shiuu said...

shiuu at 09:29 PM JST - 19th February

Don't worry folks, the people in charge of domestic security are professionals...

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Posted in Cop busted for trying to sneak into colleague's house to spy on wife at 09:29 PM JST - 19th February
shiuu at 05:53 PM JST - 19th February

Two reasons this story is unintentionally amusing:

1) the first people the investigators thought to question were apparently fellow police officers

2) even with a key, the idiot police lieutenant couldn't manage to get inside the house

Posted in Cop busted for trying to sneak into colleague's house to spy on wife at 05:53 PM JST - 19th February
shiuu at 08:27 PM JST - 16th February

As noted above, unless there is some sort of physical "force" not mentioned in the article, this is basically just another case of natural selection at work.

Posted in Nightclub host gets 3 1/2 years for forcing rival to drink himself to death at 08:27 PM JST - 16th February
shiuu at 03:04 PM JST - 16th February

Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa came under fire Monday for what appeared to be drunken behavior

Hey, don't worry about the guys handling the economic crisis. They're professionals ...

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Posted in Finance minister under fire for sloppy behavior at G-7 meeting at 03:04 PM JST - 16th February
shiuu at 08:36 AM JST - 16th February

According to investigators, Masataka Taniguchi, a 20-year-old sophomore in the Faculty of Law at the national university, was found possessing marijuana in a pocket of his trousers when he went to a police station in Osaka’s Minami entertainment district with four other people early Saturday.

What an idiot.

As with…

Posted in Kyoto Univ student arrested for marijuana possession at 08:36 AM JST - 16th February
shiuu at 08:36 AM JST - 15th February

Sumo. JSDF. Universities.

All this marijuana use in the land of the gods is enough to make baby Gojira cry.

Posted in 8 Hosei students suspended indefinitely for cannabis use at 08:36 AM JST - 15th February
shiuu at 05:36 PM JST - 11th February

I find it ironic that a lot of people criticizing how the Japanese learn English probably can't speak Japanese too well either.

QFT.

Posted in What's wrong with the way English is taught in Japan? at 05:36 PM JST - 11th February
shiuu at 12:08 PM JST - 11th February

Japanese contractors will likely use this as an opportunity to charge more for their "200 year" houses using the same crappy materials and designs (and bribes) they use on the 20-year models. Of course, when the whole thing comes falling apart 180 years earlier than expected, they'll be long gone.

Posted in Law to promote 200-year housing to go into effect June 4 at 12:08 PM JST - 11th February
shiuu at 10:56 AM JST - 11th February

Now, people realize their working conditions are an important problem

Yeah. Now.

Not when their parents and teachers told them to pay attention in school and learn something useful.

Not after they finished (or dropped out of) school when they had time to learn skills for something better.

Not when…

Posted in Temp workers bear brunt of recession in Japan at 10:56 AM JST - 11th February
shiuu at 10:41 AM JST - 11th February

I wonder if poor Chinese people can move around freely in their own country?

Oh, that's right. They can't.

Never mind.

Posted in Japan likely to allow Chinese tourists' visits on individual basis at 10:41 AM JST - 11th February