kirakira25 said...

kirakira25 at 06:21 PM JST - 22nd August

unnecessary medical procedure, humiliation or even grievous boldly harm since it was obviously done intentionally by the medical staff to invoke a reaction not fix a medical condition.

Obviously done intentionally by medical staff to invoke a reaction? Grievious bodily harm? That`s a pretty big leap! I think you will…

Posted in Man feigns death for 3 hours to avoid police questioning in Osaka at 06:21 PM JST - 22nd August
kirakira25 at 04:51 PM JST - 21st August

So the guy now has legal grounds to sue...

I seriously doubt that

Posted in Man feigns death for 3 hours to avoid police questioning in Osaka at 04:51 PM JST - 21st August
kirakira25 at 04:46 PM JST - 21st August

@tmarie - I refused to deal with "that crap" - as a result I was forced to leave the kindergarten! But you know what - you live and learn. No way will my next two be going through that system. DH and MIL convinced me it was the right thing…

Posted in U.N. urges Japan to do more to eradicate discrimination against women at 04:46 PM JST - 21st August
kirakira25 at 10:56 AM JST - 21st August

Whether people choose to acknowledge it or not, discrimination is rife in this society. I was fired from my job when I got pregnant. I met a girl recently who graduated Todai top of her class in economics and went to the BofJ but was told she couldn`t enter the…

Posted in U.N. urges Japan to do more to eradicate discrimination against women at 10:56 AM JST - 21st August
kirakira25 at 10:36 AM JST - 21st August

Another person is almost certainly going to die before this is all over - sadly quite a few I would guess, healthy and otherwise.

I love the way this has gone from "swine flu" to "new flu" over time - score one for the pig farmers I guess!

Posted in Female new-flu patient falls seriously ill in Nagano at 10:36 AM JST - 21st August
kirakira25 at 10:34 AM JST - 21st August

Life`s tough at the top.

Posted in Prince Tomohito enters hospital for alcoholism treatment at 10:34 AM JST - 21st August
kirakira25 at 10:32 AM JST - 21st August

Great ploy but what was he thinking? That they would let him go if he was dead? That he would sneak out of the mortuary under cover of darkness?

Why did they have to do that for a bike crash?

Well, if I was a doctor and I thought the…

Posted in Man feigns death for 3 hours to avoid police questioning in Osaka at 10:32 AM JST - 21st August
kirakira25 at 08:40 AM JST - 20th August

Let me guess - he was visiting Aomori on a hot tip from Adam and Eve that it was a beautiful paradise and every apple coming out of Aomori now is descended from THAT tree?

At least he had the sense to avoid Tokyo. Murder on the Birkenstocks.

Posted in Jesus Christ lived in Aomori - really? at 08:40 AM JST - 20th August
kirakira25 at 12:59 PM JST - 19th August

Im surprised its as high as 1.23%. My husband tried to get away with dumping me at the (non-English speaking) hospital in labour with my first and going off to the office. He was trying to impress his brand new American shacho, who in the event was actually horrified when…

Posted in Male workers taking child-care leave fall to 1.23%: survey at 12:59 PM JST - 19th August
kirakira25 at 12:57 PM JST - 19th August

Finally!!!! Some actual news on this thing! In my area I am hearing every day of new cases - daycares have been shut down, a 15 year old down the road from me (niece of a friend) etc etc - and yet everyone is walking around blissfully unaware.

The UK…

Posted in New flu epidemic in Japan has fully begun, health minister says at 12:57 PM JST - 19th August