Far East Cynic

The Japan Times reports that N. Korea fired a short range missile into the Sea of Japan Sunday. The Japanese Defense ministry also says its no big deal: Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda played down on Monday the seriousness of North Korea’s reported launch of a short-range missile, telling reporters

I’m tired. Maybe it comes from playing golf 2 days in a row, maybe it just comes from too much work having to get done ( I can no longer put it off despite my best efforts to do so) and maybe it is just mental fatigue. However, I don’t

Ohayo gozaimasu. Its Golden Week, its sunny, warm, and I am ready to play golf! But first, some random musings. No rhyme or reason to it, just what the mood strikes me. It looks like the Popemobile may be for sale. NOT, the bullet proof box that Pope John Paul

Today was a beautiful spring day that I should have been out golfing instead of sitting inside waiting to go to stupid meetings. Here’s something I copied from Spike over at Hongkie Town , it’s a do it your self map showing the places you have been. As you can

While I was in Hong Kong, ( Sadly, not that I will back there anytime soon…..) I had a chance to read about the Japan -China dispute from the “other side”. Reading the South China Mornng Post each morning was very illuminating indeed. Especially the reaction to Prime Minister Koizumi’s

Made it back from Honkie town and now have to deal with some things back here in Tokyo. Got some interesting perspective on the Japan fracas that I will try to share when I get a chance. Just need to get some personal things taken care of. Subscribe in a

Finally got to Hong Kong. Flight sucked, service on United Airlines in coach was lousy as usual. Still, at least they are not charging for drinks like they do on American. However the looks you get when you ask for a drink after the dinner service is done, really diminishes

Just a quick note, getting to ready for a weekend on the road in Hong Kong…going to try posting to the blog from Victoria Peak if the wireless arrangement on my laptop works! Lots to talk about, not time to say it. Did watch NHK this morning and they showed

U.S. Catholics are not going to be happy I think. Turning their back on the “Social Justice” Cardinals, the College of Cardinals selected a man rumored to be a Vatican hard liner. While the conventional wisdom is that Cardinal Ratzinger was elected because he will be an “interim pope” (