納得できない ナイフ持った男ともみ合う Abductee issue still on the table Slippery ones 副都心線 死刑 Earthquakes in Japan (Part Infinity) 地震 世論調査:「枢軸国が世界に良い影響!」 誰でもよかった Weekend news 選挙 One year after Hawker murder ノー・コメント Survey says? 陳謝 日銀 Can't fight fate It's Tuesday 男性が公園で倒れている。 Pig of the river She's everywhere Ring in the new! 観光庁 UFO 恍惚の人 率先力 誤射 Dislocations 設定 信用失墜 生きる力 駅前留学 Gimme an... 改札機にトラブル 身代金 Fukuda cabinet yet to squander public support お祖母さまのいとこさまの整体の先生のおい様のネコちゃんの妹さまのご冥福をお祈り致します Selling it All that glitters Meet the new Japan Post Shopping for voters 福田政権 Fukuda and Aso speak Fukuda and Aso speak Shocked but not surprised 台風9号 By any other name 過ちは (Nagasaki) 空爆 (Hiroshima) Insert "bought the farm" joke here 「無責任で未熟」「ブッシュもどきだ」 Upper house election today Productivity 6強 Health Earth, wind, fire, and water Means to an end 参院選への影響必至 Odds and ends しょうがない A learning experience The small town writ large Mystery meat 大惨事になる可能性もある Spa explosion Suicide law Sensitivity Suicide solution 脱東者 Gunpowder and lead 南蛮 現職閣僚の自殺は戦後初めて 車軸の亀裂 米軍再編法 解剖 派遣労働者 このような銃器の使用、所持を撲滅 Domine Dirige Nos 成長の壁突破を Roller coasters 憲法改正 Obara found guilty but not in Blackman case Guns What you don't know Shame Rain, train Lessons Another earthquake その他 その他 You can't fight fate Books 行政処分をする可能性がある 換喩 拉致 迷惑の受動態 亥年 More questions about quake resistance 犯罪 モウジャに食われるぞ 匹敵 ジレンマ 退任 中間選挙 Airspace Various debates 入港禁止 On edge DPRK nuclear test safe and successful, says DPRK 冷却化した関係修復 氷山の一角ではないのか DPRK flirts with UNSC finger-wagging, capitalism Abe buttonholed about Yasukuni Shrine in Diet 美しい国、日本 Hello A broken frame Vehicles moving in North Korea 反省 Insurance rate hikes to fund asbestos payouts 停電 Long shadows The magic number 刺胞動物 一酸化炭素 Abnormal situation 全面的に拒否 全面的に拒否 This and that Aneha to see day in court More about missiles More about missiles More projectiles DPRK may (or may not) test Taepodong 2 missile 自殺対策基本法 Stuff He took my heart / It was a landslide 調整 Home remedies Lame duck 自殺防止 Okinawa governor relents (a bit) on Futenma relocation 流出が相次いだこと Getting from A to B Bedside manner Safety Bush touched by families of abductees Bush touched by families of abductees 会社法 First anniversary of Amagasaki disaster Japan agrees to pay 59% of Guam troop transfer New Yasukuni visit Rough seas Trade Trade Japan to cease project aid to Hamas government Accountability 休憩 宗教 愛国心 I stand in front of you / I'll take the force of the blow This is a pen 特定していない 特定していない 接触 Tradition Ozawa and Kan in race for DPJ leader Japan and South Korea may cooperate on Yokota case Japan and South Korea may cooperate on Yokota case お花見 Japan Post post-debate Submit Still seeking understanding from Nago mayor 物の哀れ We're all gonna die! IX So hard 最低の条件 微修正 順調な発展 拉致問題 誠意 Collection Projectiles Even now I'm all alone / Behind a wall that's made of stone グレー・ゾーン金利 こんな違法なことは、もうやめる Clean burning All in a day's work Little news from meetings with Iranian foreign minister Little news from meetings with Iranian foreign minister Little news from meetings with Iranian foreign minister イランとウラン The friendly skies Nukaga: DFAA Most Exalted Grand Poobah to stay put More Japan notes H2A rocket launch succeeds 非姉歯 Arrest in Shiga stabbing Thank you for your support Out all night Aichi Prefecture named in Aneha scandal lawsuit 鯨肉 Defense Agency to remain Defense Agency Defense Agency to remain Defense Agency Cabinet approves health care reform bill Seismic shifts (or not) in Japan Seismic shifts (or not) in Japan 推計 You're the one for me, fatty 2004 banner year for DFAA 慚愧に堪えない 資金洗浄 Insert joke about $1000 hammers here Insert joke about $1000 hammers here Con carne Japan notes Japan notes Japan notes One hand clapping 安全啓発 I'll be the one to take you through the night Yokosuka restricts drinking Plunged into turmoil NHK--it's the new BBC! Communists and Social Democrats may cooperate against Article 9 revision 逮捕 New Nago mayor opposes current US military restructuring plan 脊柱 Japan in its dotage 捕鯨 邪悪 通産省 Back in Japan Completely vanquished Aso on Yasukuni Shrine (again) クシャミッ! Golden Boy in Middle Kingdom (or not) 再々編 老後 I could give you a mirror 濡れ落ち葉 Prime Minister Koizumi gives New Year speech 「古畑任三郎でした。」 