iraira said...

iraira at 11:06 AM JST - 29th August

Two shots of the vaccine are required, and need to be spaced about 3-4 weeks apart. Then the body requires about a month to develop adequate resistance to the virus. So, everyone will be ready for this particular genotype of the virus by December...just in time for Xmas shopping.

Posted in Health ministry: 20% of population may be infected with new flu at 11:06 AM JST - 29th August
iraira at 11:19 PM JST - 10th August

Well, now that she used the obligatory "a gaijin sold it to me" get out of responsibility card, my "sympathy" is out the door carried away by Typhoon #9. Seriously, does the "Gaijin sold me the drugs" excuse work in any other country on earth?

Posted in What do you think Noriko Sakai's fate should be? at 11:19 PM JST - 10th August
iraira at 11:10 PM JST - 2nd August

Let's convict Ghengis Khan for war crimes while we're at it. The entire concept of war crimes relate to the treatment of captured soldiers or civilians. Germans bombed the hell out of the UK, the allied forces returned the favor. Civilians were viable targets only until recently. That was the…

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 11:10 PM JST - 2nd August
iraira at 09:45 AM JST - 29th July

Dice-K's comments were related to the "ethnic, racial, and physiological" differences between US & Japanese ball players and the training methods they undergo....looks like Dice-K is starting up the excuse mill for when he is sent packing at the end of the season. Ichiro doesn't seem to be suffering too…

Posted in Red Sox upset by Dice-K going public with comments at 09:45 AM JST - 29th July
iraira at 02:52 PM JST - 27th July

Yeah, good thing sticking more health care costs to smokers, since they pay more in taxes than non-smokers. Taspo spy card for alcohol and associated higher med costs for those with a cirrhotic liver coming soon.

Posted in Tobacco maker group hands over taspo user data to prosecutors at 02:52 PM JST - 27th July
iraira at 07:55 AM JST - 27th July

So glad I decided against getting a Taspo card now. Well, truth is, I applied for one, but the application was rejected as I was sticking my tongue out in the picture. That aside....sheesh.

Posted in Tobacco maker group hands over taspo user data to prosecutors at 07:55 AM JST - 27th July
iraira at 10:25 AM JST - 24th July

From the article, Veteran volunteers of the local humane society recall the series of cat killings in the Setagaya area, in which 13 cats died. “Shortly after 13 stray cats had been neutered and released, someone used chemicals and killed every single one of them.”

Ok, bad TV plot line…

Posted in Serial cat killer on the loose again in Tokyo's Setagaya at 10:25 AM JST - 24th July
iraira at 08:58 AM JST - 8th July

I'm voting for Go to get a commemorative statute in front of each and every Takasu Clinic.

Posted in Lux at 08:58 AM JST - 8th July
iraira at 05:04 PM JST - 6th July

oh crap!

Posted in 30 fire engines mobilized as toilet paper storage site burns down at 05:04 PM JST - 6th July
iraira at 04:42 PM JST - 30th June

We can all learn from this incident. If arrested, walk, slither around on all fours, be oily, and don't speak. Eventually, the police will dump you in a river....ok, bad idea.

Posted in Giant salamander found walking along road in Kyoto at 04:42 PM JST - 30th June