Salus comments

Parents should not come to a country (for work or for whatever reasons) and push the kids to a local school and expect the school to provide special care! My son's elementary school has a couple of kids from China who do not understand Japanese and the parents are always avoiding contacts by the school because they themselves cannot speak the language!

I myself can speak Chinese and the headmaster called me once for help. He put the Chinese kid (who's in Grade 5) on the phone and the kid cried, saying that he couldn't understand a word the teacher was saying. That he would like to become friends with his classmates and play with them but he simply couldn't communicate with them!

We all have to learn to speak English if we want to get into a public school in an English-speaking country. I don't know why the local schools here admit these kids in the first place!

Japan's so-called research whaling

I'm against whale hunting but I thought news articles were supposed to be neutral? Is there any proof that the whales being hunt are not for research use?

Apologizing for sth you didnt do is hard enough. being asked repeatedly to do that will only make the apology less and less sincere to those who demand that.... -.-"What do these ppl want?!

Too ayashii...I agree w Amanda.

It is simply not a common practice here to adopt children. People would rather spend millions in funinchiryo... How sad.

Its ok to sue someone for not paying back but this sounds more like kidnapping to me- gimme back my money or i'll, or i'll...

Lucky that no passersby just picked it up and threw it away. there would be panic if they couldnt find it.@.@"Japanese like things on paper- juminhyo, inkan shomei... Just to name a few.

Probably not neccessary but should be enough to show Japan is trying their best at ensuring the US leader will have a safe visit.

Theres a rumor in chinesw circulating recently suggesting that the plan actually returned fo malaysia. During the 5 hour blank since the loss of contact until the public announcement, contact was made by the hijackers to the govt, threatening to rel

'according to this new data'......-.-" Yeah what new data? After you have turned down all the search results by other countries? This certainly isnt a good enough answer/explanation for those who have families on board. They must be hidin something.... However slim the chance is, i hope the passengers are still alive somewhere.:(

When can people learn to forgive and forget?I guess it will never happen in world politics....

The malaysian govt asked for help yet they kept saying NAHHH THATS NOT IT to the foundings by the helping countries. I saw a TV program a few days ago. There was this analyst who suggested that the plane might have been hijacked and perhaps negotiation with the malay govt was going on and hence the weird behavior by the govt. and perhaps thats why the passengers were not texting their relatives.I just hope they are all alive at least. Keep praying guys.

I think the man she met was from that babysitting service company, no?Yeah but still... How could you hand over you own kids to a total stranger?! Unbelievable. Sorry for the little soul....:(

Absolutely a good idea!!!!

Cant help but finding it funny that it made news fufufu

RIP

Would like to know how Tokyo's doing worldwide!

Hope the rescue team can find them sooooon!!!!! Best news of the day!!!

Great news!!!!! (My husband is scheduled to go to Bali on Thursday....) Hope the remaining two can be found asap!!!!!!

And so what is her name in romaji?!

Yeah more injuries will come now that the roads r all icy. The kids from a nearby high school were shovelling snow to clear the roads in the neighborhood yesterday. Passersby, including myself, were all very thankful to them!Pls be safe everyone!

Ditto Nenad!!

Isnt 100 billion yen enough to simply help the people to relocate? I am sure it sucks to leave the hometown for good but the people there will only be disappointed again when the govt later says sorry guys we simply cant make it by 2017. Just as wanderlust san said above, rain and wind, which are totally unpredictable, could hinder the decontamination largely. So perhaps other than giving false hope to the people there again and again, how about provding other options for them. Im sorry right now i can only think of moving the people though...:( They just found an island melted with the mainland right?

I agree with you TrevorPeace1. Drivers tend to be too familiar with their routes that they become careless. Hope there will be no more of this over the holodays.

Well if the country has so much money to spend maybe the world could stop sending money to help the poor there?

Triumvere- i agree with you!Just as checking in to a hotel.

Law breakers won't give a shxt about them... Agree with zenkan- using real charismatic policemen sounds far more realistic and practical.

High heels.

Ditto ogtob. :)

Yeah I saw on TV too about the Olympic village on a few TV channels already. They never mention how much it will cost but only the benefits it will bring. I'm happy that Tokyo won but if there's so much land and resources, perhaps the ppl living in prefab homes or close to the nuclear plant should have been relocated to the capital? O well if that happens everyone will want to be relocated.... how about the families with kids come first?