For those people that don't think graffiti is a big deal, how would you like it if you just bought a shiny new car and someone did the same thing to your car? Perhaps some wouldn't care (as long as the graffiti was 'cool', but you have no CHOICE as…
Huh? Do they have ice packs inserted into them or something? How do they work? More importantly, DO they work. Lastly, IF they do work, where the heck can I get a pair if I live in Southern Japan far far away from Tokyo!
I don't really think it's fair to suggest that Japanese men don't have the chutzpah to deal with this situation as there are several things that you are automatically assuming.
First, you're assuming that the women actually have boyfriends, or husbands. You don't know that. Maybe this guy only targeted…
As much as it seems to make sense at first (that being a celebrity you have to take incidents like this in stride) I have to say that there should be some sort of line drawn even for (or especially for) famous people.
Everyone seems to be assuming that she dialed before the attacker reached her. Maybe he stabbed her first. She may have had several seconds of life in her to try and phone or reach someone even after she was stabbed. In any case, it's really impossible to say what would…
I didn't do a tally or anything, but it seemed that quite a few responses think that the suicide problem stems from unhappy salarymen, or people who are driven too hard by their workplace and have an unhappy home life.
While I'm sure that you might be right about some…
jonobugs at 09:28 PM JST - 2nd July
Yup, Speed beat me to the punch. Ditto...what he said.
Posted in Man arrested over hit-and-run death of 82-year-old cyclist in Funabashi at 09:28 PM JST - 2nd July
jonobugs at 01:42 PM JST - 1st July
For those people that don't think graffiti is a big deal, how would you like it if you just bought a shiny new car and someone did the same thing to your car? Perhaps some wouldn't care (as long as the graffiti was 'cool', but you have no CHOICE as…
Posted in English graffiti 'Hack' grounds bullet train at 01:42 PM JST - 1st July
jonobugs at 09:46 PM JST - 29th June
Huh? Do they have ice packs inserted into them or something? How do they work? More importantly, DO they work. Lastly, IF they do work, where the heck can I get a pair if I live in Southern Japan far far away from Tokyo!
Posted in Cold feet at 09:46 PM JST - 29th June
jonobugs at 12:29 AM JST - 28th June
What? Filipinos can't sing? I thought Karaoke was more popular in the Philippines than in Japan!
Posted in Ex-Filipino hostesses become caregivers at 12:29 AM JST - 28th June
jonobugs at 12:19 AM JST - 28th June
I don't really think it's fair to suggest that Japanese men don't have the chutzpah to deal with this situation as there are several things that you are automatically assuming.
First, you're assuming that the women actually have boyfriends, or husbands. You don't know that. Maybe this guy only targeted…
Posted in Ex-university head jailed for molesting 5 female employees at 12:19 AM JST - 28th June
jonobugs at 10:01 PM JST - 25th June
As much as it seems to make sense at first (that being a celebrity you have to take incidents like this in stride) I have to say that there should be some sort of line drawn even for (or especially for) famous people.
YES, they consent to having their photos…
Posted in Singer Namie Amuro sues women's magazine over photos at 10:01 PM JST - 25th June
jonobugs at 09:39 PM JST - 25th June
Sounds fairly vague. Any REAL reason he was arrested, or was it that he didn't "fully" cooperate with them so they threw in that trumped up charge....
Posted in Ex-national champ has license stripped after guilty verdict at 09:39 PM JST - 25th June
jonobugs at 11:29 PM JST - 20th June
Well aren't you just a bowl full of sunshine.
Posted in International Tokyo Toy Show 2008 at 11:29 PM JST - 20th June
jonobugs at 10:45 PM JST - 19th June
Everyone seems to be assuming that she dialed before the attacker reached her. Maybe he stabbed her first. She may have had several seconds of life in her to try and phone or reach someone even after she was stabbed. In any case, it's really impossible to say what would…
Posted in Akihabara victim was dialling 110 when she was attacked at 10:45 PM JST - 19th June
jonobugs at 10:44 PM JST - 19th June
I didn't do a tally or anything, but it seemed that quite a few responses think that the suicide problem stems from unhappy salarymen, or people who are driven too hard by their workplace and have an unhappy home life.
While I'm sure that you might be right about some…
Posted in Suicides in Japan exceed 30,000 in 2007, with depression No. 1 cause at 10:44 PM JST - 19th June