zoechan said...

zoechan at 07:37 PM JST - 8th September

A 2 year old at the International nursery in which I work wore a t-shirt with a big, neon pink F*** emblazoned on it. The next day he wore a t-shirt with pictures of pills and the slogan "uppers" on it. He's two!

Generally its quite amusing, and yes, one…

Posted in What do you think about the way English is used in the branding and marketing of products in Japan? at 07:37 PM JST - 8th September
zoechan at 07:00 PM JST - 7th September

Mexicanish: It's true though, global warming will have an affect on the weather... but whose to say that wasn't going to happen anyway? The earth was a lot warmer hundreds of thousands of years ago and it was also a LOT colder (ice age). We've been warming up since the…

Posted in Typhoons stronger than Katrina may hit Japan if global warming continues, researchers warn at 07:00 PM JST - 7th September
zoechan at 09:47 PM JST - 2nd September

LFRAgain - great informative post of Edo Japan. Thanks

Posted in 12-year-old wins first prize at 'Mid-summer Girls’ Audition' at 09:47 PM JST - 2nd September
zoechan at 08:44 PM JST - 25th August

slicklittlemonkey: They're ok for the most part, but I don't like it when "kojin" drive away when a gaijin walks towards the cab.

my favourite part of the japanese taxi experience is not being allowed to jump into the closest taxi... ah, the taxis are in a queue, i see...…

Posted in Taxi driver at 08:44 PM JST - 25th August
zoechan at 11:32 PM JST - 18th August

he could "go again" to provide enough ammunition for his second victim?

disgusting.

Posted in Osaka construction worker arrested for throwing feces at female passersby at 11:32 PM JST - 18th August
zoechan at 11:30 PM JST - 18th August

Little old ladies have been known to assault people in order to get to the front of the line before supplies run out.

japanese ladies become evermore aggressive, the older they get.... in my experience anyway!

Posted in Naha Ichiba: an experience for all five senses at 11:30 PM JST - 18th August
zoechan at 11:22 PM JST - 18th August

rest in peace - i had never heard of her work until now, i just wish it weren't the way here that single yet successful women died alone. not much for women to aspire to, in the end.

Posted in Reiko Ohara's life comes to a sad and lonely end at 11:22 PM JST - 18th August
zoechan at 11:41 PM JST - 30th July

Heda_Madness - I totally agree with you. There is no proof that the baby was born alive, no proof that she killed it - some posters are alluding to drowning in the toilet - no proof that she knew she was pregnant and planned for nine months to abandon her…

Posted in Newborn boy dies after being found in Tokyo Internet cafe toilet at 11:41 PM JST - 30th July
zoechan at 11:09 PM JST - 25th June

shoppers, mostly teenage girls and women in their 20s and 30s, sometimes have to line up for half an hour on weekends.

queuing up before they can even enter the store??? only in japan... which is why i fly to china to go to H&M. :D

Posted in Fast fashion boom heating up Tokyo's Harajuku area at 11:09 PM JST - 25th June
zoechan at 11:04 PM JST - 25th June
Yasuhiko Tajima, professor of journalism at Sophia University who heads a citizens group against surveillance society, accuses the government of trying to have residents keep watch on each other through the planned installation of security cameras.
- I think my おばちゃん neighbours already know more about me than I do;…
Posted in Security cameras to be installed in 15 residential areas in Japan at 11:04 PM JST - 25th June