tkoind2 said...

tkoind2 at 04:05 PM JST - 26th May

Great more poo brown bags for the sheepish crowds. Just how does it feel to be a walking cookie cutter LV tagged stereotype? Another manifestation of uniform fashion all too common in Japan. I guess LV is happy the sheep lack the originality and creatity to choose another brand.

Posted in Louis Vuitton to open its largest store in world in Ginza at 04:05 PM JST - 26th May
tkoind2 at 04:00 PM JST - 26th May

Wow. 24%. Amazing. Truly... I mean really... way to raise the bar.

So just who does the public like? Answers anyone? And what will you do about not liking Fukuda?

Posted in Fukuda support rate up to 24% in Nikkei poll at 04:00 PM JST - 26th May
tkoind2 at 03:15 PM JST - 26th May

Suicide is sad in any case. Especially for someone with so much to live for. But in Japan I am not surprised that life here leads a lot of people to choose an exit. Too much work, no work life balance, poor social networks, absence of real psychological help, restrictive…

Posted in TV announcer Ako Kawada found dead in car in apparent suicide at 03:15 PM JST - 26th May
tkoind2 at 08:52 AM JST - 26th May

Many causes. 1. Fuel prices, 2. Diversion of grain to other uses. 3. Speculation in the market. 4. Under-investment in African and other agricultural development e.g. 90+% of African farms still using rain only with no irrigation to develop stronger more reliable crops. 5. Increasing demand.

Solutions. 1. Specualation and…

Posted in What is causing the global food price spike and what should be done about it? at 08:52 AM JST - 26th May
tkoind2 at 04:10 PM JST - 22nd May

Brilliant. Why don't you buy supplies for the nut cases while you are at it? There are plenty of people eager to get some bit of fame or try out something wrong. So you print a great idea for them. Sheer genius.

That said, I know some day I will…

Posted in Hydrogen sulfide gas suicides raise specter of terrorist attacks at 04:10 PM JST - 22nd May
tkoind2 at 04:01 PM JST - 22nd May

I'm lucky, my partner and I are both pretty good cooks. So we are lucky. But even though we both like cooking and make decent dishes, we rarely have time to cook thanks to work. If we were living alone I suspect our diets would suck as they do on…

Posted in The appalling cooking habits of young single women at 04:01 PM JST - 22nd May
tkoind2 at 03:52 PM JST - 22nd May

I have mixed feelings about hostesses. I've met women in Japan who hostess to raise money for school or living abroad and who keep very grounded about what they are doing. They move on to better things later having made extra money and with little damage to who they are.…

Posted in Hostessing an honorable profession, young women say at 03:52 PM JST - 22nd May
tkoind2 at 12:27 PM JST - 22nd May

One thing about oil. We are lucky in Tokyo that we can use trains and bikes to get around. But most of us have family in places where no such infrastructure exist. For them driving is like water in being essential to their lives. The have to drive for work,…

Posted in Oil executives defend profits before irate U.S. senators at 12:27 PM JST - 22nd May
tkoind2 at 12:23 PM JST - 22nd May

This is a dog and pony show. Senators confronting big business to look like they really care about the working class families that are slowly slipping beneath the economic waves. The corporations could not care less about Joe and Jane average and their family's economic situation as long as they…

Posted in Oil executives defend profits before irate U.S. senators at 12:23 PM JST - 22nd May
tkoind2 at 12:15 PM JST - 22nd May

Great. Yet another means for business to track our every move. Next they will add this to our train passes or ID cards. Will they add this to trains to see our travel patterns? To shop doors to see where we shop.

I love technology. But all the chips and…

Posted in NTT turns flesh into keycard at 12:15 PM JST - 22nd May