salarymanblues said...

salarymanblues at 02:21 PM JST - 10th November

Methinks 9AM is a typo and it should be 9PM.

Posted in Ex-gangster held after beating customer to death in Thai restaurant in Tokyo at 02:21 PM JST - 10th November
salarymanblues at 02:18 PM JST - 10th November

Things are changing here and smoking will die out in time. It will take 5-10 years more than in the west, but it will come.

Recent changes: - all taxis non-smoking (tokyo only?) - pretty much all shinkansen now all non-smoking - introduction of taspo

I believe they will keep…

Posted in Men's smoking rate in Japan at record-low 36.8% at 02:18 PM JST - 10th November
salarymanblues at 03:38 PM JST - 9th November

Give up the ghost man, where's your dignity?

You won't be in power then anyway, plus GOJ will surely back Hiroshima and/or Nagasaki over Tokyo.

Posted in Tokyo to bid for 2020 Summer Games, Hiroshima might join: Ishihara at 03:38 PM JST - 9th November
salarymanblues at 09:45 AM JST - 19th October

Hopefully with the cash from LOST he can buy a shirt with buttons.

Posted in Hiroyuki Sanada to appear in final season of 'Lost' at 09:45 AM JST - 19th October
salarymanblues at 07:37 PM JST - 17th October

She is 2 or 3 sizes beyond my tastes.

Posted in Beyonce at 07:37 PM JST - 17th October
salarymanblues at 04:43 PM JST - 5th October

WHAT A GREAT IDEA!!!

I am going to buy one and carry it around with me all the time, so I never have to count coins again.

My wallet just got 50x bigger - yee ha!

These guys are going to get so rich from this idea. And you will…

Posted in Coin counting bank at 04:43 PM JST - 5th October
salarymanblues at 03:30 PM JST - 29th September

There is no "right price" for the yen, as Fujii seems to think. There is only the market price.

Who would have thought people would pay 30man for a bag because it has the letters "LV" on the side?

Posted in Fujii hints at intervention to stop yen from rising any further at 03:30 PM JST - 29th September
salarymanblues at 09:48 PM JST - 19th September

dano2002 thanks for this tip, i am also looking for an int. school right now.

my son is in japanese youichien now (he is 3yr 9m), but he is rapidly becoming fluent in japanese and it is becoming dominant. I teach him english every evening for 15-30 mins and he…

Posted in Guide to International Schools in Japan at 09:48 PM JST - 19th September
salarymanblues at 08:46 AM JST - 16th September

I know a pure Japanese lady who went to international school in Japan.

I would rate her language skills as follows: Japanese: 100% English: 85%

(for context, I'd rate JLPT 1-kyu as 70%)

This shows that international school doesn't negatively affect native language skill development.

Posted in Guide to International Schools in Japan at 08:46 AM JST - 16th September
salarymanblues at 01:01 PM JST - 15th September

It is disingenuous to run this campaign and at the same time do nothing about the mountain of train-grope porn movies/manga that exists here.

Posted in Tokyo police launch weeklong anti-groping campaign on trains at 01:01 PM JST - 15th September