gaijintraveller said...

gaijintraveller at 09:45 AM JST - 26th April

Grafton, why do you say "American" and what do you mean? No doubt you mean a citizen of the US. You are building the barriers that eventually lead to wars. She is probably a citizen of the USA, but she is also a North American along with Canadians, but why…

Posted in Forum set up to enhance solidarity among world's indigenous peoples at 09:45 AM JST - 26th April
gaijintraveller at 10:05 AM JST - 25th April

The interesting point is that they searched his home. Were they looking for drugs clothes or what? Is it normal to search a drunk's home?

Posted in Journalist raps police over arrest of Kusanagi at 10:05 AM JST - 25th April
gaijintraveller at 07:10 PM JST - 24th April

What is the variety of trees that will be planted? Sugi seems to be the only type planted by the forestry department. "Consisting of a variety of trees, man-made forests are said to be effective in preserving forestry landscapes and biological diversity" is some countries, but not this one.

Posted in Forestry program calls for 200,000 hectares of tree thinning at 07:10 PM JST - 24th April
gaijintraveller at 08:39 AM JST - 24th April

What is the effect of this in Japan? Many people here use YahooBB as their ISP. Most ISPs provide free webspace. YahooBB's free webspace is on Geocities. It is no more than a Geocities premium account that accepts ftp transfers.

So what is going to happen to YahooBB customers who…

Posted in Yahoo! abandoning GeoCities at 08:39 AM JST - 24th April
gaijintraveller at 06:10 AM JST - 23rd April

Or for 10,000,000 they could buy a house in the countryside. Remodelling is too expensive in Japan and usually the work is shoddy. Do they add insulation when they remodel the house? I doubt it.

Posted in Elderly, retirees trim their houses for more comfortable living at 06:10 AM JST - 23rd April
gaijintraveller at 06:52 PM JST - 22nd April

Does this mean that the description "instant coffee" will become illegal as it seems to bear little resemblance to real coffee? Also, will the orange in "orange juice" have to refer to fruit rather than just colour?

Posted in Diet enacts revised agricultural standards law at 06:52 PM JST - 22nd April
gaijintraveller at 06:07 AM JST - 16th April

Nisegaijin, look what happened when regulation of the financial and banking industries was reduced and they had too much free reign in the US.

Also, the electronics and computer industry is highly regulated by industrial standards. That is why exploding laptops were recalled.

Posted in Consumer affairs agency to be set up as early as this fall at 06:07 AM JST - 16th April
gaijintraveller at 09:59 PM JST - 11th April

The city has a lot to learn from overseas destinations. There is no nightlife to talk about and in the summer lifeguards order people to stop swimming at 5pm. The city also orders the umi-no-ie, the places selling food and drink, by the sea to close at 5.

On the…

Posted in Seaside getaway just 90 minutes from Tokyo at 09:59 PM JST - 11th April
gaijintraveller at 07:23 PM JST - 9th February

Masaky Ogasawara,this really is a well-written and amusing article. I enjoyed reading it.

Posted in J-pop industry taking the music out of music business at 07:23 PM JST - 9th February
gaijintraveller at 06:34 PM JST - 5th February

The best way to promote tourism in rural areas is to sell more land and property to Aussies. They seem to be doing a pretty good job of selling ski tours in Hokkaido and other places to their fellow countrymen.

Other ways of boosting tourism would be to allow more…

Posted in Japan planning to boost foreign tourism in rural areas at 06:34 PM JST - 5th February