timtak said...

timtak at 03:50 PM JST - 5th June

@Cleo & @sicklittlemonkey - "most suicides are not rational behaviour."

Most behaviour is not rational behaviour and there is no pan-cultural reason why it should be. Choosing the time and place of ones death can be quite positive (thank you Psych) beautiful enough. I believe that the sun was shining…

Posted in Tributes pour in for Japanese mother who leapt to death with husband, dead son at 03:50 PM JST - 5th June
timtak at 02:26 PM JST - 3rd June

British-British couples do it too http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uknews/wales/southwest/4690643.stm

Posted in Japanese woman, British husband leap to death with dead child in England at 02:26 PM JST - 3rd June
timtak at 10:20 AM JST - 2nd June

Like Rajakumar, todays newspaper said that GM made the wrong decision to keep producing big cars, instead of making small cars like the Japanese manufacturers. But GM could not and can not make fuel efficient cars because if it did it would be competing with Toyota and Honda. I just…

Posted in Obama: Nationalization of GM to be short-term at 10:20 AM JST - 2nd June
timtak at 01:42 AM JST - 27th May

"Does everyone have to change their views on religion or decency so that we can accommodate Japanese rational and eventually marry them?" Of course.

Some of my posts were deleted too. But I saw your posts igotchu before it was deleted and agreed.

Posted in Child abductions, but not by North Koreans at 01:42 AM JST - 27th May
timtak at 03:05 PM JST - 26th May

Coolasapool - All the same there is something rather sad about the way the babies were counted during the fiscal year, like assets or liabilities.

Posted in 25 babies left at Kumamoto baby hatch in fiscal 2008 at 03:05 PM JST - 26th May
timtak at 03:02 PM JST - 26th May

@Mummet, Thank you, but there were two sites.There are still lots of pages in the Google cache: http://www.google.co.jp/search?q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.crnjapan.com

Posted in Child abductions, but not by North Koreans at 03:02 PM JST - 26th May
timtak at 11:57 AM JST - 26th May

Thanks for letting me know about CRN. Perhaps the removal was part of some positive arrangement. I hope that things went well.

"We don't place any type of hierchial system on love for our spouse over love for our children. We treat them both as equal, but in different ways.…

Posted in Child abductions, but not by North Koreans at 11:57 AM JST - 26th May
timtak at 11:25 AM JST - 26th May

@TJrandom Yes, the whole thing is gut wrenching. The forums of the Japanese language websites such as http://www.fatherswebsite.com are equally painful.

@gogogo I don't think that western families do not love their children. I don't think that Japanese couples do not love each other. There is a difference in emphasis.…

Posted in Child abductions, but not by North Koreans at 11:25 AM JST - 26th May
timtak at 10:46 AM JST - 26th May

“Oh finally somebody trying to defend the system.”

The lack of dual custody may be a break on divorce in Japan.

A lot of Japanese get married because they want children. A lot of Japanese marriages and families are centered on the relationship with the children. If both parents were…

Posted in Child abductions, but not by North Koreans at 10:46 AM JST - 26th May
timtak at 07:53 PM JST - 23rd May

I am really sad. I would like to think that he was "suicided" (thanks Nessie - but perhaps you mean he was pushed? I doubt that.) by prosecutors and the actions of those he loved. He really seemed like a nice guy. I was, I am a fan.

There are…

Posted in Former S Korean President Roh jumps to death from cliff at 07:53 PM JST - 23rd May