ninjaboy said...

ninjaboy at 12:16 PM JST - 31st December

Must be some bag! A hunched-over man struggling to carry a heavy furoshiki printed in attractive yen signs could have been a bit of a give-away...

Posted in Man robbed of bag containing Y42 mil in cash at 12:16 PM JST - 31st December
ninjaboy at 12:08 PM JST - 31st December

"My company fired me!" The new catchphrase and/or famous last words for every knife-wielding maniac in 2009!

Posted in Man arrested for wielding knife at Roppongi Hills at 12:08 PM JST - 31st December
ninjaboy at 05:01 PM JST - 30th December

copy-cat crime?

Posted in Osaka taxi driver found stabbed to death at 05:01 PM JST - 30th December
ninjaboy at 02:50 PM JST - 29th December

They don't look all that busy... they're just standing there as if they've never seen a fire before. Perhaps they forgot the fire drill or are having a meeting to decide what to do. Could be their lunch break perhaps..?

Posted in Fire at 02:50 PM JST - 29th December
ninjaboy at 11:42 PM JST - 22nd December

Maybe this headline should read: "Police make public appeal over 2000 unsolved murder cases." What the Japanese police lack in corruption, they certainly make up for in incompetence.

Posted in Police make public appeal over unsolved 2000 Setagaya murder case at 11:42 PM JST - 22nd December
ninjaboy at 01:43 PM JST - 21st December

The world needs a modern-day Captain Nemo in charge of a Nautilus! No 'rotten butter bombs... just one torpedo to rid the oceans of the barbaric whale killers. And if we can't fight them in the oceans, then we'll fight them on land with an international boycott of all Japanese…

Posted in Sea Shepherd intercepts Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters at 01:43 PM JST - 21st December
ninjaboy at 06:41 PM JST - 16th December

I can envisage the classic Bob Newhart sketch "the Driving Instructor" being played-out on the water in Japan somewhere...

"At what speed were you going when the skipper jumped from the boat?" "... And how far had he gotten in the lesson?" ... "Backing out of the harbour?" "OK.., so…

Posted in MSDF destroyer, workboat collide in Yokosuka at 06:41 PM JST - 16th December
ninjaboy at 06:29 PM JST - 16th December

This is Japan - home to 88 percent of the world's child pornography. FACT

Posted in Police bust child porn ring at 06:29 PM JST - 16th December
ninjaboy at 11:44 AM JST - 9th December

The easy answer.. DIVORCE!

Posted in What's your recommendation for helping Crown Princess Masako recover fully from whatever is ailing her? at 11:44 AM JST - 9th December
ninjaboy at 04:06 PM JST - 8th December

Fozzy Bear or Gonzo would be good leaders of Japan's "Muppet Show" political system. Or maybe Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's lab assistant Beaker - the guy with the spikey orange hair who always looks scared witless.

Posted in Aso sees plunge in cabinet approval rating as 'very severe' at 04:06 PM JST - 8th December