Steve Bildermann picked that up on Taro's thread Here
Unfortunately, the law is only unconstitutional if the court rules it so. Here's hoping.

wildstar wrote:i'll be taking to japan in october

October schedules are being put together now, so if you know your dates, we can give you some pointers.

Dhee wrote:Hm, not the mountaintop I had imagined

Have you ever made it to Mt. Koya?

I will be meeting with him, and my boss for lunch, in which time my boss and i will try to negotiate a settlement...of some kind.. now i wont be paying him the Y52,000. I am doing this mostly also cuz of my school and dont need the attention any longer Good luck, mate. That sounds like a good way f...

The law would have cuz I didnt take delivery or make a purchase..." No. The law applies to when you have made a purchase and whether you are entitled to a refund. So, in your case, since you are not yet a consumer (you didn't buy anything) the law is not relevant. If you don't "take deliv...

Notwithstanding speculation, we still don't know who these two guys are. There is no interest in the Japanese media pressing for this information but I'm surprised that there hasn't been more foreign press interest. It is understandable that authorities would want to keep identities private until th...

If I was in Australia...this wouldnt have been an issue cuz we have a 30 day consumer law...if u are unhappy with a product, u have 30 days to return the said product as long as its not damaged That would only apply if the board you bought was not the one you ordered. Consumer law in Australia Simp...

Mihama-no-kai claim that the KEPCO inspection schedule has been so curtailed that it would take 40 years before all relevant piping was inspected. The pipes which failed, they say, had not been inspected once in 28 years. A similar fault in July did not accelerate KEPCO's plans. Police are now look...

there was a bbc docu a few years back about how japans power cos pay the yakuza to pick up tramps or people in debt with no remaining family to perform hazardous work such as cleaning etc at nuclear plants only to die from exposure to radiation afterwards.. I know the guy who made that documentary....

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forum/album_mod/upload/235eecb9d9f6030e240b129abb296bb4.jpg BBC News reports that the Mihama incident has now resulted in 4 deaths so far. Accident at Japan nuclear plant At least four people have been killed in a steam leak at a nuclear power plant in Japan. Others have...

Shiki stage musicals in Japanese.

..."I don't know what Koreans think about us," says Miki Okatake, a 26-year-old BoA fan. The short version? They loathe the Japanese. It's what they're taught from elementary school on up. I've got 5th graders who say "I hate Japan!" or "Japanese people are bad!" whene...

Earlier today I read that she lost her voice in 1992 --she went totally mute from stress for 6 months. Weird. I'm not registered for NYT and can't be bothered but if the article is talking about Masako going mute then it, unfortunately, is not so weird. the current Empress, Michiko, also suffered t...

Article on Boa from The Financial Times The FT's Seoul Correspondent looks at Japan/Korea relations through the prism of BoA A young female pop star, dressed in a white suit and stilettos, lying provocatively on a flat bed, is lowered towards the stage from a mock spacecraft. Her east-Asian feature...

WWII memories are not limited to Asia. Watch a Holland vs Germany match for more of the same. When Holland beat Germany in the European cup many moons ago, the manager said "I am happy for reasons it is better not to talk about" US team sports are big business but not really global sports ...

Look like we don't disagree, I'm just

Skankster wrote:WAY older

I'll be the one in the bar crying in my beer tonight

Caustic Saint wrote:Funnier because You're not Dave Chappelle, and you're not funny.

That is funny.

Rick James Web Site LEGENDARY MOTOWN ARTIST RICK JAMES PASSES AWAY Rick James passed away this morning at 9:20 AM in his sleep of natural causes at his Los Angeles home, per his spokesperson. He was 56 years old. He is survived by his 3 children (Ty, Rick Jr., Tazman) and 2 grandchildren (Jasmine a...

And the beat goes on BradyGames brings Power-Up, a book about Japanese games and their influence to shelves this September The book, scheduled to release in early September, is the first English-language work of its kind to examine the reasons behind the success of Japanese video games, rather than ...

It has always been that way. When I started taking Japanese anyone who was not asian (they just wanted an easy A) would be a anime/pop culture fan. I don't think it has always been that way. I am refering to a real Red Blooded American. I was referring to white westerners too. You couldn't find ani...

Melt Banana were the best of the bunch. A DVD of the gig will be out later this year.
They said the next gig will be in Shimokitazawa September 18th. Although the singer wasn't entirely comfortable with the accuracy of her information.

It has always been that way. When I started taking Japanese anyone who was not asian (they just wanted an easy A) would be a anime/pop culture fan. I don't think it has always been that way. Anime/pop culture is a recent catalyst getting people to learn Japanese. Perhaps the focus on Business Japan...

And now to kill myself. I was just about ready to ride over to PIA to get tickets to the Voordoms show this Sunday...and the Liquid Room website now says they're sold out...NOOOOOO!!!!! Try Yahoo Auctions. Tickets for most events can be had there. Also saw one in a Shinjuku ticket shop last weekend...

Microsoft reportedly interested in buying Nintendo Thursday, August 5, 2004 at 09:32 JST VIENNA — U.S. computer giant Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates has expressed interest in buying Japan's Nintendo Co, the German economic weekly Wirtschafts Woche reported in its electronic edition on Wednesday....

I got the quotation from HERE It may have come from his intro to the First Comics Kozure Okami run. Hmm, sounds like the relationship that William Shatner has with Trekkies. William Shatner? Heard his new release? He has just released a CD with Joe Jackson and Ben Folds including a cover of Pulp's &...

Tora-san, quick an dirty for you... (1)An assistant director makes sure the director is on schedule. The second assistant director assists him. Generally in charge of cast call sheets (making sure cast members are available for certain scenes). (2)The Gaffer is the lighting technician. The Cameraman...

I've done some searches and have yet to find much of anything that even comes close to addressing the influences of Japanese culture on Miller's work (other than the obvious suspects, e.g. Ronin). I haven't done much of a search but you might track down more influences through "Lone Wolf and C...

What a peculiar statement. Even the Bush camp have largely taken a dismissive "no comment" approach to the film. If that was a UK prime minister speaking, it would double the box office. I wonder what political dissent would be acceptable to Koizumi? Maybe "muzukashii desu ne" is...