cleo said...

cleo at 10:20 AM JST - 20th November

Justice is blind, and should also be unemotional.

I don't think it's a good idea to let jury members (lay judges) and defendants talk directly to each other. Leave that to the lawyers who have spent years training for it.

Posted in Jury member loses cool in Miyagi high school girl rape case at 10:20 AM JST - 20th November
cleo at 10:13 AM JST - 20th November

Japan will not sign up for the Australian/New Zealand non-lethal research programme because non-lethal research does not produce whale meat for sale.

The results of Japanese whale research is 2,500 yen per 100 grams.

Plus, what smitty said about Sea shepherd and international legal action.

Posted in Australia 'deeply disappointed' at start of Japanese whale hunt at 10:13 AM JST - 20th November
cleo at 09:57 AM JST - 20th November

What an awful picture. She's wearing a patchwork of dead bodies. Yuccck.

So, the International Fur Trade Federation guarantees that the fur comes from countries in which the industry adheres to strict animal welfare standards. How wonderful. I'm sure that makes the dead animals on Ms Kuroki's shoulders so much…

Posted in Fur of the Year at 09:57 AM JST - 20th November
cleo at 12:07 AM JST - 20th November

the_sicilian -

Helly was talking about attracting tourists. I gave my opinion as a tourist who is very attracted to Okinawa. Along with, if bam_boo's figures are correct, 5 million others.

Posted in Can anyone suggest a solution to the U.S. bases issue in Okinawa? at 12:07 AM JST - 20th November
cleo at 05:44 PM JST - 19th November

Must be reading a different Bible from the one I have been reading

Read it again. You won't find a single reference to the nativity taking place in winter.

Luke 1:5 says that John's father, Zacharias, was "a member of the Abijah division of the Temple service corps." (Living Bible)…

Posted in Shinjuku Christmas at 05:44 PM JST - 19th November
cleo at 05:22 PM JST - 19th November

I havent taken it off since our wedding day and I just couldnt do it.

Me too - in fact it won't come off any more. They're going to either bury me with it or chop my finger off.

Posted in 61% of wives say they check call, e-mail histories on husbands' mobile phones at 05:22 PM JST - 19th November
cleo at 02:08 PM JST - 19th November

Clearly they don't work or we wouldn't have such high levels of infection here

Depends what you mean by 'such high levels'. According to the Guardian, Japan has an infection rate of 39.49/million (5022 confirmed cases), which bears up pretty well compared with the UK (362.87/million) and the US (183.06/million).…

Posted in Most masks do not block viruses as much as they claim to, test shows at 02:08 PM JST - 19th November
cleo at 01:46 PM JST - 19th November

There are not very many things here for tourists to do. You can dive

That's enough for me.

There is no big drawing attraction here like a casino or theme park.

Those would be put-offs, not attractions. Especially if the theme park was shaken to its foundations every five…

Posted in Can anyone suggest a solution to the U.S. bases issue in Okinawa? at 01:46 PM JST - 19th November
cleo at 11:41 AM JST - 19th November

Why is the government redistributing wealth? It is not their business.

If it's what the country as a whole needs to get back on its feet and achieve nationally-held goals, then Yes it is the government's business to redistribute wealth

Posted in Gov't having second thoughts on key child allowance pledge at 11:41 AM JST - 19th November
cleo at 11:15 AM JST - 19th November

Its a simple solution, help those in need, by way of means testing

It's not so simple - how much would it cost to implement the means testing?

4 million a year is not a lot on which to raise a family. And are we talking about one parent earning…

Posted in Gov't having second thoughts on key child allowance pledge at 11:15 AM JST - 19th November