Category Archives: News from Japan

News from Japan #2

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Kalle

More news from Japan! As before, a bit of a collage, really. I re-state the previous that I am not sure if the negative things I bring up are due to media working differently in Japan, whether the English translation … Continue reading →

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News from Japan #1.

Posted on June 1, 2007 by Kalle

This is probably a little one-sided as I only really read Mainichi (english translation) but there’re so many things I feel I want to comment on that I decided to start posting some News from Japan when I find them … Continue reading →

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Yare yare…!

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Kalle

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070525p2a00m0na019000c.html “OITA[, Japan] — A 79-year-old man who was ordered to appear in a summary court on a drink-driving charge faces new charges for driving to the court under the influence of alcohol, it has been learned.”

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Racism.

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Kalle

I finally had some time to sift through the thousands of unread entries in my RSS reader today, and came across some fairly interesting stuff. One of the things that really put me in an apprehensive mood was a post … Continue reading →

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Horrible.

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Kalle

“34,000 commuters inconvenienced after man run over by train on JR Chuo Line.” That’s the title of a news article on Mainichi News (link which is broken cause MNN delete articles over 1 month old… stupidly). The title speaks for … Continue reading →

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