stanoue said...

stanoue at 05:35 PM JST - 26th August

Hey - your comments are interesting. We want to do the same bilingual thing with our soon-to-come child. But living in Sydney, makes me wonder how much harder it would be to learn English via everyday life and Japanese through home time. I mean reading/writing Japanese would have to be…

Posted in Japanese-Brazilian families face serious challenge in communication at 05:35 PM JST - 26th August
stanoue at 05:20 PM JST - 25th August

Hmm having re-read the start of the article I see that he is the 'first' Japanese Police Officer in NZ so I guess that might make it news? Although my friend is a cop and his mum is Japanese. Maybe the 'half-ness' of him means it doesnt count.

Posted in Japanese man to become police officer in New Zealand at 05:20 PM JST - 25th August
stanoue at 05:17 PM JST - 25th August

roomtemp: to hire an asian into probably a mostly white police force ensures the public trust is upheld in the face of crime against the asian community. The police force should reflect the public after all. Thus the changing face of NZ is reflected in it's laws but also those…

Posted in Japanese man to become police officer in New Zealand at 05:17 PM JST - 25th August
stanoue at 05:09 PM JST - 25th August

He looks like a kindly Grandfather here - different to how I hear he really is!

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stanoue at 05:08 PM JST - 25th August

Haha, my J-hubby noticed and pointed out the 'Sea of Japan' reference on the map at the ceremony in glee. I think it is pretty funny. That is its name in English so...deal with it.

Posted in S Korea to complain over use of 'Sea of Japan' in Olympic closing ceremony at 05:08 PM JST - 25th August
stanoue at 05:07 PM JST - 25th August

Squashing a lower court decision that rejected the parents’ suit, Presiding Judge Koji Maki ruled that the 21-year-old male petty officer third class ‘‘killed himself as a result of depression, which was caused by stress from the superior’s insulting remarks and actions.’

It resulted in depression - yes obviously. But…

Posted in Court rules superior's insulting remarks resulted in sailor's suicide at 05:07 PM JST - 25th August
stanoue at 10:15 AM JST - 24th August

Shame on Australian TV which showed the first two dives, skipped the rest to show only some of the final dives- hardly gives you an understanding of who was the best when you miss half the dives! OH well I guess they will show it about 15 times today so…

Posted in Aussie diver prevents Chinese from golden sweep at 10:15 AM JST - 24th August
stanoue at 10:10 AM JST - 24th August

I think a 'two seat' policy if someone can't fit in one seat is fair.

Posted in Should overweight people be required to pay for an extra seat on planes? at 10:10 AM JST - 24th August
stanoue at 10:05 AM JST - 24th August

Well done Korea, well played tournament.

Posted in South Korea wins gold in baseball at 10:05 AM JST - 24th August
stanoue at 10:57 AM JST - 23rd August

Well - even if they had managed to nurse it back into good health and released it with another pod of whales - Japan just would have fished it up next year anyway (hah! black humour) Did you hear, they have found a dead female whale up the coast -…

Posted in Orphaned baby whale put down in Sydney at 10:57 AM JST - 23rd August