JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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Apsara
You would prefer they drove? Make sure you give an actual alternative solution if you say something like that or, your comment is meaningless. I was one of the 24,000 commuters affected by this incident, but I didn't come away with the idea "drunk people shouldn't take trains". I think it's great that there are trains for them to take- can you imagine what that girl might have done behind the wheel of a car?
Posted in: Man saves woman from train after she falls onto tracks
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Apsara
That's an odd thing to say. Can you point us to any precedent for that claim? I very much doubt that he would be charged with anything at all if that had happened.
Posted in: Man saves woman from train after she falls onto tracks
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Apsara
Why would someone want to be famous for being so drunk she fell onto the tracks? This kind of thing has happened before- unfortunately sometimes the heroes who go to the person's aid do not always survive.
Posted in: Man saves woman from train after she falls onto tracks
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Apsara
I hope he gets more than just sent a letter of appreciation for this. Last year I used a fire extinguisher to put out a fire in my neighbour's sofa, and I got a letter of appreciation personally delivered by the station chief, plus a photo, and souvenir goods! The guy who saved this woman did something exceptional, and should be rewarded appropriately.
Posted in: Man saves woman from train after she falls onto tracks
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Apsara
I was very pleased to read this news this morning, because I was on a Chuo line train right next to the one that almost hit this woman last night. Just as our train left Koenji station headed for Takao, I heard the Tokyo bound-one next to us blast its horn a really long time as it arrived in Koenji station and at the same instant the driver of our train hit the emergency brake. I thought that the only reason for that combination could be someone falling/jumping onto the tracks, and sure enough a few minutes later they announced a jinshinjiko.
The train I was on started moving again after about 18 minutes (luckily I had a seat!), and I assumed it was a suicide until I saw the Japanese Yahoo news this morning. I'm wondering why the report here says trains were delayed for 40 minutes though, because they had both directions up and running in just under 20.
Posted in: Man saves woman from train after she falls onto tracks
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Apsara
goddog, where on earth do you get that figure from? 7-11 pays around 850 yen an hour, which for a 40 hour week x 4 weeks in a month comes out at 136,000 yen, not 240,000! To earn 240,000 a month you need to be on 1,500 yen an hour, and no convenience store pays that much, not even for the night shift.
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Apsara
Why did they make his suit pants so short? Horrible turn-up job on the cuffs too. Looks like he is standing on tiptoes to try to be a bit taller than Leah Dizon, who this is also a really unflattering photo of.
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Apsara
The typical OL earne nothing like 5 million yen a year!
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Apsara
Do you mean in the US? In NZ it would pay for pretty much an entire bachelor's degree and possibly a master's, including living costs, unless she's planning to study dentistry.
Posted in: New Zealand girl auctions her virginity to pay for tuition
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Apsara
Um, jerseyboy, that "de" is a Japanese particle which has the meaning "by way of"- think "densha de ikimashita". It's not French...
Posted in: Kurara Chibana to re-learn French on NHK
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Apsara
DentShop, I don't get that impression from tmarie's posts at all, and I can't imagine how you did, since it seems to be working. Sounds like a healthy relationship to me.
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Apsara
I would like to suggest to you that if you haven't been the child of divorced parents then you have no idea how children in this situation feel and what is best for them. I have quite a number of friends and relatives whose parents are divorced as well and all were very happy to have been able to see their fathers while growing up, even if only on weekends and holidays.
Posted in: U.S. warns Japan child custody laws could harm bilateral ties
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Apsara
Why only teenage girls? Teenage boys should have to attend as well so they can experience firsthand what the outcome of not using a condom is likely to be.
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Apsara
Ossan, as the child of a broken marriage who spent my teenage years in a situation similar to what you describe (although nobody ever suggested I didn't call my father "Dad"), I totally disagree with you. Staying with our father every second weekend and going to his house for dinner once a week was vital to maintaining our relationship with him and also for maintaining his mental health, as he would have been distraught if he couldn't have seen us. As a 34-year old I still have a great relationship with my father, and I can't believe you are seriously suggesting that it is better for the children not to see their father at all, or something similar.
Ossan, did your parents divorce when you were a child, meaning you know what it's like to be a child in that situation? I'm assuming no.
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Apsara
How old is this photo? I saw the Rainbow Bridge this Wednesday and it was lit up only with white lights. It was rainbow-coloured sometime towards the end of last year but I don't think it is now.
Posted in: Odaiba
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Apsara
And there I was thinking it might be a...speed skating pose...
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Apsara
Thanks, BuddyHolly. Pretty name. (hers, not yours ;-))
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Apsara
Any idea how to pronounce Saoirse? I haven't come across it before.
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Apsara
400 yen isn't the standard price for an avocado, they're usually closer to 100 yen, as cleo says. Sure there are expensive fruit and vegetables around, like 20,000 yen melons, but that doesn't mean that everyone's paying that price.
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Apsara
Are you sure? They were probably all over 50...
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