kenchan said...

kenchan at 09:10 PM JST - 23rd April

"She is 22 although she looks older"

My thoughts exactly.

I assume that you have gotten too used to the young looking faces of Japaneses females and thus think that westerners are older than their age?

btw...is this like a romantic lord of the rings? ;p

Posted in Mischa Barton at 09:10 PM JST - 23rd April
kenchan at 09:04 PM JST - 23rd April

instead of going for the easy typcial marketing spin job of the decols...airlines should focus more on the level of packaging/materials used on inflight meals, which are traditionally covered to the hilt. That would be an actual reduction in material usage now that the companies could affect instead of relying…

Posted in JAL Eco Jet to raise awareness of global environment at 09:04 PM JST - 23rd April
kenchan at 03:27 PM JST - 23rd April

2 months left only? hes going home definitely then...no club could seriously want to keep a player with that short a contract left....

This is surprising, given the important goals that he has scored for them recently.

anyways, celtic will lose the title to Rangers so theres less incentive for…

Posted in Yokohama try to lure Nakamura back from Glasgow at 03:27 PM JST - 23rd April
kenchan at 07:59 AM JST - 19th April

‘The government action is appropriate,’’ federation Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata said

it really means..."otherwise my job that was kindly given to me by the support of all the major power companies and METI would be under threat"

obviously no conflict of interest from him I bet.

Posted in Industry defends gov't action in J-Power case at 07:59 AM JST - 19th April
kenchan at 08:01 AM JST - 17th April

Aero> it doesn't matter how KettoKamisori or anyone else terms it, the fact that the sales of xbox(360) are poor tells its own story.

...I just wish I could find a land where everyone hated Sony...lol

Posted in Video game console, software sales forecast to peak in 2008 at 08:01 AM JST - 17th April
kenchan at 07:57 AM JST - 17th April

what do they do with the used PCs? send it to China for kids to pull apart?

Posted in Collection of used home PCs falls 1.1% at 07:57 AM JST - 17th April
kenchan at 07:50 AM JST - 17th April

These kind of rules are common in USA

common doesn't make it right and those "in line with international investment standards" are rubbish..there is no such thing as it depends on each country's biase towards protecting national status symbols. He just refers to US and French policies on inward investment.…

Posted in Gov't asks British fund to drop plan to raise stake in J-Power at 07:50 AM JST - 17th April
kenchan at 09:54 PM JST - 16th April

Never understood why Muji are doing well in the west....in the UK, they are expensive for their "non-brand" products. I suppose its just gulliable consumers who like the "non-brand" branding....thickos

Posted in Muji operator Ryohin Keikaku to double number of overseas outlets at 09:54 PM JST - 16th April
kenchan at 09:51 PM JST - 16th April

MPLS2> I'm not a fan of hedge funds, BUT they are right that this is a sad day for the japanese economy. Such an intervention has nothing to do with national security as the fund is just looking to improve margins at a bloated inefficient organisation that has been molly…

Posted in Gov't asks British fund to drop plan to raise stake in J-Power at 09:51 PM JST - 16th April
kenchan at 09:28 PM JST - 15th April

How can the level of Japanese universities be any more dumbed down than it is now. For most Japanese, university is just four years of vacation until they start work.

My interpretation of his statement on "dumbing down" is more to do with the difficulty of the entrance exams, as…

Posted in The business of education at 09:28 PM JST - 15th April