dreamdrifter said...

dreamdrifter at 02:08 AM JST - 28th February

AS much as it would be nice if they are all allowed to stay, it wouldn't be fair on other illegals who get deported.

It would be good to have a time limit for illegal immigrants, over which the illegals can lawfully apply for permanent residence. They may have entered…

Posted in Filipino family told to set departure date by March 9 or be deported at 02:08 AM JST - 28th February
dreamdrifter at 10:50 PM JST - 27th February

GW - You seem to think that religion using your name for what they want is a violation of your freedom of religion, when it is actually a violation of your "religious personality rights". Don't confuse these two because this court case was actually a head-on conflict between these two.…

Posted in Court rules soldiers' names to stay on war shrine at 10:50 PM JST - 27th February
dreamdrifter at 11:19 AM JST - 27th February

The relatives should start a new religion in which the head priest at yasukuni is personally worshipped as god, with pictures, statues, weird ceremonies and everything. See how he would like that.

Posted in Court rules soldiers' names to stay on war shrine at 11:19 AM JST - 27th February
dreamdrifter at 11:02 AM JST - 27th February

GW - The shrine is not preventing the relatives to practice their own religions, and the relatives do not have a right to prevent the shrine from practising its own religion. So the freedom of religion is being applied uniformly, not selectively.

Posted in Court rules soldiers' names to stay on war shrine at 11:02 AM JST - 27th February
dreamdrifter at 10:56 AM JST - 27th February

@johnnyboy73, do you still have that link? Thanks!

Also just wondering - does the breakdown exclude permanent residents? Because that may account for the low number of crime attributed to Koreans, most of whom have special permanent resident status.

Posted in Number of crimes by foreign visitors down for 3rd year at 10:56 AM JST - 27th February
dreamdrifter at 10:36 AM JST - 27th February

This is a pretty sloppy article which doesn't go into what legal arguments were being put forward by either side or by the court.

Apparently the relatives argument was that　the refusal of the shrine to annul the enshrinement of these soldiers amounted to a violation of a form of "personality…

Posted in Court rules soldiers' names to stay on war shrine at 10:36 AM JST - 27th February
dreamdrifter at 09:08 AM JST - 21st February

Under the "freedom of association" clause of the Japanese constitution, mere membership of an organisation cannot by itself constitute a criminal offence. That's why even as Aum and Chongryon face crackdowns, membership is still legal. If they haven't been convicted by a court of specific crimes, who is to say…

Posted in Yakuza eligible for gov't Y12,000 handout at 09:08 AM JST - 21st February
dreamdrifter at 10:43 AM JST - 18th February

I wonder if one day the status of "patriotism" will be reduced down to nothing more than a bigger version of loving one's prefecture or municipal authority. Then hopefully all these nationalist groups will find other hobbies instead of fretting over issues which would otherwise have no real influence on…

Posted in Taiwan group planning protest voyage to Senkaku Islands at 10:43 AM JST - 18th February
dreamdrifter at 09:00 PM JST - 13th February

The British GOVERNMENT decided? Who's doing the buying? I can never work out who's responsible for what when it comes to Britain's rail system.

Posted in Britain picks Hitachi-Barclays-Laing group to replace express trains at 09:00 PM JST - 13th February
dreamdrifter at 08:27 PM JST - 12th February

I wonder if Japan will ever wake up and start seriously addressing the issue of suicide.

Agreed. The authorities don't seem to be able to think beyond simply putting up posters preaching to people that their lives are precious.

Posted in 7 commit suicide after posting suicidal messages online in 2008 at 08:27 PM JST - 12th February