escape_artist said...

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
escape_artist at 01:40 PM JST - 22nd July

Everything in Japan apparently has "ranks", no doubt measured by age, too. Let's see what he produces and then talk about it. Not sure why this is really a story, but then Japan is obsessed with and saturated by "talents" of all types.

Posted in Tsuyoshi Shinjo moving up ranks to movie producer at 01:40 PM JST - 22nd July
escape_artist at 01:34 PM JST - 21st July

That last line should have said... 'I always shudder when I hear phrases like "scientists produce XXX lifeform".'

Posted in Nagoya Univ produces world's 1st 'wingless' ladybird beetles at 01:34 PM JST - 21st July
escape_artist at 01:30 PM JST - 21st July

Stories like this remind of that film, "The Gods Must Be Crazy", though maybe "Darwin's Nightmare" would be more appropriate...

Hopefully these scientists and genetic manipulators have completely explored all the ramifications their experiment will have on the rest of the ecosystems these bugs are released into. Somehow I doubt…

Posted in Nagoya Univ produces world's 1st 'wingless' ladybird beetles at 01:30 PM JST - 21st July
escape_artist at 12:58 PM JST - 17th July

Osaka the entertainment city? Hmmm.... Wonder what other initiatives they have up their sleeves.

Posted in Investment firm unveils Paramount Resort Osaka plan at 12:58 PM JST - 17th July
escape_artist at 09:54 AM JST - 12th July

Not very smart it seems, really; depends on whatever the pharmacist puts into it. Do we really need these things?

Posted in Panasonic breaks into robotics with medical robot at 09:54 AM JST - 12th July
escape_artist at 05:27 PM JST - 7th July

On the Net: Microsoft support page: http://tinyurl.com/kwh8ls

Shouldn't this be a microsoft.com URL not a URL that could be anything including a hacked site?

Actually, Tinyurl allows you to preview an expanded link before actually opening it up. On this page...

http://tinyurl.com/preview.php

is a link you can click to…

Posted in Microsoft warns of serious computer security hole at 05:27 PM JST - 7th July
escape_artist at 10:52 PM JST - 4th July

Panasonic should donate this new technology to China, where no doubt many thrown away TV sets with CRTs have made their way from Japan. Might actually give the company something of substance to stick in their CSR report.

Posted in Panasonic develops high efficiency CRT recycling technology at 10:52 PM JST - 4th July
escape_artist at 10:39 PM JST - 4th July

It's good to hear the restaurant got busted, clearly not only for hygiene but probably mainly for the overcharging. Italy has a pretty big industry catering to Japanese tourists, so naturally they want to protect that before this outspoken couple went home and warned everyone of their experience.

I think,…

Posted in Rome restaurant shut down after charging Japanese tourists 695 euros at 10:39 PM JST - 4th July
escape_artist at 02:25 PM JST - 3rd July

Oops. That should say in the first paragraph, "...IS being used for a different purpose here than how native users of English would normally use or expect it."

Posted in Anti-drug poster featuring Yukie Nakama to go up at schools nationwide at 02:25 PM JST - 3rd July