timtak said...

timtak at 09:56 PM JST - 21st September

The Japanese press conjected that he may have committed suicide and gave a conjected motive, entirely conjecture, utterly un proven, and, I repeat, conjectural that his membership of a new religion (which seems to have been Yehova's Witnesses according to other Internet conjecture) was a sorce of friction in his…

Posted in Body found on mountain confirmed as 'Crayon Shinchan' cartoonist at 09:56 PM JST - 21st September
timtak at 12:58 PM JST - 19th September

I think that the way that figure stakers often display their nether regions covered only by thin lycra, sometimes skin-coloured, tights, makes figure skating a (consciously or not) sexually loaded dance. Hence, dating ones coach may help to improve "expressive qualities." But I hope she does not become number 4.…

Posted in Figure skater Miki Ando rumored to be in love with 3-time divorcee coach at 12:58 PM JST - 19th September
timtak at 11:55 AM JST - 14th September

And he has just hit his 200th for the 9th straight season.

Posted in Ichiro reaches 200 hits for record 9th straight season at 11:55 AM JST - 14th September
timtak at 10:51 AM JST - 12th September

Ohta often makes rude jokes. E.g., that saying that he is interested in "joshi no (Ohta's quick ad-libbed addition) ana" meaning "female television announcers" and a rude pun. Evidence of being unsatisfied, or reaction formation?

Posted in Comedian Hikaru Ohta’s wife admits sexless marriage at 10:51 AM JST - 12th September
timtak at 10:29 AM JST - 11th September

What's this business about "to come" and "to go"?

Yukio means at least phonetically "going guy" where as "Kuro-o" means "coming guy". In Japanese the comedian's name has no secondary or obscene meaning.

Posted in Hatoyama look-alike hits jackpot after 20 years at 10:29 AM JST - 11th September
timtak at 12:51 PM JST - 10th September

If 'flagship' JAL goes under I guess it will damage confidence in Japan, the Japanese economy, and the new political leadership. So while I hate state bailouts, I hope they work something out.

Perhaps they should allow JAL to be run by JetStar. Japanese service industries tend to go for…

Posted in Japan Airlines to cut over 1,000 jobs, seek more loans at 12:51 PM JST - 10th September
timtak at 11:09 AM JST - 8th September

I think that if I were Japanese I would be sick of it and the whole caboodle.

English: Company and product names in English, and marketing slogans mentioned here, English learning test taking, lack of funding for making the Japanese language international Appearance: blonde hair, eye make-up glue to make…

Posted in What do you think about the way English is used in the branding and marketing of products in Japan? at 11:09 AM JST - 8th September
timtak at 10:58 AM JST - 8th September

I agree with chotto. On any given weekday the comments here are "Ain't it just typical of xyz Japanese society" (xyz = a derogative) but when it is an American doing the abusing, all of a sudden, something is fishy.

Posted in American man held on suspicion of putting baby son in freezer at 10:58 AM JST - 8th September
timtak at 07:47 PM JST - 6th September

Really tragic. Greater love.

Posted in Father dies trying to stop son's hydrogen sulfide gas suicide at 07:47 PM JST - 6th September
timtak at 12:03 PM JST - 5th September

Eating bits of the sun every morning? Believers of Kurozumikyō cult inhale a bit of the sun every morning and believe that our soul is a bit ("bun-shin") of the sun. As of 1978 it claimed 200 thousand followers.

Posted in British papers revel in Miyuki Hatoyama's twilight zone adventures at 12:03 PM JST - 5th September