herefornow said...

herefornow at 09:35 AM JST - 4th January

All I can add is "thank God for cable". At least the Golf Channel had Tiger Week going this past week, and there were some decent movies and re-plays of NFL games. I make it a general rule to never watch any channel below like #12, except the NHK "news".

Posted in What do you think of the quality of Japanese TV programs this time of year? Seen anything you like? at 09:35 AM JST - 4th January
herefornow at 09:27 AM JST - 4th January

Let's hope that JAL teams-up with Delta or American and that the government doesn't simply switch JAL's international routes to ANA. That would be a knee-jerk/protectionist move and simply doom the international travelers here to many more years of ridiculously high fares.

Posted in JAL looks to Delta after gov't doubles credit line at 09:27 AM JST - 4th January
herefornow at 11:09 AM JST - 29th December

Please, this piece is just more pure socialist clap-trap from good old Henry Hilton. He conveniently glosses over the fact that many economists in Japan, including Fujii, the Finance Minister, are very concerned about the health of the Japanese economy and the swelling debt and persistent deflation. In fact, many…

Posted in Good riddance to 2009 at 11:09 AM JST - 29th December
herefornow at 10:56 AM JST - 29th December

LoveUSA -- I hate to do it, but I'm going to have to stick up for Ishikawa. Tiger Woods grew up idolizing Jack Nicklaus. Had pictures of him all over his room. The fact that this 18 year-old wants to copy Tiger is no reason to trash him. Better that…

Posted in Ishikawa to play up to 6 events in U.S. before Masters at 10:56 AM JST - 29th December
herefornow at 09:33 AM JST - 29th December

I love all these lovely terms like "watari" and the ever popular "descent from heaven", to gloss over the fact that these folks are basically stealing from the taxpayers. Will the sheep here ever wake up?

Posted in Survey shows officials at 219 local gov'ts receiving excessive pay at 09:33 AM JST - 29th December
herefornow at 09:26 AM JST - 29th December

I hope he spends all of 2010, and then some, behind bars. He's trash.

Posted in Oshio to be served arrest warrant over woman's death at 09:26 AM JST - 29th December
herefornow at 09:25 AM JST - 29th December

Pathetic excuse for a "safety net". The LDP-led government willingly allowed companies to get around hiring laws for years by using temp workers. And now that they've been let go, due to the bad economy, has no way of helping them. What a disgrace. And, as Schopenhauer points out, there…

Posted in Tokyo gov't sets up shelter for laid-off dispatch workers at 09:25 AM JST - 29th December
herefornow at 11:37 AM JST - 28th December

biglittleman -- silly comment a pure red herring. The fact is that December 25th is celebrated worldwide as his birthday, and is the second holiest day in the Christian calendar behind Easter. So for these idiots to get drunk and abuse this guy as part of a "Christmas" party IS…

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herefornow at 10:47 AM JST - 28th December

tkoind2 -- well said. Agree 100% with your assessment. Superficiality, disguised as kawaii, rules here. Sad how far this once-great-culture has fallen.

Posted in Males dressed as maids latest fad for Akihabara cafes at 10:47 AM JST - 28th December
herefornow at 10:42 AM JST - 28th December

Wonderful, Japan will now be turning to a 62 year-old comedian who nearly killed himself in a drunk-driving incident for advice on mental health. Priceless.

Posted in Takeshi to revamp his Tuesday night health show at 10:42 AM JST - 28th December