gaijintraveller said...

gaijintraveller at 09:35 AM JST - 8th November

Does the 3,000 yen package include a real room or just a capsule? Actually, does "budget hotel" mean "capsule hotel"?

Posted in Budget hotels struggling to accommodate demanding guests at 09:35 AM JST - 8th November
gaijintraveller at 07:52 AM JST - 2nd November

If I understand this correctly, the electricity companies will buy the solar electricity, but households will pay for it through a surcharge.

"The state will not be required to spend even 1 yen." "The electricity companies will collect a monthly surcharge of around 30 yen from every household and organization…

Posted in Japan accelerates purchase of surplus solar electricity at homes at 07:52 AM JST - 2nd November
gaijintraveller at 07:41 AM JST - 2nd November

Personally, I am going to continue eating food labelled as imported. I believe the customs check imports more thoroughly than the Ministry of Agriculture does. There seems to be plenty of shenanigans in the food industry in this country, too.

Posted in Okada asks Beijing to admit frozen dumplings laced with poison in China at 07:41 AM JST - 2nd November
gaijintraveller at 09:04 PM JST - 29th October

I am another AU user. I have a Sony Ericsson model. The design is terrible. It has so many functions built in that it reminds you of Windows when you turn it on as it takes so long to start up. It has predictive typing, but it prediction is nearly…

Posted in KDDI unveils new lineup of au handsets at 09:04 PM JST - 29th October
gaijintraveller at 10:48 AM JST - 4th October

KallyPygous,you are missing the g. Mekong not Mekon.

Posted in Okada promises Japan's support for Mekong region countries at 10:48 AM JST - 4th October
gaijintraveller at 07:28 PM JST - 1st October

"Savoie obtained Japanese citizenship." So is he American or Japanese? I believe that to become Japanese you must renounce your previous nationality.

I suspect that he did not obtain citizenship but, perhaps, a permanent residence permit, which is much easier to get.

Posted in American father arrested in Japan had asked Tennessee court for help at 07:28 PM JST - 1st October
gaijintraveller at 07:20 PM JST - 1st October

Microsoft have released free antivirus programs. Then they started to charge for them. Then, I suppose, nobody bought them. Does that mean this is a repackaged Windows Defender?

If Microsoft designed more secure products, there would be less need for antivirus software.

As Pawatan says, there is good, free antivirus…

Posted in Microsoft to release free antivirus PC software at 07:20 PM JST - 1st October
gaijintraveller at 11:11 AM JST - 27th September

Cow76, I also thought that, but I checked. It seems that the name changed around 2000. "Workers" caused problems with the immigration in some countries. Maybe it also caused problems with labour laws and made hosts a potential target for legal action.

Posted in Increasing number of people staying in farm houses under WWOOF system at 11:11 AM JST - 27th September
gaijintraveller at 07:27 PM JST - 25th September

"Put on another sumo clinic." Who wrote this? Surely not a native English speaker. This really is a strange expression.

Posted in Asashoryu closes in on title; Hakuho still chasing at 07:27 PM JST - 25th September
gaijintraveller at 06:48 PM JST - 22nd September

Surely this would be a huge problem for the USA. If other countries no longer wanted to hold dollars, they would want to sell them to someone else, but who would want to buy them? This would lead to a market flooded with dollars for sale and consequently an enormous…

Posted in U.N. panel calls for new global currency to replace U.S. dollar at 06:48 PM JST - 22nd September