frontandcentre said...

frontandcentre at 01:38 PM JST - 4th April

You gotta admit though, Japanese news tends to treat resident foreigners - espceially Asian foreigners - with a measure of contempt. The tone will be that she "had it coming" for being a Filipino woman, lots of assumptions without any facts, and so on...

Posted in Mutilated body part thought to be of Filipina found in Tokyo condo at 01:38 PM JST - 4th April
frontandcentre at 11:38 AM JST - 4th April

When this happens, I am going to sit in the ruins of my office and call Domino's Pizza for a couple of "tropicals" to keep me going until the rush has passed

Posted in Millions risk being crushed on streets in big Tokyo quake, simulation shows at 11:38 AM JST - 4th April
frontandcentre at 10:59 AM JST - 4th April

All this proves that Zawahiri is simply another duplicitous politician - with rather more honesty about the tactics that he advocates than some. After all, when no-one's innocent, then there are no innocent casualties, are there?

And yes, I will be cheering when they capture or kill this bloodthirsty, deluded,…

Posted in Al-Qaida's Zawahri says his organization doesn't kill innocents at 10:59 AM JST - 4th April
frontandcentre at 10:18 AM JST - 4th April

sincity - "Why don't genuinely beuatiful women enter those silly contests?"

because either their beauty comes from the modesty of not assuming that they are beautiful, or because they are not so insecure as having to 'prove' their beauty to the world.

These two are just averagely pretty, that's all.…

Posted in Miss Universe Japan at 10:18 AM JST - 4th April
frontandcentre at 10:14 AM JST - 4th April

The evacuation thing will be fouled up by obasans stopping at the top of escalators, mark my words

Posted in Millions risk being crushed on streets in big Tokyo quake, simulation shows at 10:14 AM JST - 4th April
frontandcentre at 09:21 AM JST - 1st April

"They can NEVER take my freedom!"

(to play irritating regional British musical instruments...)

Posted in Bagpipe at 09:21 AM JST - 1st April
frontandcentre at 02:58 PM JST - 31st March

Sorry - I thought that this was a story about Shintaro Ishihara - my mistake

Posted in A life in the day of a clown at 02:58 PM JST - 31st March
frontandcentre at 02:55 PM JST - 31st March

"58 comic books"

...I think that says a lot, really. Adults reading comics is often a bad sign. Deranged otaku alert!

Posted in Teen decided to kill someone 1 hour before pushing man onto tracks at 02:55 PM JST - 31st March
frontandcentre at 10:58 AM JST - 28th March

Why on earth keep her name secret? This Japanese nonsense about secrecy over weddings makes no sense at all. The press are going to find out anyway, so why bother trying to cover it up?

Densha - perhaps the gigantic salary he's on had something to do with it, plus…

Posted in Love at 1st sight for newly wed Yankees star Matsui at 10:58 AM JST - 28th March
frontandcentre at 01:26 PM JST - 26th March

Funny - mention hunting a small and sustainable number of certain whale species and you get super-long threads with impassioned debate about how awfully cruel it is. Here however we have the humble tuna actually being seriously and unsustainably overfished on a mass scale and .... no debate at all.…

Posted in Tuna conservation body begins talks at 01:26 PM JST - 26th March