ka_chan said...

ka_chan at 05:33 PM JST - 21st September

In Japan if you get in a car with a drunk driver, you are also responsible. That's the law. If a drunk assists a drunk drive a car, aren't they both guilty of drunk driving? Japan really should think about making sure a Judge is a lawyer first. But then…

Posted in Passenger of vehicle in fatal drunk-driving case fined Y250,000 at 05:33 PM JST - 21st September
ka_chan at 05:19 PM JST - 21st September

I don't know if I would call HSBC a British bank. Granted that HQ moved to London in 1999/99 but most people still consider it Chinese or Scottish Chinese since it was founded in Hong Kong in 1865. I think the letters stand for HongKong Shanghai Banking Corporation. It is…

Posted in JTB, HSBC tie up in services for rich customers at 05:19 PM JST - 21st September
ka_chan at 05:07 PM JST - 21st September

I like Becky. The shows are stupid but J-TV. But then, the best think on J-TV is anime. The stories are more interesting especially those that are late a night. The live shows are abit sad but some times they have a good one. It is definitely good if you…

Posted in Becky named Beaujolais goodwill ambassador at 05:07 PM JST - 21st September
ka_chan at 06:29 AM JST - 20th September

What happen to the DEFENSE part of MSDF? If they need to get permission to raise or sink a ship, especially a sub, then you do not need a MSDF. What was the famous or infamous comment by a US watch commander at Pearl Harbor when a sub was sighted…

Posted in Unidentified sub enters deep into western Japan territorial waters at 06:29 AM JST - 20th September
ka_chan at 04:21 AM JST - 24th July

The quality and standards for EMS is always dependent on where you are. I had be involved with EMS for some 20 years in NY where they use volunteers to supplement the services. Basically, outside of the major cities Fire Service and EMS is run by trained volunteers. Saying that,…

Posted in Medical priority system handled badly at Akihabara rampage scene at 04:21 AM JST - 24th July
ka_chan at 12:45 AM JST - 18th June

You know the article doesn't indicate what kind of abuse or what the report considers abuse. So is there more physical abuse, sexual abuse, mental abuse, or what? Did some go down and others go up? As a tend, Japans is get more weird but this may not just be…

Posted in Reported number of child abuse cases top 40,000 in FY 2007 at 12:45 AM JST - 18th June
ka_chan at 11:08 AM JST - 15th June

In a country where there is no appreciation of true danger. Where the children are more and more narcistic, why would there be consideration when there is no empathy? When young adults go to Iraq to see a "war" and get themselves in trouble, it no surprise. Where or not…

Posted in Akihabara becoming increasingly weird at 11:08 AM JST - 15th June
ka_chan at 03:34 AM JST - 14th June

Well now if you rent a truck to mow down people, you will be very successful and no reason to resort to a knife. If I remember right, the sidewalk is wide enough for a car or small trunk and there are guard rail for protection from the street. Yep,…

Posted in 'Pedestrian paradise' to be suspended in Akihabara at 03:34 AM JST - 14th June
ka_chan at 07:42 AM JST - 11th June

Unreal, if won't help a person because of possibly catching Hepatitis, then you must not eat raw sea food, raw fruits or vegetables, not go restaurants, don't kiss or anything else, and never had a childhood disease as mumps. As for hep B most adults

Posted in Victim of Akihabara stabbing spree infected with hepatitis B at 07:42 AM JST - 11th June
ka_chan at 12:01 AM JST - 21st May

It's never too late to learn or relearn. It you don't use it (your brain), you will loose it. So doing something new with your gray matter will help keep you young. Those who went to school in the 50s-70s probably had a better instruction in all subject compared to…

Posted in Middle-aged and elderly flock to English conversation courses at 12:01 AM JST - 21st May