james_in_jpn comments

He's a journalist who published information he received.

Treason and espionage and hacker and all that nonsense is just fact-distorting propaganda in the end.

Something tells me this isn't just a matter of religious dummies, but the obesity of 'Merkins.

Sounds like a lot of work. Just order delivery health and sweet talk her into putting out the honban, then get on with your day. Cheaper and simpler.

Ugh. Why would anyone drive in Japan?

One of the two main reasons I came to Japan was so as NOT to have to drive.

The NHK news article says that it's a 親告罪 and that there can be no punishment if there's no party to make a complaint.

A fire and this in the exact same middle-of-nowhere town of Fujiidera (not Fujidera) on the same day??

Uhg. I just finally made the tearful upgrade to crappy Windows 7 last week. I hope I can use it for at least 5 more years.

Korokke is in no way "deep-fried fish", and the run-on sentence in the paragraph describing the same is equally embarrassing.