larguero said...

larguero at 03:10 PM JST - 20th November

Deflation is a consequence of the open of Japan markets to a wide variety of foreign products. Besides, the strong yen makes import goods cheaper, and the stores want to sell despite the recession, so prices go down.Being flexible to international prices is fine, I think.

Posted in Gov't declares Japan has slipped into deflation at 03:10 PM JST - 20th November
larguero at 01:22 PM JST - 17th November

They like him because he does not speak (so they do not have to converse), does not eat (so the woman does not have to cook) and he is in jail (so they can't have sex).

Posted in Airhead female fans can't get enough of 'cool' accused killer Ichihashi at 01:22 PM JST - 17th November
larguero at 09:07 PM JST - 16th November

The article is very good. I also have a similar discussion with my wife: if women ask and fight for an equal treatment, then expect no more than un-politeness. But in Japan, women are neither equal nor "different" to men, but are less than men. From ways of calling them…

Posted in Is chivalry dead on Tokyo trains? at 09:07 PM JST - 16th November
larguero at 01:29 PM JST - 12th November

Don't get this one - are they saying that they should reduce the money paid to private doctors and clincs? I hope the government is paying no money to private practices otherwise, well, they aren't private.

If you leave clinics to be 100% private, people will go directly to public…

Posted in Panel starts cutting projects to eliminate waste in gov't spending at 01:29 PM JST - 12th November
larguero at 01:20 PM JST - 12th November

I think it is a good idea. Now, it would be a great experiment to give one apartment to a man and see if the women´s behavior changes.

Posted in Meet the brains of Tokyo's women-only housing boom at 01:20 PM JST - 12th November
larguero at 11:42 AM JST - 10th November

She wouldn't have had any trouble if she hadn´t married him. Women in their 30s are so desperate to get married that they do it with the first rich guy that they find.

Posted in Veteran tour escort relates travelers' lack of decorum at 11:42 AM JST - 10th November
larguero at 11:36 AM JST - 10th November

I am not from the US but support the initiative. Traditionally, the Japanese legal system believes that justice can be only applied by Japanese judges. So, if a Japanese national is accused of genocide (Fujimori), murder (Miura) or abduction, only the Japanese court can declare him guilty. This goes in…

Posted in 21 senators urge Obama to press Japan on child abductions at 11:36 AM JST - 10th November
larguero at 11:23 AM JST - 10th November

There are many here who could answer this: His trial will be held by a military court? Is death penalty OK for the military justice?

Posted in Lawyer asks investigators not to question Hasan at 11:23 AM JST - 10th November
larguero at 09:17 AM JST - 8th November

to be against Japan's no signing of the treaty cannot be used as an excuse to accept this man abducting his son from his place of residence.

Posted in Czech man takes son out of Japan in suspected child abduction at 09:17 AM JST - 8th November
larguero at 04:04 PM JST - 3rd November

I dont know if with other things they do it. Does NHK say, when reporting a murder, "And remember, killing is bad"?

Posted in TV coverage of Sakai lacked warning about drug use, says ethics panel at 04:04 PM JST - 3rd November