nipponreddog said...

nipponreddog at 12:19 AM JST - 5th September

She comes come great wealth on her family's side. And she is 4-5 years older than her husband. Two strikes already.

Posted in Miyuki Hatoyama claims her soul traveled to Venus on UFO at 12:19 AM JST - 5th September
nipponreddog at 12:17 AM JST - 5th September

These politicos called "secretaries" are vermin. No real world skills, just oily, sleazy politcal insider connections. Let them see how it is out there with the rest of us, without their LDP patrons.

Posted in LDP's huge election loss costs over 500 aides their jobs at 12:17 AM JST - 5th September
nipponreddog at 10:03 PM JST - 4th September

If you visit the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital, you will realize that, for some people, the War is hardly over...

Posted in WWII vets mark Japan's surrender aboard battleship at 10:03 PM JST - 4th September
nipponreddog at 09:45 PM JST - 3rd September

Was alcohol involved? The article doesn't say. But most likely it was. This sax player was probably stoned out of his mind on booze. He won't even remember the incident. Certainly traumatic for the girl (or maybe not so), but if you read the autobiography of Eric Clapton, this would…

Posted in Musician arrested for flashing high school student in Saitama at 09:45 PM JST - 3rd September
nipponreddog at 09:40 PM JST - 3rd September

the best thing Tokyo can do is to put Noriko Sakai in a drug rehabilitation<

yes, one would think so. But, alas, it is not to be so. I have yet to see anything in the media coverage that even remotely alludes to rehabilitation, drug recovery programs, half-way houses, 12…

Posted in Sakai's agency fires her after indictment over drug possession at 09:40 PM JST - 3rd September
nipponreddog at 08:56 PM JST - 3rd September

I don't think the film will find a distributor in Japan< No it will not. The Cove has no commercial viability in Japan. It is akin to the Sea Shepard which appears in the film. This "documentary" is not at all what O'Barry originally hoped for, that is, something that…

Posted in Star of Taiji dolphin-hunt film wants to win over Japan at 08:56 PM JST - 3rd September
nipponreddog at 04:48 PM JST - 1st September

The problem is the responsibility of JR. It is improperly allowing more passgengers on its trains than is reasonable. There should not be any crowding and groping, regardless of "rush hour". Simply cease admittance once the seats and standing room is filled. When was the last time you took a…

Posted in Security cameras on trains being considered to reduce groping at 04:48 PM JST - 1st September
nipponreddog at 04:02 PM JST - 1st September

Mr James is an abomination. He represents the epitomy of all Japanese stereotypes of gaijin roled into one. That the Big Mac meat factory farming giant could come up with this racist insult is not surprising at all. Why? Because, like it or not, Mr James will be very popular…

Posted in Mr James at 04:02 PM JST - 1st September
nipponreddog at 06:50 PM JST - 29th August

The big money from the Taiji dolphin hunt comes from the dolphinariums which earn millions. They pay $150,000 for these "show dolphins". If you would like to see the penultimate manifestation of how the Taiji dolphins earn a fortune for the dolphinariums, just take a look at the Shinagawa Aquarium's…

Posted in Broome sweeps away sister-city ties with Taiji over dolphin kill at 06:50 PM JST - 29th August
nipponreddog at 06:46 PM JST - 29th August

His book was guaranteed an award even before he picked up a pen to begin writing it.

Posted in Ex-abductee Hasuike wins nonfiction award at 06:46 PM JST - 29th August