cleo said...

cleo at 04:33 PM JST - 17th September

Mikasa sold the rice to them for around 50 - 70 yen per kilo. The going rate is around 300 yen per kilo. What did they think they were buying?

300 yen is the going rate for domestically- produced rice. The imported stuff is a lot cheaper.

Dunno if Nakagawa…

Posted in Rice retailer hangs himself over tainted rice scandal at 04:33 PM JST - 17th September
cleo at 03:04 PM JST - 17th September

Good to see a nice-looking lady who doesn't think she looks better draped in tortured dead bodies.

Go Aya!

Posted in Aya Sugimoto at 03:04 PM JST - 17th September
cleo at 09:28 AM JST - 17th September

huberts, where do you get the idea the imported rice cost 700 yen a kilo? Even home-grown Japanese rice is only half that, and it's supposed to be the most expensive in the world.

Posted in Gov't to stop selling tainted rice as preventive step at 09:28 AM JST - 17th September
cleo at 12:17 PM JST - 16th September

Nobody in the Republican party has stated what you claim.

So they agree with Obama's idea of age-appropriate sex-ed in kindergarten? OK. That's good.

Your attempts at smearing the peoples party are laughable, you are not even an American.

Hmmm, not attempting to 'smear' anybody. But you're right, darn silly…

Posted in Both U.S. presidential campaigns faulted for negative ads at 12:17 PM JST - 16th September
cleo at 10:07 AM JST - 16th September

No, serendipity is mistaken; the body was not discovered by a neighbour and reported to the police.

Posted in Slain British woman's father back in Japan to renew public appeal at 10:07 AM JST - 16th September
cleo at 10:06 AM JST - 16th September

Where the 'sex education in kindergarten' thing came from -

We have a existing law that mandates sex education in the schools. We want to make sure that it's medically accurate and age-appropriate.

*Now, I'll give you an example, because I have a six-year-old daughter and a three-year-old daughter, and…

Posted in Both U.S. presidential campaigns faulted for negative ads at 10:06 AM JST - 16th September
cleo at 09:57 AM JST - 16th September

The body had been discovered by a neighbor, who informed the police.

No.

Posted in Slain British woman's father back in Japan to renew public appeal at 09:57 AM JST - 16th September
cleo at 09:50 AM JST - 16th September

LFRAgain -

Sorry, but I think you've taken a rather tiny molehill and turned it into a very craggy and unscalable mountain.

Nowhere did I say that people who choose surrogacy as a way of building a family are selfish, malicious or heartless bastards responsible for overflowing orphanages, or that…

Posted in What is your stance on surrogate births? at 09:50 AM JST - 16th September
cleo at 06:13 PM JST - 15th September

She's an ordinary little girl, not particularly outstanding, certainly not "busu".

its not like a 6 year old has a busy life. What are you depriving them of, exactly?

My daughter was scouted by a talent agency when she was five. We told the agent No Thank You when…

Posted in Daughter of Anna Umemiya debuts as child model at 06:13 PM JST - 15th September
cleo at 11:33 AM JST - 15th September

If the Japanese staff at the onsen couldn't explain the 'complicated' check-in procedures to a group of Chinese (who can read Japanese kanji quite easily), then they didn't need a Chinese interpreter. They needed people-skills instruction.

And more sensible check-in procedures.

Posted in Ex-Nova teachers finding work at onsens at 11:33 AM JST - 15th September