koizumi said...

koizumi at 11:48 PM JST - 27th November

He's gone before the cherry blossoms fall in April ... bet anybody a million ￥　on this prediction.

The big question is : who in the Japan comes after him? Nobody's got a clue ... but, yeah, this clown's done.

Posted in Aso apologizes for remarks about people with illnesses at 11:48 PM JST - 27th November
koizumi at 09:28 PM JST - 27th November

For goodness sakes, it's a blooming Christmas tree.

Is illumination tree some kind of new PC thing here in Nippon?

Posted in Enya plants 'illumination tree' at Tokyo Midtown at 09:28 PM JST - 27th November
koizumi at 09:01 AM JST - 26th November

Welcome to Tokyo, capital of Japan ... second largest economy in the world - and the least 'international' capital city of any major nation on the planet. When, oh when, will this ever change?

Poster above, the Japanese are not a race unto themselves. They are PART OF the Asian…

Posted in Idea for Chinatown in Ikebukuro draws negative reaction at 09:01 AM JST - 26th November
koizumi at 08:17 PM JST - 22nd November

Why would Japanese 'restauranteurs' be so polite and honorable in Japan ... and then be so positively crummy abroad. I think I've read this book before, different set of characters.

Posted in Ex-waiters sue Manhattan sushi restaurant Masa over tips at 08:17 PM JST - 22nd November
koizumi at 08:14 PM JST - 22nd November

Yeah, Black Flag, you've got it right ... youngsters here in their 30s think little differently than their parents in their 60s - way to go, right-wing education! Samurai forever.

Posted in Japan must accept immigrants, make it easier for women to work, says U.S. report at 08:14 PM JST - 22nd November
koizumi at 05:56 PM JST - 22nd November

"no person in charge" ... this is laughable : there is without doubt, for certain SOMEONE in charge at the till, collecting the cash for this uniqely overpriced food at Masa. The man should be ashamed for his unbelievable greed and selfishness. If he tried this tripe in Tokyo he'd…

Posted in Ex-waiters sue Manhattan sushi restaurant Masa over tips at 05:56 PM JST - 22nd November
koizumi at 05:50 PM JST - 22nd November

This story has absolutely no point ... and goes around in a meaningless circle. Keep such dross off your otherwise interesting site.

Posted in Countdown begins on extinction of family restaurants at 05:50 PM JST - 22nd November
koizumi at 01:44 AM JST - 20th November

USN ... you are a bit scary in your strident tone.

If someone like Bush or his ilk were to make standing up and singing or reciting ... or whatever, mandatory at official public school events ... well, Orwell's fiction has come to dreadful life.

Don't want to be around…

Posted in Standing up when singing 'Kimigayo' is 'common sense,' minister says at 01:44 AM JST - 20th November
koizumi at 01:30 AM JST - 20th November

How do the Japanese connect to ANYTHING extraordinary abroad ... the fall of the USSR, the Velvet Revolution in Eastern Europe, the bye-bye of Suharto in Indonesia, Nelson Mandela's return his people ... Obama : folks here are so POWERLESS (or enervated) to make any significant changes themselves.

The outside…

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koizumi at 01:21 AM JST - 20th November

Thanks for the memories, TheEnd. I could not agree with you more.

The Who's music is pure poetry and it's amazing that two of them are still reciting it.

Posted in 40 years late, The Who rock Budokan at 01:21 AM JST - 20th November