floyd_43 said...

floyd_43 at 06:14 PM JST - 18th December

What a boaring story!

Posted in Wild boar goes on rampage in Wakayama; four injured at 06:14 PM JST - 18th December
floyd_43 at 05:52 PM JST - 18th December

Sorry to sound incredibly cruel, but Toyota is NOT a scoial services organisation! Its NOT Toyota's responsibility to take care of laid-off workers! Its tough, but that's the way it goes! Can you imagine any company in Europe or the US even providing its part-time workers with cheap company accomodation…

Posted in Toyota allows dismissed workers to stay for 1 month in dorm at 05:52 PM JST - 18th December
floyd_43 at 12:11 AM JST - 13th December

"Certainly Japanese customs are checking US beef more often than other merchandise due to political reasons".

Despite all this uproar on the part of the Japanese about the quality of US beef or Chinese vegetables, about a year ago, I read an article in Bloomberg (I think) about how lax…

Posted in U.S. beef products arrive in violation of import regulation at 12:11 AM JST - 13th December
floyd_43 at 11:44 PM JST - 11th December

Unbridled capitalism is a failure just like unbrilded socialism was a failure.

Posted in In view of the worsening global economic crisis, is capitalism a failure? at 11:44 PM JST - 11th December
floyd_43 at 07:27 PM JST - 11th December

What, it happened in Gunma, not Saitama??

Posted in Woman hit by car, then stabbed by driver in Gunma at 07:27 PM JST - 11th December
floyd_43 at 07:01 PM JST - 11th December

usaexpat is correct in saying that morals and appropriate behaviour should begin at home. But if it doesn't, then surely teaching it at school is better than nothing?! On the other hand, I don't find Japanese kids to be particularly lacking in morals, certainly no more than western kids. I…

Posted in Gov't to boost moral education for young people at 07:01 PM JST - 11th December
floyd_43 at 05:17 PM JST - 11th December

There's a lots of comments here about how good (or not!) Japanese are in the role of parents. Interestingly, there was a survey run by Unesco a couple of years ago, asking women from 8 different nations how much they enjoyed being mums. Dutch and Korean women enjoyed it the…

Posted in Japan tops child welfare table at 05:17 PM JST - 11th December
floyd_43 at 10:26 AM JST - 11th December

My wife and I deliberately chose to raise our daughter here in Japan, and I have never had any cause to regret that decision.

I think Japan is a great and safe place to raise kids - and I think it is reflected in the kids themselves, who are, by-and-large,…

Posted in Japan tops child welfare table at 10:26 AM JST - 11th December
floyd_43 at 11:33 AM JST - 23rd November

Maybe, while they are at it, they should ban Muslims since elements of Judeo-Christianity in Islam could corrupt them!

Posted in Malaysian Islamic body bans yoga for Muslims at 11:33 AM JST - 23rd November
floyd_43 at 12:33 PM JST - 22nd November

Its about time someone took on the farmers, who seem to think that the laws of supply and demand don't belong to them! Why the hell should the urban population have to pay through the nose for products just to support a bunch of jii-chans who provide nothing to the…

Posted in Ishiba's flexible stance on WTO talks worries farmers at 12:33 PM JST - 22nd November