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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Beelzebub
I know it shouldn't bother me, but I'm often annoyed watching how rude Japanese are to each other. While it's easy to blame the younger generation, it's not confined to any particular age group. Probably something to do with the uchi-soto conundrum, where courtesies paid to a person outside of one's sphere of relationships are considered egregious.
Posted in: Do you think a man holding a door open for a woman, holding her chair for her when she sits down, or giving up his seat for her are outmoded gestures of politeness or do they still have their place in today's society?
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Beelzebub
Just what the world needs, another religious war, only this time over nukes. Or possibly, using nukes.
Posted in: Ex-CIA chief: Strike on Iran seems more likely now
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Beelzebub
I'm beginning to believe that el Diablo has actually taken control of Mexico. These drug gangs are becoming the Khmer Rouge of Latin America.
Posted in: 51 bodies found at northern Mexico dumping ground
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Beelzebub
I've noticed that Osaka people are far more creative in their public toilet graffiti. I haven't seen any good scrawls in Tokyo for ages.
Posted in: Each prefecture breeds a different personality type
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Beelzebub
This news stories about the bloodthirsty exploits of the drug gangs need to be replaced with a digital indicator that counts down from Mexico's current population.
Posted in: 51 bodies found at northern Mexico dumping ground
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Beelzebub
Sending Clint Eastwood would probably fix the problem.
Posted in: Gunbattles paralyze Mexican city across from Texas
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Beelzebub
And by the way, it doesn't look to me like kids in Gaza are dying of malnutrition...
Posted in: Gaza tunnel smugglers cutting through Egypt's wall
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Beelzebub
Give up, Sarge, you're talking to a wall. :)
Posted in: Gaza tunnel smugglers cutting through Egypt's wall
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Beelzebub
Sizzle, sizzle obese star Thanks to JT I know where you are
Posted in: Scientists find most massive star ever discovered
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Beelzebub
Wait until China finishes building, and operating 100 nuclear power reactors it has on the planning boards. Radioactivity does a lot more damage than spilled oil.
Posted in: Large China oil spill threatens sea life, water
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Beelzebub
But there are so many holes in this system (the cafes operated on a shoestring and most of them don't have the manpower to conduct diligent checks) that they are unlikely to keep reliable records of users in any case. Instead of demanding ID they could probably retain usable evidence just by recording the faces of everyone who comes in with a security camera.
Posted in: New ID requirements for Net cafes unlikely to deter cyber-crimes
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Beelzebub
The US should give Afghanistan back to the Taliban and regularly send drones to visit their leaders at unexpected times. It would be cheaper in the long run and would keep the insurgent population in check.
Posted in: Insurgents behead 6 Afghan police in north
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Beelzebub
In another couple of years we'll be reading about hundreds (or hundreds of thousands) of starved humans washing up on remote beaches.
Posted in: Hundreds of dead penguins dot Brazil's beaches
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Beelzebub
Of all the follies of the Bush administration, the greatest by far was starting a second war before the first (in Afghanistan) had been resolved. Since the US had ended conscription, it literally drove its volunteer armed forces into the ground. This goes against the principles of every military theorist from Sun Zi to Carl von Clausewitz, and will be remembered as the singular event that marked the turning point in the decline of U.S. as a superpower.
Posted in: Ex-MI5 spy chief: No link between Iraq and 9/11
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Beelzebub
Now I've begun to hallucinate. It must be the heat.
Posted in: Can the Kitty
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Beelzebub
Looks like Peking Opera, the 'Monkey King'.
Posted in: Look here
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Beelzebub
Will I get a subsidy for watching football on the telly while sipping a cold Sapporo nama?
Posted in: Tokyo metropolitan government launches Bureau of Sports
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Beelzebub
Jason6, 40,000 yen will barely cover a White Day gift and dinner at an upscale restaurant. Sex parlour is definitely a more sensible option.
Posted in: The shrinking state of Japanese salarymen's pocket money
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Beelzebub
LOL, I remember a few years back when they held the national screaming contest and one of the finalists was a woman who bellowed, 'You crook! Bring back my stolen panties'!
If the perpetrator had opened one of those burusera boutiques in Shibuya he'd be rolling in money by now.
Posted in: Over 1,000 items found during search of underwear thief's home
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Beelzebub
How did this social (not religious) custom get started? By men too psychologically insecure to let other men glance at their wives? I can't see how it has anything to do with religious beliefs at all, and certainly has no place in 21st century society. I'll go along with Kronos about banning other costumes as well. Practitioners of all religions, take note: if you take the trouble to examine the teachings of your creed, you'll almost certainly discover that they do not mandate going to such extremes.
Posted in: In some countries, there are moves to ban or restrict the wearing of religious clothing and symbols such as burqas, veils, head scarves, skullcaps, turbans and crucifixes in public places like schools, recreational facilities and so on. What’s your stance?