seimei said...

seimei at 05:08 PM JST - 25th June

Hi Kameleon, pleasure to make your acquaintance.

I totally agree, I wasn't thinking of the classroom as I haven't been in one for about 15 years cough, but I can certainly see how you would become a focal point for assistance, often too much.

I guess that would really be…

Posted in Suicides in Japan exceed 30,000 in 2007, with depression No. 1 cause at 05:08 PM JST - 25th June
seimei at 02:56 PM JST - 25th June

MY GOD. Getting a beer from a taxi driver!? What about the officials at the construction ministry who give 50 million dollar contracts to their retirement fund... oops I meant their future employer when they retire... this is nothing.

Posted in Gov't to punish officials for receiving favors from taxi drivers at 02:56 PM JST - 25th June
seimei at 02:53 PM JST - 25th June

Take note that "Trial by Jury" only began this year in Japan.

Posted in Documentary on forced confessions screened in Tokyo at 02:53 PM JST - 25th June
seimei at 02:25 PM JST - 25th June

If they applied the same standards to Japanese web-sites at least half of them would be closed in a week.

Posted in Mainichi's English site shuts down one column criticized for being 'too vulgar' at 02:25 PM JST - 25th June
seimei at 02:03 PM JST - 25th June

Buy a candle quick, because it looks like the CEO won't last very long at the rate he works.

Posted in Lighting a candle for success at 02:03 PM JST - 25th June
seimei at 01:56 PM JST - 25th June

This is going to sound a little wierd, and I don't make this distinction often, but as a gaijin in Japan I've found that there is actually a lot we (as in non-Japanese looking people) can do to help Japanese people not to choose the suicide path.

I've found that…

Posted in Suicides in Japan exceed 30,000 in 2007, with depression No. 1 cause at 01:56 PM JST - 25th June
seimei at 12:44 PM JST - 25th June

At a recent wedding the MC took his post and announced that he would read out some ... emails ... that he received from friends and relatives. Somehow I just can't see a large competitive market volume for telegrams. Does anyone actually know someone that uses them anymore? The only…

Posted in KDDI to enter telegram service with the help of Nippon Express at 12:44 PM JST - 25th June
seimei at 12:32 PM JST - 23rd June

Glad to see that the uniform manufacturer included the standard feature of all women's Olympic uniforms.

The Peace Sign.

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seimei at 02:18 PM JST - 20th June

Fantastic article.

Chalked up my 31st year in Japan this year and in that time Japan has changed a lot. We have romaji signs on railway stations, western toilets, macdonalds.

One thing that most "visitors" forget is that this is Japan. No it's not another American state or a small…

Posted in Stereotypes ’R’ Us at 02:18 PM JST - 20th June
seimei at 01:57 PM JST - 20th June

Practical mathematics on the roof is a good idea, but what about some more life skills like "How to fix a toilet" and "how a car's engine works" and even more important "the dangers of playing around on a roof".

The kids in the apartment opposite mine play on the…

Posted in 12-yr-old boy falls to death through skylight window on school roof at 01:57 PM JST - 20th June