The following is extracted from the Mainichi Daily News. You may have to do a double take around the middle of the statement.
... It was largely the controversial results of DNA tests that linked Kuma to the scene ... and he loudly protested his innocence from the time he was first fingered as a suspect in the case.
Maybe that happens in US papers, I don't know. In the same paper, the headline reads "Nurse acquitted for third time." Folks, this is a place where you *DON'T* want to go to jail. Summary is that a nursery school teacher was jailed for suspicion of murder of a student 25 years ago, and she's been through three trials for that crime since, with each trial ending in a "not guilty" sentence. So they tried her again. And again. And it may not yet be over.
Now, I wasn't going to succumb to news (re-)reporting in these journals, but only to report what amazed or interested me. That amazed me, though, and since I read it it's now cast in my own history. Anyway...
I played tennis today. Or rather, I played *at* tennis today. With Andy and Jungie. Andy's pretty good at the game. Jungie's really good, and I'm really not. Still it was fun. The breezes I've mentioned here, which are ever-present, were amplified today, with a cold front coming in. When you're outside, twelve floors above ground level, those breezes are more accurately termed "winds." Sustained at about 20 MPH, we surmised, with some powerful gusts. I played *with* the wind, thank you very much, with Andy beside me, and Jungie played ball-retrieval person. I have a really powerful stroke when there's a 30MPH gust at my back! I scored THREE over-the-wall home runs. I'm so proud. :^) I hope the people on the street twelve floors below us forgive me eventually.
After terrifying Tokyo with my meteorite volleys, we called it quits due to rain and funds. It's expensive to play here, and downright difficult. You have to be a "National" or a charter member of a club in order to play at all... even at the hotel. Andy was able to get some time somehow, and it was great of him to do that. Jungie and Andy went their separate ways, and I went in search of that "lost" feeling again. Took me a while, but I was able to achieve it, being the master that I am at such things.
I wandered around Shinjuku (general shopping area), but was unable to find the stores I was looking for. I didn't know what I was looking for, exactly, but I know I didn't find it. Or if I did, I didn't recognize it. Eventually, I stumbled upon the subway ("Oh. Here I am."), so I called Christian at the hotel and asked him to meet me in Akihabara. He wanted to see the place, and I wanted to see if I could get a squigglese-savvy person lost. He won. I hate when that happens. :^) Christian is a lot of fun. He was fascinated by all the electronics stores (I'm fascinated by the electronics themselves - a major difference). He took a lot of pictures of the area, reminiscent of me a couple of months ago. We had noodles (mine with teriyaki chicken, his with pork) then headed back home. It was a good day, full of sightseeing adventures and fun.