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
I use an iPhone 'on the go' and a Kindle at home or on vacation. I can see massive advantages to eReaders and the main one is portability. Since I have my iPhone with me at all times, when I have to wait around, I just pick up a book and read where I left off.
Another advantage is that it is a lot easier to read from a Kindle in your hand than a book. Especially if it is a big book.
Don't get me wrong, I have a ton (probably literally) of 'dead-tree' books. And that brings me to another advatage of eReaders: storage.
That's never been an influence in my reading experience.
I can see that the lending issue is a drawback. I'd like to see the sellers address this issue in a 'fair' way.
Finally, being in Japan makes it difficult to search out and find the book you want. eReaders can help here.
Posted in: Are you going to buy an e-reader or do you already have one?
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2020hindsight
If they are in entertainment areas, how do they promote teenage prostitution. I would say they would more likely promote normal prostitution because teenagers aren't allowed to drink.
Is this backed by the facts? I wonder.
Posted in: 'Shallow-brained bureaucrats' crackdown on love hotels unlikely to thwart teen prostitution
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2020hindsight
kyushujoe
Well that's your first mistake. Malt's has never been a "quality beer". Premium isn't bad, but it still doesn't stand up to Ebisu or Sapporo.
And um, why does the government tax malt content? Is malt the root of all evil? I can understand tax on alcohol content, but not malt.
Also, don't get me started on protecting the shochu makers. Pathetic.
Posted in: In malt we trust
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2020hindsight
Not a good analogy at all.
Charging by weight is fair in the way that it is directly proportional to fuel used. However, it is a lot more complicated than that. Having a half empty plane is also wasteful. Hence the airlines have a very complicated set of incentives to optimize occupancy etc.
Also, I don't think the airlines want to make the publicity gaff of weighing people.
My idea would be to have several 'wide seats' installed. Obese people could book these seats beforehand or take their luck at the check-in. Once they are gone, then the passenger can't fly that flight (which would be an incentive to book the seat beforehand).
Ha ha, they could have the equivalent of the hand luggage measure in the airport. If you can sit in this 'sample' seat without flab hanging over, then you are eligible for a regular seat. Otherwise you have to have a wide seat. ;-)
Posted in: How should airlines handle obese passengers?
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2020hindsight
Try walking around Akihabara on a Sunday and find out the real Japanese attitude to noise pollution.
Posted in: Woman arrested for using spray on bus passengers in Chiba
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2020hindsight
Yeah, because her fans had a chance to date her before she revealed that.
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2020hindsight
I'm pretty sure that some European airlines already require obese passengers to buy a second seat, although I think they may only charge 1.5 times the single seat price. Sounds sensible to me.
Posted in: How should airlines handle obese passengers?
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2020hindsight
jeffery
That's completely wrong. Japan would benefit totally from food imports without tariffs. They pay through the nose already for rice. If Japan's agriculture isn't efficient (which it obviously isn't) then import from countries that are.
Dependency on foreign food is a fact of life in Japan. The amount of dependency is only academic.
Posted in: No TPP
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2020hindsight
Well I agree that in family restaurants and fast food places it would be good to have the joules shown. But in many places that I like to eat for a night out, it's not practical.
Posted in: Do you think restaurant menus should list the calorie content for each item?
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2020hindsight
Nice eyes, but why the pajamas?
Posted in: Akina Minami wins Beauty Eye Award
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2020hindsight
Yes, that is because, more than most countries, this country still loves its paper. They still use faxes! Dead tree lives on in Japan.
Posted in: Japan has yet to see the major newspaper bankruptcies and financial troubles in the West.
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2020hindsight
The guy is a moron.
What I want to know is how he was planning on turning on the camera. The article doesn't mention that there were any videos of girls on it.
Posted in: Teacher arrested over videos of elementary school girls in toilet
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2020hindsight
Sorry I mean "talking over dinner" in previous post.
Posted in: What date spots do you really hate?
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2020hindsight
A movie followed a dinner is a good date for these nervous J-guys. 2 hours of becoming comfortable in her presence followed by talking of dinner. You even have a good starter conversation about the movie.
Posted in: What date spots do you really hate?
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2020hindsight
susano
How do you know he is gambling? And it is something useful! What would the world be like if you couldn't exchange between currencies?
Posted in: Tough day
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2020hindsight
Check out the Kindle. It's light, easy to read and WiFi (sometimes 3G) aware. So easy to download books and carry one thing around.
It's not rocket science, but just like music, books too will be digital.
Posted in: E-reading: Revolution in the making or fading fad?
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2020hindsight
ironchef
Whatever. However they do no wrong.
This is just a piece of sensationalist junk that sells.
Posted in: Chinese bestseller slams Goldman Sachs for crisis
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2020hindsight
gebji17
It is nothing of the sort. These Muslims that want to build a Mosque have absolutely nothing to do with 9/11. It is pure stereotyping that suggests they are.
Posted in: Obama says Muslims have right to build mosque near ground zero
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2020hindsight
Actually, most economists agree that the yen is at the correct level. Rather than trying to intervene with the currency - which is ultimately hopeless, Japan needs to try to be less export dependent.
Posted in: Soaring yen threatens disaster for most, but profits for some
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linro
No.
Yes, it was. Japan had rejected "unconditional surrender". They were planning to fight until the end.
Posted in: Was the dropping of the atomic bombs necessary?