timtak said...

timtak at 11:00 AM JST - 25th February

Are we sure that ageha　（アゲハ） and agejo(u)（アゲ嬢) means swallowtail butterfly? "The (hair) lifters" (上げ派） and "Raising Princesses"　(上げ嬢) sounds more in tue with what they actually do.

PS how did cleao get an avatar?

Posted in 'Agejo' girls just want to look cute -- and sexy at 11:00 AM JST - 25th February
timtak at 10:10 AM JST - 24th February

no-one can predict an individual's healing rate.

An estimation of the time-to-heal is nearly always given in Japanese papers. It is only an estimation, but it gives an idea of the severity of the cuts, and the crime.

Posted in Man arrested for attempted murder after botched hold-up in Saitama Family Mart at 10:10 AM JST - 24th February
timtak at 10:42 AM JST - 20th February

The message is, invest in cheap/convenient staples because they will remain in demand?

Posted in McDonald's gets Y40 bil loan from Japanese banks at 10:42 AM JST - 20th February
timtak at 10:53 AM JST - 19th February

I thought it was rather corny but the "City of God" like concentration on children on the edge of poverty and violence made it well worth watching.

Posted in Danny Boyle in Tokyo at 10:53 AM JST - 19th February
timtak at 04:34 PM JST - 16th February

Sorry I should have said Nagasaki. The novel is set in Nagasaki. I am sure that there would be loads of cheap locations and extras at any number of places in Japan.

Posted in Scorsese plans film on early Japanese Christians at 04:34 PM JST - 16th February
timtak at 02:03 PM JST - 16th February

Research on the last attempt to handout cash in Japan (in English) here http://www.esri.go.jp/jp/archive/edis/edis020/e_dis012a.pdf

The difference was that the "shopping coupons" had to be spent within 6 months and not on gambling or debt repayment, whereas this time one can simply save or spend on pachinko. Even so, the effect…

Posted in Aso's cash handout plan on the line after Koizumi's remarks at 02:03 PM JST - 16th February
timtak at 01:08 PM JST - 16th February

It's a shame it is going to be shot in New Zealand rather than Yamaguchi.

Posted in Scorsese plans film on early Japanese Christians at 01:08 PM JST - 16th February
timtak at 01:07 PM JST - 16th February

not either selfishly or seeming to realise that governments should have been either selfishly or not seeming to realise that governments

Posted in Aso's cash handout plan on the line after Koizumi's remarks at 01:07 PM JST - 16th February
timtak at 12:58 PM JST - 16th February

we have a saying. "if it,s not broken don't fix it".

The argument was that all that pork in terms of salaries to postal workers, and almost intrest free invesentment in the goverment via postal savings was (or is?) broken, in that it has lead to the astronomical public…

Posted in Aso's cash handout plan on the line after Koizumi's remarks at 12:58 PM JST - 16th February
timtak at 10:50 AM JST - 6th February

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