thundercat said...

thundercat at 10:58 AM JST - 15th June

rjd jr,

Why not travel to Iran? I can think of lots of great reasons to go there. Do yourself a favour and pick up a book or two on the history of the country. Learn something. Iran Today by Dilip Hiro would be a good start.

Posted in Japanese student freed in Pakistan taken to Tehran at 10:58 AM JST - 15th June
thundercat at 04:26 PM JST - 14th June

gogogo

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Other than basing your argument on a news paper article have you even checked the MOFA website to back up your position? If you can post a link supporting your point then why haven't you?

BTW which test is…

Posted in Japanese happy after UK waters down English tests at 04:26 PM JST - 14th June
thundercat at 05:21 PM JST - 13th June

Worst game I've seen in a long time (guess I shouldn't have expected much). Way too much over-the-top physical stuff going on elbows, pushing, holding, body-checking. Pathetic. In my opinion the ref was clearly favouring the Japanese team by not dishing out a few more yellow cards against them. I'm…

Posted in Japan Under-23s, Cameroon draw 0-0 in Olympic warm-up at 05:21 PM JST - 13th June
thundercat at 05:00 PM JST - 13th June

gogogo,

I think you should have googled the article yourself before posting. If you had you would have found:

"Japan will give "favorable treatment" to foreign residents with a certain level of Japanese language proficiency by extending the maximum length of stay for their resident visas from the current three…

Posted in Japanese happy after UK waters down English tests at 05:00 PM JST - 13th June
thundercat at 11:03 AM JST - 13th June

gogogo and dxxjp,

what exactly is the 'japan requirement'?

Posted in Japanese happy after UK waters down English tests at 11:03 AM JST - 13th June
thundercat at 10:42 AM JST - 13th June

jerseyboy,

'government run' hospitals?

The problem is that most aren't government run, but private.

Posted in Fukuda apologizes for insufficient health care insurance for elderly at 10:42 AM JST - 13th June
thundercat at 09:22 AM JST - 13th June

Must be all the terrible English teachers, eh thepro!

Posted in Japanese happy after UK waters down English tests at 09:22 AM JST - 13th June
thundercat at 08:45 AM JST - 13th June

It would be interesting to know how many people had an acceptable level of Japanese before coming here. If Japan had the same requirements I doubt most of us would be here! Of course I think it's important to know a language before moving to a foreign country. In my…

Posted in Japanese happy after UK waters down English tests at 08:45 AM JST - 13th June
thundercat at 05:19 PM JST - 12th June

skipthesong,

the point i was trying to make was that people didn't always 'hate' america. this article is about the raise of anti-americanism. i gave some examples of what i thought contributed to the problem and you retorted with the same old

'we saved you butts so shut your trap'…

Posted in Anti-Americanism at record levels worldwide, report shows at 05:19 PM JST - 12th June
thundercat at 01:04 PM JST - 12th June

Seems a lot of French need to retake their history courses

Perfect, exactly the ignorant attitude I was talking about. Guess you think French history started with America 'saving their butts'. Read your own history books. Where did the Statue of Liberty come from and whose actions helped get it…

Posted in Anti-Americanism at record levels worldwide, report shows at 01:04 PM JST - 12th June