戌年 Child, how can you see with all that light? Japan odds and ends 偵察 If one of those buildings should happen to fall... Miasma Yamagata Prefecture derailment not due to crew error 拝啓 搭乗口にて 人口密度 Speaking of malfeasance related to public transport.... 小泉派? 大連立 大連立 US beef arrives on Japanese soil Next generation 証人喚問 End of ASEAN summit Cats and dogs playing together Terminology SDF deployment extension approved by cabinet SDF deployment extension approved by cabinet 社内機密情報 ''Incompetence, inadequacies, and possible corruption'' 真珠湾 Foreign Minister Aso in Washington Foreign Minister Aso in Washington Government to pay in Aneha scandal Stasis--it's the new reform! 殺してやりたい Iraqi prime minister to visit Japan Iraqi prime minister to visit Japan Reforms House of horrors Upholding the law 性悪説 Hayabusa headed homeNeither safe nor dangerous Taiwanese self-defense Hayabusa may yet land on asteroid余震 LDP at 50 LDP at 50 Sundew Falcon doesn't perch DPJ's Maehara on President Roh Blame game 耐震構造 Heard around the neighborhood SDF Iraq deployment [practically] extended Golden Pavillion 噴火 I feel the ocean move Japan odds and ends II Japan odds and ends たわ言 Seen about town The unholy trinity JAL plans to address safety concerns Got a light? 人権を重視する米国 Diagnostic criteria for asbestos-related diseases to be fixed Support for Koizumi cabinet 「ノー」と言うべき日本 New cabinet installed 追悼式 Rice and Machimura confab 外専 外専 硬軟両様 One year after Niigata quake Been running so fast / Right from the starting line My way or the highway I've packed my bags / I've cleaned the floor 自衛軍 自衛軍 Yasukuni visit gets usual reaction Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine again Japan Post privatization approved Something that is substantive 起債 Japan Post privatization--take 2 Constitutional revision proposals in dribs and drabs 損害賠償金 19.47% Japan and US disagree over relocation of USMC base Emissions Refuge of the roads Efficacy Candy everybody wants Fields of black gold Let me cover you with velvet kisses 敵視政策 Odds and ends Maehara's DPJ remake progressing 悪珍味 後回し DPRK agrees to abandon nukes DPJ casts its lot with Maehara It's so me Koizumi's post-election China policy? Koizumi's post-election China policy? UN Security Council reform again I feel...happy! 新会派 Camp Zama to house joint US-Japan counter-terrorism center SDF Iraq deployment likely to be extended Nikkei poll with predictable resultsWhat does the PRC think about Koizumi's victory? What does the PRC think about Koizumi's victory? 開いた口が(まだ)ふさがらない Japan to DPJ: "Get lost" 投票日 防災 II Back in Simon World Typhoon 14 六角関係 Can't get there from here The elements Fables of the reconstruction (of the fables) Campaigning continues A friend in need Get ready 台風 Lady Luck and four-leaf clovers Japan may extend SDF deployment in Iraq LDP proportional representation candidates list released Sometimes the sun goes 'round the moon Sometimes the sun goes 'round the moon Next satellite launch delayed The road less traveled by Supersonic Lesser of two evils Quake in Niigata Old Japan Party of five Party of five Muneo Suzuki seeks lower house seat (not a joke!) Ready for the big one LDP opponents polishing swords for snap election Miyagi earthquake serious but not devastating Sendai earthquake wasn't the next Miyagi-oki Japan Post still developing 全国戦没者追悼式 LDP seeks women Diet candidates; Osaka assemblywoman comes out No Yasukuni pilgrimage for Koizumi this week 20th anniversary of Osutaka crash Hurry up / Hurry up and wait Nagasaki bombing anniversary Japan Post privatization voted down Word for the summer: 石綿 (sekimen : "rock" + "cotton" --> "asbestos") 地震が・・・ Japan Post really at t - 3 Hiroshima bombing anniversary You are from another part of the world Japan Post vote at t - 2 連立一次方程式 何割りになさいますか? 大気汚染 Buffalo stance 隠れん坊 Abductees schmabductees More 裏金 5弱? Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Canberra anymore Big in Japan Post haste What was I just saying about ethnic superiority? Get ethnic Subway trouble Rice comes to Japan Talk talk Funding the food fusses Think I'm gonna sing myself a lullabye Why does it always rain on me? 