James' Empty Blog

This is an amazing bit of news: Police left red-faced after arresting Japanese woman they thought was a foreigner: At around 7:40 p.m. ...

There's an interesting article by David Adam in the Grauniad today, entitled Climate scientists issue dire warning : The Earth's tem...

Since coming to Japan, I've frequently been referred to as "English". It's not something I make a big fuss over, particula...

Japan granted 46 people refugees status last year, a record high . A further 97 were granted permission to stay. The equivalent figure in th...

I am struck by some similarities between the approaching bird flu epidemic, and Foot and Mouth disease which hit the UK a few years ago. At ...

At last, it feels like spring is here. It was a warm bright day today, so we took the day off to enjoy the ume blossom. Ume is usually tran...

It's interesting to see this idea getting more air-time, and also that people are starting to make more radical suggestions (the UK Gov...

This is the famously erroneous statistic quoted by Roy Meadow, supposedly giving the odds of two children dying of SIDS (cot death) in the s...

At last, and after getting slightly sidetracked in various ways, I'll get back to the meat of things. Forecast verification is the act o...

The UK doesn't have a winter really, just a colder part of the annual 12-month rainy season. So we don't take "winter sports...