plasticmonkey said...

plasticmonkey at 12:06 PM JST - 30th March

The DPJ has to get with it and start finding more candidates from the geinokai. Then they can create a really "cool" Japan.

Posted in Morita elected Chiba governor in DPJ setback at 12:06 PM JST - 30th March
plasticmonkey at 10:38 AM JST - 29th March

the Japanese government is fully committed to making all financial guarantees

Easy for them to say, it's just the taxpayers' money.

Posted in 2016 Olympic candidates promise economic certainty at 10:38 AM JST - 29th March
plasticmonkey at 06:18 PM JST - 26th March

Let's celebrate Japan's victory in an American game by eating a hamburger at a Japanese subsidiary of an American corporation! The postmodernism of it all makes the head spin . . .

Posted in McDonald's offering special deal to celebrate Japan's WBC victory at 06:18 PM JST - 26th March
plasticmonkey at 01:48 PM JST - 26th March

'John Rabe' will probably not show in theaters in Japan, but whoever releases it on DVD should make sure to include Japanese subtitles. Japan needs a bit more education on this event.

Posted in Chinese movies on Japan's wartime atrocities clear censors at 01:48 PM JST - 26th March
plasticmonkey at 09:57 AM JST - 25th March

If you listened to Aso's comment in Japanese, it was clear that by "Japan" he meant the baseball team. Too much fuss over nothing, most of you.

Posted in Aso says WBC win reaffirms Japan's power at 09:57 AM JST - 25th March
plasticmonkey at 08:41 PM JST - 23rd March

And there's something wrong with humour these days?

No, but this isn't funny.

Posted in 'Idol' Akina Minami beats actor Dante Carver in iPhone game competition at 08:41 PM JST - 23rd March
plasticmonkey at 06:54 PM JST - 23rd March

Cleo, what would be the point of casting a black man and a dog as members of an otherwise ordinary Japanese family? It's an obvious attempt at absurdist humor. Using someone's race just to make a joke isn't interesting, it's racist. I would feel sorry for the white dog too,…

Posted in 'Idol' Akina Minami beats actor Dante Carver in iPhone game competition at 06:54 PM JST - 23rd March
plasticmonkey at 07:55 AM JST - 23rd March

Carver is famous for being black and speaking Japanese and appearing in CMs as being related to a white dog. How enlightened Japan is.

Posted in 'Idol' Akina Minami beats actor Dante Carver in iPhone game competition at 07:55 AM JST - 23rd March
plasticmonkey at 07:47 AM JST - 23rd March

With all these cases of historic buildings mysteriously burning down, I'd like to see some follow-up stories. What happens to the land a year after? Condo anyone?

Posted in Fire guts landmark house of ex-PM Yoshida; short circuit suspected at 07:47 AM JST - 23rd March
plasticmonkey at 04:20 PM JST - 18th March

all too often end up physically and mentally ruined, perhaps leading lives of crime

Not a shred of evidence for this. Of course it doesn't matter. In Japan, reality is whatever the authorities say it is. The puppet masters know that pot is a substance that often helps open the…

Posted in Japan goes up in marijuana smoke at 04:20 PM JST - 18th March