koizumi said...

koizumi at 08:16 AM JST - 9th April

The current - and probable future - problem with the birth rate is NOT financial, not much at all to do with freeters. So please stop pushing this knee-bone line.

The 'child crisis' is mostly to do with folks that HAVE money but still decide to have only one (or…

Posted in Support for 'freeters' needed to halt Japan's declining birthrate at 08:16 AM JST - 9th April
koizumi at 01:12 AM JST - 9th April

Parenting in Japan is really poor.

Mainly, parents are just careful to minimize the 'shame' potential of their children's actions.

Pretty sad.

Posted in Pregnant junior high school teacher harassed by students’ 'Miscarriage Club' at 01:12 AM JST - 9th April
koizumi at 03:02 PM JST - 2nd April

Obama will hopefully visit following the demise of the reign of the current lame/dead duck PM.

Posted in Arrangements being made for Obama to visit Japan in latter half of year at 03:02 PM JST - 2nd April
koizumi at 05:20 PM JST - 27th March

Jesper my dear, as my former neighbor in Jingumae,

I know that you are highly invested in all things Japan but please open your eyes ...

... this country is spent, and getting old so quickly it makes my head spin. I hope that your analysis holds some grains of…

Posted in Why I’m bullish on Japan at 05:20 PM JST - 27th March
koizumi at 07:31 PM JST - 26th March

These cases of Japanese totally freaking out have definitely been on the rise in the past few years. Some of these violent crimes are just unbelievable/unspeakable.

The problem for the Japanese is that they have very little way to reduce their frustration/panic when they get into a tough life or…

Posted in Man arrested for fatally stabbing girlfriend in Tokyo apartment at 07:31 PM JST - 26th March
koizumi at 01:04 AM JST - 20th March

This country/culture is doomed.

The Japanese are not a race unto themselves ... but in 2009 are continuing to act as though they are.

The Indonesian, Malaysian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Burmese (the list goes on and on) caregivers ... should have been arriving here in significant numbers a decade ago.

The…

Posted in Indonesian nurses, caregivers strive to adapt to workplace in Japan at 01:04 AM JST - 20th March
koizumi at 09:36 AM JST - 13th March

Japan is an island today only in the physical sense.

This willed notion to think of itself as still 'isolated' - as an island might be - is just plain silly ... but the metaphor will never die here as it helps to keep things 'unique', 'pure', and oh so…

Posted in More Japanese shunning the outside world at 09:36 AM JST - 13th March
koizumi at 08:24 AM JST - 12th March

This cannot have been a serious comment, right? Totally silly words.

Please don't present such daydreaming as real news, thank you.

Posted in Ozawa floats idea of buying Jeju Island from South Korea at 08:24 AM JST - 12th March
koizumi at 10:47 PM JST - 9th March

A lot of you folks keep talking about a 'precendent' ... that's the problem with this country ... a little case like this is a MAJOR case because it WOULD be a precedent in Japan, a nation with a huge population made up of so FEW foreigners.

Isn't 98.2% Japanese…

Posted in Father of 13-year-old Filipino girl detained over illegal stay at 10:47 PM JST - 9th March
koizumi at 09:26 AM JST - 3rd March

Nice development.

Wedding (receptions) in the Tokyo area are typically rather sad. Every little detail is planned beforehand so as to leave absolutely no space for any spontaneous anything on the part of anybody.

Of course there is no dancing or real celebration. Just a bunch of rank amateurs do…

Posted in 'Photo only' weddings become trendy at 09:26 AM JST - 3rd March