sangetsu said...

sangetsu at 12:59 PM JST - 11th December

How can a foreign national serve in the United States military? I know that the Phillipines still has provisions where there citizens can serve in the US military. Or did that end? I read it in a Phillipines history book published in the early 1990`s

A resident alien living in…

Posted in U.S. sailor pleads not guilty to murdering taxi driver, says voices told him to do it at 12:59 PM JST - 11th December
sangetsu at 12:57 PM JST - 11th December

Since when is a Nigerian national a "westerner"?

Posted in U.S. sailor pleads not guilty to murdering taxi driver, says voices told him to do it at 12:57 PM JST - 11th December
sangetsu at 01:20 PM JST - 6th December

Or give it to the families of the 100,000 or so who died building the Thailand/Burma railroad? Or to the families of the tens of thousands of POWs who died of starvation and deprivation at Japanese hands? But, according to Tamogami, those actions were justified, so...

Posted in Tamogami to decline Y3 mil prize money for controversial essay at 01:20 PM JST - 6th December
sangetsu at 01:14 PM JST - 6th December

Likening war with disease is not farfetched, is it? And we perform preemptive actions to prevent disease, do we not? It's been said countless times that the best defense is a good offense, and that cannot be denied.

A "preemptive" attack by the League of Nations in 1935 against Germany…

Posted in Are there any circumstances that justify war? at 01:14 PM JST - 6th December
sangetsu at 12:58 PM JST - 6th December

Were the father a Japanese citizen, he could return to Japan, get a divorce, and then attempt to file for custody or visitation rights. But, he is not a Japanese citizen, and because of this, he will not be granted custody or visitation rights.

Posted in Nebraska court rules Japan has jurisdiction in child custody case at 12:58 PM JST - 6th December
sangetsu at 12:51 PM JST - 6th December

The crime was committed within sight of my apartment building, as is the suspect's condominium. There are helicopters circling the area, and the street is choked with news trucks, taxis, and reporters. I'm not sure yet what to think of the arrest. It's hard to believe it took a witness…

Posted in Police arrest 21-year-old man over dumping of 5-year-old girl's naked body in Chiba at 12:51 PM JST - 6th December
sangetsu at 10:10 AM JST - 6th December

George Bush... History may or may not justify George Bush's actions, but apparently he did read his history. I guess none of use remember Neville Chamberlain and the League of Nations, both of whom could have acted against Hitler for his many transgressions leading up to WW2. But they, like…

Posted in Are there any circumstances that justify war? at 10:10 AM JST - 6th December
sangetsu at 09:53 AM JST - 6th December

I can see the father's point of view in this situation clearly. Being a foreigner, he will not be granted visitation rights to see his son. There is simply nothing he will be able to do if his son is returned to Japan, if he pushes the matter Japanese immigration…

Posted in Nebraska court rules Japan has jurisdiction in child custody case at 09:53 AM JST - 6th December
sangetsu at 09:42 AM JST - 6th December

I arrived in Japan in April of this year to begin teaching English at an Eikaiwa. Immediately after arriving, I obtained my alien registration card and opened an account at the local JP bank. I was quickly sent a EDY ATM/debit card which worked just about nowhere, so I returned…

Posted in Try to get a credit card in Japan at 09:42 AM JST - 6th December
sangetsu at 10:53 PM JST - 23rd October

As the crow flies wrote: "Most Latin workers have been working on those terms since they got to Japan, whether they have visas or not. There's no shortage of day labourers, as namabiru said, who are just told "take a yasumi". The main reason they were encouraged to come to…

Posted in Foreign laborers hit hard by downturn in Japanese economy at 10:53 PM JST - 23rd October