JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
- Salary: ¥255,000 ~ ¥275,000 / Month Travel Expenses, Encouragement of Japanese learning*
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Antonios_M
Yes, it IS possible for a 71 year old to beat to death a 32 year old. My grandfather in Greece is over 90 year old (he is still working in a forge though) and a couple of years ago, a thief tried to steal his wallet while getting out of his home. My grandpa just held him from his neck and pushed him violently to the wall of the building causing him to seriously hit his head. He didn't die of course, but he had to go to hospital before he was arrested. This incident took less than 3-4 seconds and didn't involve any punches, kicks, etc. Sometime, just falling down in a sharp object might be lethal. And yes, there are many old men who are in a better physical condition than people in their 30s.
Posted in: 71-yr-old man arrested for beating 32-yr-old son to death
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Antonios_M
Sqwak, that was really funny!!!! Oh, i am jealous...maybe i should write my own book: "A Greek in Japan"...haha...
Posted in: A Geek in Japan
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Antonios_M
Foxie, LoveUSA, Columhcille, thanks a lot! I wish my Japanese girlfriend had the same opinion as you. She always complains about my beard, even though i wear daily the most decent armani shirts with polished shoes and rolex watches. She is only noticing the beard... When it is long she says i look like homeless...(wait a minute, then Zeus would have been viewed as homeless in Japan), and when it is short she says it is "very rude and symbol of laziness". I never understood why my poor and cute Greek beard would be regarded as a symbol of "laziness" in Japan. After all, everybody knows how much workaholic and discipline we Greeks are.
Ok, now it's time to open a bottle of ouzo! Ώπααα!!!
Posted in: Keeping up with Japanese metrosexual manes
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Antonios_M
The European Central Bank is buying these worthless Greek bonds in order to help the other European banks to get rid of them. It is more or less acting like a lifeguard in case Greece defaults.
Posted in: High stakes
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Antonios_M
Well said, gogogo! Just taking a look at my mirror, i see a tall, masculine and hairy Greek man that loves to drink ouzo, dance to Zeibekiko and most important, have an ancient Greek looking beard...
I just realized that i don't have any chance against these metrosexual J-guys, do i?
Posted in: Keeping up with Japanese metrosexual manes
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Antonios_M
Way to go, Berlusconi and Sarcozy! You are the only trendy guys among these people... Is it only me or Medvedev looks like thinking "Where is the Vodka?"....
Posted in: High stakes
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Antonios_M
So...the car might also have complains about the way the driver is driving it? Like "Nakamura kun is always driving me so fast....it's exhausted. I need a new driver."
Seriously, i can understand more electronic equipment, i can understand some giving-orders-though-voice device, something like "Take me to Roppongi Hills now", "Yes, sir" stuff...but come on...interacting with your car? How realistic and rational is something like that? On the other hand, we are talking about a 22nd century thing... If Toyota is so far-ahead....well done!
Posted in: Toyota to set up social networking service so drivers can interact with cars
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Antonios_M
Being charged for an attempted rape is not similar with having an extramarital affair though. We should NOT confuse these two things. Extramarital affair is morally unjustified whereas attempted rape is a serious crime.
Btw, where is Berlusconi on the list? :-) Too much U.S.A. focused?
And yes, it is obvious that power and money equals lack of morality in most cases.
Posted in: Why do famous men with power and influence (Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton, for example) risk everything with their sexual behavior?
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Antonios_M
Seriously, this is creepy....
Posted in: Man stabs female volunteer worker at Ishinomaki Red Cross hospital
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Antonios_M
No, you are a lunatic, a creep, a psycho, a maniac. I really hope the policemen and the girl recover properly.
Haha....i am glad i have never been to Saitama. I think it is the best place to train Special Forces.
Posted in: Heartbroken Kobe man stabs ex-girlfriend, three policemen
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Antonios_M
That's true. That's why i drank one beer, one glass of Jack Daniels and a bottle of Ouzo last night.
