davidattokyo said...

davidattokyo at 04:47 PM JST - 30th October

"Ganbatte ganbatte" is how some Japanese people think the words to the "Kamate kamate" haka goes. ("ganbatte" means "try one's best")

Posted in Rugby looks to untapped markets in Asia at 04:47 PM JST - 30th October
davidattokyo at 01:41 PM JST - 30th October

Exhibit A)

http://www.savejapandolphins.org/minamata.php

Lots of info about Minamata disease and people dying from it, even a dolphin or a whale would be smart enough nous to connect the dots!

Posted in 'The Cove' gets mixed reaction from Japanese audience at 01:41 PM JST - 30th October
davidattokyo at 01:22 PM JST - 30th October

I baulked at these ticket prices too at first. 7000 yen for a seat behind the goalposts? Get out of here, I'd rather watch it at a pub. So I went for "prime" tickets instead. shouganai.

spudman,

I agree in this case, if a bunch of international sports stars turn…

Posted in Rugby looks to untapped markets in Asia at 01:22 PM JST - 30th October
davidattokyo at 07:09 PM JST - 29th October

Fujii will be 80 years old by the time he gets around to fixing the deficit then huh

Posted in 2 years needed before Japan can focus on fiscal discipline: Fujii at 07:09 PM JST - 29th October
davidattokyo at 07:08 PM JST - 29th October

hobbsy70,

So once again davidattokyo you admit what you are doing is ILLEGAL

???

& against the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling

Japan abides by the moratorium. Iceland and Norway aren't bound by it. There is no illegality by any of these nations (let alone me).

the…

Posted in Japan catches 59 whales off Kushiro at 07:08 PM JST - 29th October
davidattokyo at 06:52 PM JST - 29th October

cleo,

As far as I know no one has claimed it's lethal

"As far as you know" has been shown to be quite unreliable. Regardless, the fact is that NIMD does not suggest that people do not eat these products, but eat them in appropriately moderate fashion.

This is…

Posted in 'The Cove' gets mixed reaction from Japanese audience at 06:52 PM JST - 29th October
davidattokyo at 09:54 AM JST - 29th October

KobeKid, sounds like Cicada has seen the movie. For some reason I'm under the impression that I wouldn't think much of it if I were to waste my time watching it either.

Posted in 'The Cove' gets mixed reaction from Japanese audience at 09:54 AM JST - 29th October
davidattokyo at 09:52 AM JST - 29th October

cleo,

Thanks for your nitpicking.

But at least it is established that the NIMD does not regard eating whales as being the same as suicide, as the anti-whaling / dolphin killing propaganda would have me believe, and indeed that eating baleen whales like Bryde's whales is a good option for…

Posted in 'The Cove' gets mixed reaction from Japanese audience at 09:52 AM JST - 29th October
davidattokyo at 09:29 AM JST - 29th October

How restrained from McCully. Proud to be Kiwi!

Posted in Japan, New Zealand to continue discussions on FTA, whaling at 09:29 AM JST - 29th October
davidattokyo at 06:36 PM JST - 28th October

hobbsy70,

Davidattokyo, if whaling is "commercially viable", as you believe, then why does the Japanese government spend millions of Yen propping up the hunts in the Southern Whale Sanctuary?

Commercial whaling is banned currently, and Japan abides by this. With commercial whaling banned, the only option to obtain biological…

Posted in Japan catches 59 whales off Kushiro at 06:36 PM JST - 28th October