JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Core Developer - コアディベロッパー
- Midokura Japan K.K. - ミドクラジャパン株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M ~ ¥10.0M / Year Negotiable
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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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2020hindsight
Don't believe everything you read on the InterWebs.
Posted in: Celebrations
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2020hindsight
Couldn't agree more. I'm glad that he's dead because it will bring closure to a lot of people and he can't terrorize anymore. But to party about it...
Posted in: Celebrations
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2020hindsight
No they don't. They're a ratings agency. That's what they do.
Posted in: S&P downgrades Japan's debt rating to negative
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2020hindsight
It must be terrible for them. In the first place having the disease, but then having the ridicule heaped on them. I can see how this could make the effects of the disease worse.
Posted in: Evacuee twins suffering from Parkinson’s disease spend month in minivan
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2020hindsight
In the 70's in New Zealand, guess what the most controversial power projects were? Yes, you guessed it: hydo-electric power. Big environmental change. The big environmental concern now is carbon and global warming. Nuclear is a clear winner here because it doesn't emit greenhouse gasses. Wind and solar are not going to make a dent in the energy footprint anytime soon.
Posted in: What's your stance on countries using nuclear power for their energy needs? Are there realistic alternatives and if so, what is the most efficient way to phase out nuclear power? Or is it here to stay?
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2020hindsight
Yes, but this is old news and not relevant to the current crisis.
Posted in: Once the nuclear crisis is brought under control, should TEPCO executives face criminal charges at some point in the future?
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2020hindsight
Yes, but that is only a financial law. Probably doesn't include engineering items. TEPCO have been found guilty before and reprimanded. In this case I can't see where they have been negligent. I would say they are not.
Posted in: Once the nuclear crisis is brought under control, should TEPCO executives face criminal charges at some point in the future?
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2020hindsight
piglet
Yes, but this is old news and has nothing to do with the current crisis.
Posted in: Gov't under fire for disaster response; TEPCO chief heckled in Diet
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2020hindsight
A real idiot more like it.
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2020hindsight
Well, if he didn't I think he should come up with a better defense than "I can't remember".
Posted in: Assistant prosecutor arrested for allegedly groping woman on train
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2020hindsight
I have seen many people leave on time in Japan. For factories, it's very common. I once worked at a Japanese electronic manufacturer. We followed factory hours with time cards and everything. You couldn't be late, but you got to leave on the dot.
Posted in: Morinaga starts 'summer time,' calling employees to work at 8 a.m.
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2020hindsight
That's because it is Shinjuku-gyoen. No alcohol allowed.
Posted in: Park place
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2020hindsight
Foreign media turn to pure speculation when reality is hard to cover. I would imagine that everyone living in Tokyo know they are overdue for the next Big One. But using voodoo to predict it isn't helping anyone.
Posted in: 4 killed, 141 injured after 7.4 quake hits Miyagi Pref, vicinity
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2020hindsight
They can stop putting up posters in the parks saying "Please refrain from having a Hanami party" for a start. Leave it up to the individual. All this canceling of events will stagnate Japan just when that's the last thing they need. I think the best way to keep the tragedy in our minds why attending events is to add a charity aspect to events. E.g. a hanami party with a charity bucket to go to the Red Cross.
Posted in: Shoppers' appetite for spending is being restrained by a feeling that it is inappropriate when nearly 28,000 are dead or missing and more than 180,000 survivors huddle in shelters. What effect do you think this attitude will have on the economy this year and what is the best way to encourage people to start spending again?
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2020hindsight
Power outages and reduced trains is the biggest change.
60mhz? Wow, those turbines must really be screaming! Try 60Hz. That would be very good if they could. I guess they can turn it into DC and then invert it back to AC at 50Hz. I wonder how long it would take to build that. Rather short sighted to have two incompatible systems.
Posted in: How have the earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis affected your lifestyle?
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2020hindsight
Yes, but it save in electric light for businesses and homes.
Posted in: What is the fairest way to deal with the expected summer power shortage?
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2020hindsight
Mate, you're in Japan. That would be the least of the giveaway.
Posted in: 49-year-old man dresses as woman, enters female public bath area
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2020hindsight
They don't want to see it. If they did they could change their minds and they definitely don't want to do that.
Posted in: 'Cove' director gives free DVDs to Taiji residents
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2020hindsight
GJDailleult
There isn't any landfill or reclamation in Christchurch. But the water table is pretty high and many parts of the city used to be swampland.
Posted in: NZ earthquake toll at 98 dead, 226 missing
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2020hindsight
From reports, it felt much bigger than the September quake. Not as big on Richter but shallower and closer. Also, worst timing.
Posted in: Quake in New Zealand kills at least 65