jason6 said...

jason6 at 01:48 PM JST - 20th November

The writer said Tokyo is interesting because it's always changing, but Shimokitazawa shouldn't change. I guess he lives there?

Posted in Building blues at 01:48 PM JST - 20th November
jason6 at 01:39 PM JST - 20th November

80000yen monthly.. i spend that much on alcohol alone

Posted in Kyoto Pref to employ high school graduates without jobs for 4 months at 01:39 PM JST - 20th November
jason6 at 02:38 PM JST - 19th November

Yeah, Palin as president is nigh impossible. Doesn't have a rich and powerful ex-prez oil tycoon daddy. We can all breath a sigh of relief.

Posted in More than 1,000 cheer Palin in Michigan for book tour at 02:38 PM JST - 19th November
jason6 at 02:31 PM JST - 19th November

Don't you people get it? HORTICULTURAL university: she's gonna grow her own!

Posted in Noriko Sakai goes to university at 02:31 PM JST - 19th November
jason6 at 03:12 PM JST - 18th November

Everybody's self-interested. The sushi-lovers (gaijin included) want good, fresh sushi for a good price. The restaurateurs want cheap fish to keep their margins and businesses healthy. Fishermen and market-people want as much fish as possible to supply the chain and keep prices low.. and politicians want their country to be…

Posted in Stores, restaurants worried about record 40% cut in bluefin tuna catch at 03:12 PM JST - 18th November
jason6 at 02:53 PM JST - 18th November

how about waiting a few years till he retires, let the dust settle? worst-case scenario is that Matsui is somehow exposed as a drug-user (this is purely a fictional situation) and then JP is forced to withdraw stamps and have egg on its face for having promoted a disgraced Japanese.

Posted in Japan Post Network to issue stamps to mark Matsui's World Series MVP at 02:53 PM JST - 18th November
jason6 at 02:48 PM JST - 18th November

it doesn't need to be certain qualities, it all goes to make shochu in the end.

Posted in Russia planning large-scale grain exports to Japan at 02:48 PM JST - 18th November
jason6 at 03:50 PM JST - 17th November

People get more ruthless in a society with less money. He mighta made a noise if he woke up, so i guessed they killed him quickly to have one less civilian to worry about..

Stabbed in the neck is better than beaten to death with a blunt object anyday.

Posted in Man stabbed to death in Tokyo apartment at 03:50 PM JST - 17th November
jason6 at 03:31 PM JST - 17th November

i can definitely understand the shock and the need to scapegoat something, anything! then you've got japanese females (with some obligatory slander of their intelligence), one of the favorite targets of the old japan hands. this article seems like a match made in heaven (or at least JT). but yes,…

Posted in Airhead female fans can't get enough of 'cool' accused killer Ichihashi at 03:31 PM JST - 17th November
jason6 at 03:36 PM JST - 10th November

Japanese as bad tourists? If I had to rank them from my experience as location tour guide the worst would be the Chinese and Koreans tied for first, then Eastern Europeans and then maybe Americans.

Posted in Veteran tour escort relates travelers' lack of decorum at 03:36 PM JST - 10th November