tigris said...

tigris at 06:54 PM JST - 12th August

@gogogo

There is no mentioning of sightings of survivors by the US military at the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JapanAirlinesFlight_123

After the crash in the mountains, a U.S. Air Force helicopter was the first to spot the crash site 20 minutes after impact. The USAF crew radioed Yokota Air Base to alert…

Posted in Relatives of victims of 1985 JAL crash climb to mountain site at 06:54 PM JST - 12th August
tigris at 05:54 PM JST - 12th August

@gogogo

While the premise of your post is correct some details are phantasy or your source is a Hollywood movie. They didn't take 2 days to reach the crash site. The plane crashed at around 7PM and the rescue teams arrived there the next morning, around 9 as far as…

Posted in Relatives of victims of 1985 JAL crash climb to mountain site at 05:54 PM JST - 12th August
tigris at 08:08 AM JST - 11th August

Don't understand the love affair with Koizumi on these pages. People are so easily manipulated by style. that guy is responsible for the fingerprinting on entering Japan and laid the foundation to the new immigration law. He's an Ishihara in sheep skin.

Posted in Junichiro Koizumi rocks up to unveiling of Elvis statue in Kobe at 08:08 AM JST - 11th August
tigris at 08:10 AM JST - 10th August

why, does US Air leave something to be desired?

Rude flight attendants, bad food and uncomfortable seats: http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/seatgurucom-which-offers-det/

Nothing new really. Strange combination for code sharing indeed.

Posted in ANA, U.S. Airways agree on code-sharing 13 flights from September at 08:10 AM JST - 10th August
tigris at 11:48 PM JST - 5th August

Most Japanese don't have any problems with gays. The author says it himself:

One of my students was telling me the other week about his dad having gay friends; I couldn’t see a boy of 16 in Wales doing the same thing without someone making jokes about the father or…

Posted in 'Gayjin' find it tough going in Tohoku at 11:48 PM JST - 5th August
tigris at 12:03 PM JST - 2nd August

That he now quotes Dr Tadanobu Tsunoda, an utter crackpot whose research has been firmly repudiated across the board, is reason enough to dismiss this book as a load of crap. I've lost all respect for this 'respected' Japan veteran.

Agreed. At best his books are totally outdated. The Nihonjinron…

Posted in Why the Japanese Are a Superior People at 12:03 PM JST - 2nd August
tigris at 10:43 AM JST - 2nd August
So far many of the comments prove De Mente has a point:
- This is why they win so many Nobel Prizes and other international awards and are in great demand at the Academy Awards ceremonies and pro wrestling events.
- Hey presto, his bank acoount sewlls up.…
Posted in Why the Japanese Are a Superior People at 10:43 AM JST - 2nd August
tigris at 12:00 PM JST - 1st August

Maybe a modest maid costume would have been better than the Hooters ...ehrr hookers fashion for representing modern Japan.

Posted in Barrage of complaints force Miss Universe Japan to change costume design for finals at 12:00 PM JST - 1st August
tigris at 09:03 AM JST - 1st August

I applaud the man for declining the invite back at Italy's expense. Maybe it will embarrass the Italian government just that much longer than if they could have paid him off with a return trip.

Exactly. Being ripped off in a restaurant in Rome isn't news really. Declining the offer…

Posted in 'Fleeced' Japanese couple decline Rome's invite to revisit at 09:03 AM JST - 1st August
tigris at 08:02 AM JST - 31st July

How about a different headline: A Mie city stops handing out 'free lunches' to an illegal immigrant. The use of foreigner in above headline is inflammatory.

Posted in Mie city refused maternal aid for pregnant foreigner overstaying visa at 08:02 AM JST - 31st July