frontandcentre said...

frontandcentre at 06:49 PM JST - 9th June

I think the choice of title is a bit misleading - after all, his bag wasn't "lost" in London, he was careless and had it stolen. While I don't think he deserved that, I lived in London for years in some good and not-so-good parts of town and I never…

Posted in Lost and found in Tokyo and London at 06:49 PM JST - 9th June
frontandcentre at 03:29 PM JST - 9th June

bushlover - how is helping kids to get safely across the road 'childish'? Sounds pretty public spirited to me. Let's hope your children never need such 'childish' assistance.

Posted in Man held for attempted murder after driving car into schoolchildren in Chiba at 03:29 PM JST - 9th June
frontandcentre at 03:06 PM JST - 9th June

nisegaijin:

Turn him into an organ donor and take out his stuff while he is still alive. No pain killers

...and that kind of punishment would make you any better than him, would it? I don't think so.

Posted in Akihabara at 03:06 PM JST - 9th June
frontandcentre at 03:03 PM JST - 9th June

If the guy really is mentally ill, then he should be treated in a secure hospital until he is fit to be rehabilitated into society - presumably for the rest of his natural life. If he isn't, then throw the book at him. He should not be executed, but should…

Posted in Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before at 03:03 PM JST - 9th June
frontandcentre at 02:14 PM JST - 9th June

I disagree that the police did a good job - they must've been right on the spot in the middle of Akihabara and this maniac still had the time to run over 3 people, then get out and kill 7 plus injure many more. They should've shot him

Posted in Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before at 02:14 PM JST - 9th June
frontandcentre at 12:30 PM JST - 9th June

The lookout issue is hardly the point - the point is that one of the most sophisticated warships in the world should have been properly aware of the presence of the fishing boat on a collision course. As USNinJapan2 points out, the contribution of the fishing boat to this accident…

Posted in Lookout men inside bridge at time of Aegis accident due to cold weather at 12:30 PM JST - 9th June
frontandcentre at 06:53 PM JST - 4th June

The cops here are so effective that they feel videotaping their interrogations of suspects would somehow make life easier for criminals, and the Justice Minister - who is supposed to be representing a 'justice' system based on a proper regard for human rights - agrees with them...!

Posted in Are Japanese police really as incompetent as readers on Japan Today make them out to be? at 06:53 PM JST - 4th June
frontandcentre at 03:21 PM JST - 4th June

What a ludicrous idiot Hatoyama - the Justice Minister with self-confessed terrorist links - really is.

Obviously it's OK to keep Japan as "hell for the wrongly accused" as long as this perfectly reasonable measure doesn't risk turning the country into a "paradise for criminals"...

Quite why ensuring that the…

Posted in Upper house panel OKs bill to videotape interrogations; justice minister, police object at 03:21 PM JST - 4th June
frontandcentre at 11:04 AM JST - 3rd June

Sarge, a black Democrat president for the next 8 years. Don't you just love it?

Maybe it'll be enough time to start clearing up all of the problems caused by the Bush disaster

Posted in Obama nears win amid signs Clinton may admit loss at 11:04 AM JST - 3rd June
frontandcentre at 10:15 AM JST - 3rd June

What's new? Spring seems to have been pretty miserable and rainy already, especially the weekends. Frankly I'm sick of it and wish I could just get out of Tokyo for the next 4-6 weeks. Hokkaido would be ideal!

Posted in Rainy season starts in western Kinki to eastern Kanto at 10:15 AM JST - 3rd June