medievaltimes said...

medievaltimes at 10:45 PM JST - 13th July

I once had a Japanese public school teacher tell me, "Japanese schools don't educate students, they train them."

Posted in More than half of school-age children feel lives are hectic at 10:45 PM JST - 13th July
medievaltimes at 10:38 PM JST - 13th July

Good for the Japanese public. Shame on Japanese cops.

Posted in Sayonara, mobsters; neighbors oust Japanese gangs at 10:38 PM JST - 13th July
medievaltimes at 10:48 AM JST - 12th July

medievaltimes- Really? You're actually going to insult perfectly normal people because they're making an attempt to find love? So....because they're trying to meet someone at an event held at a temple they are somehow "immature when it comes to interpersonal skills". Really? Please explain this interesting theory further.

No problem.…

Posted in Singles seek divine intervention in looking for a lifetime partner at 10:48 AM JST - 12th July
medievaltimes at 06:09 PM JST - 10th July

In America people usually go to church to meet someone, I don't think this is much different. I wish them good luck and ganbatte. Hope it works for them!

Really?! Usually?! You arent actually suggesting the social structure of Japan and USA is the same are you?

The bottom line…

Posted in Singles seek divine intervention in looking for a lifetime partner at 06:09 PM JST - 10th July
medievaltimes at 06:01 PM JST - 10th July

I think French people that studied in China, lived in Japan and have many American friends are the worst tourists.

Posted in Pushy French are world's worst tourists; Japanese are top: study at 06:01 PM JST - 10th July
medievaltimes at 06:48 PM JST - 9th July

I wonder if JR West will make Masao re-write the company manual by hand, write an apology letter, or pull weeds in front of the station?

Posted in JR West president indicted over 2005 deadly derailment at 06:48 PM JST - 9th July
medievaltimes at 08:45 AM JST - 8th July

Disgusting.

Posted in Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara at 08:45 AM JST - 8th July
medievaltimes at 10:14 PM JST - 7th July

Takahara dismissed the defense counsel’s call for leniency on the grounds Ichiki was exhausted mentally and physically from overwork at the time,

At first I thought the defesne strategy of "exhausted mentally and physically from overwork" was the work of kids.

But then I remembered this type of logic is…

Posted in Former judge given suspended term for groping woman on bus at 10:14 PM JST - 7th July
medievaltimes at 10:08 PM JST - 7th July

I read this at the university as well. It did make me understand some things, but beware of overt nihonjinron-type of interpretation. After all, not all of us WEsterners behave according to Freud's theories either. Or do we?

Interesting point. However, I would say that Japan has less diversity than…

Posted in Takeo Doi, scholar on Japanese psyche, dies at 10:08 PM JST - 7th July
medievaltimes at 08:35 AM JST - 7th July

"Immature" and "childish" are words I often associate with Japanese society. This book digs a little deeper into that very subject.

Interesting book. Check it out.

Posted in Takeo Doi, scholar on Japanese psyche, dies at 08:35 AM JST - 7th July