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
They are getting away with it. It's the parents that are being prosecuted.
Posted in: Should parents be prosecuted if their kids are caught throwing rocks at trains, cars or other other vehicles?
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2020hindsight
I can't believe some people voted yes. Kids will do bad things sometimes and parents should discipline them, but to be prosecuted for their actions? Come on. It's a slippery slope...
Posted in: Should parents be prosecuted if their kids are caught throwing rocks at trains, cars or other other vehicles?
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2020hindsight
Why don't people wear raincoats with hoods? Far more practical than umbrellas in these situations.
Posted in: Shopping in the rain
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2020hindsight
I too find it annoying that they remove other languages from the menu. I can read the menu in Japanese, but I prefer English. Removing this preference from local models is a little bit short-sighted. Sony and Panasonic seem to assume that the only people using other language electronics in Japan will get the 'overseas model' at greater expense.
I heard that they remove the other languages from Japanese models is that some Japanese accidentally change the language and then they can't read it to change it back.
Posted in: Latest Lumix
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2020hindsight
I think the thieves may find themselves a little disappointed with their booty.
Posted in: Thieves in Malaysia steal $1.5 mil worth of condoms from Japanese company
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runwithscissors
I have no problem with people drinking. And I have no problem with people driving. I do have a problem with people driving when they are drunk. It's not anti-freedom. It's because drunk drivers kill innocent people.
Posted in: Drunken driver crashes car; back behind wheel 4 hours later
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runwithscissors
Well if you are drunk then you may burp into the device and you get what's coming to you.
I agree that they are not accurate, but really, I am sure that if you get a high reading you are DUI in Japan. Vapors from the stomach indicate that you will get more inebriated when that alcohol enters the blood. Maybe the alcohol content in your blood is different, but hey, it's still there.
Posted in: Drunken driver crashes car; back behind wheel 4 hours later
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runwithscissors
Actually stomach vapors don't get measured. It's the alcohol getting purged from the lungs that gets measured. I agree, they aren't very accurate. In many countries a reading over a certain amount means that a blood test can be taken upon consent. If the consent isn't given, then the reading is used.
Having said that, Japan has a zero tolerance policy, so a high reading is almost guaranteed to be DUI.
Posted in: Drunken driver crashes car; back behind wheel 4 hours later
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2020hindsight
Greater advances in food technology, like GMOs. We need to feed the ever increasing world.
Posted in: What do you think will be the biggest technological development of the coming decade, so that when we look back in 10 years' time, we'll wonder how we ever did without it?
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It will be a whole new energy source. Something that we are not even looking at right now, or just in the early stages of researching. Necessity is the mother of invention.
Posted in: What do you think will be the biggest technological development of the coming decade, so that when we look back in 10 years' time, we'll wonder how we ever did without it?
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I'm always amazed at how large the suitcases are that are used by Japanese travelers. My guess is that they tend only to travel for a week, why do they need so much luggage?
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2020hindsight
Bad assumption. Actually they sell Japanese only and foreign language versions (for a higher price). I heard that the reason that they separate the models is that it causes confusion in Japan. If a local buyer accidentally switches his camera to German and he can't switch it back so he has to call the support line. I don't know if it's true, but it sounds rather lame.
Posted in: Lumix SLR digital camera
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2020hindsight
No need for release papers. This is about the professor claiming that his reputation is tarnished by what he said. There is only one person to blame there! The professor will lose.
Posted in: 'The Cove' director fights lawsuit by Japanese scientist
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2020hindsight
Actually it's a Micro Four Thirds SLD. The D standing for Digital.
Posted in: Lumix SLR digital camera
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2020hindsight
Not for me. It's lighter for a start and I'm short sighted. I have the font size on the iPhone on the lowest setting and can read it perfectly. A simple tap from my thumb and I change the page. I tell you it's much easier than a real book.
Posted in: Are you going to buy an e-reader or do you already have one?
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2020hindsight
I need an eWriter! Last two posts mistakes: Kindle (not Knidle) and Economical (not ecomical). Sorry...
Posted in: Are you going to buy an e-reader or do you already have one?
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kansaifun
And the cost of storing and transporting 200 books from Book Off? Probably not ecomical.
Posted in: Are you going to buy an e-reader or do you already have one?
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gonemad
It's called an iPhone. Just download the Knidle app.
Posted in: Are you going to buy an e-reader or do you already have one?
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catusjack
I'll wager that opening a Kindle to the current page is quicker than a real book (especially my iPhone Kindle).
The web browser in the Kindle is not great at all, and yes, you need to use WiFi. An iPad is a much better option for this.
Posted in: Are you going to buy an e-reader or do you already have one?
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I forgot to mention I have an iPad, but I find it too heavy as a book reader. Also, another advantage of most eReaders: A built-in dictionary.
Posted in: Are you going to buy an e-reader or do you already have one?