knews said...

knews at 01:53 AM JST - 20th November

couversaka

If you volunteer to work for JICA, you don't get to choose where you are sent to, as far as I know. He's trying to help Yemen so that people who visit (like you) will leave with a better impression of the country.

Posted in Negotiations to free kidnapped Japanese in Yemen unsuccessful at 01:53 AM JST - 20th November
knews at 01:49 AM JST - 20th November

Helly

I find it hard to believe that those protests are staged. Where did you here that one from?!

Also, maybe they don't have many English-speaking staff exactly because they don't want to encourage off-duty military people to visit their establishments. Who can blame them?

The solution is for the…

Posted in Can anyone suggest a solution to the U.S. bases issue in Okinawa? at 01:49 AM JST - 20th November
knews at 01:42 AM JST - 19th November

I wonder why they chose to end the article with that final sentence which doesn't sound too positive.

Posted in Negotiations to free kidnapped Japanese in Yemen unsuccessful at 01:42 AM JST - 19th November
knews at 11:26 PM JST - 18th November

tkoind2

Good to see that you are on the ball.

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 11:26 PM JST - 18th November
knews at 11:34 PM JST - 17th November

All this just shows the sad state of affairs in the minds of many people in the U.S.

It is precisely this kind of inane thinking in the U.S. ("The US President shouldn't bow to anyone") that prevents a more positive view of the U.S. to take hold.

As I…

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 11:34 PM JST - 17th November
knews at 10:19 PM JST - 14th November

It's simply a bi-cultural greeting. The Emperor initiating the handshake and President Obama reciprocating with a bow, so both parties are showing respect for the other's customs.

Posted in Meet and greet at 10:19 PM JST - 14th November
knews at 10:39 PM JST - 13th November

Maybe paper cartons would be better? Remember milk used to be in glass bottles...... Corks are disappearing too, it's all screwtops now. Evolution I suppose.

Posted in Aeon to sell Beaujolais wine in PET bottles for Y980 at 10:39 PM JST - 13th November
knews at 10:16 PM JST - 13th November

DELTA440

Gee, I'm sure that would make you feel much better. A sign that we are evolving is that we don't resort to our primitive instincts.

Posted in Woman arrested for killing 9-year-old son in Nagoya hotel at 10:16 PM JST - 13th November
knews at 11:41 PM JST - 12th November

Difficult as it may be to understand, there are those in Japan who feel that it is a kind of "responsibility" to take the kids with them when they decide to end things. It has a long history in Japan (and some other countries in Asia). We don't understand it…

Posted in Woman arrested for killing 9-year-old son in Nagoya hotel at 11:41 PM JST - 12th November
knews at 01:33 AM JST - 12th November

250,000 yen a month sounds like the minimum one would hope to receive on retirement from one's company. Add that to the 200,000 yen from the National Pension (about the maximum possible and based on paying into it for 40 years) and you can probably get by. But if it's…

Posted in Gov't outlines JAL rescue steps, including pension cuts, bridge loans at 01:33 AM JST - 12th November