hughjohnson said...

hughjohnson at 07:10 AM JST - 26th August

I've gotten used to being called a "half" although at first it did seem a bit derogatory. I did like it when I went to Thailand though and they said I was "Eurasian".

Posted in Marie gives the lowdown on being 'half' at 07:10 AM JST - 26th August
hughjohnson at 09:24 PM JST - 7th August

Hold on one minute! The newspaper did NOT write an article promoting anything. It simply printed an advertisement for a book. I find it ridiculous that there is a religious organisation that goes around telling respected media producers what they can and can't print. Who do they think they are?…

Posted in Jewish human rights group protests 'anti-Semitic' ad in Nihon Keizai Shimbun at 09:24 PM JST - 7th August
hughjohnson at 05:29 PM JST - 13th July

Thats the first thing I noticed when I first watched J-League years ago. Nobody was taking the shot!

I wish there was Rugby League in Japan.

Posted in Head of JFA calls J-League boring at 05:29 PM JST - 13th July
hughjohnson at 06:48 AM JST - 13th July

Although I'm not a fan of happoshu, I still think most Japanese beer is better than American beer. Admittedly, I drank more than a few "40's" (40 ounce malt liquor) in my college days and that probably did irreparable damage to my liver, guts and brain. If you think happoshu…

Posted in Kirin replaces Asahi as most popular beer at 06:48 AM JST - 13th July
hughjohnson at 06:02 PM JST - 29th April

They should make a new law regarding how tuna is caught. Right now whole schools of tuna are caught and fattened in their cages leaving hardly any survivors. Not only that, quotas are almost always exceeded and in Italy, the mafia control the fishing.

Aaanyway.

Posted in Holy mackerel: A breakthrough in tuna science? at 06:02 PM JST - 29th April
hughjohnson at 06:48 PM JST - 19th April

Were they Veritech fighters?

Posted in ASDF scrambled jets 307 times in 2007, mostly for Russian planes at 06:48 PM JST - 19th April