warispeace said...

warispeace at 02:46 PM JST - 10th January

As for her final performance, all I can say is, "break a leg". Sorry!

Posted in Aya Matsuura breaks toe at home at 02:46 PM JST - 10th January
warispeace at 08:34 AM JST - 9th January

Just what we need, a military minded guy pressuring a pliant Japanese government to spend more of our taxes on weapons and war efforts. There still has been no account to taxpayers about supporting the illegal occupation of Iraq.

Posted in Ex-Pentagon official Nye likely choice as next U.S. envoy to Japan at 08:34 AM JST - 9th January
warispeace at 08:15 AM JST - 8th January

It's good for the sake and pachinko industries and a nice gift to the banks, where everyone else will stash it.

Posted in What do you think of the government's plan to give a Y12,000 cash handout to members of the public in an effort to stimulate the economy? at 08:15 AM JST - 8th January
warispeace at 07:35 PM JST - 6th January

I love the idea. Then the Tokyo Olympic bid can crash and burn and the money can be put to better ends than a bunch of facilities that local people will never be able to use.

Posted in Japan to ask Tokyo Gov Ishihara to make key speech for 2016 bid at 07:35 PM JST - 6th January
warispeace at 06:57 AM JST - 6th January

Stolen panties, of course.

Posted in What issues do you think will dominate the news in Japan and abroad this year? at 06:57 AM JST - 6th January
warispeace at 11:06 AM JST - 16th November

The cream rises to the top, but it always seems unpalatable in this nation. Still the people get what they deserve. If they don't want to demand a change in the way their representatives are elected and don't want to require the accountability of elected and unelected officials, then they…

Posted in Too much verbal jousting and 'nantonaku' from Aso, say critics at 11:06 AM JST - 16th November
warispeace at 10:44 AM JST - 16th November

They are not socialist as they do not involve state ownership of enterprises nor centralized planning of the economy.

You can say they are part of the normal (though not always fair, efficient, useful, etc.) operations of a social welfare society.

Posted in Aso calls on high-income earners to voluntarily decline benefits at 10:44 AM JST - 16th November
warispeace at 11:17 AM JST - 1st November

Cannabis then cocaine, opium, heroin, prostitution, theft, armed robbery, murder... thank god her family stopped this slippery slope to the devil when they could.

Posted in Doshisha student says she bought cannabis from Brazilian at 11:17 AM JST - 1st November
warispeace at 09:01 AM JST - 31st October

Great! Cheaper highway tolls on holidays will only make for more traffic jams and CO2 omissions. These guys have got their heads up a dark tunnel.

Posted in Aso unveils Y26.9 tril new stimulus package to tackle crisis at 09:01 AM JST - 31st October
warispeace at 11:34 PM JST - 27th October

The Japanese banks do not need strengthening. They are out picking up cheap stakes in US investment banks, so why should the tax payer subsidize this? They are going to offer new shares to re-capitalize and this dilutes the price of existing shares. Does this mean they are weak and…

Posted in Nikkei index falls 6% to 26-year low at 11:34 PM JST - 27th October