knews said...

knews at 11:55 PM JST - 2nd October

There is no easy solution to this. Both parents want the kids to live in the parents' own respective countries. Both parents can't seem to live together or share the kids. Why should one be more entitled to have the kids than the other? So, it turns into this nightmare…

Posted in American father arrested in Japan had asked Tennessee court for help at 11:55 PM JST - 2nd October
knews at 12:06 AM JST - 2nd October

gogogo

Thanks for that. I had no idea.

Posted in American father arrested in Japan had asked Tennessee court for help at 12:06 AM JST - 2nd October
knews at 11:56 PM JST - 1st October

To get permanent residency (a visa category) in Japan, applicants are supposed to have lived in Japan continuously for 10 years. How could he go to the next level and get Japanese citizenship (a Japanese passport) after only 7 years? I thought citizenship was very difficult to get and reserved…

Posted in American father arrested in Japan had asked Tennessee court for help at 11:56 PM JST - 1st October
knews at 12:14 AM JST - 1st October

The English conversation industry in Japan is unique in that the vast majority of customers have at least some passive knowledge of English. They can actually read the language. Imagine if you could read French or Spanish and understood the meaning of the words but couldn't speak it. This makes…

Posted in What is your impression of the English-teaching industry in Japan? Have things improved since Nova's collapse or are there still bad apples in the barrel? at 12:14 AM JST - 1st October
knews at 11:54 PM JST - 30th September

I'd always heard that Nova was connected with dodgy loan companies (like Aiful and Acom) so students could easily get credit to pay for lessons in instalments... That would possibly explain gangster links to Sa(ru)hashi.

Posted in Gangster trio held for confining ex-Nova president in hotel room at 11:54 PM JST - 30th September
knews at 11:48 PM JST - 30th September

saseboni

Who knows if the father is a decent, upright citizen or not? We certainly can't know based on this article. Maybe he was abusive and a real loser. Who knows?

Whitehawk

Whoopie doo if you might have friends and family who know him. That is so irrelevant, it's not…

Posted in American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife at 11:48 PM JST - 30th September
knews at 10:48 PM JST - 29th September

Apsara

I agree. I can't recall the last time a female Japanese tourist was murdered in Bali so it can't be too dangerous there. Of course we all need to be careful wherever we go if we aren't familiar with the area or people.

Posted in Japanese woman found murdered in Bali at 10:48 PM JST - 29th September
knews at 12:03 AM JST - 26th September

What's the relevance of this comment in the article?:

"You want two kids? Well forget about it—you need to either be rich or living out on a farm under the same roof as your parents and your foreign wife (statistically an Asian wife, if you’re a farmer boy)."

It Lloyd…

Posted in 'Konkatsu' marriage activity businesses booming at 12:03 AM JST - 26th September
knews at 12:33 AM JST - 18th September

isthistheend

Have to comment on your Japan Post (Office) criticism. Name another country where you can pick up or send mail 24 hours a day. Or just call your post office to redeliver something within a few hours. That is real service. I don't mind if there is "one fat…

Posted in Are you optimistic that things will get better in Japan under new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama? at 12:33 AM JST - 18th September
knews at 08:31 AM JST - 14th September

Cutting anyone's salary is not very fun but if the idea is to re-channel this "saved" money into fixing up the social insurance, then go for it. Reading the other day (link below) that there are now 40,000 people in Japan over 100 years old and they forecast it will…

Posted in DPJ eyes pay reduction, job cuts for national civil servants at 08:31 AM JST - 14th September