chuckers said...

chuckers at 11:41 AM JST - 18th November

They are required to announce it if they are changing they level of ownership by a significant amount.

Posted in Top shareholder in Japan Airlines moving toward dumping shares at 11:41 AM JST - 18th November
chuckers at 01:41 PM JST - 16th November

You really don't want to see her without foundation...

Posted in Yukie Nakama's new TV drama suffers low rating at 01:41 PM JST - 16th November
chuckers at 10:35 AM JST - 16th November

Would have been nice to see the whole game rather than a recording that started at the top of the 6th inning, just as Japan started rolling.

Posted in Giants win Japan-Korea Club Championship at 10:35 AM JST - 16th November
chuckers at 10:32 AM JST - 16th November

But lets face it even if they all got a bit of money its not exactly going to hugely increase the tax bill of 120 million people is it?

Take a look at the annual budget for the imperial household:

http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/kunaicho/kunaicho/yosan-ichiran.html

Those numbers you see there have a unit of…

Posted in Emperor, on 20th anniversary of accession, concerned young people forgetting history at 10:32 AM JST - 16th November
chuckers at 02:52 PM JST - 12th November

More keystone J-cops patroling the subways nowhere near the Obama visit demanding ID from "foreign-looking" people.

Yeah! Cops were crawling all over the subways yesterday and today and even at the airport! I lost count of how many I saw! I was at Narita airport to pick up my mother,…

Posted in Security tightened in Tokyo for Obama's visit at 02:52 PM JST - 12th November
chuckers at 10:59 AM JST - 12th November

Since they were talking to the labour union, it seems likely that everybody gets a bonus. The upper eschelon isn't unionised.

Posted in Toyota to pay winter bonus at 10:59 AM JST - 12th November
chuckers at 10:20 AM JST - 12th November

they will have to figure out why women cant take this posistion and the excuse of culture wont wash.

One other "excuse" as it were is that the Imperial family (not royal) is supported taxes paid by people in Japan. If the law were changed to allow an Empress on…

Posted in Emperor, on 20th anniversary of accession, concerned young people forgetting history at 10:20 AM JST - 12th November
chuckers at 10:01 AM JST - 12th November

There is a HUGE television screen set up in his yard for the festivities today. Looks to be a huge bash. Maybe I will wander over and see if they will give me a flag to wave.

Posted in Emperor, on 20th anniversary of accession, concerned young people forgetting history at 10:01 AM JST - 12th November
chuckers at 09:49 AM JST - 12th November

America has this superiority complex that its culture and its way of doing things is always the best way. Thus explains its attitude towards foreigners. While the rest of the world, people are realizing the need to branch out in studying other languages and culture, America is a few steps…

Posted in Animation, job hunting drive popularity of Japanese-language study at 09:49 AM JST - 12th November
chuckers at 09:32 AM JST - 12th November

Hope they do day games at the dome next year. My daughter is going to want to go to some games again. Jungu and Hama-sta can get pretty hot for day games with no shade. She is still a bit young for nighters. The maternal unit probably won't let her…

Posted in Giants to play Swallows in 2010 opening series at 09:32 AM JST - 12th November