And still, i didn't feel like doing what Mr. Strauss-Kahn did to the poor maid. Maybe i should try French wine as well. :-)
Posted in: IMF head's hearing delayed in hotel sex assault case
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Antonios_M
Ok, i can't help but stressing the irony... He was staying in a $3000-a-night-suite in Sofitel, while we poor Greeks are expected to impose austerity measures including minimizing the minimum wage close to less than 500 euros per month. (Life can be so unfair sometimes). I know that we scre@ed up, but apparently Mr. Strauss-Kahn did the same. :-)
Seriously though, i am not happy with this incident. Strauss-Kahn was much more moderate and willing to cooperate in order to assist Greece than many of the European leaders. I didn't expect him to be a satyr...
Posted in: IMF head's hearing delayed in hotel sex assault case
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Antonios_M
Too much arrogance and less rational thinking leads to an unavoidable catastrophe, my friend. Any superpower state in the world MUST remember this, either being the U.S. of the '90s or the China of the 2020s. Athens, Rome, Germany, Empire of Japan, Soviet Union....all of them paid the heavy price of arrogance. And no....it's not gonna be pretty.
Oh, yeah? Then why did the U.S. sign the ICC treaty and remains just to be ratified? Why do states (including the U.S.) devote so much amount of time AND money (and we are talking about billions of dollars) to negotiating new legal regimes and augmenting existing ones? Isn't this a paradox?
The answer is: International law is the world politics of the future. The states that realize this assumption quickly enough are the ones that are going to lead the future generations. The ones that assume it is a farce...they are going to face deep consequences.
This of course does not mean that i agree with the notion of International law. But it's a different thing to agree and a different to believe that it is a farce and does not exist.
Posted in: Bin Laden's sons say U.S. broke international law by killing their father
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Antonios_M
I agree with AdamB. No reasonable man is going to feel sad or guilty for the death of this terrorist who killed thousands of innocent people. However, the fact remains that U.S. violated both the International Law and the sovereignty of a state, something that quite reminds me of the U.S. invasion of Panama and the deposition of Manuel Noriega in 1989 (not to mention the 100% illegal war on Iraq).
According to the U.N. Charter, the war on Afghanistan was perfectly legal since it was an act of self-defense following 9/11. It is also well-known that Al Qaida members have been sheltered in Pakistan but NOT by the official Pakistani government. Therefore, even though it is morally justified to send troops in order to assassinate the world's number 1 wanted man, it is legally unjustified. Of course everybody knows that international law is applied only to the weak (Pinochet, Milosevic, Hussein, etc) and there is no way any U.S. President would ever held responsible for international crimes.
Posted in: Bin Laden's sons say U.S. broke international law by killing their father
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Antonios_M
No and yes! Yes, we are all nuclear experts now. :-)
Posted in: Before the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, did you know what becquerels and millisieverts were? If not, do you know their significance now?
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Antonios_M
Nice photo for a beautiful morning! That's the beauty of Japan!
Haha...the moderator should be definitely hired as a diplomat judging from his/her answer to goddog.
Posted in: Fuji-san
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Antonios_M
I guess i am not the only one who thinks something is fishy in this story. I am not an American but i would feel relieved if any of these lunatics disappear from the face of earth since they are not only a threat for the U.S. but also a threat for humanity. However,there are too many convenient things in this story...
Btw, its a perfect excuse for the U.S. army to leave from Afghanistan, isn't it?
Posted in: BIN LADEN BURIED AT SEA AFTER BEING KILLED IN FIREFIGHT WITH U.S. FORCES
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Antonios_M
I am using candles (just kidding). The only thing i am doing is to turn off the lights every time i am leaving a room and use CFL (compact fluorescent lamps).
Posted in: What are you doing in your daily life to conserve electricity?
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Antonios_M
I don't like the poster. Her hairstyle (or air?) makes her look like Medusa.
Posted in: Anne chosen as Tokyo Metro poster girl
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Antonios_M
My fiancee's father and sister also went as volunteers in Miyagi yesterday. I guess that many other Japanese (and non-Japanese) did the same.
Posted in: Golden Week volunteers overwhelm some disaster sites