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
Latest big TV tower: Guangzhou TV Tower. To be completed in October. Maybe China is going to experience a downturn...
Actually it's interesting to see that Tokyo Sky Tree will be 20 meters taller... BSD territory.
Posted in: Will Tokyo Sky Tree's completion bring down 'skyscraper curse' on Japan?
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2020hindsight
Raising taxes on tobacco and alcohol is a cop out. Raise taxes evenly across the board. Anything otherwise is unfair.
Posted in: 10% consumption tax will destroy Japan, argue some
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chuckers
Japanese of my generation ate whale meat for school lunch. None that I have talked to liked it. Most people of generations younger than this probably have never eaten whale meat. The demand for the food is so small. This isn't an issue of demand for the food. It's an issue of pride.
Posted in: Proposal to resume commercial whaling hits snag at IWC meeting
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OssanAmerica
One word: naive
In actual fact I guess Japan would be satisfied with a smaller number of catches because nobody actually eats whale meat in Japan. This is more an issue of national pride.
Posted in: Proposal to resume commercial whaling hits snag at IWC meeting
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2020hindsight
dolphingirl
Densha Otoko?
Posted in: Man saves woman who falls onto tracks at subway station
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2020hindsight
I can't understand Japan's hypocrisy on noise. In many countries it's OK to talk on a phone on a train. In Japan not. However, the last time I was in Akihabara I couldn't find anywhere I could even make a phone call with people on step ladders with megaphones blasting noise in my face.
Posted in: Man punched in face by fellow train commuter over phone manners
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2020hindsight
Can somebody tell me what happened? Is it one theater in Tokyo won't show it, but others will? Or the whole screening nationwide is canceled. Very unclear.
Posted in: Dolphin hunt film canceled in Tokyo after protests
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2020hindsight
Well all they need to do is get an agent who speaks English. Problem solved.
Posted in: Real estate agents and landlords often say they are interested in renting out houses to foreigners, but they hesitate to do so due to concerns.
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Sarge
He was correct, she was not co-operating with her party and prime minister. Hatoyama making the stupid election promise in the first place was his first mistake.
The only way this will ever get sorted is if they revisit the whole security agreement from scratch. They could include changing the constitution at the same time to remove the restriction on how they can use their own services in overseas operations etc.
Also I think the Japanese have a false sense of security and think they won't need the US to defend them. In light of North Korea's recent actions, they should think again.
Posted in: What do you think of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's decision to kick SDP leader Mizuho Fukushima out of the cabinet because she disagreed with his plan to relocate the U.S. Marine base at Futenma within Okinawa?
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2020hindsight
iPad to charm girls? You gotta be joking. I once saw a Far Side cartoon with a nerdy guy at the beach holding up a blackboard with math on it. A couple of girls were admiring him. Some sort of fantasy world.
Posted in: I have already seen Japanese guys showing off iPads they had bought in the U.S. at parties to impress girls. That's kind of the ultimate test in some ways, although I don't know whether an iPad is enough to attract a charming lady to a boring guy.
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my2sence
That won't cut it. The problem is an aging population and hence a shortage of people. Japan may not like to get all these immigrants, but it's a fact of life that they will need to. So, as this article suggests, have a sensible policy for language training.
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2020hindsight
I only said it to highlight the absurdity of the statement. I think the rest of my post explains that. No crime is ideal, but don't hold foreigners to higher standards than locals.
Posted in: What should the U.S. military brass and/or Japanese authorities do to reduce the number of crimes committed by U.S. military personnel in Japan?
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2020hindsight
That's because there isn't a problem to begin with.
Posted in: What should the U.S. military brass and/or Japanese authorities do to reduce the number of crimes committed by U.S. military personnel in Japan?
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2020hindsight
Holding guests to higher standards than the local populace is not only stupid but racist. "I say zero crimes from the locals." It's a silly statement, right. So why say it the other way around.
Of course nobody wants any crime. Of course crime will happen. Looking at the stats, the US are succeeding in keeping crime low for their own people.
Posted in: What should the U.S. military brass and/or Japanese authorities do to reduce the number of crimes committed by U.S. military personnel in Japan?
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2020hindsight
Of course it would drive the crime out of the business. The high price of drugs only exists because of the risk to supply them. Eliminate the risk and you eliminate the high prices and hence the high profit. Also drug related violence like in Mexico would disappear. In turn governments can make money by taxing it. Makes complete sense.
Posted in: Would legalizing drugs drive the crime out of the business?
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2020hindsight
One day, it will happen...
Posted in: Which country has the best high-speed rail technology in the world?
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Icewind007
You are so so wrong here. America could do with 100% more public transportation which is so much more efficient that personal transportation.
The problem is that America is addicted to the car.
Posted in: Which country has the best high-speed rail technology in the world?
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2020hindsight
She is waiting for a UFO. You can see her staring into the skies...
Posted in: Stand up straight
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2020hindsight
Maglev is the latest technology for high speed trains and the only real implementation of this is the Shanghai high speed train from the airport.
It used technology from Germany; so Germany has to be the list. Also Japan has researched a lot of this technology and has demonstrated the fastest maglev trip at over 580 kph.
So I would have to say Germany and Japan have the best high speed technology in the world.
Posted in: Which country has the best high-speed rail technology in the world?
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2020hindsight
What is the fascination with 'grow anytime, anywhere'? It makes absolutely no sense at all.
Posted in: Grow-Your-Own-Rice bra