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escape_artist at 10:55 AM JST - 16th October

Just got back from 3 weeks in Ireland, where soap can be found in every public toilet that I used, as well as blow dryers, not to mention alcohol gel or liquid at most public venues I went to, from department stores to churches, museums to train stations, including some…

Posted in 8,047 new-flu group infections reported in one week at 10:55 AM JST - 16th October
escape_artist at 04:13 PM JST - 4th September

more info anywhere but Kyodo... like

http://tinyurl.com/klq4qq

and

http://tinyurl.com/l8goxm

Posted in Dainippon Sumitomo to buy U.S. drugmaker Sepracor at 04:13 PM JST - 4th September
escape_artist at 01:03 PM JST - 31st August

Not sure how Hatoyama & co. will do and can only hope the best, but one thing I CAN say about the election is that it keeps people's name kanji up to speed. My wife voted yesterday and was kinda ticked off after she got home because for the party…

Posted in Calls already coming in for fast action after DPJ sweeps LDP out of power at 01:03 PM JST - 31st August
escape_artist at 12:41 PM JST - 31st August

Re: typhoon numbers & names... While having the number here would be handy for those of us in Japan, the names are helpful too for readers in many other places around the world. Japan keeps saying it's an "internationalized" country, you know.

There is a system to the names, actually.…

Posted in Typhoon brings heavy rain to Tokyo area at 12:41 PM JST - 31st August
escape_artist at 03:52 AM JST - 27th August

The "tipping" system in the States, at least, has long been what the bonus system in Japanese corporations has become (for those who get them, anyway)... rarely based on merit anymore but rather an expected part of one's wages. Being forced to pay a "tip" under such a system, then,…

Posted in What do you think of the tipping system in restaurants, taxis, etc? at 03:52 AM JST - 27th August
escape_artist at 11:04 AM JST - 24th August

Like I've said, the majority of Japanese businesses and most of the celebrity crowd (not to mention the national govt) will do just about anything if they can make some yen off it, dictators of all flavors most welcome. This is the real face of Japanese kokusaika (as well as…

Posted in 1st Japanese fashion show held in Myanmar at 11:04 AM JST - 24th August
escape_artist at 08:24 PM JST - 23rd August

I've watched it, and the film is indeed a great piece of propaganda and film work, and overall pretty impressive, and also gives some insight into possibly how so many German people then could have been swayed to participate in a madman's folly.

But I can only say that now…

Posted in In order to ensure that the same mistakes are not repeated, it is important not to lock away the work. Rather, it is necessary for people to realize the power of filming techniques and analyze their own positions. at 08:24 PM JST - 23rd August
escape_artist at 03:17 PM JST - 23rd August

What's this continual BS about Tokyo only, again? Isn't it enough that the poorly named "Kansai edition" of my daily newspaper routinely has ads and articles focusing on Tokyo, with nearly nothing similar for Kansai. Enough already. Tokyo's not the center of the world; show the world the rest of…

Posted in Visa launches benefits programs for overseas cardholders visiting Japan at 03:17 PM JST - 23rd August
escape_artist at 11:49 AM JST - 19th August

Sounds to me like those in control are guessing at which way this guy might vote (anti-LDP and their minions) and want to prevent him from doing so, i.e., preventing him from adding yet another vote that would oust them from their cushy jobs. Yeah, I know... I'm just guessing.…

Posted in Wrongly convicted man denied right to vote in general election at 11:49 AM JST - 19th August
escape_artist at 10:26 PM JST - 8th August

This sham of a system only has one goal, to sell more items and somehow thus kick-start the economy again. People buying more things, possibly for things they really don't need, won't in the end do much at all to help the environment, conserve energy, etc. The environment has always…

Posted in Gov't expands more products, services to 'eco-point' system at 10:26 PM JST - 8th August