japan, S Korea work together to woo European travelers at 10:29 AM JST - 13th November
chardk1 at 10:26 AM JST - 13th November

Are the women's national teams going to call themselves Chattel of the Male Head of Household Japan to draw on their own contemporary status with the Samurai? As long as we are going with tradition.

Posted in Japan to be known as 'Samurai Japan' at WBC at 10:26 AM JST - 13th November
chardk1 at 10:53 AM JST - 12th November

Eh, Korea whines about not getting a real apology after having settled for cash considerations back when it needed them, Japan bristles with moral indignation and shouts "we did apologize" abroad while whispering "not really" to its conservative constituency back home. Both sides look like self-serving hypocrites stuck in the…

Posted in Emperor should make personal apology if he visits S Korea: Lee at 10:53 AM JST - 12th November
chardk1 at 02:19 PM JST - 10th November

That's a nice bobblehead doll of Marie in the photo, where can I buy one of those?

Posted in Marie looking for boyfriend by Christmas at 02:19 PM JST - 10th November
chardk1 at 02:17 PM JST - 10th November

This is frigging disgusting and it's an indictment on society that this kind of thing passes for entertainment.

Yeah, that's terrible that people should pig out occasionally for fun, in civilized societies people understand they should grossly overeat every meal.

Posted in Woman downs 383 bowls of soba in 10 minutes at 02:17 PM JST - 10th November
chardk1 at 11:26 AM JST - 10th November

She said the mood was more like “Roman Ebi-chan” than “Roman Holiday.”

Do Japanese reporters ever ask follow up questions, like "I see, what the heck do you mean by that?" It rarely seems so.

Posted in Ebi-chan goes on Roman Holiday at 11:26 AM JST - 10th November
chardk1 at 01:31 PM JST - 31st October

I am a Democrat who supports Obama, but geez people, at some level you have to hold individuals accountable for their own actions.

It doesn't seem to make any sense to blame society or capitalism for this particular person's predicament. Lots of people work their way through college. It doesn't…

Posted in Japan's burgeoning class: Working poor at 01:31 PM JST - 31st October
chardk1 at 03:48 PM JST - 30th October

Let me guess, he was under a lot of stress. I'm pretty sure if Hitler was Japanese and they asked him why he did the terrible things he did before he croaked he would have said "well, I've been under a lot of stress."

Posted in Sendai man held for beating, kicking 2-year-old daughter to death at 03:48 PM JST - 30th October
chardk1 at 01:14 PM JST - 27th October

Yeah, man these anti-GOP journalists are so biased that McCain-Palin never had a chance. Like that raging liberal Karl Rove who said on Fox News today that McCain has "a steep hill to climb," projected that as of today Obama would win in a landslide and criticized the McCain campaign…

Posted in McCain dismisses poll numbers; insists he will win at 01:14 PM JST - 27th October