James' Empty Blog

...and so the UK Gummint has been wondering about what to do about these "stressful" exams that actually require pupils to talk i...

Well I promised a post on his Feb forecast, so I suppose I ought to do something about it. Sorry for the delay, which was caused by an intru...

Or... jules' way to save the planet. I made two trips to the USA last year and noticed two things: one was the incredible luxury most pe...

So, January is over, and it's time to see how Piers Corbyn did. Remember, he predicted that it would be bitterly cold , in fact one of t...

This is about as good as sumo gets...the final bout on the final day, both wrestlers are on 13-1 records and fighting for the title: On the ...

2,240 police, 460 patrol cars, and a helicopter - that is, if the policemen are Japanese and their target is suspected of the heinous crime ...

There's a (presumably unintentionally) funny report on Nature's "Peer-to-Peer" blog today. Entitled "Researchers lik...

I've mentioned the scary state of the Japanese legal system before. Here's another lovely story of an obvious stitch-up, where a fo...

"Declines in Tokyo stock prices do not mirror Japan's economic health, senior government officials said Monday after the key Nikkei...

Funny how these things come in a bunch. I've already posted about these vague proposals JT about revamping the visa requirements for J...