cleo said...

cleo at 09:18 AM JST - 6th November

Yoshida was not a bar host when he did the hit-and-run. He was employed by a construction company. The vehicle he was driving (without permission and without a license) was owned by the construction company. On the day he did the hit-and-run he failed to turn up for work and…

Posted in 22-year-old bar host held over fatal hit-and-run in Osaka at 09:18 AM JST - 6th November
cleo at 09:05 AM JST - 6th November

Yes the idea that some loonie might try to assassinate the president-elect is is just so off the scale there.....ridiculous, ludicrous. Only a fool would even consider such a thing.

That's why Obama gave his victory speech from behind inches-thick bullet-proof glass. Next we'll see him riding everywhere in a…

Posted in Senior LDP lawmaker voices concern over Obama's safety at 09:05 AM JST - 6th November
cleo at 09:01 PM JST - 5th November

Why is the Japanese media so obsessed with the racial angle of this election ?

Maybe the fact that nationwide Obama got 95% of the black vote has something to do with it?

What amazes me is that they still take data on 'the Black vote', 'the White vote', 'the…

Posted in Around the world, Obama victory sparks cheers at 09:01 PM JST - 5th November
cleo at 08:57 PM JST - 5th November

The other 54,000 did not say they were 'not prepared'. Most of them weren't even asked - it was a poll aimed at establishments that had not had a single overseas visitor in the previous year, which cut the numbers down drastically.

I also have stayed in plenty of ryokans…

Posted in What does Japan need to do in order to attract more tourists? at 08:57 PM JST - 5th November
cleo at 07:54 PM JST - 5th November

The recent poll showing that most Japanese hoteliers neither want nor desire foreign guests is a case in point.

A case in point of how a cleverly-worded article can send people running off with a totally false impression, to eagerly spread the 'news'**. There was no recent poll showing any…

Posted in What does Japan need to do in order to attract more tourists? at 07:54 PM JST - 5th November
cleo at 06:32 PM JST - 5th November

Fact is, race has never been an issue !

I'd like to believe that, but I'm not sure that it's true. According to ABS News, 55% of whites voted for McCain, while 95% of blacks, 66% of Hispanic/latinos, 61% of Asians and 65% of Others voted for Obama. Maybe just…

Posted in Around the world, Obama victory sparks cheers at 06:32 PM JST - 5th November
cleo at 04:24 PM JST - 5th November

Obama, and his supporters , you caused this.

That's strange; when we point out that the fiasco in Iraq is Bush's doing, certain parties like to remind us that it's the ones setting off bombs and killing people who are to blame, not the ones who provided the opportunity/motivation.

Shoe's…

Posted in Israel launches airstrike on Gaza at 04:24 PM JST - 5th November
cleo at 04:22 PM JST - 5th November

Bush is still prez until January 20th.

"Please don't treat Obama the same way I treated Bush."

If Obama acts like Bush he'll deserve to be treated like him.

Posted in Israel launches airstrike on Gaza at 04:22 PM JST - 5th November
cleo at 01:56 PM JST - 5th November

Wow. It actually happened.

Congratulations President-elect Obama.

Congratulations America.

Posted in Obama sweeps to victory, says change has come to America at 01:56 PM JST - 5th November
cleo at 12:54 PM JST - 5th November

the diminishing pseudo-states of europe are decades, possibly hundreds of years away from electing to president or PM someone like obama.

lol

Considering some of the comments IM has made regarding Obama ('this guy,' 'failed domestic terrorist william ayers' protege', 'bogus, pompous'), you'd think in his mind that would be…

Posted in World hopes for a 'less arrogant America' at 12:54 PM JST - 5th November