wanderlust said...

wanderlust at 08:56 AM JST - 23rd April

No mask, a dirty outdoor suit, probably didn't wash his hands on entry, and they wonder why Japan has such a high rate of hospital infections!

Posted in Fukuda at 08:56 AM JST - 23rd April
wanderlust at 10:01 AM JST - 20th April

Probably a modular LED screen, from Lighthouse or Chromatek, with 6 mm pitch, 768 modules of 128 x 96 pixels, and 12 digital processors to drive all the modules. The modules alone will weigh around 36 tons, and are either hung from truss or mounted on substantial scaffolding. Panasonic are…

Posted in 'Speed Racer' premiere to be held on world's largest screen at Tokyo Dome at 10:01 AM JST - 20th April
wanderlust at 12:25 PM JST - 10th April

When the work the service is good, and when they don't it is a nightmare. No contingency planning other than a chorus of sorrimasens over their PA systems.

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wanderlust at 04:08 PM JST - 9th April

"Frequent warning announcements" - the solution to all problems?

The trouble then is the continuous cacophony of "abunai.....abunai" warnigs from dawn to dusk just turns into background noise, and real "danger" cannot be distinguished from service calls.

Better parenting, more common sense.....the usual solutions.

Posted in 1-year-old girl loses finger in escalator accident at supermarket in Hiratsuka at 04:08 PM JST - 9th April
wanderlust at 01:05 PM JST - 6th April

The lashes are conducted with a copy of the Koran under the arm, so are rather unlike a Captain Bligh style application of the cat o' nine tails. They are more shaming than punishing, though of course they still hurt.

Friday lunch-time, entertainment outside of the mosque in Riyadh, known…

Posted in Canadian to be lashed, jailed in Saudi Arabia for part in murder at 01:05 PM JST - 6th April
wanderlust at 08:42 PM JST - 4th April

Just after the article on all those people getting crushed, walking home after a big one....

Posted in M5 quake jolts Tokyo, vicinity at 08:42 PM JST - 4th April
wanderlust at 10:22 AM JST - 3rd April

Finally a realistic scenario is being produced, rather than the rosy predictions of only 7,382 deaths if a 7.3 quaked centred in Tokyo Bay hits the city at 4:33 a.m. on a May Tuesday.

All those exercises started by oji-sans with whistles, start-lines, white gloves and "rescue" teams in cute…

Posted in Millions risk being crushed on streets in big Tokyo quake, simulation shows at 10:22 AM JST - 3rd April
wanderlust at 03:55 PM JST - 2nd April

"missing" in the sea for more than a few hours here invariably means dead.

A 70m fall to the sea would have probably knocked him out, if not killed him outright.

3K work still going in Japan...

Posted in Teen worker falls from bridge into Seto Inland Sea at 03:55 PM JST - 2nd April
wanderlust at 12:38 PM JST - 31st March

Apparently the first incidents happened through September to December last year - it has taken them nearly 4 months to take action. The battery packs are made by neither Kyocera or KDDI, which has not helped...

Posted in KDDI cell phone model releases smoke on battery's short-circuiting at 12:38 PM JST - 31st March