JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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Airion
I agree with ritalynn. It seems to me like the police went overboard on this. There's no signs of him being violent. He just got on stage when he shouldn't have.
Posted in: Kobayashi leaves jail after hot dog contest fracas
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Airion
The new grocery store is understandably an annoyance, but it won't do to not build grocery stores. Just what kind of gift would placate the writer? Though the monetary value of a towel is cheap, frankly I think it's good enough that the construction company recognized the inconvenience they'd be causing. That's more the point, to say they're sorry, than to actually compensate.
In the case of the wallet for example, I feel that expecting a significant percentage of reward money cheapens the kindness of returning it. It's just getting paid for a job done. Likewise, if the gift giver is simply following well established gift giving rules, it's not longer a sign of genuine appreciation. It's like just paying a bill.
Posted in: Navigating the intricacies of Japan’s gift-giving protocol
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Airion
Finally Americans can enjoy a level competition without foreigners and their genetically bigger stomachs.
Posted in: Kobayashi to skip July 4 hot dog eating contest this year
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Airion
Monkeyz,
A doughnut or two? Are you kidding? The box fits a dozen, not one or two. Who says "Oh, I think I'll bring a little baggie of a donut or two to work, and maybe share it with one person, or not." No, they say "I'll go buy a BOX of a DOZEN donuts and share them with everyone, building office harmony and goodwill." God even created a special word for it: dozen! Not one or two, or something so common as "twelve". And there's so many kinds of donuts, you have yo buy at least one dozen. Glazed, cookie green tea, green tea matcha, flower rings, chocolate frosted, cream filled, chocolate cream filled, jelly, plain, powdered, and bear claws too.
Everybody loves donuts. I know I do.
Posted in: Krispy Kreme summer fun
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Airion
She meets the legal definition of a child, but not the common sense definition.
Posted in: 18-yr-old girl arrested for online sale of photos of herself naked
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Airion
Best donuts I've ever had. Worth lining up for.
Posted in: Krispy Kreme summer fun
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Airion
I thought the brevity imposed by the 140 character limit was part of the appeal of Twitter. Not so in Japan?
Posted in: Twitter a hit in Japan as millions 'mumble' online
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Airion
Azrael,
Not sure what about Wii Fit is a simulation. If you're doing yoga in Wii Fit, you're doing real yoga. If you're doing pushups in Wii Fit, you're doing real pushups.
While Wii Fit is surely a solitary exercise, the other game mentioned in the article, Wii Sports is known as a great party game. It's silly to complain and moan about people playing the game alone, when no one even wants to play it alone. The article is just too far removed from reality.
Posted in: No Wii can't
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Airion
arrestpaul-
Do you really think Japan did nothing? I think there's sufficient evidence here that Japan is bribing in one way or another (in several ways, probably).
Also, I'm not making the argument that one side can bribe and the other can't. Not sure where you got that.
Posted in: IWC meeting abuzz over Japan vote-buying accusations
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Airion
arrestpaul,
There's a debate to be had about whether the research Japan brings in is worthwhile (worth the cost of hundreds of whales, whether it's really motivated by science, etc). The point here is that Japan shouldn't fight against legitimate concerns with bribes. (You say it's secondary, but it's primary in regard to this article and discussion.)
Posted in: IWC meeting abuzz over Japan vote-buying accusations
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Airion
This is garbage. Sometimes it's raining outside, or it's night. Besides that, the author didn't consider that in the real world you could both own a Wii AND enjoy exercise and sports outside.
Posted in: No Wii can't
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Airion
OssanAmerica- it doesn't really matter which side invented vote-buying in this. It shouldn't be done by any country. You say whaling should be argued on the merits of real science, but the issue here is exactly that it's not. It's being argued with bribes rather than with science. That should concern you.
Posted in: IWC meeting abuzz over Japan vote-buying accusations
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Airion
Sorry ONKYO, a computer screen and 10mm speakers don't rival a home theater system.
Posted in: Computer home theater system
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Airion
Many comments' assertion that the article is apologist garbage is just wrong. The author was simply providing history and the facts of how renters see the situation. At no point does the author say that the situation is okay. He even says at the end that there are things that need to change with the times.
Don't confuse an explanation for an excuse.
Posted in: Why Japanese property managers are so strict on renting apartments
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Airion
While any one particular fetish, such as cross-dressing, cannot be considered normal, simply having a fetish or weird fantasy of one kind or another is normal.
As for the old guy visiting the sex shop, it's probably good for his physical and mental health.
Posted in: People turn to advice column to air quirky family concerns
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Airion
There's nothing like waking up early in the morning and hungry for dinner. Embrace it and enjoy the novelty of 6 am gyudon.
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Airion
Awesome, awesome, awesome!
Everyone needs to lighten up! Needs more ketchup and bread is my only complaint. Don't be afraid to dream folks!
Posted in: Bite this
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Airion
Not everyone idling would restart the car if they shut it off either. For years as I walked to work in the morning, I saw a lady would drive into the parking lot, sit there smoking with the engine idling for five minutes or so, then turn it off and get out when her friend arrived. Drove me nuts, everyday.
Posted in: It’s time to penalize drivers who leave their motors running
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Airion
tkoind2- Why tie one arm behind our backs? We can BOTH aim high and address the wrongness of stereotyping, while also discouraging behavior like in the article which ends up fueling stereotypes. I can appreciate the righteousness of what you're saying, but we also have to be practical about it.
Given the situation in the article, was Melissa to hold a seminar right then and there in Yebisu Garden Palace, explaining to all who witnessed the guy's outburst that it should not be taken as representative of all non-Japanese? Or would it have been better if the guy was just more mindful and toned it down? Which would be better for the cause? Of course, Melissa's seminar would have been the best; very relevant and enlightening. Very high-minded, but it's not realistic. To be practical, there's room for both approaches.
Posted in: Dear Angry Western Guy
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Airion
Junnama- got a point there. She also says she works to "dispel the stereotype that all us gaikokujin, or gaijin if you insist, are just loud, obnoxious barbarians." She's either contradicting herself, or maybe she thinks it's a true stereotype.
Posted in: Dear Angry Western Guy