northlondon said...

northlondon at 08:01 PM JST - 9th August

I'm not a great fan of Tani and this Tani-mania, but she was really cheated out of a decision today.

Dumitru, the world bronze medalist in 2005 and 2007, would not let Tani inside to attack and beat her opponent on points after deductions for passivity

Sums up what happened.…

Posted in Tani takes judo bronze for Japan's 1st medal in Beijing at 08:01 PM JST - 9th August
northlondon at 03:22 PM JST - 9th August

i was surprised by the number of beauties in the show, but when they pan to the audience the ratio would drop to 1:1000...

A little bit like the ratio between beautiful western women and Chinese women you mean ? Yeah, it would be 1:1000. I notice that a lot…

Posted in China opens Olympics spectacularly at 03:22 PM JST - 9th August
northlondon at 01:21 AM JST - 9th August

Ah, that's rich coming from George W. The word hypocrisy springs to mind. Freedom of speech, as in human rights and civil liberties ? What, like those men imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay ? Bound and gagged and with only US military counsel for their defence and no trial. What a…

Posted in Bush calls for freedom of speech in China at 01:21 AM JST - 9th August
northlondon at 10:15 PM JST - 8th August

The comments here DO reflect compassion for the victims. 105,000 people were delayed in the heat, JR staff had to clean up. The perpetrator of this event decided to kill herself in a public and dangerous (to others) way, unlike the other 99 or so people who committed suicide more…

Posted in Suicide suspends Yamanote line operations more than 4 hours at 10:15 PM JST - 8th August
northlondon at 10:08 PM JST - 8th August

105,000 people x 4 hours / 24 / 365 = 48 years. So she didn't rob four hours, She robbed a cumulative 48 years of time today ( in a extreme calculation of the stats). 105,000 people were late to work, late to appointments, late to job interviews, late to…

Posted in Suicide suspends Yamanote line operations more than 4 hours at 10:08 PM JST - 8th August
northlondon at 05:11 PM JST - 8th August

Ask yourself a question. What is more important in life ? 4 hours of train delays on your way in to work. Or the young life of a 22 year old college student ? Maybe the money spent on gates on the yamanote line should be invested in more counselling…

Posted in Suicide suspends Yamanote line operations more than 4 hours at 05:11 PM JST - 8th August
northlondon at 08:01 PM JST - 6th August

I get the feeling that Softbank is going to be a really poor service provider, now they are pressing for majority market share. If you visit a Softbank store since the iPhone promotion, you will find huge queues that never used to be there (Roppongi and Harajuku as examples) and…

Posted in Softbank to cut minimum monthly fee on iPhone to Y2,990 at 08:01 PM JST - 6th August
northlondon at 12:53 AM JST - 4th August

Small plane belly-lands at island airport in Tokyo

at an airport on Kozu Island, about 170 kilometers south of Tokyo in the Pacific

So which is it Japan Today ? Tokyo, or an island in the Pacific 170 kilometers south of Tokyo ? Tokyo is not 170 kilometers in circumference.…

Posted in Small plane belly-lands at island airport, no one hurt at 12:53 AM JST - 4th August
northlondon at 05:03 PM JST - 1st August

she would like to make a guest appearance in the drama

Honey, like they don't hear that one a thousand times a day in LA. Try another angle wrinkled-knees.

Posted in at 05:03 PM JST - 1st August
northlondon at 04:03 PM JST - 1st August

Yet another headline with gaping holes in the story and no explanation of the reasons why. Having read the news story in full in the Yomiuri newspaper, this headline should in fact read 'Newly accepted Japanese citizens and emigration returnees falsify Japan's latest population figures'.

Posted in Japan's population up for 1st time in 3 years at 04:03 PM JST - 1st August