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illsayit at 10:29 AM JST - 11th September

Geez, wish all of yous would read more before putting your 2 cents behind a upcoming smart-mouthed stupid reporter!

Read about Hirohima victims, and about how much they actually get, including generations after the time.

I think Fukuda's reply was spot on. This guy is just looking to cause trouble…

Posted in Hiroshima journalist gives PM a piece of his mind at 10:29 AM JST - 11th September
RomeoRamenII at 10:28 AM JST - 11th September

If obama only made the "lipstick on a pig" reference then I might be able to believe that he was just using an old expression.

But, when you combine that with the "You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It's still gonna stink" quote,…

Posted in Obama accuses McCain of lies, phony outrage over 'pig with lipstick' remark at 10:28 AM JST - 11th September
blvtzpk at 10:27 AM JST - 11th September

There was clearly interference from the stands. Not nice at all.

Posted in Japan complains against fan interference at World Cup qualifier at 10:27 AM JST - 11th September
Mark_McCracken at 10:25 AM JST - 11th September

"The company will give out special items autographed by figure skaters Mao and Mai Asada, golfer Momoko Ueda and five other athletes whom the company sponsors."

However, if you want a beer on your flight to the US...that'll be 6 bucks.

Posted in United Airlines begins campaign to mark 25th anniversary of 1st flight to Japan at 10:25 AM JST - 11th September
lipscombe at 10:25 AM JST - 11th September

.........sigh

Posted in Man fatally stabs wife, son; then tries to kill himself in Saitama at 10:25 AM JST - 11th September
lipscombe at 10:24 AM JST - 11th September

if US is still balking at paying gulf war syndrome sufferers it's not likely to cough up some dough for veterans of a 60 year old war

Posted in U.S. survivors of Japan's POW death camps seek compensation at 10:24 AM JST - 11th September
illsayit at 10:23 AM JST - 11th September

I guess education is a business. Not a govt sponsored free-education for all, ideal.

Posted in Oita education board ex-No. 2 pleads guilty to taking bribes at 10:23 AM JST - 11th September
Betzee at 10:22 AM JST - 11th September

For them, its not what you meant, it is what they want you to mean,

What they want is to deflect attention from the issues. As Arianna Huffington pointed out, "If public attention is focused on whether Sarah Palin actually sold the Alaska jet on eBay or merely listed it,"…

Posted in Obama accuses McCain of lies, phony outrage over 'pig with lipstick' remark at 10:22 AM JST - 11th September
Mark_McCracken at 10:21 AM JST - 11th September

"Unlike Aeon’s Jusco supermarkets, it will also have on its shelves low-priced products of small- and medium-sized companies while waiting to sell Aeon’s Topvalu brand items for the time being."

What? Can anyone explain how this new "trail food discount store" will be different from the Jusco supermarkets? Also, what…

Posted in Aeon to launch trial food discount store in Tokyo at 10:21 AM JST - 11th September
yabits at 10:21 AM JST - 11th September

read it at WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122098190668515511.html?mod=opinionjournalpolitical_diary

Yes indeed, straight from WhiteHawk's source. Here is the truth:

Mike Gehrke, the DNC's research chief, e-mails to say that Democratic staffers have not traveled en masse to Alaska to join the Sarah Palin hunt.

"Not a single person from DC or Chicago has…

Posted in Obama accuses Republican rivals of dishonesty at 10:21 AM JST - 11th September