This (defaced) subway ad for Mad Men actually served the purpose of reminding me to get caught up on the show—I’m behind.
LOL
A Canadian freelance journalist who has lived in Japan for years fell into the ugly whirlpool of Japan’s immigration-and-detention system. For years human-rights monitors have cited Japan’s responsible agencies for awful abuses; in their reports the system looks like something dark, chaotic and utterly incongruous with the country’s image of friendly lawfulness. Still the case of Christopher Johnson beggars belief. Returning to Tokyo after a short trip on December 23rd he was ushered into an examination room, where his nightmare began. Over the next 24 hours he was imprisoned and harassed. Most of his requests to call a lawyer, the embassy or friends were denied, he says.
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Japan’s immigration control: Gulag for gaijin | The Economist
It all sounds like Ontario courts to me..
Buyers from Japan, the US and Britain have been among the buyers, and foreigners still appear to be fascinated with Ceausescu. “The posters are superb. They reflect an era,” said a Canadian buyer on Wednesday who declined to give his name. “It will be interesting to see the profile of buyers tomorrow.” (via Nicolae Ceausescu gifts go under the hammer in Romania | World news | The Guardian; slideshow)
