nonchalant said...

nonchalant at 08:46 AM JST - 22nd April

peachy871 --

I hadn't heard the Kyoto story. More stories like that need to be highlighted right next to stories like this to let those who commit these crimes that they can't get away with it; to let those who are to protect people from the crimes that action is…

Posted in Woman brutally murdered by stalker ex-boyfriend despite pleas of help to police at 08:46 AM JST - 22nd April
nonchalant at 08:03 AM JST - 14th April

“If we put out a lot of songs, we can change the members and everyone can perform as AKB Idoling!!!”

What does this mean??? Is she breaking up the group already??? Is she trying to include the missing girls??? Is there any way to stop the proliferation of gratuitous, useless…

Posted in Idoling!!! and AKB48 perform together for first time as AKB Idoling!!! at 08:03 AM JST - 14th April
nonchalant at 11:14 AM JST - 22nd January

I think driving the wrong way on highways happens quite a bit around the world. I know I've read reports of it in the US and growing up in Austria I remember radio announcements about "Ghost Driver" alerts (usually at night and I think it often turned out they had…

Posted in Spate of accidents reported with drivers in wrong lane; one trucker killed at 11:14 AM JST - 22nd January
nonchalant at 09:38 AM JST - 22nd January

twa0026 - I do think it's great you stopped to help and it's a shame that others didn't, don't get me wrong. But you're coming off a little like Tom Cruise in his Scientology tape in which he implied only Scientologists stop and help at the scene of an accident.…

Posted in Spate of accidents reported with drivers in wrong lane; one trucker killed at 09:38 AM JST - 22nd January
nonchalant at 09:18 AM JST - 22nd January

I agree with Iwrotethis and NukinFutz. I can imagine that a big reason parents of younger children get them cell phones is the safety factor, not to mention it doesn't make sense to require a kid to go all the way home to retrieve a phone for out-of-school use. (Whether…

Posted in Gov't considers cell phone ban at elementary, junior high schools at 09:18 AM JST - 22nd January
nonchalant at 11:50 AM JST - 20th January

Archiebald -- Please let all of us know when your company is hiring. Any country. (Bowing emoticon respectfully deleted.)

Posted in Companies angry over thoughtless students amid economic downturn at 11:50 AM JST - 20th January
nonchalant at 08:44 AM JST - 10th January

Isn't Tokyo already hosting an actual marathon in March? Granted, that's not nearly as close to the October selection date, but still.

Posted in Tokyo planning half marathon to boost 2016 Olympic bid at 08:44 AM JST - 10th January
nonchalant at 09:42 AM JST - 7th January

This is the one thing that I really regret not having seen when I was in Japan. I'd love to learn it!

Posted in Samurai archery, an ancient sport, still thrives in Japan at 09:42 AM JST - 7th January
nonchalant at 09:32 AM JST - 6th January

He's probably right. I'm sure that the unemployment rate in Japan has absolutely nothing to do with the economy or the number of jobs available.

Posted in Senior official retracts remarks over jobless people's will to work at 09:32 AM JST - 6th January
nonchalant at 03:14 AM JST - 29th December

Clarification, please. If just 76 people have donated organs since 1997, how are 200 kidney transplants being performed each year (perhaps those are total transplants - although the math still doesn't really seem to work out)? Do those 200 include out-of-country transplants? Did I miss a transition in the story…

Posted in Japan Organ Transplant Network fights to change laws at 03:14 AM JST - 29th December