Not even Japan's newspaper giant, The Asahi Shimbun, could "find" these right-wing bombers. Sheesh. CASE FILE NO. 116: 1 month to solve Sekihotai attacks The statute of limitations runs out in one month for the last in a series of attacks against The Asahi Shimbun perpetrated by a group cl...
gyah - I wish he would just crawl back into his time machine... Hey, I'd love to use that time machine to see who dropped him on his head. Tonikaku... At least he won't be shooting for the PM slot any time soon: Ishihara-led party unlikely in current political climate Moves to create a conservative...
Postman Sacked for Protesting Vietnam War http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20030211p2a00m0fp014000c.html Here's a slight variation/update in the GOMIyuri aritcle: [url]http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030212wo32.htm]Suit filed over dismissal for rallying 30 years ago -- 12 Feb[/url]
Ishihara to run for 2nd term: Yomiuri Feb. 12 - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara has decided to run for a second four-year term in the April 13 gubernatorial election, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Wednesday. The highly popular, Gov. Shintaro "Blinky" Ishihara wants you all gaijin to be on not...
7am to 9am, not that many of the FG here would be awake at those times. :) I never sleep. I never sleep. I never sleep. They call me the Knight Gaijin Oh, I stand corrected... my computer is always warm and running. sleep pales beneath the glow of my screen... Sleep those little slices of death, ho...
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:ji6hI47Q6ngC:www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/titanic.jpg Rearranging the deck chairs on Japan's sinking ship Bloomberg News / Tuesday, February 11, 2003 Call it the "Titanic Deck Chair Bond" - a new government-financing plan that may do more harm than good to J...
i just wanted to link to this thread to the one which includes my experiences in aichi, it took me 2 wasted days & being british i didn't even have to take the test. by the way YOU DO DAMN BLOODY WELL NEED a jaff translation. javascriptemoticon(':?') You were screwed royal because, well just b...
HATE natto, ... it could use a little flavor. my japanese friend thought we were crazy cause i started to mix in korean kimchee and my friend was adding a bunch of ume balls in the mix. don't forget some soy sauce and spicy hot sauces. Ahhh Japan = LIFE with NO SPICE! Feijoada with Soy Sauce .... T...
Yikes! I better "get a life!" Three Japanese suicides linked to Internet TOKYO (AP)-- 10 Feb -- Three Japanese were found dead in an apartment Tuesday after apparently plotting suicide together on the Internet, police said.
Do BMW offer an English Roadside assistance program? Nope, nothing in English but they do have a 24hr Japanese hotline http://www.bmw.co.jp/Services/Emergency/ They have "Service Advisers" for each owner to provide service at the BMW dealers. http://www.bmw.co.jp/Services/Emergency/ . Jus...
Thought I'd introduce my web page and taichi group: www2.gol.com/users/ddh bye :D Thanks for the note, and it's a real slick looking sight! If you just added HTTP:// to your url it would have given you a automatic link like this . . . http://www2.gol.com/users/ddh Anyway, I was impressed there were...
http://www.smokindave.com/jap.htm What's the clue that tells you this NEWS REPORT was written by a someone who has never been to Japan? [quote] Japanese culture in a nutshell San Antonio Express-News / 02/11/2003 12:00 AM ...Flag: Called Hinomaru (circle of the sun).... ... Society and culture... O...
http://www.pearljam.com/images/SP29.gif Government cable guys will busting into your home ...digital terrestrial television broadcasting begins in the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya metropolitan areas in December, the government has started shifting some analog programming to different frequencies. The mi...
WHAT DOES "NATIONAL FOUNDATION DAY" MEAN? Nearly 30 years have passed since we started the rally against "February 11 (2.11) as National Foundation Day". The cause of the affairs was as follows "February 11", the date set for "National Foundation Day", was or...
02/10/03: Japanese Retailers Kickin' It Old School Tokyo's newest shopping mall is a half century old or at least that's the decor. It's inspired by a time when Japan was still a destitute Third World country struggling to rebuild after World War II. Most of what's for sale is 21st Century, but abo...
I want to move to Japan and work there but I have been a automotive mechanic In the news with will increase, maybe double, the need for mechanics... Used-car emission checks in the cards The Asahi Shimbun / 10 Feb 03 In a drastic bid to curb air pollution, the government is likely to expand automob...
I thought if I just totally immersed myself in Japan, I would have to learn? did everyone here find that once you had to speak Japanese, you learned quickly? DISCLAIMER: This disclaimer is not valid in Borneo, Outer Mongolia, Tibet, and some parts of NC. ... Your actual mileage may differ. Accessor...
I know from experience that many places in Japan, especially in the inaka use kerosene,wood, and coal heating during the winter, and I was wondering about the effects of it on your health. I actually sit less than a meter from the kerosene heater at my workplace... A recent study by the Japanese In...
older article from discovery magazine: any new updates on this topic? http://208.245.156.153/archive/output.cfm?ID=1457 TODAY is the Founding the Nation Day holiday when the all this fun (foon) started as described in Discovery magazine... "on this topic? ... Japanese schools taught a myth of ...
Dear all: I was there but did not see Taro Toporific. Our loss. ) How could miss me looking like this?! :arrow: http://images.deviantart.com/deviants/prikedelik.gif TONIKAKU... Yep, the crowds were fierce and we may have crossed paths. http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Feb/200321065675520...
Which shows you how mileage may differ in Japan. ... when I was rich and famous back in the eighties and I used to do so much business with them they would sent two bank tellers to my office to do my banking for me. Ahhhhhhh dem were da days. NATSUKASHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiii! I think my two funniest J...
http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Feb/2003297458295671557857.jpg These days when dark topic is many...take snapshot with the smiling sealion at Kamogawa Sea World in Chiba... --- The Chunichi Shimbun <<Edit: HEY, THIS IS A GREAT PHOTOISLAND MISTAKE!>> Actually, the sealion picture is... h...
http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Feb/2003297458295671557857.jpg These days when dark topic is many...take snapshot with the smiling sealion at Kamogawa Sea World in Chiba... --- The Chunichi Shimbun <<Edit: HEY, THIS IS A GREAT PHOTOISLAND MISTAKE!>> Actually, the sealion picture is... h...
Sounds like the most retarded test in the world... why would you ever have to back it up between ten cones in the real world? The idea is that you may have to back a Hog through 10,000 bicycles at a station parking lot. And two seconds to lift a "hog".. can Japanese even do it? BB FG are ...
"Peas on Earth No "peas," just corn. Horrors of North Korea ... Kang would come to view rats and roaches as nutritious delicacies. He would see people tortured for the smallest indiscretions of camp rules, reported by a network of snitches forced into action on pain of death. He endu...
i like the telephone lines. 8) Love lines? Then, you'll looooove these... http://korea.park.org/Japan/NTT/MUSEUM/images/TP024500.gif http://korea.park.org/Japan/NTT/MUSEUM/images/RF006800.gif http://korea.park.org/Japan/NTT/MUSEUM/images/FD000400.gif More at http://korea.park.org/Japan/NTT/MUSEUM/h...
Do they really check the CCs of the bike you are riding when they pull you over? The info on displacement is part of the numbering on " Number plates "--the EngRish term for licence plate. The o-gatta motorcylce test is real tough. Many (most?) FG fail it on the first try. You have things...