JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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At this point in time, who gives a ra tsass about what Ichihashi wants. If mom and dad want to come for a visit all the power to them. They may have some sway over their skunk of a son and help this to a quicker resolution.
Posted in: Ichihashi's lawyers say he doesn't want any contact with his parents
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And the restaurant owner? This guy witnesses the whole thing and keeps the old guy there until evening when he starts to die. I suppose if pop stars can get away with criminal negligence so can the owner of the Thai restaurant.
Posted in: Ex-gangster held after beating customer to death in Thai restaurant in Tokyo
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Let's see... I can watch J-TV show showing girls in short skirts getting judo-flipped to see if the camera and show hosts and audience can catch a glimpse of their exposed panties as they land; I've seen women walking with skirts so short I can see their panties and butts hanging out below their skirts as they walk through the busy concourse of Yokohama Station (and I'm 185cm!!), and been exposed to panties of all sorts by J-women who seem very comfortable squatting with open legs, changing their socks on the train, etc, etc. This action by the J-police is laughable. If the prudish moms didn't like it just just ask the guy to move... it's not as though he was having sex with her.
Posted in: Taxi driver, woman arrested for making up-skirt videos in Osaka park
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I side with Noriko and her children on this one. The children are Japanese citizens and spent most of their lives in Japan. They should definitely be in Japan, not America. To hell with the twisted entanglements imposed by te American judiciary.
Posted in: American man accused of grabbing own kids released
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bquadry - drugs are illegal in Japan? Hardly. Alcohol is most certainly a drug, and far from illegal. And a number of over the counter medications contain opiates in Japan. Unfortunately for this kid marijuana is most definitely not legal, and he's definitely screwed his chances of getting into KU.
Posted in: High school student caught with cannabis resin
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... and was the train operator also arrested? Sounds similar to the little boy that crossed the road through stopped cars into an oncoming truck earlier this week...
I agree with earlier comments - where were the parents?
Posted in: 6-year-old girl dies after being hit by train in Hyogo
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I have two kids in grades one and three, but if it happened as the driver said I'm afraid I have to side with the driver... a kid just walks out into traffic from between cars... it's sad, makes be cringe, but the if it happened this way the kid did something very dangerous...
Posted in: 8-year-old boy dies after being hit by truck outside home in Yokohama
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Unfortunately the world is chock full of neanderthals that live in a polarized black or white reality - and these boneheads often get to interpret or make the laws on behalf of the rest of us.
Posted in: Celebrity drug offenders face public humiliation
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Mom did the right thing in taking the child to the hospital. Good luck to her, as she's probably having a hard time coping with her new reality.
As for papa bear, he miserably failed a number of key character tests that night. Unfortunately he'll probably abscond from any further responsibilities toward his wife and the child he fathered. Maybe he'll grow up some day in another life. Tough lesson for all.
Posted in: Man held for beating 2-month-old son who wouldn't stop crying
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Great inspirational speech, and a fair, inclusive and centrist framework for a reform of American health care. Most initiatives were already on common ground, he extended a few olive branches to some substantive Republican ideas, and gave some overdue clarifications and reassurances for the balance of the program - perhaps not perfect but still damned good! It looks like he's going to get it done.
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BTW... Whatever happened to Southern Hospitality?
Posted in: Obama urges Congress for action on health care; Rep Wilson calls him a liar
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At what point can a person start making decisions about what they do with themselves? The law may be clear as mud, but here in Japan it seems there are many 15 and 17 year-olds who are educated and focused and seem mature enough to make decisions for themselves, and perhaps 18 and 20 year-olds who aren't. I say allow it and deal with complaints, if any, on a case by case basis. Perhaps those under 18 or 20 should need a parent to sign off permission. I suspect there will be few complaints because the actors seem willing. This is Japan, and these days Japan is starting to shed some the Western ways and morals it's adopted since the war. About time!
Posted in: Legal loopholes give rise to bars, salons employing underage girls
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McDonalds in Japan beats the hell out of McDonalds in Canada.
Posted in: Fast food places like McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, KFC, etc, are frequently criticized. What do you think of them?
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Air Canada's Star Alliance points work great for me. It's easy to keep the balance of the points intact with very little trouble, and I have two credit cards that continue to rack up Aeroplan points for standard household purchases throughout the year. Medium haul reward tickets out of Narita are a particularly worthwhile use of Star Alliance points.
Posted in: What is your experience with airline frequent flyer programs? Are they a good idea or not?
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Canada has legalized growing, possession, and use of pot for health reasons. Individuals can easily apply for and receive a license from Health Canada. A majority of Canadians now believe it should be legalized or decriminalized for personal recreational use. I'm for legalization and I'm not even interested in smoking it. It simply makes more sense that keeping it illegal.
Japan, wake up! The longer it's criminalized, the sooner your underworld will take up the cause. Look what's happening to Mexico to see the true ugliness of drug prohibition in action.
Posted in: Japan going to pot: Celebrity busts and student smokers have authorities in a tizz
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The obese need only to fly Air Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada has recently required airlines to provide double seats for the obese at the regular rate.
I agree with providing a couple of 'supersized' economy seat for the big ones...
I also like the idea of having a maximum total weight for passenger and luggage.
Posted in: United Airlines to charge obese passengers double on full flights
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I like the horizontal seats idea... I'd gladly go for a berth on a long flight. Just like taking the train, and perhaps could be made more efficient than regular seating.
Posted in: Ryanair chief says he's serious about pay toilets on planes
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Canola is not exactly rapeseed. Rapeseed oil has high acidity. CANOLA a derivative of rapeseed developed in Canada to produce a very beneficial oil with low acidity, hence the name: CANOLA - CANadian Oil Low Acid.
Posted in: Hamarikyu garden
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A few weeks ago, walking down Yokohama's walking street about 8pm amid the teeming well-dressed crowd of new year's shoppers, a scarecrow of a man danced nimbly through the throng. His rags were so completely tattered, no shoes - he looked like what I can only describe as perhaps, Ben Gunn. I've seen all manner of street people in Japan, but this creature was so completely and utterly strange that many of the Japanese stopped to look and point at him as he hopped his way down the street... very surreal, especially to see Japanese stopping to take notice.
I wondered where he could have come from and where he was going, and what on earth propelled him to do emerge from his shadow in the midst of such a brightly lit crowd. He looked terrified, and moved as though he was walking on hot coals.
At the margins of this society there must be some real horrors hidden in the darkness. One can only hope this little girl has found a place in the sun.
Posted in: Kabukicho street child subject of new photo book