escape_artist said...

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
escape_artist at 05:40 PM JST - 7th August

Is this idiot another of those flaky herbivore men?

Posted in Actor Oshio says he got scared after seeing woman fall ill at 05:40 PM JST - 7th August
escape_artist at 04:29 PM JST - 4th August

Here's the LA Times story this quote is buried in, from July 31...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-japan-quake31-2009jul31,0,3951922,full.story

As the article discusses, regular folks -- mainly after becoming disillusioned with researchers almost always being wrong -- are indeed apparently taking things into their own hands and being proactive about earthquake preparedness. But the researchers…

Posted in We tell people not to expect researchers to predict earthquakes with any exactness because we've discovered that it's nearly impossible to do. We've started talking in a more holistic way, about how to react when one hits. at 04:29 PM JST - 4th August
escape_artist at 04:10 PM JST - 4th August

"holistic"?

Judging from a single quote is always an inexact science, but here it sounds more like they've given up on the pre part (predicting) and are now focusing on the post part, i.e., just being more realistic (or some may say, reactive). Hopefully his use of "holistic" still includes…

Posted in We tell people not to expect researchers to predict earthquakes with any exactness because we've discovered that it's nearly impossible to do. We've started talking in a more holistic way, about how to react when one hits. at 04:10 PM JST - 4th August
escape_artist at 12:51 PM JST - 3rd August

Oh boohoo. Everyone who gets bonuses (or whatever one wants to call them) should just be happy they get them. Many people get none at all from their firms, even after working (way more than deserved) for many years at lower-than-average wages. The Japanese use of the word "bonus" here,…

Posted in Average summer bonus at leading firms sees record 17.15% decline at 12:51 PM JST - 3rd August
escape_artist at 01:58 AM JST - 3rd August

I guess this means that those robots that Japan's megacompanies planned to market for elder folks in place of real people (especially real foreign people) isn't quite working out as planned.

Posted in Loneliness driving elderly people to shoplifting: police at 01:58 AM JST - 3rd August
escape_artist at 01:19 AM JST - 25th July

I sure hope this count includes management! So often Japanese companies and government, though, don't really look at managers as employees (naturally being "better", of course), so I kind of doubt it, even though many firms have plenty of redundancy there.

Posted in Japan firms have 6.07 million excess workers: gov't report at 01:19 AM JST - 25th July
escape_artist at 01:15 AM JST - 25th July

This certainly won't help CA's already battered economy.

Posted in Toyota to liquidate joint production plant with GM in California at 01:15 AM JST - 25th July
escape_artist at 01:28 PM JST - 23rd July

Do companies in Japan ever fire executives???

Posted in JR West slaps 26 execs with pay cuts over 2005 fatal derailment at 01:28 PM JST - 23rd July