自衛軍 郵政民営化 (続き) 警備 お見舞いを申し上げます。 "際どい勝負だった。" [Interlude: Japan Post Cool Biz] Pour your misery down on me 無私談合 Koizumi sees election as shot in the arm for Japan Post bill Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election The usual All systems 碁 モノ言う株主 控訴 a no-go Japan Post reform provisions accepted by Koizumi 裏金 Still life with petroleum and area rug Nakasone's repellant pragmatism about the Yasukuni Shrine Maintaining the 和 問答 Lack of safety in numbers Nobody knows how dry I am また始まった Japan Post, now with more pork 困惑した表情 Information emerging about school bomber Criminal resourcefulness Those cell phones can do anything SDF to buy unmanned spycraft from US A long way from rice rations Dispute over natural gas deposits continues Dispute over natural gas deposits continues Social disease Dressing down without loosening up Tough questions (for one's opponents) about Japan Post privatization Social Insurance Administration to remain under government control US on UNSC A textbook case First strike Solving political problems in Fantasy Land Solving political problems in Fantasy Land JR West to rethink re-education Thish aircraft is ready for departure Japanese hostage reported dead 審議空転 And you're one, too Change of plans 地殻変動 Long-term commitments Self-reliance The hermit kingdom Koizumi's latest on the Yasukuni Shrine and Japan Post 基地の再編成 Little new information on abductee How to read Japanese newspapers New Japanese abductee in Iraq It's everything but party time Derailment no damper on merriment California, here we come! DPRK tests short-range missile Into you like a train Derailment fatalities top 100 More on train derailment Japanese widow returns to North Korea お参り 脱線 Translation No downsizing here 日本、復活へ! Universal mother Fukuoka shakes again US Ambassador delivers blandishments He hit me first! 赤い鶴の苦難 Constitutional reform report released by lower house committee LDP dissent over Japan Post reform continues You're giving me a heart attack Plans for cooperation with Israel on defense moving forward Working for the man Just a girl Foreign Minister's latest on Japan-China relations China in your hand Empty Garden A civil tongue 反日デモ Japanese health-care issues still building 住めば都 Unwavering support for constitutional reform in Yomiuri poll Lingering questions about Japan Post Japan Post proposal nearly ready--we mean it More Japan and China friction over energy rights Japan Post bill almost ready Temblor in Fukuoka 環境税 Another Mitsubishi Fuso recall Japan's spy satellite development proves existence of black holes KEPCO resignations over Mihama accident We're all gonna die! VIII 砲艦 艦艇外交Island life Debate over SDF role continues Plates and probability Japan news leftovers Us and them いただきます 海賊 日韓友情 SDF to catch up to SKY Perfect TV Tokyo fire-bombing anniversary Arms and diplomacy along the ring of fire Petition for permanent membership on UNSC nearing final form Japan to cut PRC loose from development aid gravy train Japan starts preparing for the worst Don't fall on me We're all gonna die! VII Rocket launch not aborted How collective is "collective"? Your scarf, it was apricot We're all gonna die! VI 質素と窒素 Japan, US reaffirm security partnership plot to take over world Changing of the guard at US embassy We're all gonna die! V We're all gonna die! IV We're all gonna die! III A child of juche Rising sun Louder than bombs You can only see the top ninth, you know Big plans for Japan Post 肉食鳥 Ryohei Sugimoto's mother confirmed dead Fuh heaven's saake (偽)造幣 Civilization reaches a new peak 精神病 It's hard to get good help these days Nice work if you can get it Yasukuni Shrine visits not grounds for civil suit 国籍条項 I'll bake their bones for telling lies Japan Post whatchamacallit once again called "privatization" Knowledge is power (even in Japanese health care) New ambassador to Japan 試行錯誤 Got my eye on your windowpane / And I've smoked a lot of cigarettes Kobe earthquake anniversary 多臓器同時移植 New Japanese literacy survey I woke up with an Australian breeze Japan to contribute bells and whistles to early warning system Japan-related tsunami news Used to love him Bureaucracy in action The worst natural disaster? 