fireant said...

fireant at 09:04 AM JST - 19th June

Scrote,

Once a Japanese always a Japanese regardless of some silly thing called the Law. As nimbus pointed out, the judge thinks having Japanese 'blood' is the same as having citizenship.

Which is how the Brazilians and Peruvians who never stepped foot in Japan, can't speak Japanese, and know only…

Posted in Retrial acquits man of illegally staying in Japan at 09:04 AM JST - 19th June
fireant at 08:56 AM JST - 19th June

I like how Japanese politicians are like 5-year-olds when it comes to getting something they want. In this case "Sammy has 8% sales tax! Why can't IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII?!!"

How about this, Fukuda, NOT all states or cities in the US have an 8% sales tax. Some are higher. Some are 0%.…

Posted in Fukuda hints at early sales tax hike at 08:56 AM JST - 19th June
fireant at 11:10 AM JST - 8th May

This talk about money... When my wife and I decided to have children, money wasn't high on the list; the fact that the kids wouldn't be 'pure' Japanese and how their schoolmates would dealing with them and how the school system would deal with them were higher discussion topics, as…

Posted in What changes are needed in Japanese society to stop the falling birthrate? at 11:10 AM JST - 8th May
fireant at 09:03 AM JST - 7th May

More sex?

On a more serious note, more maturity on the part of 20 ~ 30 year olds. If buying the latest Hello Kitty PC sends them into a frenzy feed, perhaps they should resist the urge to reproduce. How to make them more mature? Another good question.

While money…

Posted in What changes are needed in Japanese society to stop the falling birthrate? at 09:03 AM JST - 7th May
fireant at 08:58 AM JST - 7th May

BigDudeGSO, oooh, clever.

Has anyone been to any of DeNiro's Japanese restaurants? Did the sushi police give him a gold star or anything?

Posted in De Niro to open Japan-themed hotels in Israel, New York at 08:58 AM JST - 7th May
fireant at 08:55 AM JST - 7th May

rjdsr, I think this is a PR piece for both the practice of eating dead deer and visiting Hokkaido.

Posted in Yezo deer meat used for hamburgers in Hokkaido at 08:55 AM JST - 7th May
fireant at 08:49 AM JST - 7th May

The driver was 64; is this too young for a 'senior moment' while driving? By the way, compare Kyodo's coverage (or the digest version) of this car-into-store story with the car-into-Starbucks store by a small local newspaper: (http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/401788.html).

As soothsayer sayered: good... no one was killed.

Posted in Van runs into McDonald's in Miyazaki, injuring 9 at 08:49 AM JST - 7th May
fireant at 09:16 AM JST - 1st May

jambon,

especially considering they know down to the man how many homeless and NEETS there are. I wondered about that 'may have' phraseology, too.

Posted in 18.7 million Japanese possibly suffering from diabetes at 09:16 AM JST - 1st May
fireant at 09:15 AM JST - 1st May

life behind bars without the benefit of probation

I've never heard this one before. I've heard of life without the possibility of probation. Is this a new sentence or translation?

Condolences to Kanako's parents and family. I certainly hope they can remember the living woman rather than focus on her…

Posted in Convicted rapist pleads guilty to strangling Japanese woman in New Orleans in 2003 at 09:15 AM JST - 1st May
fireant at 08:39 AM JST - 30th April

There's another book Getting into Japanese Literature, I believe the name is. It has stories by Natsume Soseki and Akutugawa. Then, you go to a website (speaking-japanese.com, I believe) and download someone reading the story. Native pronunciation, native writing. Plus, fortunately or not, the translation is on the opposite page.…

Posted in Read Real Japanese Essays at 08:39 AM JST - 30th April