mindovermatter said...

mindovermatter at 05:50 PM JST - 2nd January

you haven't seen many Japanese homeless, for the most part they are very presentable and proud.

Unfortunately, I've seen plenty of them. Our volunteer group regularly passes out rice balls and other simple foods in Yokohama and Tokyo to homeless.

Posted in Nearly 150 homeless people have uneasy New Year's Day in Tokyo park at 05:50 PM JST - 2nd January
mindovermatter at 01:04 PM JST - 2nd January

hokkaidoguy

mindovermatter - You must be new to Japan. You don't get very much done here without a couple of photos

No, I think you must be seriously lacking in common sense, Exactly what kind of job are they going to apply for dressed like a bum...?

Or did they…

Posted in Nearly 150 homeless people have uneasy New Year's Day in Tokyo park at 01:04 PM JST - 2nd January
mindovermatter at 08:29 AM JST - 2nd January

took a photo of them to be attached to the resume free of charge

Is this a joke...? This looks like something you would read on The Onion.

Gee that's really going to help... They've been living on the street and they're going to use this kind of photo on…

Posted in Nearly 150 homeless people have uneasy New Year's Day in Tokyo park at 08:29 AM JST - 2nd January
mindovermatter at 11:50 AM JST - 31st December

after a police officer fired a warning shot, police said Wednesday

Unbelievable this knucklehead firing a gun in such a densely populated area... This is beyond stupid!!!

It's one thing if they are going to fire a Taser gun at the guy, or shoot him with a bean-bag from a…

Posted in Man arrested for wielding knife at Roppongi Hills at 11:50 AM JST - 31st December
mindovermatter at 11:30 AM JST - 31st December

I wouldn't think to leave a kid alone in a car in a parking lot full of strangers, alone in the house for 10 minutes, etc

Absolutely Right! I don't know what these parents are thinking... It's so tragic, every other week, sometimes every week, you read about some innocent…

Posted in 3-year-old girl dies after fall from 5th-floor apartment balcony in Hyogo at 11:30 AM JST - 31st December
mindovermatter at 04:46 PM JST - 30th December

The woman was convicted of conspiring with her 47-year-old husband

So what happened to the Husband...? Did he walk...? They conveniently leave out what happened to the husband... If he's to be sentenced later, it would have been helpful to know...

You really have to wonder who is doing the…

Posted in Woman convicted of forcing daughter into prostitution to pay cell phone bill at 04:46 PM JST - 30th December
mindovermatter at 11:29 AM JST - 30th December

Why in f would you go over to one of these countries to study...?

This is just beyond belief.... There's thousands of other places to study and these people pick a middle east hotbed, where there chances of making it out are 50-50 at best....

Why not just go to…

Posted in Japan paid Y200 million for release of university student kidnapped in Iran at 11:29 AM JST - 30th December
mindovermatter at 09:58 PM JST - 28th December

likeitis

I don't even know where to start... The women is living with a guy for how many months or years, then all of a sudden, she disappears, of course her live-in boyfriend just happens to work at the same company, all of her belongings are still in this guys…

Posted in Missing woman found dead in Kobe warehouse; police suspect boyfriend at 09:58 PM JST - 28th December
mindovermatter at 09:47 PM JST - 28th December

proxy

I think Japan has enough experience building airframes to produce its own fighters but Japan has chosen not to because it would be a threat. Buy American weapons and sell them cars, lets get some trade going.

It sure isn't because Japan doesn't want to develop their own fighters,…

Posted in Japan likely to drop plan to buy F-22 fighters at 09:47 PM JST - 28th December
mindovermatter at 12:20 AM JST - 28th December

hakujinsensei

Yes, you are correct!

For all those people who take the side of JN cops... Here's just another example of the many many screwed up things they do... It's almost unbelievable what they can get away with.... From having Yazuza thugs literally rough them up and take their weapons,…

Posted in Missing woman found dead in Kobe warehouse; police suspect boyfriend at 12:20 AM JST - 28th December