On Oct 13, 9:59 am, mtfes...@netscape.net wrote:
> chuckers <chucker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 12, 4:45?pm, JimBreen <jimbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Oct 12, 6:23?pm, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msdREMOVETHIS.biglobe.ne.jp>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that Declan Murphy
> > > > has exploded. Flight director confirms that:
> > > > >I'd forgotten that the Japan Times still existed. I wonder what its
> > > > >actual (paid for) circulation might be.
>
> > > > 382 (readers); 227,586 (as decoration in knick-knack shop displays).
>
> > > I get the headlines via an RSS feed. It's pretty
> > > bad - of about 30 articles a day, 25+ are about
> > > sport.
>
> > I only visit the site for the comics.  Roger Dahl can be pretty
> > funny.  Gwen Muranaka, not so much.
> > I used to enjoy JT as a physical paper when I had access to it even if
> > most of the stories tended to be about a day late and a dollar short.
> > The wide range of coverage of stories from around the planet was
> > really nice.
>
> The restaurant reviews are decent (they'd be great, if it weren't for
> reviews of so many YYY shops, and if they'd review places outside of
> Tokyo and Osaka), and the job section on Monday and Thursday is pretty
> good.

What are "YYY shops" btw? Also is there anything particularly good
about the reviews? I need to update the Okazaki guidebook restaurant
section, and according to a friend, my writing style is as boring as a
windy weekend in shikoku, so I need to pick up some hints.