jeffrey said...

jeffrey at 03:56 AM JST - 24th December

saru_au at 08:13 PM JST - 23rd December

more Japanese will be fluent foreign language speakers only if Japan has plans for mass immigration ... [i'm talking 30% of the population], i.e. when hell freezes over.

It needn't be something so radical and unnecessary (multiculturalism isn't all it's cracked up…

Posted in New guideline calls for high school English classes to be taught in English at 03:56 AM JST - 24th December
jeffrey at 03:43 AM JST - 24th December

Going to be tough sledding considering that most HS English teachers can't speak English.

This will only work if they start kids with English at yochien.

Posted in New guideline calls for high school English classes to be taught in English at 03:43 AM JST - 24th December
jeffrey at 03:39 AM JST - 24th December

RichardtheFirst at 08:22 PM JST - 23rd December

Is that Tokyo Station to the left?

Not unless they have sometime over the last 50 years moved the station or the tower. If it were possible to see Tokyo Eki in a larger version of the this photo, it would be…

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jeffrey at 06:28 AM JST - 16th December

PhillJ at 02:06 PM JST - 13th December

It nice to see when a good looking women to win.

As opposed to all the really ugly women who have been Miss Universe?

Posted in Life beyond the universe at 06:28 AM JST - 16th December
jeffrey at 01:01 AM JST - 16th December

Annus Scandalous: A year of food safety scandals upsets Japan’s applecart

Anus scandal?

We will not buy imported Chinese food. Rather frustrating situation, though, as finding frozen edamae in some stores that isn't from China is a challenge.

Posted in Annus Scandalous: A year of food safety scandals upsets Japan’s applecart at 01:01 AM JST - 16th December
jeffrey at 08:59 AM JST - 11th December

Nice Japanese take on the mullet.

Posted in Kumi Koda and Shun Oguri at 08:59 AM JST - 11th December
jeffrey at 08:57 AM JST - 11th December

TeruSensei at 05:35 PM JST - 10th December

There are so many ignorant comments here. None of you are puroresu fans, and none of you understand the concept of HUSTLE I see. Generalissimo Takada is a legendary character, and nothing within HUSTLE is supposed to be taken seriously.

I see.…

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jeffrey at 08:20 AM JST - 11th December

The man who triggered fears over the future of Japanese baseball is setting out to prove he is worth the commotion he has stirred up. And his right-arm could change the landscape of baseball relations across the Pacific Ocean.

Actually, I believe that man was Ichiro Suzuki, the first everyday…

Posted in Japan-U.S. baseball ties at crossroads at 08:20 AM JST - 11th December
jeffrey at 07:41 AM JST - 11th December

She looks as hard as nails.

Posted in Life beyond the universe at 07:41 AM JST - 11th December
jeffrey at 07:40 AM JST - 11th December

bamboohat at 06:35 AM JST - 11th December

I'll take the second one from the far left in blue. I like blue, and she is out of focus enough to allow me to imagine her the way I like her.

Given that they are Miss Universe Japan contestants, they're all…

Posted in Miss Universe Japan 2009 at 07:40 AM JST - 11th December