kirakira25 said...

kirakira25 at 02:48 PM JST - 30th October

Excellent idea - although I am biased because I don`t smoke.

But I wonder if it is possible to calculate the possible decline in cigarette sales due to the tax increase leading to less demand, and the potential effect that might have on revenue?

(sorry - studying financial decision making…

Posted in Health ministry considers hiking tobacco tax by 10 yen per cigarette at 02:48 PM JST - 30th October
kirakira25 at 02:44 PM JST - 30th October

PS - does anyone think if my waters break there they might give me free wine for life or something???! Just a thought....

Posted in Harvest Festival in Tochigi a perfect weekend getaway at 02:44 PM JST - 30th October
kirakira25 at 02:43 PM JST - 30th October

I would love to go to this but will be 39 weeks pregnant :( ! Maybe if he comes early I can go? Or maybe it would actually be a great way to get him out???! Watch out for a massive gaijin lady staggering around - and not just because…

Posted in Harvest Festival in Tochigi a perfect weekend getaway at 02:43 PM JST - 30th October
kirakira25 at 01:05 PM JST - 30th October

Loving this thread! Really interesting! (can anyone point me in the direction of the fake nipples??! For research purposes only you understand....!)

Posted in The wackiest Japanese beauty products ever at 01:05 PM JST - 30th October
kirakira25 at 01:01 PM JST - 30th October

Yay! Go Auntplum! I couldn`t be bothered to argue any more!

Images of child rape are not illegal here? Wow! I thought possession of child porn had recently become illegal, and this covers these images, but I think I might be mistaking possession and creation or sale. Can anyone clarify?

Posted in Cop caught taking up-skirt videos during anti-pervert campaign at 01:01 PM JST - 30th October
kirakira25 at 08:27 AM JST - 30th October

but really people buy photos from a cell phone?

Clearly in this case it depends on the pictures content, not the quality. I would equally like to see the police go after anyone who bought these pictures, if anyone. It`s not clear if it got that far.

@lutfreak - I…

Posted in Woman held for taking indecent photos of 6-yr-old daughter for sale at 08:27 AM JST - 30th October
kirakira25 at 09:43 PM JST - 29th October

I would just like to see a change to reflect that people here as young as 15 or 16 CAN be considered responsible for their actions and tried accordingly if they break the law. As for the age of drinking, smoking, buying porn etc - it`s kind of arbitrary anyway…

Posted in Panel proposes lowering age of adulthood to 18 at 09:43 PM JST - 29th October
kirakira25 at 04:48 PM JST - 29th October

I wish I could counter some of these posts and this article. In fact, I hnave been sitting here racking my brains to think of some examples. But all that keeps popping into my head is the face of a woman in my building this morning who went out the…

Posted in Self-centered zombies running rampant through Japanese society at 04:48 PM JST - 29th October
kirakira25 at 07:07 PM JST - 28th October

Afterward I may suggest you consider your attire before leaving the house

Oh, sorry! Did I make a grave sexually provocative mistake with my maternity clothes??!!! The problem here is NOT the way women dress!

You clearly pass the ball and most likely someone will catch it. Are you even…

Posted in Cop caught taking up-skirt videos during anti-pervert campaign at 07:07 PM JST - 28th October
kirakira25 at 04:53 PM JST - 28th October

I don`t agree with wearing fur but I did have to laugh at my lovely Russian friend, who was doing an English course in a school with a nightmare-sounding American young female teacher who just loved the sound of her own voice, and the fact that her job gave her…

Posted in Antifur rally marches through fashionable Tokyo streets at 04:53 PM JST - 28th October