isthistheend said...

isthistheend at 05:51 PM JST - 26th July

Saitama, a wonderful place to live? I have a funny story about that place, or at least it was funny when I told it. I was catering at a party for Japanese VIP'S in Chicago a few years ago, when the Chicago Japanese consulate and his VIP friend from Jetro…

Posted in Man arrested for dragging girlfriend with car in Saitama at 05:51 PM JST - 26th July
isthistheend at 05:32 PM JST - 26th July

Count the number of trains in Tokyo, a city of 11 M or so. There are at least 16 train lines. I don't know which is the worst, but the ones in the hub of the city are making a killing by treating all of us who MUST ride them…

Posted in JR West chief questioned over 2005 fatal derailment at 05:32 PM JST - 26th July
isthistheend at 09:02 PM JST - 24th July

How do you know she saw nothing. Maybe she saw nothing BIG but ... This type of behavior goes on all the time by the way.Recently I asked a female student to give an impromptu speech as part of the "finals" and we were videotaping and everything, and she talke…

Posted in Lawyer arrested for flashing woman on train in Kanagawa at 09:02 PM JST - 24th July
isthistheend at 10:51 PM JST - 23rd July

I agree with hikikomori 08. You can't have it both ways. Either you're going to communicate and try to join the world community or your not. Its very clear with all these random absurd, totally wacko, "nutjob exacerbated dysfunctional" cases that Japan is choosing NOT to communicate as a way…

Posted in Suspect in stabbing of book shop clerk says he did it on impulse at 10:51 PM JST - 23rd July
isthistheend at 09:34 PM JST - 23rd July

This just makes no sense at all. How many of us were in fist fights at 15. The worst of it in my day was a great big shiner to the loser. No xxxx deaths. But O.K. I admit it was more than two decades ago, Still, this to the…

Posted in 15-year-old boy arrested for beating ex-classmate to death in Gunma at 09:34 PM JST - 23rd July
isthistheend at 09:25 PM JST - 23rd July

Why don't these people think? That's a good one.And its the problem behind all these random killings. People here DON'T THINK. They just do and say almost whatever the xxx they want, and it all falls in with the "ware ware" do it this way, and you as foreigner will…

Posted in Suspect in stabbing of book shop clerk says he did it on impulse at 09:25 PM JST - 23rd July
isthistheend at 05:27 PM JST - 21st July

They both look like they've been eating too much, especially the guy on the left. Cooking is a wonderful and essential art, and so is eating, but don't forget about staying in shape (inner and outer) during the process and performance.

Posted in NOBU Miami: The Party Cookbook at 05:27 PM JST - 21st July
isthistheend at 10:30 PM JST - 20th July

I think ALL the English newspapers are getting worse and worse, if that's possible. The latest format of the Japan Times for example is just vexing to me, or maybe its to save space (ie budget considerations). But we do need more writing by the readers (like these blogs), and…

Posted in Mainichi promises new start following criticism of online English column at 10:30 PM JST - 20th July
isthistheend at 07:49 PM JST - 17th July

Lovely boy, and lovely relations with parents. Maybe they punished him, or living together was a punishment in itself? Heaven help us all/

Posted in 14-yr-old bus hijacker says he did it to cause trouble for his parents at 07:49 PM JST - 17th July
isthistheend at 07:46 PM JST - 17th July

How many people read newspapers these days? I mean news written on paper rather than through the internet? Sales must be 1/3rd of bubble period....or less? All the wasted paper....waste not want not. I wish they'd go out of business entirely, the xxx delivery boys that is. They go dart…

Posted in 2 Yomiuri newspaper delivery agents arrested for allegedly raping woman at 07:46 PM JST - 17th July