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griff at 11:49 AM JST - 21st November

yikes! hold the front page! human beings in getting sick shocker! what will they think of next!!!

Posted in Number of flu cases in Japan estimated at over 9 mil at 11:49 AM JST - 21st November
griff at 07:27 AM JST - 18th November

what's his motivation, i wonder? protest? does he want to die? guilt stolen his appetite?

Posted in Ichihashi given nutritional supplements at 07:27 AM JST - 18th November
griff at 07:24 AM JST - 18th November

The picture is so beautiful and romantic but there will be several comments here that will kill the romance and one of these comments always belongs to you, Sarge. I do not know how a person can associate such beauty with the washroom lines. what were you thinking?

unfortunately, grossly…

Posted in Autumn glow at 07:24 AM JST - 18th November
griff at 02:34 AM JST - 16th November

This "traditional" wedding ceremony was invented in 1904. Pre WWII it was considered "untraditional". It became tradional post 1945.

this really wouldn't surprise me. people have very short memories. just present something as odd and traditional and pretty soon people will forget that it really isn't

of course, this doesn't…

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griff at 09:19 AM JST - 15th November

That dress looks ridiculous.

seems the more ridiculous the better in the world of "fashion"

Posted in Sayo Aizawa picks up SKY PerfecTV! fashion award at 09:19 AM JST - 15th November
griff at 08:46 AM JST - 14th November

seems in j-pop quantity is an oft used substitute for quality

Posted in AKB48 drop in on Tamori at 08:46 AM JST - 14th November
griff at 11:39 AM JST - 12th November

Monetary reward is not necessary for citizens with ethics - just the satisfaction of having helped take a dangerous criminal off the streets is ample reward. If people need a cash incentive to do the right thing, it does not say much for their honesty.

meanwhile, in the real world...

Posted in Dividing up Ichihashi reward money worthy of its own investigation at 11:39 AM JST - 12th November
griff at 02:17 AM JST - 11th November

Unfortunately for them, many soon find out that some people don't want to sit next to them on the trains, how difficult it is to find an apt on their own, how the government is using them as a cash cow to finance the elderly without giving anything back to…

Posted in Indian engineers becoming backbone of Japan's IT industry at 02:17 AM JST - 11th November
griff at 02:13 AM JST - 11th November

how ironic

Posted in Czech man takes son out of Japan in suspected child abduction at 02:13 AM JST - 11th November
griff at 02:05 AM JST - 11th November

the low rate of violent and petty crime in japan has next to nothing to do with the police, and everything to do with organised crime and social tendencies.

Posted in ICHIHASHI ARRESTED BY POLICE IN OSAKA at 02:05 AM JST - 11th November