Movin' on up!

Today I said goodbye to the spider graveyard that was my room (seriously, spider smear marks all over the walls) and moved into the grand suite! Okay, so this is the size of a normal small hotel room, but after living in a closet this feels pretty good. What feels even better is that I moved to this room because NICOLE IS COMING! She is almost here! I cannot wait! Nicole's bed all made up with goodies! Biggest room ever!

For all my fans out there, you may have been disappointed to see that there was no blog yesterday. That’s because I had a TEST today! Yes, a test. It was more important than you. Just kidding.

There were two questions: 1. Pick an article from the Meiji constitution and compare and contrast it to an article of the current Japanese constitution, 2. Pick a provocative question regarding the Japanese civil code tort statute 715 (regarding liability of an employer) and then answer it. If you’re interested, here’s basically how I answered the questions:

1. The renunciation of war clause in the current Japanese constitution (see post from last week) compared to article 13 of the Meiji constitution, which says the Emperor has the right to go to war at any time. The big differences are that now sovereignty lies with the people rather than the Emperor, and now they cannot go to war.

2. Do the tort statutes in the Japanese civil code make it difficult for plaintiffs to win suits or is there another reason that the Japanese do not sue very much. The tort statutes are almost the same as in the US, and it should be easy for plaintiffs to win. Some other reason is causing the non-litigious society. There was an airplane crash where 24 people were killed. The airline made personal phone calls and there was not a single lawsuit. I’m not convinced that it’s because of the cooperative Japanese society that is more interested in building the economy than wasting money on lawsuits. But, that’s what I wrote – think it’ll win me points?