marvenp said...

marvenp at 12:13 AM JST - 28th April

How about Toyota and other automobile makers announcing that they will completely switch from fossil fueled cars to 100% electric cars (not hybrids) powered by solar energy within the next 3 to 5 years. Now that something that's newsworthy. Otherwise who cares what this old fart does?

Posted in Toyota's incoming president to drive Lexus in endurance race at 12:13 AM JST - 28th April
marvenp at 12:09 AM JST - 28th April

This is a stupid publicity stunt that no one cares about. As evidenced by the lack of comments.

Posted in Toyota's incoming president to drive Lexus in endurance race at 12:09 AM JST - 28th April
marvenp at 02:35 AM JST - 26th April

Guess they must have read the "thieves manual" from the other JT article "Ready job opportunities await aspiring crooks".

Posted in Four men on run after crashing car into Saitama store, stealing brand-name goods at 02:35 AM JST - 26th April
marvenp at 02:18 AM JST - 26th April

She's NOT dressed in bondage; she looks more like a sexy ringmaster in a circus.

Posted in R&B Singer AI, in bondage gear, kicks off national tour in Shibuya at 02:18 AM JST - 26th April
marvenp at 02:04 AM JST - 26th April

He ended with "I hope I can enjoy drinking as an adult". How stupid this society is. The guy is 34 years old but has to report to the other members of SMAP and the media like some scorned 5 year old. If I were him, I would say, I…

Posted in SMAP's Kusanagi apologizes to fans at press conference; admits drinking problem at 02:04 AM JST - 26th April
marvenp at 01:46 AM JST - 26th April

> In Japan, even the thieves have to follow the rules in a manual. > It's so funny but true. Everyone in this country needs a manual to function as a human being. Now we learn that even crooks need a manual to tell them how to steal. Are Japanese…

Posted in Ready job opportunities await aspiring crooks at 01:46 AM JST - 26th April
marvenp at 01:24 AM JST - 26th April

tokyocrawler: thanks for the insight into the world of hostesses. i honestly didn't know that the women have to incur the debts of their customers. that really sucks. i can see how this woman would have felt pressured. not to say that i agree with and/or condone her suicide, but…

Posted in Suicide of prominent Ginza club hostess reflects economic downturn at 01:24 AM JST - 26th April
marvenp at 01:08 PM JST - 23rd April

This is why I'm happy for another story in JT that television may be on the bring of obsolescence. Not that Japanese TV programming is totally responsible for these kinds of things, but it definitely has an influence. Women on JTV are always bikini clad doing nonsensical things to make…

Posted in Shizuoka woman held for prostituting 15-yr-old daughter to 71-yr-old ex-husband at 01:08 PM JST - 23rd April
marvenp at 01:37 PM JST - 22nd April

Divorce aside, how the hell did this lady ever become a supermodel? Or is this just a bad picture of her?

Posted in Supermodel Ai Tominaga announces divorce from patissier husband at 01:37 PM JST - 22nd April
marvenp at 01:33 PM JST - 22nd April

Haven't these idiots who supposedly know what customers want ever heard of H.264? It's audio and video quality is far better than flash compression technologies and it's scalable from mobile devices all the way up to HD video without losing picture quality. As Apple's CEO Steve Jobs pointed out so…

Posted in Adobe's Flash video player leaps from web to TV at 01:33 PM JST - 22nd April