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Tairo Hirayama to represent Tokyo 13th district
Amid all the excitement of last night’s live election coverage (DPJ won big, Hatoyama will be PM), I didn’t get a chance to check the results in my home district. So here goes. In line with the overall...
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Christian sign found in Tokyo
Biking around Takenotsuka, Adachi-ku today I spotted an interesting sign: “The return of Our Lord Jesus Christ is near – The Bible” This marks the first Christian sign I’ve seen in Tokyo, though I...
View ArticleAyase crime update: Possible foreigner robs sushi restaurant… across the...
While making breakfast this morning, I noticed a couple of news trucks around the sushi restaurant across the street, which is the first thing I see when leaving my apartment in the morning. I figured...
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New DPJ cabinet is almost totally awesome
First, the bad news. Shizuka Kamei has been appointed minister of postal issues and financial services. The man is a fierce, fierce fighter who likes to dredge up personal scandals using his ties as a...
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SLAMMING into election season
Somewhat randomly, the Wall Street Journal has recently started up a Japan blog called Japan Real Time (partly, it seems, to provide content to their new Japanese language site). Great stuff, welcome...
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Upper House election – morning roundup
Mrs. Adamu enters the polling station Today Japan votes to select half the members of its upper house of parliament. I have been lax in my blogging duties this time around, but thankfully there is a...
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Upper house election – what to watch for
As the voting progresses in Japan’s upper house election, it’s somewhat unclear what the big issues of the election are. For one thing, the World Cup and the scandals plaguing sumo wrestling have...
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Watching for thieves in Ayase
This is the scene outside my apartment these days. Apparently, the Tokyo police are using a new tactic in efforts to catch bicycle thieves and purse snatchers near Ayase station. The van is equipped...
View ArticleAdachi-ku is really not that bad
Many of you know that Adamu lives in the Ayase neighborhood of northeast Tokyo. I also lived there for two years until moving to the west side of town earlier this summer, mostly at the behest of my...
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Japan’s execution chamber opened to the press
Japan’s justice minister has allowed media to come in and look at the gallows where the executions take place: Here is a video from TBS with more details. Apparently, the whole place smells like...
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