Japaneeeeeeze Sutaaaairu! (chuuuuuugoku mitai) I was thinking how American it was. Different issue, no? Individual independent contractor provided safety equipment vs. quality control when sub-sub-sub-sub contracting Anyhow, while this type of sub-sub-sub trouble happens everywhere (especially Chin...

I can at least understand the marketing idiots catering to the average J-tard here using Engrish ザッ and マイ before whatever they're peddling but this whole campaign being pushed by the J-gov in vague Engrish 「マイナンバー」is really beyond me. My number? 080-XXXX-XXXX... Yeah, it's all cute enough but gove...

matsuki wrote:Japaneeeeeeze Sutaaaairu! (chuuuuuugoku mitai)

I was thinking how American it was.

I can at least understand the marketing idiots catering to the average J-tard here using Engrish ザッ and マイ before whatever they're peddling but this whole campaign being pushed by the J-gov in vague Engrish 「マイナンバー」is really beyond me. My number? 080-XXXX-XXXX... Yeah, it's all cute enough but gove...

Matsuki, I have to wonder. I'm not talking about this particular incident but you do seem to have a lot more near misses than the rest of us. Perhaps it's just that you drive a lot more but perhaps too it's worth reflecting on for a moment. In the side streets around me I pretty much expect a bicyc...

Is there a site where drivers who do this shit can be named and shamed daily, Can't count on the police but I assume the transport/taxi companies would start to regulate their driver quality better if there brand image was being tarnished. instantdomainsearch.com is your friend - sites like meiwaku...

IS releases picture of bomb it says downed Russian plane The picture showed a yellow can of Schweppes Gold, a flavored soda marketed in Egypt, and what appeared to be other bomb components made of plastic and metal. The group also published a picture of what it said were passports belonging to peop...

Doesn't look like a suicide... Accidental maybe? It wouldn't be the first time. Death of British spy found in locked gym bag ruled 'accident' There was a another classic in J land a few years ago Police haven't ruled out suicide in severed penis case, media report Unstable people have been know to ...

Time for China to join the party . China vowed on Thursday to "bring to justice" those responsible for executing one of its citizens after Islamic State said it had killed a Chinese captive, the first and so far only known Chinese hostage held by the group. Islamic State said it had killed...

kurogane wrote:That explains Toyoko Inn's vacancy rate, or rather their non-vacancy rate. Feckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Yeah, all you goddam Canadians.

More good news for Kurogane's next visit. :lol: Chinese Visitors to Japan Double in October in Boon for Economy The number of visitors to Japan rose to a record for the month of October, as arrivals from China doubled in response to the cheap yen and looser visa laws, a sign that the government’s ef...

kurogane wrote:Is the champagne thing not an almost racist stereotype?

It's also insensitive to teetotalers.

Japan does both (closed course for tricky parking and other skills that would be difficult to test with any consistency on public roads, and public roads for the rest). But the school administers those tests, and if you pass that then you go on to the main license center for the written test. The w...

I would also suggest a proper driving education and testing regimen, but that's probably one of the only old school Showa rackets still running a profit. If you truly are suggesting that getting a drivers licence in Japan is just a rubber stamp procedure, why do 30% fail? Only about 5% pass if they...

Here in Vangroover a driver can turn right (so, UK&Japan left, eh) at almost any time, UK is the same as Japan except, if the car has a green light, the pedestrian certainly does not. ........when it is safe to do so There is the crunch, that involves thinking, processing of information, situat...

kurogane wrote:

Russell wrote:Doesn't look like a suicide...

Accidental maybe?

Yeah. He accidentally beat himself to death practicing his golf swing.

Isn't this パワハラ? Yes.............er....................no. From TC's link: シャープは、家電部門を担当する長谷川祥典専務執行役員名で文書を配布し、「厳しい難局を乗り切れるよう協力してほしい」と呼びかけている。 I don't disagree with Takechin's translation or interpretation of the true meaning, btw. But yeah........no. There is no compulsive element outside of the co...

Woman blows herself up, man killed, in massive Paris assault A woman blew herself up and a suspected jihadist was killed during a huge police assault in Paris Wednesday targeting the suspected mastermind of last week's attacks in the capital. Gunfire and explosions rocked the Saint-Denis area in th...

wagyl wrote:

Russell wrote:Was the driver a babe?

You do realise that humans who possess a vagina are prohibited from driving in Saudi Arabia...

I think he was trying to be funny.

Isn't this パワハラ?

Japanese gang boss found beaten to death A man described by police as a boss in Japan's organized crime network, the yakuza, was found dead on Sunday night, bleeding from the head after being bludgeoned multiple times, a police official told CNN. Tatsuyuki Hishida was found bleeding from the head w...

What I don`t know yet, is who can obtain it without my disclosure, but I would guess that the NTA and maybe even the banks might be able to do so. It's not who can lawfully obtain it that concerns me it was this statement that concerns me more Those leaking the numbers that they are tasked with saf...

Is this like Saudi? If you weren't there, then the accident wouldn't have happened. A Saudi is there as a matter of nature/God's will but a foreigner is there as a result of his own actions. Therefore any accident, is always the foreigner's fault. Simple. So you get 10% of the blame simply because ...

Takechanpoo wrote:Sharp to force their employees to buy Sharp's goods

executives : ones equivalent to 200,000 yen
middle managers : 100,000 yen
general staffs : 50,000 yen

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/economy/201511 ... 50002.html

Holy shit. Is that legal?

It seems like Russia has also noticed . Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered the Russian missile cruiser Moskva, currently in the Mediterranean, to start cooperating with the French military on operations in Syria. Putin's statement came as Russia's defense minister said its warplanes...

Why can't Japan shake its economic malaise? Two words: old people. The Japanese economy is in recession for the upteenth time in the last few years. And no matter how you slice it, it's hard to escape the conclusion that Japan's lopsided demographics are the main culprit. New data released on Monda...

Coligny wrote:If they spread out with the HQ blown, i don't see the whole "coordination/planning/training" stuff going too well.
One of the comical reason is they want to make them think it's safe. Then blow it to bitz...

The latest attack in Paris was allegedly planned from Belgium, right?

King of Jordan warns of 'world war' against humanity Jordan's King Abdullah II warned Tuesday of a "third world war against humanity", describing the Islamic State group as "savage outlaws of religion" in the wake of the Paris attacks. During an official visit to Kosovo, Abdulla...

There must be another reason, but we aren't going to be told at this stage. I'm not one to speculate too much but I will say it's hard to think of a good reason for not destroying that building that isn't pretty scary. If it's not some kind of nefarious Illuminati plot, one reason I could think of ...

There must be another reason, but we aren't going to be told at this stage. I'm not one to speculate too much but I will say it's hard to think of a good reason for not destroying that building that isn't pretty scary. If it's not some kind of nefarious Illuminati plot, one reason I could think of ...