northlondon said...

northlondon at 11:07 AM JST - 20th November

The juror in question was probably the jury foreman, however I would have thought that his questions should have been directed at the defence counsel ? If there was no defence counsel then this sounds about right and the judge would not have allowed the direct questioning if there was…

Posted in Jury member loses cool in Miyagi high school girl rape case at 11:07 AM JST - 20th November
northlondon at 06:35 PM JST - 19th November

timorborder, despite your legally binding point, Hashimoto was doing something that the whole of Japan wanted to do. If you don't already know the story, this is the guy who raped and then murdered a housewife in front of her 11 month old baby daughter, and then murdered the baby…

Posted in Osaka Gov Hashimoto to be sued again over 2007 TV comment at 06:35 PM JST - 19th November
northlondon at 06:59 PM JST - 17th November

I don't get it. When I was serving in the British Army back in the eighties, if I had appeared to have committed a serious crime outside of the barracks and if my superiors believed that I was a) not telling the tuth and b) gone silent, they would have…

Posted in U.S. Army member claims fatal hit-and-run investigation unfair at 06:59 PM JST - 17th November
northlondon at 06:44 PM JST - 17th November

This is a totally irresponsible article, considering the emotions involved and what happened to Lindsay Hawker. All this 'journalist' (I hesitate to use the word) has done is find a couple of nutcases blogging on the internet (as if that is difficult) and built some half-baked story about Ichihashi being…

Posted in Airhead female fans can't get enough of 'cool' accused killer Ichihashi at 06:44 PM JST - 17th November
northlondon at 06:39 PM JST - 17th November

The staff sergeant was also quoted as telling the investigators that as he is a medic with knowledge and skills to save people’s lives, he would not flee even if he hit a man,

Although this heroic medic would lie through his teeth to save his ass:-

If he knew…

Posted in U.S. Army member claims fatal hit-and-run investigation unfair at 06:39 PM JST - 17th November
northlondon at 03:07 PM JST - 17th November

Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington

The headline here is misleading and contrived to garner a lot of response as usual. 'Washington' is not outraged. The real headline would read 'a handful of anti-Obama Republicans are upset about it'. This headline has been made up.

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 03:07 PM JST - 17th November
northlondon at 03:02 PM JST - 17th November

It was the international organization, responsible for preserving tuna stocks that set the quota.

Err, yes I know that. And I'm saying that the Japanese fisheries minister doesn't give a damn.

Posted in Fisheries minister dispels public concerns over bluefin tuna cut at 03:02 PM JST - 17th November
northlondon at 02:56 PM JST - 17th November

STATE DEPARTMENT PROTOCOL = PRESIDENTS BOW TO NO ONE

Got it now?

Well I guess that's one state department protocol in the trashbin then. Next.

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 02:56 PM JST - 17th November
northlondon at 02:55 PM JST - 17th November

Obama's bow was about 15 degrees too low, and he did it while shaking hands. Just shows he has only superficial knowledge of Japan and makes him look philistine.

But nowhere near as superficial as your post.

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 02:55 PM JST - 17th November
northlondon at 01:09 PM JST - 17th November

The Japanese Emperor is only an old man to me (and should be to all Americans).

The right wing American Republican attitude to the rest of the world in a nutshell.

Posted in Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington at 01:09 PM JST - 17th November