northlondon said...

northlondon at 04:14 PM JST - 13th June

Ishihara dropped the 'Olympic' word in when making his speech at the ceremony. So I wonder if this was constructed for the Tokyo public or constructed for the Olympic bid ?

Posted in Ishihara opens Tokyo's newest subway line at 04:14 PM JST - 13th June
northlondon at 11:34 AM JST - 11th June

rjd jr,

Are you totally serious pal ? In a country that has foreign residents making up only about 1.6% of the population (in the US it is about 11%), with only 5% unemployment in a nation brimming with blue collar and working class work, do you not think it…

Posted in Campaign against illegal foreign workers at 11:34 AM JST - 11th June
northlondon at 05:09 PM JST - 10th June

Do what you want to do. You're 32 years old. Your job has nothing to do with your personal life.

Posted in Mona Yamamoto returns to TV news after exile over scandal at 05:09 PM JST - 10th June
northlondon at 04:22 PM JST - 10th June

Here we have a typical collection of teachers favourite pupils. Teacher being a cross between Vladimir Putin and the Burmese government (they are allergic to any form of opposition).

Posted in Police search at 04:22 PM JST - 10th June
northlondon at 03:44 PM JST - 10th June

well, TV stations are in business to entertain people and make money through ad revenue. They make what they think the people will want to watch.

So Nagoya, we'll all sit down at home and watch gang rapes, pornographic videos, violence, girls with no clothes. You know, the kind of…

Posted in TBS cancels drama after Akihabara stabbing spree at 03:44 PM JST - 10th June
northlondon at 03:03 PM JST - 10th June

Are you judging judge this cop from his looks, or have you looked at yourself in the mirror to see what you look like. We were not all perfect born, and growing up with taste of beauty to please the public. If you don't than go back to school to…

Posted in Police search at 03:03 PM JST - 10th June
northlondon at 01:29 PM JST - 10th June

meija,

Thank you. The cheap part of it is that TBS are milking this to get some kind of brownie points from a stabbing scene they had already passed for airing. Sad for them but all the commercial-led Japanese stations are sad.

Posted in TBS cancels drama after Akihabara stabbing spree at 01:29 PM JST - 10th June
northlondon at 12:50 PM JST - 10th June

Japan Today seems to go for cheap tabloid controversy these days. Just after the Akihabara stabbings we get a photo of a policeman searching a guy in Shinjuku (clearly related to the Akihabara news) with a description of 'chubby' policeman. Are JT trying to imply that we are being protected…

Posted in Police search at 12:50 PM JST - 10th June
northlondon at 12:38 PM JST - 10th June

The threshold in the UK is 9pm. However not everything passes just because of the 9pm slot. And also not every programme with a knife scene is edited out otherwise there are issues with freedom of expression therefore scenes which end well morally are kept.

However my original argument was…

Posted in TBS cancels drama after Akihabara stabbing spree at 12:38 PM JST - 10th June
northlondon at 12:22 PM JST - 10th June

eresay, thank you.

As I said, he would take any one of us down no problem at all.

Posted in Police search at 12:22 PM JST - 10th June