kokuryu said...

kokuryu at 12:05 AM JST - 25th December

Man, I have not had a good laugh in quite a long time... Keep a distance of 1 to 2 METERS.... oh yeah, this will work - NOT AT ALL! How are they going to enforce this? 4 people per car? Queues outside the train stations with armed guards to…

Posted in Flu epidemic measures tested on train passengers at 12:05 AM JST - 25th December
kokuryu at 06:52 AM JST - 24th December

Well now that the government stepped in and is allowing people to move into rent reduced apartments for other jobless people, this should help ease Toyota's burden. But just 3 days originally? Pretty bad...

Posted in Toyota allows dismissed workers to stay for 1 month in dorm at 06:52 AM JST - 24th December
kokuryu at 06:46 AM JST - 24th December

This is great! Now if only the government in the US would do the same thing - no free ride, allow multiple of them to live in the same place to reduce the costs, get the people off the streets and into a place to live where they can be…

Posted in Housing agency apartments to be made available to jobless people at 06:46 AM JST - 24th December
kokuryu at 09:05 AM JST - 23rd December

Wow, that is pretty bad... Maybe they will start to pair the cops up so at least two are together at all times during a patrol... it seems to be far too dangrerous for single cops.

Posted in 2 teens arrested for assaulting policeman, stealing gun, handcuffs at 09:05 AM JST - 23rd December
kokuryu at 09:02 AM JST - 23rd December

This article says people are enjoying the strong yen. Yet another article says the strong yen is destroying Japan's economy. Personally I believe the latter is the case. Japan has long relied upon exports of its goods for their economy. With the strong yen, however, Japan's money is instead of…

Posted in Japanese consumers enjoy benefits of strong yen at 09:02 AM JST - 23rd December
kokuryu at 08:56 AM JST - 23rd December

Wow, this one is going to be a doozy I can see... Obviously this guy needs a lot of mental help, and probably some drugs to help stabilize his mind so he can think straight. Maybe then something would be found out. But it even seems like he may not…

Posted in Murder suspect's lawyer says female reporter confused him at 08:56 AM JST - 23rd December
kokuryu at 02:53 AM JST - 23rd December

Personally I think the Street View is excellent. There have been many times where I missed something totally and had to rely upon the Street View to find it properly. I think people in Japan are being parnoid for nothing.

Posted in Group seeks to scrap Google's Street View at 02:53 AM JST - 23rd December
kokuryu at 02:49 AM JST - 23rd December

I see someone else believes the same that I do, that the high value of the Japanese Yen is partially what is dooming the workforce of Japan today. If the value of the Yen was about 1/2 what it is now, then I think that trade would still be flourishing…

Posted in Japanese workers face horror of mass firing era at 02:49 AM JST - 23rd December
kokuryu at 06:39 PM JST - 19th December

If I had a kid in that school district, I would be pulling them out of there and enrolling them in a private school that recognizes the inherent danger of denying kids the emergency lifeline they need in case of trouble - namely the cellphone. If they think that removing…

Posted in Cell phones banned at Saitama elementary, junior high schools at 06:39 PM JST - 19th December
kokuryu at 06:33 PM JST - 19th December

Wow, it took Japan Today for me to find this news out... I have not seen it anywhere in the US yet... Star Trek shaped my life for me from the late 1960's onward - it has been a part of my life forever and inspired many dreams for me.…

Posted in Majel Roddenberry, widow of 'Star Trek' creator, dies at 06:33 PM JST - 19th December