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solarbuster at 07:59 AM JST - 6th December

The hardest thing for non-smokers in Japan is to find some where to enjoy a meal. Japanese food may be good but not when eaten in a fog of tobacco smoke. Some places are providing smoking rooms but every time the door opens the stink spreads around the place putting…

Posted in There are still a lot of people who don’t understand what sort of options are available if they visit Japan. at 07:59 AM JST - 6th December
solarbuster at 12:53 PM JST - 5th November

What Beaches? do you mean the bits of sand between the boat ramps? The Japanese should stick to the "if you don't like Japan the way it is, don't come" approach. Why try to change Japan to Butlins holiday camp or the Gold Coast it will just attract the idiots…

Posted in What does Japan need to do in order to attract more tourists? at 12:53 PM JST - 5th November
solarbuster at 10:39 AM JST - 3rd November

Most of the young guys are ok but you always get a few acting up. Some young Japanese are the same but Marines represent America. Russians have had Europeans barred from public baths and onsens in some Northern cities because their behavior was not considered good, same thing just a…

Posted in U.S. Marines ordered not to enter some public places in Okinawa at 10:39 AM JST - 3rd November
solarbuster at 10:04 AM JST - 2nd November

Why would Yoshio Sasajima,an economist at Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo, be shocked by the widening gap between the rich and the poor? He is an economist at a university that teaches neo-conservatism like most other universities around the the world. Meiji Gakuin University has even produce Finance Ministers and…

Posted in It is unprecedented to see such a widening income gap in Japan. Our society is definitely becoming a class society. at 10:04 AM JST - 2nd November
solarbuster at 09:18 AM JST - 2nd November

Anna misses the point, if she set fire to herself on the steps of the white house the occupants would just use her to light their cigars.

Posted in Down and out in Tokyo at 09:18 AM JST - 2nd November
solarbuster at 12:45 PM JST - 31st October

Samuriaiiki, Renting property in Japan is a dead loss unless it is in the major business areas. Lots of older flats have been knocked down and turned into car parks as a car park may turn a profit. Rental houses don't return enough to rebuild the property when it has…

Posted in Aso unveils Y26.9 tril new stimulus package to tackle crisis at 12:45 PM JST - 31st October
solarbuster at 11:00 AM JST - 31st October

China will be saying thankyou Aso san, as most of the relief package will pay for Chinese imports

Posted in Aso unveils Y26.9 tril new stimulus package to tackle crisis at 11:00 AM JST - 31st October
solarbuster at 01:11 PM JST - 30th October

McCains done it again, now my network will be swamped by student downloading funny Hitler tapes with McCain and Obama swapping heads with Hitler. Every time McCain starts scare mongering it back fires on him, does the guy ever learn. Every body with half a brain has some criticism of…

Posted in McCain criticizes LA Times for protecting Obama by not releasing tape at 01:11 PM JST - 30th October
solarbuster at 11:46 AM JST - 29th October

True ignor the credit crisis and this is a plus for the environment. All the factories and power stations would close down. China, India would revert like the rest of the world to fuedal economies and we could all have twits like Charlie boy trying to enslave us again.

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Posted in Prince Charles says global warming more important than financial crisis at 11:46 AM JST - 29th October
solarbuster at 12:15 PM JST - 22nd October

Some of the gas fields are not that stable and that is another reason they were not tapped a long time ago. Like this one the Aussies started in Indonesia and is still pouring mud out. But I guess Palin would export the mud for face packs. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070125-mud-volcano.html

Posted in Palin backs shipping Alaskan LNG to Japan at 12:15 PM JST - 22nd October