I noticed a policeman posted at the exit of the Ginza line in the Aoyama-ichome station this morning who's normally not there. He was watching people carefully and had his baton in his hand, in addition to the pistol strapped to his belt. Then when I passed by the garbage cans near the exit of [...]
Something's up in Tokyo this morning
June 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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This guy keeps writing me.
May 19th, 2008 · 27 Comments
I came upon this article by accident. (I hope you don't mean that literally. -ed.) Don't you realize that although you did your civic duty, you also stopped the practiced skills of an art form. Chikan can indeed be considered an art form. Where else can one find throughout history that an entire culture has [...]
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US Marines in Okinawa still at it
February 21st, 2008 · 10 Comments
This is getting ridiculous. The first incident was intolerable, what are we up to now, four in the past month? Details are sketchy, but a Philippine woman living in Okinawa claims that she was attacked by two US marines in a hotel on the night of the 17th. Police are investigating, and the two marines [...]
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Pinhead posts death threat for LOLs, gets arrested
February 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I don't know how many people are familiar with popular websites in Japan, but 2ch is the most widely used online forum. The interface is absolute crap, but that's par for the course when it comes to Japanese websites. Check out the Wikipedia article for more info. It's pretty interesting, especially the story about Densha [...]
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Crimes by foreigners on the rise in Japan
December 6th, 2007 · 8 Comments
It sounds like there's at least one policeman in Tokyo who wants to attribute as many crimes as possible to foreigners, according to a comment that was left on my blog a few days ago: …several years ago we spotted a ‘Peeping Tom’ on our balcony watching my wife undress (on the 13th floor!) She [...]
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