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huberts2 said...

  • huberts2 at 10:16 AM JST - 8th May

    SDF Well there is always a bit more to the news than you can read on Japan Today but -- In my day, a long time ago, we new "SDF" members who "entered" ( loosely defined ) in 'April' stayed there for at least three months and didn't get out,…

    Posted in SDF member among 5 youths arrested for attacking residential police box in Ibaraki at 10:16 AM JST - 8th May

  • huberts2 at 07:55 PM JST - 3rd May

    Fukuda To some14some -- China is not a member of the Group of Eight. To nutsagain -- Nakasone is right. Fukuda is not an internationalist; he has not made any apparent effort to develop any personal relationships with others 'among' the Group. I have no recollection of him visiting the…

    Posted in Nakasone concerned about Japan's lack of 'reliable' allies at summit at 07:55 PM JST - 3rd May

  • huberts2 at 11:09 AM JST - 22nd April

    200 years

    A good article, thanks. I have lived on and off in Japan for a number of years and during that time owned a delightful 75sq.m apartment; very well constructed with the use of substantial materials and likely, subject to the following comment, to last "200 years". However after…

    Posted in 200-year rabbit hutches at 11:09 AM JST - 22nd April

  • huberts2 at 04:21 PM JST - 10th April

    Death Row

    The public cruelty of these events is more obvious when one considers that several offences were reported to have been committed in 1982 and 1989. I dont know the year of conviction nor the years taken for the prosecutor to appeal for the death penalty from the lower…

    Posted in Four death row inmates hanged at 04:21 PM JST - 10th April

  • huberts2 at 09:24 AM JST - 7th April

    But take into mind that Japan has failed by 30% to meet previous promised commitments See http://au.news.yahoo.com/080403/19/16d0c.html

    Posted in Japan eyes doubling ODA to Africa in 5 years at 09:24 AM JST - 7th April

  • huberts2 at 10:27 AM JST - 31st March

    For eastokyo - there are no foreign construction companies in Japan. If there were we may see less restrictive trade practices and graft associated with politics, and tendering scams.

    Posted in Osaka firm falsifies test reports for expressway material at 10:27 AM JST - 31st March

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