詐欺 Niigata earthquake resurrection Transplant New Year's preparations (Yasukuni Shrine) Japan Post Reform (née Privatization) CNN tells all (紅葉の下での挿話) Let's get the ingen to do it! HIV in China Mother love CNN tells all ((座禅の挿話)) Kung-fu girls Japan expands scope of "defense" CNN tells all (ニコニコ!) Doesn't this strike you as an extraordinarily stupid idea? Jenkins interviewed by Time Bitter Almond Japanese education statistics drop Pearl Harbor From pei to bay Things Eleanor Jorden didn't prepare you for 尋問 SDF deployment extension official next week Axis: Bold as Love Notes from Japan Blood-brain barrier More Yasukuni Shrine news Yasukuni Shrine visits still chafe Another Mitsubishi Fuso recall Another PRC plane crash Japanese headlines SDF deployment to be extended Someone tell Susanna--the press can be biased! Japanese guardedly back Koizumi in hostage crisis Suzuki's new perch Koizumi congratulates Bush The important thing is education Jenkins guilty of two charges in court martial Money changes everything No word on Japanese hostage Home for the holidays More ways to measure earthquakes Japanese hostage taken in Iraq Earthquake developments (day 4) 断層 LDP recommends SDF-related amendment Earthquake developments We're all gonna die! [unnumbered] We're all gonna die! II We're all gonna die! I Powell comes to Japan to discuss troop redeployments Talk to me / Like lovers do Ups and downs in Japanese technology Old sins cast long shadows Japan's Hemlock Cyber-society How can Mary tell me what to do / When she lost her love so true? When you hit bottom, keep drilling I must have left my house at eight because I always do Japan learns security from the masters Forces of nature Mitsubishi Fuso can't catch a break Your tax yen at work 地震 Where have all the cowboys gone? North Korea discovers Minesweeper Men in uniform The new foreign minister The latest typhoon More about Japan Post reform Japanese Postal Service reform More Asian amity They call me the wild rose Someone always loves a little more / And I think it's me Take my wife...please! And we saw the sun up in the sky / We talked about it and we wondered why And I'd be kissin' in the backseat / Thrillin' to the Brando-like things that he said しらぬ、ぞんせぬ Items from Japan Items from Japan Hope there's room under the mattress Australian Embassy bombing and Asia in the WOT North Korean blast not nuclear, regime tells lying foreigners Jenkins in US Army custody 9/11 地震 The Axis of Evil becomes a grid The Axis of Evil becomes a grid The Ron-Yasu relationship, then and now I'm just burnin' doin' the neutron dance Perspectives on the RNC platform Still more on Japanese child violence More quick news about Japanese youth crime 23 at 25 Fifth death from Mihama cooling system accident Japan UNSC bid to proceed If wishes were horses Loose threads My little golden book about manipulativeness More Asia news Because East Asia is one big, happy family Japan announces increases in airport security A place at the table Child violence in Japan Another accident at a nuclear facility 日本、アジアカップ優勝 A chemical, a chemical reaction Can't sleep Love's got the world in motion / And I know what we can do 看板管理系統 The day in headlines (short version) Are we dancing now? More official smoke-filled rooms Once an abductee, always an abductee Official smoke-filled rooms 集団的自衛権 A fruit on fruits The curse of living (abroad) in interesting times 我慢力 The latest fugu poisoning Abductee and family in Japan Innocents abroad Merging ahead--maintain speed Unsurprising lack of shake-up in the Diet 開票 Rock the vote 再開 Introducing Diet Coke / You're gonna drink it just for the taste of it Turn on the news Turn this crazy bird around 男尊女卑 Times change It takes a long time to get over there / Nearly seven hours in the air No wisecracks about the state of Japanese society today.... Don't send me no doctor Live from Europe お預かりいたしません! Check items off, let nothing be missed / Say I to myself and my 100 lists And they didn't even need a sand tray