escape_artist said...

escape_artist at 09:25 PM JST - 14th February

Does Japan's film industry, specifically the porno industry, actually have something called an "ethics watchdog body"?

For the porno film industry I would be very surprised if they do, thinking here it's probably not much more than a bunch of the company's drinking & porno-watching buddies who've labeled themselves as…

Posted in Amazon yanks Japanese rape simulation computer game at 09:25 PM JST - 14th February
escape_artist at 11:07 AM JST - 27th January

Maybe these people are also simply seeking alternatives to the inept, corrupt, anti-people/anti-worker philosophies of the LDP, with many finally coming to realize that the right-wing, one-party government of most of the last 60-some years simply has no vision -- never has and odds are never will? ...certainly not a…

Posted in Communist Party membership up amid slumping employment situation at 11:07 AM JST - 27th January
escape_artist at 12:47 PM JST - 26th January

@taj

For those wondering, the Keihin Hotel has been in business since the 1870s. (The current building apparently built in the 30's.)

Well, then it's way past due. Given the typical sentiments in Japan for anything of cultural or architectural value, if it's older than 20-25 years, it needs to…

Posted in Court forcibly removes sacked workers who continued to operate hotel at 12:47 PM JST - 26th January
escape_artist at 10:37 AM JST - 19th January

Ha ha ha ha... I think psychoanalysts would have a field day with this one.

Posted in We cannot yield government power to such an irresponsible party. at 10:37 AM JST - 19th January
escape_artist at 08:16 PM JST - 13th January

@Molenir

I'll tell you plainly, theres nothing wrong with it, and anyone who says different is selling something.

Seems to me that whatever it is Molenir is selling is whale meat. Or ignorance.

Why is Molenir pushing whale meat so strongly, anyway? The bottom line as far as eating safely…

Posted in Protests or not, Japanese keep eating whale at 08:16 PM JST - 13th January
escape_artist at 01:05 AM JST - 31st December

Here's a video of a screening event of this film in July 2008 in San Francisco...

http://www.vimeo.com/1323105?pg=embed&sec=1323105

Posted in Photographer's death leads to film on Agent Orange at 01:05 AM JST - 31st December
escape_artist at 12:56 PM JST - 24th December

McDonald's is not real food. It's precisely unhealthy crap like this and the flocks of drones that lust for it that'll surely bring Japan's lofty longevity records down, and raise health care expenses in the years to come as well.

Hopefully people in Japan don't end up eating as badly…

Posted in Hundreds line up for an hour at Osaka McDonald's for Quarter Pounder debut at 12:56 PM JST - 24th December
escape_artist at 12:35 PM JST - 24th December

Or in other words... "We don't like things to be unpredictable."

Could be a sign that Aso just doesn't like where he is. too, though.

Posted in He sometimes responds to questions with a sullen face, and frowns at unpleasant queries. This obviously does not leave viewers with a favorable impression. at 12:35 PM JST - 24th December
escape_artist at 11:59 AM JST - 24th December

I'd also like to add that I hope everyone has a merry Christmas and great Oshogatsu, too. Jesus -- if he existed as we've been taught -- was indeed a great teacher, and we can all learn much from him, just as we can learn from other great teachers through…

Posted in Ginza at 11:59 AM JST - 24th December
escape_artist at 11:40 AM JST - 24th December

Why should anyone believe such nonsense that we have to be "saved" from anything in the first place? And then the hubris they exhibit of eternally believing they are the "only" path to whatever it is they and every other creature that vibrates with the universal force are seeking, or…

Posted in Ginza at 11:40 AM JST - 24th December