shiuu said...

shiuu at 04:35 PM JST - 5th March

ha, ha funny, why is nobody else laughing?

I'm laughing.

Posted in Teacher forces female student to wear maid's costume in Akita at 04:35 PM JST - 5th March
shiuu at 04:31 PM JST - 5th March

Or one could use the money to buy clothes for a job interview...

Ha. Ha. Ha.

... a good suit of clothes would have the effect of dressing up a monkey.

Now that's more like it.

Posted in Osaka’s impoverished Nishinari district kept afloat by welfare at 04:31 PM JST - 5th March
shiuu at 04:10 PM JST - 5th March

The student blamed seven classmates whose names he wrote on a note, the officials said.

Yeah, Kid. You sure showed them...

Posted in Mie high school student commits suicide, leaving names of seven classmates in note at 04:10 PM JST - 5th March
shiuu at 05:47 PM JST - 24th February

Socialism: Let's all be poor together.

Posted in Japan turns to 'work-sharing' to avoid layoffs at 05:47 PM JST - 24th February
shiuu at 04:17 PM JST - 22nd February

Kawada said he threw away the lid of the plastic container that held the egg in question, from a woman in her 40s, but left the container itself lying on a table that also had other fertilized eggs.

And when it comes time to perform the implant, Kawada's egg-selection procedure…

Posted in Wrong fertilized egg implanted in woman was due to be disposed of at 04:17 PM JST - 22nd February
shiuu at 09:27 AM JST - 22nd February

shiuu - For cryin' out loud, Suzuki is just 26 years old. Do you expect him to have saved enough to live on for several years?

I expect most sensible people to have three to six months reserve. When I was 26, I did.

Then again, I didn't sleep through…

Posted in Job cuts swell ranks of homeless in Japan at 09:27 AM JST - 22nd February
shiuu at 08:38 AM JST - 21st February

Only 66.1% of those aged 13 and 58.1% of those aged 18 were vaccinated as of the end of December. That is far short of the minimum 95% deemed necessary to forestall an outbreak of the infectious disease.

Supplementary vaccination rates were particularly low in urban areas such as Tokyo…

Posted in Gov't call for supplementary measles vaccination draws tepid interest at 08:38 AM JST - 21st February
shiuu at 07:44 AM JST - 21st February

Where have all our drinking buddies gone?

Have you checked the Japanese Minstry of Finance?

Posted in Where have all our drinking buddies gone? at 07:44 AM JST - 21st February
shiuu at 07:32 AM JST - 21st February

But within two weeks he was nearly broke and out on the street.

In a nation with one of the highest savings rates in the world, Sadanori Suzuki managed to exhaust his in just two weeks. I guess he never heard of saving for a rainy day ...

Posted in Job cuts swell ranks of homeless in Japan at 07:32 AM JST - 21st February
shiuu at 08:48 AM JST - 20th February

In other news, the number of minors in Japan down 50%.

Posted in No. of crime-committing minors down 11.9% in 2008 at 08:48 AM JST - 20th February