tenguleavings said...

tenguleavings at 01:30 AM JST - 27th June

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainichi_Shimbun

The re-edit appears to be complete.

Posted in Mainichi's English site shuts down one column criticized for being 'too vulgar' at 01:30 AM JST - 27th June
tenguleavings at 01:14 AM JST - 27th June

It's cops and teachers, hands down.

Posted in Which profession in Japan seems to be in the news the most due to deviant or unlawful sexual behavior by its members? at 01:14 AM JST - 27th June
tenguleavings at 01:08 AM JST - 26th June

What you guys are not understanding was that the Mainichi English site posted the smutty, tabloid articles under the same section as the regular news. Sometimes those articles made the front headline.

Absolutely incorrect. This idea that the WaiWai stories were right there with the national headlines is completely wrong,…

Posted in Mainichi's English site shuts down one column criticized for being 'too vulgar' at 01:08 AM JST - 26th June
tenguleavings at 05:56 AM JST - 24th June

Considering the results of all the previous Japanese drivers in all the major open-wheel racing series, this is in fact a milestone worth noting. Also, leave it to Kyodo News to measure the victory in the irrelevant dimension of time of completion, and not laps or total distance.

Posted in Muto makes Indy history with 2nd-place finish at 05:56 AM JST - 24th June
tenguleavings at 11:52 PM JST - 3rd June

Okajima is a reliever, so Matsuzaka's absence is completely unrelated. It pays to at least be somewhat conversant with the sport before commenting.

Posted in Indians' Kobayashi gets 3rd win; Okajima rocked at 11:52 PM JST - 3rd June
tenguleavings at 04:14 AM JST - 8th May

When you're talking about this kind of serious outlay of cash, absolutely. It's not even that there has to be an indication of bad feelings or anything, either. As much as it might seem as though Honda has an endless supply of cash, they've got their limit just like anyone…

Posted in Super Aguri withdraws from Formula One at 04:14 AM JST - 8th May
tenguleavings at 01:14 AM JST - 7th May

Why in the world would Honda prop them up any longer? Just because Aguri's sponsorship deal falls through, Honda should be expected to foot all the bills from here on? They're dropping a staggering amount of scratch just keeping their true factory effort afloat with very little in the way…

Posted in Super Aguri withdraws from Formula One at 01:14 AM JST - 7th May