tokyokawasaki said...

tokyokawasaki at 10:59 AM JST - 25th September

Money and brown paper bags will get you almost any sort of permission you need "nudge, nudge, wink, wink".

Posted in Sensoji temple goes to court to halt skyscraper construction at 10:59 AM JST - 25th September
tokyokawasaki at 10:56 AM JST - 25th September

Probably got caught beause some other 'official' felt they didn't get their fair cut and decided to grass him up

Posted in Ex-welfare association official held on suspicion of embezzlement at 10:56 AM JST - 25th September
tokyokawasaki at 06:40 AM JST - 22nd September

So rather than tackle (funding) the real issue (overhaul & revamping of the almost non-existent social services) JR installs lights hoping that the suicidal people move on to another location to kill themselves.......

Blue lights may cause a pause for thought, but I doubt very much it will change the…

Posted in JR installs anti-suicide lighting on platforms at 06:40 AM JST - 22nd September
tokyokawasaki at 08:32 AM JST - 20th September

The woman, who is a single mother, was quoted as saying, “The future looked bleak, so I killed them.”

And you think it is now going to get better for your? Can someone really be that stupid?

Posted in Mother arrested for killing her two sons in Fukuoka at 08:32 AM JST - 20th September
tokyokawasaki at 11:05 AM JST - 18th September

Why is this in the news? I thought this was common/typical... I only posted the other day that nearly every J family I see driving with their kids in the car, the kids are standing or playing in the rear without seat-belts. The only way this will change is if…

Posted in Woman, child not wearing seatbelts fall out of car at intersection at 11:05 AM JST - 18th September
tokyokawasaki at 02:20 PM JST - 17th September

The legal system should feel ashamed for issuing such a light sentence considering the brutality of the crime. But like I always say TIJ.....

This is Japan :)

Posted in 12-year prison term to be finalized for man who killed sister in 2006 at 02:20 PM JST - 17th September
tokyokawasaki at 02:11 PM JST - 9th September

SocietyMike said: and who are you to decide what is vulgar in THEIR country? You are either a visitor here or live outside Japan most likely, either way, it's Japan culture, not your own. I'm not defending the "gross" act of this situation, but I do have an issue with…

Posted in MSDF member arrested for having sex with 13-year-old girl at 02:11 PM JST - 9th September
tokyokawasaki at 02:08 PM JST - 8th September

Cut out the pointless 1st class overseas travel, the local Green Car travel and the regular paid for nights out in Ginza and Roppongi. That should save a few Yens...

Posted in Chiba Prefecture has Y3 bil in accounting irregularities in 5 yrs at 02:08 PM JST - 8th September
tokyokawasaki at 02:05 PM JST - 8th September

Don't blame the little girl. Blame the perverted society that she grew up within. I mean what role models does she have, apart from the dim witted eye-candy on TV?

Until society as a whole cleans up it's image, or it learns what is considered exploitation/vulgar nothing, nothing, nothing will…

Posted in MSDF member arrested for having sex with 13-year-old girl at 02:05 PM JST - 8th September
tokyokawasaki at 01:40 PM JST - 8th September

"Be happiness come true" another example of 'Jinglish' I saw at a travel agents in the spring.

Posted in What do you think about the way English is used in the branding and marketing of products in Japan? at 01:40 PM JST - 8th September