faulkmore said...

faulkmore at 10:59 AM JST - 10th June

There are no twinkies in Japan, so the policemans girth must comes from another source. He might be searching for food by looking for "suspicious" easy targets. Might advice taking a towel with you to wipe off fat or old occifers drool.

Posted in Police search at 10:59 AM JST - 10th June
faulkmore at 01:18 AM JST - 9th June

My condolences to the tigers that are imprisoned for their entire natural lives, in confined quarters, in a foreign country, for the sole purpose of earning money off of them.

I don't visit zoos because it's unpleasent.

I don't visit aquariums with Japanese because they make comments like oishiso (oh…

Posted in Tiger kills zoo keeper in Kyoto at 01:18 AM JST - 9th June
faulkmore at 01:06 AM JST - 9th June

It's interesting to note the difference between commenters living in the US and the comments living in Japan. After reading the comments here check out the comments on the washingtonpost. They veer off onto gun control issues where as some commenters here talk about what's on Japanese TV and films…

Posted in Temp worker stabs 7 to death, injures 10 in Akihabara at 01:06 AM JST - 9th June
faulkmore at 10:20 PM JST - 5th June

No matter what Japan does there will be more foreigners in Japan in 20 or 30 years. Don't think anyone will argue that point.

Japanese law will change "naturally" as the population of people without Japanese citizenship increases. Democratic governments authority supposedly derives from the people. If a good portion…

Posted in Nationality Law revision in sight after clause ruled unconstitutional at 10:20 PM JST - 5th June
faulkmore at 09:43 PM JST - 29th May

Wow, the coverage of sexual topics has so much care and dedication put into it. Ikebukuro revenue comes almost entirely from it's night life. West exit , North Exit, near sunshine, near the parks. Anywhere there is a love hotel in Ikebukuro there is prostitution occurring all the time.

Just…

Posted in Police raid 'blind-date cafe' in Tokyo, taking 31 high school, college girls into custody at 09:43 PM JST - 29th May
faulkmore at 07:58 PM JST - 25th May

I went down to the Agency that deals with matchmaking universities with patents to businesses that have some synergy. There is databases full of patents that aren't getting pushed by anyone.

This is really just a way to fund universities or pay in full for companies to license patents. If…

Posted in Japan eyes Y200 bil fund to push new technologies at 07:58 PM JST - 25th May
faulkmore at 01:16 PM JST - 23rd May

I thought the Japanese police just torture the suspect into signing a confession. So the conviction rate in Japan stands at ~97%.

Why hasn't this guy gotten similiar treatment?

Posted in Tokyo court holds second appeals hearing over Blackman's death at 01:16 PM JST - 23rd May
faulkmore at 01:11 PM JST - 23rd May

If everyone kept their wireless web connection open, and we could make calls phone -> phone without need of going through a base tower, than the mobile business profitability would be hit hard.

Most people keep their wireless web connections closed. This is self-defeating. Keep your wireless routers open to…

Posted in DoCoMo handset functions as IP phone at home at 01:11 PM JST - 23rd May
faulkmore at 02:08 PM JST - 18th May

1keiron your not getting this. Get out of college get a few years experience in the real world and then state an opinion. And a BA in Japanese language says two things: * You are biased because you already invested in Japanese training and have mostly completed the process *…

Posted in Gov't to study accepting more highly skilled personnel from abroad at 02:08 PM JST - 18th May
faulkmore at 11:57 PM JST - 17th May

When a client say they need to hire for this position yesterday, it raises warning signals. Is this company following Project Management principles or just shooting from the hip. Projects are planned. As part of a project plan is a detailed analysis of staffing needs for the project.

So when…

Posted in Allowing the time to make a hire at 11:57 PM JST - 17th May