pathat said...

pathat at 03:24 AM JST - 16th November

I guess I just repeated the same thing kyushujoe and queensny said.

Posted in Officials say 7, not 8, Japanese died in Busan shooting range fire at 03:24 AM JST - 16th November
pathat at 03:22 AM JST - 16th November

"Does anyone know why NHK keeps showing the victims' names in Katakana and not Kanji when they are Japanese?"

Perhaps they want to wait for confirmation of the dead so that they are sure of the kanji of all the victims' names.

Posted in Officials say 7, not 8, Japanese died in Busan shooting range fire at 03:22 AM JST - 16th November
pathat at 02:08 PM JST - 15th November

"the prime minister's wife looks a little overdressed"

I guess she doesn't feel comfortable in formal wear after being voted the senior citizen jeanist this year.

Posted in APEC fashion at 02:08 PM JST - 15th November
pathat at 02:05 PM JST - 15th November

Hatoyama says Japan should embrace more migrants

Unless there is more to this article that was not printed here, Prime Minister Hatoyama is not saying this.

What he is saying is vague and non-committal. It doesn't commit him to any course of action.

I guess it sounds good at such…

Posted in Hatoyama says Japan should embrace more migrants at 02:05 PM JST - 15th November
pathat at 01:59 PM JST - 15th November

"but if you went there without Japanese language skills JLPT level 2 or higher, you will just feel discriminated. Even companies doesn't accept foreigners unless they are JLPT 2 or higher."

Outside of teaching English, the great majority of jobs should require foreigners to have a degree of Japanese language…

Posted in Hatoyama says Japan should embrace more migrants at 01:59 PM JST - 15th November
pathat at 01:57 PM JST - 15th November

Most Japanese do not want more foreigners living in their country.

PERIOD

Posted in Hatoyama says Japan should embrace more migrants at 01:57 PM JST - 15th November
pathat at 01:53 PM JST - 15th November

SushiSake:

"Sorry, I sense underlying racism...."

(X2)

You should take President Obama's recent advice and not jump to conclusions.

sonnoujoui:

"The big majority of the Japanese are quite happy that he represents Japan as the emperor.'

Most Japanese rarely think about the Emperor outside of the end of the year…

Posted in Meet and greet at 01:53 PM JST - 15th November
pathat at 11:51 PM JST - 14th November

"What did you want your hero to do, high-five the emperor?"

C'mon, sarge, you know it's called "high touch".

I don't really care if President Obama wants to travel the world apologizing for America's misdeeds-real and imagined-while showing himself to kowtow to various religious and political leaders around the globe.…

Posted in Meet and greet at 11:51 PM JST - 14th November
pathat at 11:55 AM JST - 14th November

The Japanese government is broke so any resort to a stimulus package to help any sector of society would be foolhardy.

Two decades after the bursting of the economic bubble many people still don't realize the dire straits Japan is in.

Give it one more decade and poverty will be…

Posted in Poverty rate among single-parent families at 54% at 11:55 AM JST - 14th November
pathat at 11:46 AM JST - 14th November

This is way too much money for a catcher a few years removed from being a good player. I'm not saying they've wasted money like they did on Irabu, but $20 million+ is going overboard.

NPB teams need to look harder at the player returning to the league after years…

Posted in Jojima signs 4-year Y2 billion deal with Hanshin at 11:46 AM JST - 14th November