Actually, no. My expectation from public servants in elementary and secondary education fields is they don't take an easy short cut which will harm their subjects for the long term. I want teachers...

I am always skeptical of those so-called financial experts (or gamblers or crooks, for that matter) predicting the markets. They are playing in the market themselves and they have the vested...

All people are lazy as that is human nature. Corporal punishments are the easiest way to train kids as no skills/efforts are needed to administer. But, I prefer my neighborhood kids to be properly...

That, he could be doing... Putin being a Putin.

I hope this will never ever happen again as long as I am living near Tokyo. I just hate traffic congestion clogged by J-drivers (especially with Oba-chan drivers) with slow reflex (due to old age or...

Agree. That is the curse of ever seaking cheap and undisciplined labor. The G7 countries should be prepared for the disaster preparedness when (not if) China's commie govt collapses when it stops...

I am hoping China will pull stupidity on this matter and be dealt with forcefully. The "former" Middle Kingdom should stay in the middle. Simply a country has too many people (most of them dirt...

Before you go this route (filled with land mines), please note it would be very difficult to make money off your properties as the laws in Japan have sufficient protections for tenants and you need...

I am betting China will implode politically in 5 to 10 years as its commie govt is testing its limit how far it can keep its legitimacy intact. In the modern warfare, one operator of a mechanical...

Is it possible to study at a J-uni or college? Japan's post secondary education is not known for studying after an entrance exam.

I wonder why Japan does not have a political party for fiscal conservative policies (lower taxes, less public spending and more emphasis on taking care of one's own personal spending needs without...

I am expecting a major accident on that rail line in the near future. Let's start counting.

I think you picked totally a wrong website to ask such a question. If you browse through several threads (unless you don't get it after a few threads), you will know what I mean. But, I am guessing...

Not that there is anything wrong with that.:) We all need cheap labor to buy cheap stuff. It's time to put China in its place.

I am not an optmist when it comes to the future of the USA. The founding ideals are exceptional and inspirational to humanity. But, the reality is what it is now. Simple equation: too many guns =...

At least, this old geezer is spending his life saving to no good in the J politics. A little crumb of Fukuzawa Yukichi is better than nothing, I guess. I just hope I can get lower tax bill with less...

What is this infatuation with the concept: married with kids = happiness? I believe many J-people think their own kids are their own retirement asset (I believe this expectation is well established...

I hope the next gov't will promote lower taxes (on earned income) and massive spending cuts on social welfare. Granted, some gov't services are needed, such as national defense, police, basic...

Bad for folks without a PR or J passport; but, Ishihara should shake up Japan's bureaucrats from their stupor or fire them from their tax-payer supported gigs. What's wrong with Japan is the...

This bike could come in handy when you are stuck in traffic (this bike is too wide to weave through traffic) and need to go. Pity, there is no privacy when you are taking a dump.

Or, stay fit to make would-be assailants afraid of engaging with you.

Exactly. They need to play politics to get elected, re-elected and stay in power. So, both Japan and ROK do not have any political benefit domestically by bending over to the other. I just don't...

What did you yell? Were those kids high schoolers?

If you are working at one of foreign owned companies with the reporting line is to Singapore or other Asian head offices, you can have less BS than what you would've put up with. Some of the foreign...

Those Koreans are still carping about the WW2 in Year 2012! They should not keep looking backward as what happened almost half a century ago does not change. The J-gov should b i t c h slap the...