plasticmonkey said...

plasticmonkey at 08:19 AM JST - 10th December

Anybody carrying 9.7kg of marijuana into Japan has to have serious connections here. You don't just push it on the streets of Shibuya. This guy probably had some yaks on his side and the authorities decided to let him go.

Posted in High court upholds acquittal of deported Briton over marijuana at 08:19 AM JST - 10th December
plasticmonkey at 10:11 AM JST - 7th December

It should be noted that the Imperial Japanese Navy saved these leprosy victims from U.S. air raids.

Posted in Imperial Japanese Navy slaughtered leprosy victims in 1943: documents at 10:11 AM JST - 7th December
plasticmonkey at 06:46 PM JST - 6th December

Panic arises when lots of people are infected, with the major cities shut down and the country heading into a financial collapse.

Sounds really interesting.

Some questions, though. Do the ambulances in the movie drive really slow just like in real life? Do the hospitals refuse to admit infected people…

Posted in 1,100 don masks in Marunouchi theater for special screening of virus movie at 06:46 PM JST - 6th December
plasticmonkey at 08:13 PM JST - 2nd December

saying all their beds were full or citing other reasons

often hospitals will not accept someone unless they've been there before, a regular patient introduces them, or the doctor is bribed

sad and pathetic but true

Posted in Premature baby rejected by 7 hospitals in Sapporo, eventually died last year at 08:13 PM JST - 2nd December
plasticmonkey at 08:09 PM JST - 2nd December

eat an additional bite of rice at every meal

How about a tuna, corn, mayo, and rice pizza?

Posted in Gov't to raise food self-sufficiency to 50%; wants people to eat more rice at 08:09 PM JST - 2nd December
plasticmonkey at 12:03 PM JST - 23rd November

They're going to liberate Asia from Western cultural colonial domination!

The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity J-Pop Festival!

Posted in 1st J-pop festival opens in Singapore at 12:03 PM JST - 23rd November
plasticmonkey at 08:29 PM JST - 17th November

Space Senbei at the next Waseda faculty meeting!

Posted in Waseda says more students were arrested for cannabis in past at 08:29 PM JST - 17th November
plasticmonkey at 09:27 PM JST - 16th November

I think Japan should take concrete action.

After all, Japan is concrete nation.

Posted in Aso wants Japan to take lead in creating new global financial order at 09:27 PM JST - 16th November
plasticmonkey at 05:32 PM JST - 15th November

harbored an interest in cannabis through a lecture on the Netherlands at the university

It's high time that universities crack down on lectures about the Netherlands.

Posted in More university students arrested over growing, importing cannabis at 05:32 PM JST - 15th November
plasticmonkey at 08:52 PM JST - 14th November

It's gonna be a tough time for Gyaru Sone.

Posted in Japan seeking to halve bluefin tuna catches in Atlantic at 08:52 PM JST - 14th November