wibble said...

wibble at 01:20 PM JST - 12th August

Cities? So do you get a different phone rate in Osaka than in Tokyo, I don't think so. I'm fairly certain almost anywhere has national not regional billing plans - although I really don't know about the US since that market is so screwed up.

Posted in Tokyoites pay 2nd highest cell phone charge in world at 01:20 PM JST - 12th August
wibble at 10:33 AM JST - 10th August

that is 38,000 per person of course...

Posted in Mori company to launch Narita helicopter service at 10:33 AM JST - 10th August
wibble at 09:54 AM JST - 10th August

How much salt does it contain? Many cereals tend to be very bad for you due to added and included salt.

Posted in Kellogg’s Fruit Granola at 09:54 AM JST - 10th August
wibble at 09:25 AM JST - 7th August

"And Rohypnol now contains a dye so you can see if someone has put it into your drink." unfortunately a canned drink would make that feature less useful.

Posted in Man arrested for spiking drink and raping woman in Osaka at 09:25 AM JST - 7th August
wibble at 09:49 AM JST - 4th August

nisegaijin - it is you. In Japan, use of drugs is illegal to the same extent as posession. Testing positive carries the full sentence.

As a secondary note, I wonder if the manager called anyone, else he could be implicated in this as well. If the manager knew the girl…

Posted in Actor Oshio arrested for drug use after woman found dead in apartment at 09:49 AM JST - 4th August
wibble at 09:04 PM JST - 16th July

onewrldoneppl - who cares if they have a branch in the US - what does this article have to do with the US in any way?

Posted in Lotteria to give refunds if customers do not like new hamburger at 09:04 PM JST - 16th July
wibble at 02:52 PM JST - 10th July

There definitely is an issue of this, but more now it is about threats and such. Places that you shouldn't be in forcing you to sign for 150,000 bottles of moet etc. Ironically the police have fuelled the fires as that standard like has changed. Now the bar owners just…

Posted in U.S. Embassy issues new warning over drink-spiking in Roppongi at 02:52 PM JST - 10th July
wibble at 01:16 PM JST - 9th July

The Potsdam conference held Germany to pay $20bn to the Allies. The Treaty of SanFrancisco took >$25bn from Japan.

Oh, something else I did not know until checking out - that 4,000,000 German POWs were used as forced labour after the war to meet obligations.

Posted in How do you feel about the call by some World War II POWs for Prime Minister Taro Aso to apologize and offer reparation over their wartime forced labor at a coalmine owned by his father? at 01:16 PM JST - 9th July
wibble at 06:38 PM JST - 8th July

Actually - I do find this an issue. I have pretty good spatial hearing however a hybrid rolling up behind you is basically inaudible over Tokyo's noise...

Posted in Gov't may add noise-making device to quiet hybrid cars for safety at 06:38 PM JST - 8th July
wibble at 06:36 PM JST - 8th July

I recently picked up an Asus 1000HE, it is really sweet. XP home and performance is good, 160GB HDD and an unkillable battery

Posted in Sony to sell low-cost netbook in August at 06:36 PM JST - 8th July