taj said...

taj at 04:59 PM JST - 3rd October

Pah! If it ever comes down to my life or the law, I'll take my chances with the law. Have any of you "drug addict" "throw the book at her" ever had to watch someone vomit their way through chemotherapy? (Not to say that Mrs. Lane appeared malnurished on the…

Posted in Int'l school principal, husband nabbed for marijuana smuggling at 04:59 PM JST - 3rd October
taj at 09:10 AM JST - 3rd October

I was wrong in my last post. We do have more information. TBS Newsbird is reporting that Shirley asked her husband to bring her the iryou taima (medical marijuana). It's the third story (after Olympics and Sumatra) but still light on detail.

I hope she gets a lot of support…

Posted in Int'l school principal, husband nabbed for marijuana smuggling at 09:10 AM JST - 3rd October
taj at 07:39 AM JST - 3rd October

It was stupid to send it by post. Perhaps the person who mailed it, and wrote the husband's return address on the package, had malicious intent? I doubt we'll ever get to read the follow-up.

Posted in Int'l school principal, husband nabbed for marijuana smuggling at 07:39 AM JST - 3rd October
taj at 07:26 AM JST - 3rd October

I also wonder what is going to happen with Chris's Japanese citizenship. While he has that, he can't simply be deported, but neither can he claim support of the US state department. AFAIK, to have gotten the J-nationality, he had to swear that he had given up all other nationalities.…

Posted in American father arrested in Japan had asked Tennessee court for help at 07:26 AM JST - 3rd October
taj at 07:14 AM JST - 3rd October

Part of "taking an interest in" the new husband's children should surely include showing some sensitivity to their freshly uprooted and tossed aside mother, with whom they were living most of the time. At least for the first couple of years.

"...I cannot hold it anymore if you keep bothering…

Posted in American father arrested in Japan had asked Tennessee court for help at 07:14 AM JST - 3rd October
taj at 06:58 AM JST - 3rd October

Congratulations, Rio!!

Posted in Rio wins bid for 2016 Olympics; Tokyo eliminated in 2nd round at 06:58 AM JST - 3rd October
taj at 06:55 AM JST - 3rd October

Not to wish the woman ill health, but I do hope that it turns out she has a medical condition. such as glaucoma, that she's been treating with marijuana and that that gets a lot of press and kick starts the discussion of medical marijuana in this country.

Posted in Int'l school principal, husband nabbed for marijuana smuggling at 06:55 AM JST - 3rd October
taj at 11:30 AM JST - 29th September

Only in Japan do insurance companies pay the benefit to the family.

Noborito, my Canadian life insurance policy would pay out if I committed suicide, as I already passed the initial two-year wait period.

Posted in No. of suicides in Japan reaches 22,000 in Jan-Aug at 11:30 AM JST - 29th September
taj at 01:50 PM JST - 28th September

No means no, right?

The victim says "no" to further prosecution, that should be respected. Right?

Posted in Director Roman Polanski in Swiss custody on 31-year-old U.S. arrest warrant at 01:50 PM JST - 28th September
taj at 10:08 AM JST - 25th September

hydro-electricity, water supply for 4 prefectures, and flood control IF the dam is built.

excess highways, bridges, tunnels, at two levels of altitude that will need to be maintained, whilst getting less and less usage if the dam is not built.

Who's going to go in and buy or build…

Posted in Construction freeze on Yamba dam marks end of era at 10:08 AM JST - 25th September