sk4ek said...

sk4ek at 12:41 PM JST - 1st June

Well the point is they went to EVERY apartment questioning the residents--and at that point had nothing to indicate this particular man was possibly involved. However, between the time they subsequently took his fingerprints, which came back "unidentifiable" (he'd apparently tried to alter his fingertips enough to confound a print…

Posted in Missing woman was still alive when police visited suspect at 12:41 PM JST - 1st June
sk4ek at 11:30 PM JST - 29th May

This may be a rhetorical question, but why exactly is enka so excoriated by JT posters anyway?

Posted in Mix master: Jero breathes new life into enka at 11:30 PM JST - 29th May
sk4ek at 10:32 AM JST - 28th May

I find using "gaijin" to refer to myself both diffuses any racist overtones while simultaneously pointing them up to any "clueless" Japanese people I might be with, kind of like the way gay men call themselves "queer" and (some) African-Americans use the "n" word.

Posted in Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist? at 10:32 AM JST - 28th May
sk4ek at 07:04 AM JST - 27th May

It's hard to see how this is an improvement, except perhaps in terms of being slightly more nutritous and possibly a little cheaper for the airline. Having flown JAL to Honolulu at least once a month for the past three years, my guess is that almost anything would be an…

Posted in JAL improves Economy Class service on Hawaii route at 07:04 AM JST - 27th May
sk4ek at 09:07 PM JST - 14th May

Not to mention, "fukkura" means "fluffy" and not "sticky".

Posted in Sticky situation at 09:07 PM JST - 14th May
sk4ek at 09:47 PM JST - 12th May

These washed-out celebrities seem to gravitate to one another regardless of cultural differences... :) Goro Inagaki cracked me up when he described the new Rambo film as a "horror movie," though I don't know if he was referring specifically to Stallone himself.

Posted in Boxer Koki Kameda meets Stallone at 09:47 PM JST - 12th May
sk4ek at 09:44 PM JST - 12th May

Jero's a self-admitted geek, but he is without question a TALENTED geek. And I applaud this article for at least headlining him as an "American" singer, unlike most of the Japanese media, which insists on referring to him as the "Black enka singer," as though his color has something to…

Posted in American singer Jero to appear in TV ad at 09:44 PM JST - 12th May
sk4ek at 09:19 PM JST - 12th May

This is at least the third article on JT I've seen using the nonsensical word "comfortability."

"Comfort" should be sufficient in almost any case I can think of. "Comfortable" may be grammatically appropriate in the rest.

Cummon JT, let's bring some improved perfectionability to our editing... :)

Posted in Toyota unveils new Alphard, Vellfire minivans at 09:19 PM JST - 12th May