tako10 said...

tako10 at 04:00 AM JST - 15th July

romulus3 - Please Google "e_080707.pdf"

If you can get the above pdf, this is the one, right? I think you should call the number 06-6313-9734 or visit the ward office, and ask and complain why you did not get the notification. I believe the Kita-ku word office is behind the…

Posted in 5,400 residents in western Japan evacuated as WWII bomb defused at 04:00 AM JST - 15th July
tako10 at 03:16 AM JST - 15th July

Mango smoothies (芒果冰沙)

Posted in What drink do you recommend to help cope with hot, humid days? at 03:16 AM JST - 15th July
tako10 at 03:09 PM JST - 14th July

The article does not even clearly mention that the baby went through or over both or either the crib railing bars or balcony railing bars. Even if the baby went over the crib bars, a baby usually cannot go over balcony wall.

I suspect there might have been negligence on…

Posted in 2-year-old boy falls to death from 7th floor apartment in Osaka at 03:09 PM JST - 14th July
tako10 at 02:33 AM JST - 13th July

I am afraid I’d like to add another baffling.

The majority of Japanese were serfs under the Shinto theocracy until the land reform/emancipation implemented by the Americans in 1947. The descendants of the surfs think like “we were not slaves, and the Koreans and other Asians were not slaves either.…

Posted in Japan's abduction strategy baffles counterparts at 6-party NK talks at 02:33 AM JST - 13th July
tako10 at 09:49 AM JST - 12th July

I believe people are generally very ethnocentric about food. I do not think telling others to stop eat it will solve the problem even if it’s repugnant to many other’s sense of values. In my opinion, the total ban will just cause illegal activities like we have seen in Japan.…

Posted in Dog meat off menu during Beijing Olympics at 09:49 AM JST - 12th July
tako10 at 09:38 PM JST - 7th July

I like this one better than collateral attackers as I’ve seen many as personal provocations.

Posted in 12-year-old boy assaulted by knife-wielding man in Osaka at 09:38 PM JST - 7th July
tako10 at 01:59 PM JST - 7th July

The man fled and the boy was injured slightly, police said.

It’s really surprising his kind of incident become a news in Osaka. I have a feeling Osaka become safer than 90s.

Posted in 12-year-old boy assaulted by knife-wielding man in Osaka at 01:59 PM JST - 7th July
tako10 at 05:30 AM JST - 5th July

I like Mr. Onishi’s original article on the NYT. According to the article:

in recent months, Canada and Australia have offered apologies for mistreating their indigenous populations in the past, and New Zealand transferred about 435,000 acres of plantation forest and forest rents to seven Maori tribes. Shiro Kayano, director…

Posted in That's why I think it's a good thing that Japan lost World War II. If Japan had won, so many others would have lost their language and culture. at 05:30 AM JST - 5th July
tako10 at 03:27 AM JST - 3rd July

Glad to found so many people here does not support fanatic religious values. Damn Buddhists enacted mammal protection laws as early as in 5th century in China and Korea, and even in Japan in 17th century (生類憐れみの令). All these countries abolished these Pre-Medieval laws long ago, and mammals are chattels…

Posted in 300 religious leaders in Hokkaido to talk peace before G-8 summit at 03:27 AM JST - 3rd July
tako10 at 12:54 AM JST - 3rd July

Many recent events in East Asia make me feel like I’m reliving history. I hope the Koreans stop acting like the Japanese in 1930s when they started to blame the foreign country for their own bad economy. There are also suicidal aspects. I do not see why they attack thier…

Posted in Hyundai Motor workers strike over U.S. beef imports at 12:54 AM JST - 3rd July