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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AzabuSamurai
The second time he touched your shoulder, you should have said "sawaranaide kudasai" loud enough for all to hear. He needed to be shamed.
Posted in: Train shame
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AzabuSamurai
I thought they were playing Rock, Paper, Scisors to win the next CEO of Sony position.
Posted in: Sony's goal
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AzabuSamurai
Good for Google for exposing. Now the gov't will have a harder time lying about their censorship. Of course they will lie and say Chinese intrnet users can access anything and they will say Google failed in China. Google had 33% market share. For anybody who understands business, they know that is huge.
Posted in: What do you think of the ongoing dispute between Google and China?
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AzabuSamurai
i like her. in the past, she has demonstrated that she has a good heart.
Posted in: Namie Amuro takes home Best Video of the Year award
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AzabuSamurai
Are the shawls real or faux animal fur?
Posted in: Latest look
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AzabuSamurai
Its about the picture and Whaling in Japan is what comes to mind when people see the picture.
Posted in: Whale watching
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AzabuSamurai
Its a gateway drug. If addicts really stop at this product, its great but soon they will graduate to smoke tobacco. Isn't that the secret Japan Tobacco marketing scam?
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AzabuSamurai
looks like dinner !!
Posted in: Whale watching
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AzabuSamurai
Now Chinese internet users will have even less information. In essence by pulling out they just gave the censorship army a win.
Posted in: Google ends China censorship with Hong Kong shift
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AzabuSamurai
I feel bad for the little boys who were acused of making noise and don't feel anything for the royal family.
Posted in: Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako told the media in a statement that they feel distress for causing public concern about their 8-year-old daughter Princess Aiko, who stayed away from school after reportedly encountering rough behavior by boys in her grade. What do you think about all this?
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AzabuSamurai
hanami and kafunsho occur at the same time for me.
Posted in: Blossom time
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AzabuSamurai
Both amazingly hot. I approve.
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AzabuSamurai
Because everybody is gone so its hard to get anything done.
Posted in: Why do most Japanese take their holidays at the same time, such as Golden Week, Bon and New Year?
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AzabuSamurai
hot for now and clearly high maintenance.
Posted in: Yuko's style
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AzabuSamurai
Start up costs like renting space is very high. Cost of capital is cheap but hard to get. Lots of opportunities in Japan though.
Posted in: Japan: A paradise for entrepreneurs
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AzabuSamurai
@techall has a good point. "satogaeri-shusan" (home town birth) is common. The wife is gone for a few months. Sure he could go with her but it would be awkward hanging out in the in-laws conservative village. They would want him at work because a)its normal b) when he's around the wife is expected to take care of him too. Now, the concept of telecommuting would solve the work issue. Women in Japan stay in hospital for up to a week after a normal birth (unlike the US where they get sent home in under 24 hrs). Traditionally they do this because the woman should rest and if she is sent home, her house care duties start.
What is needed for paternity leave to take hold is a mind-set adjustment of the man's role in birth, house care and wife support. And the acceptance of telecommuting.
Posted in: What is the best way to get more men to take paternity leave?
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AzabuSamurai
This is why its hard to become bilingual growing up in the US. There is a cultural push to forget the old country, integrate and speak only English.
In Japan its the opposite; "guest" gaijin can't possibly speak Japanese so they are often expected to speak a foreign tongue. Then there is the genereal interest in Japan to learn English.
There are exceptions but the social result is that in Japan speaking another language is encouraged while in the US its practically discouraged.
Posted in: Traditional approaches to Japanese language learning are changing
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AzabuSamurai
I liked him when he was busted for hooking in California. He had a funny attitude about being sucked into controversy.
Posted in: Hugh Grant on relationships, cheating and the art of lazy acting
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AzabuSamurai
She (or he?) could at least smile.
Posted in: Model citizen
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AzabuSamurai
@Frungy; so true and your logic is spot on. Its so annoying how salarimen/women think that if your not the office, you are not working. I think its jelousy and group mentality; we all must suffer and sacrafice together under the same conditions or its not work.
Posted in: What is the best way to get more men to take paternity leave?