METinTokyo comments

Yawn...

Brave woman to go public with this through the media. She chose to identify herself hoping it will encourage others to also come forward. No doubt she is in for an arduous time both in court and the press.

I have nothing but respect for her and hope she succeeds.

If her father is convicted I hope the punishment will fit this heinous crime, no suspended sentences!

So, I guess our electrical bills will plummet now...

Note the clever use of duct tape in this very professional shot.

Now if only they offered an edible product.

Saran gas though first discovered by Germans (before Nazism) was also standard in both the US and NATO bag of tricks for many years.

Standard operating procedure.

10 million? it was 5 I tell you and I handed it in.

@gogogo Have seen this so many times here it sickens me. Language skills are great and should be commended but it does not make you instantly all powerful in the world of business. I know a number of Japanese companies that hire based solely on Japanese ability and then wonder why they end up with people having no business acumen.

I get "pinged" from China all the time, also have soft bots from there testing all the open ports and seeing if they can log in, this has been going on for years. Firewall I've set up logs it all. Could be that this wasn't a "targeted attack" as normally they just run through all on-line computers that have any open ports.

Poor woman, bet she's the only actor that has ever had to do a reverse season shoot.

I hope they don't have the same problem with batteries that Sony did.

I'm in Hamamatsu, and we've strong gale force winds here. I battened down the hatches last night but one of the tarp covered outbuildings I use for storage might lose it's covering. Tried to reinforce it again but the battering wind and rain forced me back inside after about five minutes. This is a hell of a storm.

Maple syrup is great but this study is hardly groundbreaking similar results were released six months ago: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2011/03/31/Maple-syrup-may-help-treat-diabetes/UPI-13931301577969/ A well time to make pancakes.

@Godan Similar situation in my case, and I agree with what you are saying however I keep trying and do on occasion win a battle or two. The war on the other hand is a different matter. I doubt that Japan will change its overall attitude towards non-Japanese no matter how hard we try to assimilate, at least not in my lifetime but then I never expected that it would and am willing to accept it and have made a great life for myself here.

Oh the drama of it all, I doubt I'll be able to sleep tonight.

I know it's just the lighting and possibly the angle of the shot and pose, but in this photo she looks like a transvestite.

Hippo:

Her voice makes me want to stick my finger up my nose far enough to scratch my brain.

LOL, couldn't agree more even though I know it's considered cute (or whatever) in Japan to have a 27 year old woman speaking and acting like she's 13. If I were forced to marry her the first thing I would do is buy a gun and shoot myself.

The Nigerian 419ers are going to love this.

So let me get this straight, if I rape a woman then she cries out and I strangle her to shut her up it is not premeditated because I was shocked at her reaction to the fact that I had just beaten the crap out of her and raped her? Full life in the most unsavory jail cell with only the occasional cockroach as a companion.

Ume-"chan" -sensei, well at least the writers are taking things seriously, I suppose the first episode will be about her doing the first ever brain transplant in Japan, too bad it won't be her own.

Maybe it's a trick of the light, but the girl on the right either needs a longer skirt or realize that support hose is not the best thing to wear in a photo shoot.

@legs, did the same thing here, newest party is watching the electric meter spin, it's only money after all, and a great form of amusement.

For me the alternative to nuclear electric power is feeding my caged gerbils steroids so they can stay in the wheel cages longer and longer and run for hours. Who needs nuclear power when you have rodents hooked up to the grid.

1-800-LAW-FIRM (formerly known as Dewey, Cheatem and How) lost track of the ambulance they were chasing and ended up in front of a billboard featuring Lady Gaga and their minds went spinning as to their latest potential suit. Inside sources claim that the firm has in the past represented a number of claimants who have slipped on banana peels in front of prestigious offices but the firm have denied all rumors regarding their investments in the Chiquita brand of products.

Oops GW joke in there somewhere, of course I meant Brazilian, dumb auto spell checker.

Yes, I agree, Japanese women getting into their fifties and above are awesome, my (Japanese) wife just turned fifty this year and yet can pass in most cultures/countries for 35. Her intellect continually proves the adage about fine wines and she constantly amazes me with her depth of thought and knowledge. However, if I find out she's handing out toasters or razors to cute young Bazillion guys, we will have words.

Nice to see a group of women in reasonably short skirts not looking as they were proponents of the letter 'O'.

How does one "broadcast" a fashion show on Twitter, didn't realize they were allowing video feeds now. Not that I'm a fashionista by any stretch, but seems to me in the photo she has hurriedly thrown on her grandmothers sweater in an attempt to cover a not so risqué chemise.

Nice looking, practical, just wonder what it will look like after a couple of years on the street.

I still have an affinity towards Checker Cabs until they went with all vinyl coverings on the seats which were always so slippery, every hard corner felt like a crazy amusement ride at Disney.

@Monkeyz: couldn't agree with you more.