cnc said...

cnc at 12:37 PM JST - 16th January

how will a person be able to contribute to the economy by spending 12000yen. I guess the All-wise Govt. wants the people to purchase Japanese made electronics and stuff. The las time I checked, nothing costs 12000yen in Japan, even a warm toilet seat costs more, let alone one with…

Posted in MOF panel calls for scrapping Y2 tril cash benefit program at 12:37 PM JST - 16th January
cnc at 12:32 PM JST - 16th January

NEws update,

In response to yesterdays attack of a US commercial airliner by an unknown group of birds, the Dep. of Homeland Security has tightened its regulations regarding the freedom of passage of any and all species of birds wishing to travel to the continental US by air. According to…

Posted in U.S. Airways plane goes down into Hudson River after being hit by birds at 12:32 PM JST - 16th January
cnc at 03:21 PM JST - 14th January

its all a sham diverting possible customer attention away from other issues. Why don't they just reduce prices of the cars and why doesn't the top management take salary cuts like the chairman of JAL did recently. Mainly just give the people cheaper cars.

Posted in 2,200 Toyota managers to buy Toyota cars by March 31 at 03:21 PM JST - 14th January
cnc at 10:00 AM JST - 18th December

One can understand that the companies are laying off temp workers because they are running out of salaries to pay. What i dont understand is waht are they trying to achieve by throwing out people who are living in dorms which are not going to be filled up anyway. The…

Posted in Toyota allows dismissed workers to stay for 1 month in dorm at 10:00 AM JST - 18th December
cnc at 02:52 PM JST - 5th December

Everything is starting to add up. The economy is being torn apart, the new generation is proving to be irresponsible, Japan is still cutting off the rest of the world even after realising the fact that theu are facing acute shortages in the labour and healthcare industries. Also Japan is…

Posted in Children born out of wedlock can now receive citizenship at 02:52 PM JST - 5th December
cnc at 09:05 AM JST - 19th November

you guys know the plant is a weed, so just throw some seeds out when you go out on those long drives. believe me next winter .......

the plant is everywhere in my hometown and the police only bother if you are caught sun-drying the stuff on your roof.

Posted in Marijuana making inroads into university campuses, raising concern at 09:05 AM JST - 19th November
cnc at 09:59 AM JST - 27th August

and to cover these extra costs the govt forcibly takes out pension premiums of pensioners who are 75 and above. I thought the whole idea behind the pension scheme was to get support after retirement after paying into it for a minimum of 25 years. The Japanese government is just…

Posted in Support group for farm minister Ota registers aide's home as office at 09:59 AM JST - 27th August
cnc at 03:04 PM JST - 22nd August

I was a mechanical engineer by profession, my job skills required me to program and create anything from a block of metal on a machining center. I loved my job so much so that I continued with it for more than three years. I will try and list some of…

Posted in Japan struggling to fight shortage of skilled engineers at 03:04 PM JST - 22nd August
cnc at 10:25 AM JST - 18th August

I heard a comment from an acquaintance which sounds very true 'even after living here for 50-years and fathering children with a Japanese spouse, I am still treated as a gaijin and I can comfortably get out of sticky situations by just saying Nihongo wakarimasen' and everyone will believe me…

Posted in Luring foreign talent gives Singapore edge over Japan at 10:25 AM JST - 18th August
cnc at 09:23 AM JST - 23rd July

Before docomo used to have a lot of shady unexplained charges in its mobile phone bills, which is why I left the brand more than 12 years ago, and have since adopted AU. From the beginning of this year I started monitoring my mobile phone usage and found the bill…

Posted in KDDI reports 12.2% net profit drop for April-June at 09:23 AM JST - 23rd July