chuckers <chuckersjp@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 13, 11:50 am, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ah, okay.  It was indeed sacrasm as I thought but in the other
> direction from where I was looking.

> Many many years ago, I actually enjoyed reading "The Japan Times"
> because it had a sampling
> of all kinds of news from all over the world.  Some of it was a bit of
> the "News of the Weird" kind but that was reasonably amusing.

Agreed, and it also covers some stories other papers (Nihon Keizai,
Asahi) didn't cover.

> The biggest problem with it was the "news" was more often "olds" for
> Japan local stuff because it has to be translated.

Yeah, local news seemed to be a bit behind. Well, that's why we paid
(or were supposed to pay) NHK.

> I only look at the website now for the comics.  Roger Dahl is fairly
> amusing but Gwen Muranaka not so much.

In the entertainment section, the restaurant reviews are great. Their
movie reviews, well, Fazio reads like he took a correspondence course
in smarmy movie reviews. 

But the Monday and Thursday issues are good sources for job hunters.

Mike