Reading Time: < 1 minute I think many were saddened today to hear that firebrand journalist and pundit Hunter S. Thompson took his own life on Sunday at his ranch […] Read More
Category: politics
Reading Time: < 1 minute Well, it’s been another week and there’s been a lot in the news as always, but a couple of quotes struck me over the last […] Read More
Reading Time: < 1 minute The JET Alumnai association has a pretty concise legal page dealing with the rights of foreigners when dealing with issues of identity checks and other […] Read More
Reading Time: < 1 minute I noticed on my way home the other day that Mcdonalds is now selling a fish version of McNuggets. Why is this? Well, I suspect […] Read More
Reading Time: < 1 minute As those of us who live in Japan know on a day to day basis (and have done for some time), jobs in Japan are […] Read More
Reading Time: < 1 minute Just a couple of weeks after Tokyo Mayor Ishihara – one of my favourite people – condemned the Chinese rocket programme as using old technology, […] Read More
Reading Time: < 1 minute As most people will know, Koizumi-san won his election on Sunday, but not by as much as many suspected. For an overview of what the […] Read More