usaexpat said...

usaexpat at 11:15 PM JST - 12th May

And one more thing, the high prices are the fault of speculators who have fled the stock markets to commodaties. Someone needs to reign this in as there is no fundamental reason for the high prices, no shortage etc. Just a bunch of traders getting rich while soaking the whole…

Posted in Average gasoline price hits record Y159.60 per liter at 11:15 PM JST - 12th May
usaexpat at 11:13 PM JST - 12th May

Anyone remember that 30 yen of that is thanks to the government crooks?

Posted in Average gasoline price hits record Y159.60 per liter at 11:13 PM JST - 12th May
usaexpat at 11:11 PM JST - 12th May

dubbing is just terrible. I watch movies with subtitles because even if I don't fully understand the dialogue I prefer to hear it in the actor's own voice.

Posted in 'What are Nazis?' Today's kids can't handle movie subtitles at 11:11 PM JST - 12th May
usaexpat at 11:07 PM JST - 12th May

I'm likely to believe that this was a stalker / obsessive love interest. I hope the cops are questioning her classmates.

Posted in Autopsy shows slain Kyoto girl was hit repeatedly at 11:07 PM JST - 12th May
usaexpat at 11:04 PM JST - 12th May

Anyone here heard of the Darwin awards? I think this guy needs to be nominated. If it's true he's dead than I guess that was his plan all along. I doubt he really wanted a smoke as much as he wanted a weinie roast.

Posted in Cops under fire for giving cigarette, lighter to kerosene-soaked man at 11:04 PM JST - 12th May
usaexpat at 11:01 PM JST - 12th May

I'm just glad she couldn't go thorugh with it. I will never understand how a parent can hurt their own child.

Posted in Mother arrested for attempting to kill 5-yr-old son with hydrogen sulfide gas in Saga at 11:01 PM JST - 12th May
usaexpat at 10:56 PM JST - 12th May

So what will happen to this woman? As far as I know talking on a cell while driving without a hands free divice is illegal. I have to assume texting is illegal as well. Anyway, nothing special here, there are so many terrible drivers that this woman with her text…

Posted in 9 injured in car-bus collision in Nagasaki; car driver says she was using cell phone at 10:56 PM JST - 12th May
usaexpat at 11:51 PM JST - 7th May

sounds right to me, attracting foreign skilled workers is a good thing. The key here is skilled and the visas should continue to be based on employement. The last thing Japan needs is a huge immigrant unemployed underclass like France has gotten themselves into. As for salries here, they are…

Posted in Gov't looks to immigrants as population shrinks at 11:51 PM JST - 7th May
usaexpat at 11:40 PM JST - 7th May

Sure I can see lots of trust being built between Japan and China ha ha ha

Posted in Hu calls for more trust, cooperation between China, Japan at 11:40 PM JST - 7th May
usaexpat at 11:36 PM JST - 7th May

Obama is not electable, look at most of the national polls Obama vs. McCain vs. Clinton. Looks like I'm eating my words from a few months ago and reversing position. If the democrats want the white house they have to nominate Hillary. For the record what exactly does Obama stand…

Posted in Obama wins North Carolina primary, Clinton takes Indiana at 11:36 PM JST - 7th May