Posts Tagged ‘national’
Shinjuku Halloween Protest 2009
Let me first point out that I am not the original source for this picture. If you would like to see more of the original sources pictures or read the story please go here. Well, others may have experienced this but it's a first for me. I have never participated in the annual Yamanote line Halloween party and after what happened this [...]
Dumb & Dumber
Some of you will recall my earlier blog post about the DPJ defeating the LDP in the recent election. In that post I said something to the effect of "we will have to wait and see if the DPJ ends up being any better than the LDP." Well if the past few days are any indication that question is still very much up in the air. On the one-hand, [...]
A Vote in the Right Direction
Ozawa positive about granting local voting rights to non-Japanese. see original article here . I'd say that, if true, this would certainly be a move in the right direction. However, the article goes on to state that "bringing to the Diet may not be easy because Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party), one of two junior ruling coalition [...]
My Neighbor Totoro Has Swine Influenza
Once again the entire country of Japan has decided to freak-out about the Swine Influenza and all of the Japanese housewives and mothers have frantically busted open their piggybanks and purchased hundreds of thousands of flu masks in a matter of just a few days. One day everyone will be walking around like normal and then the very next day [...]
DPJ wins landslide victory, Crushes LDP, Taro Aso
The Democratic Party of Japan wins the Lower House election by a landslide, ending more than half a century of almost uninterrupted rule by the Liberal Democratic Party. Can't say I'm not happy because I am. Let's face it Taro Aso destroyed the LDP and perhaps Japan in the process. I haven't heard such negative sentiment from Japanese [...]
Natl. Health Insurance now Mandatory – Tied to Visa Renewal
This information has been public for over a month now but I thought I would condense it all here and make it easy for people to follow. Basically in mid-June Japan's legislature passed a new law making it mandatory for all "foreigners" living in Japan to have the National Health Insurance. Come April 2010, if you aren't part of the [...]
