JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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Blue_Tiger
I hope that more is done, and that it isn't used as a political football....
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Blue_Tiger
NeoJamal - Did the USA start World War two in the Pacific? Was it the USA that attacked a Japanese Naval Base, or was it the Japanese that attacked an American Naval Base, while sending diplomats to Washington with words of "Peace! Peace!"? If the Imperial Government of his Majesty's Japanese Emperor had not iordered the assault on Pearl, there'd have been no Hiroshima or Nagasaki in the first place, and in the secodn, those two bombs saved a lot of years of war, millions of casualties on both sides, preserved South Korean Independence, stanched three invasion of thed Japanese Home Islands, and saved Japan and Tokyo from being divided as Germany was. How, again, were the atom bombs somethign the USA should be apologizing for? Why should the USA apologize, again, for ernding a war she didn't start?
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Blue_Tiger
"Whilst the Japanese have certainly apologized for their actions during the Second World War..."
To whom? To whom has the Government of Japan issued an apology qabout the War? Or are we talking abotu the singular events of Japanese government officials saying that Japan is sorry, only for the Japanese government to distance itself from such statements every single time? When did the Emperor sign and seal a Document of Official Apology to Australia, the USA, or any of the nations that felt the boot of the Imperial Army?
Japan has never officially recognized her guilt, her instigation of the Pacific War, or her exploitation of those she assualted, invaded, and occupied and if anyone thinks that she will apologize for the sinking of this hospital ship now, hand me some of what you're smoking....
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Blue_Tiger
i agree withj you, OssanAmerica - travesty! The man gave his life for his country, and his wife and son are denied? Pathetic!!!
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Blue_Tiger
Well-stated, RomeoRamenII, in your initial post. Democrats want everything their way, or its the highway....ezxcept, this year, thanks to the Democrats ignoring the public, it will be the Democrats who will be on the highway after the November Elections....
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Blue_Tiger
Who's Anna Tsuchiya?
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Blue_Tiger
I agree, goddog: take away his records, and all others of those who `roided up. Whatever the ends were (fans coming back to Baseball), the means aren't justified here.
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Blue_Tiger
Hawt - both the car and the girlz....
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Blue_Tiger
This guy's a suspect.....and they let him walk?!?!?!?!?!? Kan we say Keystone Kops?
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Blue_Tiger
I went to Wendy's in Japan likethree times, and every time I went, the food was pretty good. Too bad they're folding here. Hope Krispy Kreme and Burger King aren't the next to go. Micky D's has too strong a hold over here, but I think, too, that if a joint came into Japan that had a decent burger for a decent price, McD's would lose some of their lustre. Glad I'm moving back to the USA for a spell. It'll be nice to get fast foodthat isn't either McDonald's or some McDonald's clone (read Lotteria and Triangle-1 Burgers).
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Blue_Tiger
So much for the "Kinder, Gentler" Red China that the PRC has wanted ot exude....
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Blue_Tiger
Abnd to think that the "Surge" that started a year-and-a-half ago had basically silenced this under President Bush's watch. Now with President Obama, its starting to look like a regular thing again....
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Blue_Tiger
I just see as different level of maturity in Kim than I do in Mao. Kim was allowed to mature gracefully by her handlers, and as such, has been gaining in strength and experience ever since she and Mao were first declared "rivals". For Mao, her handlers have made her grow up too fast, which is a shame, because had she been able to mature as grafcefully as Kim has, this coming Olympic match-up wiould be one forthe ages. As it has turned out, Mao is just now starting to re-capitalize, since her handlers have stopped pushing herto be a mature, grown up and let her be herself. Because Kim has been allowed such, her skating has gradually gotten better over time, to where now, I believe she will be untouchable by any of Japan's skaters. Miki is too twitchy, Mao has been too inconsistent, and the new girl, Suzuki, though her skating seemed good, was not at the level even approaching Kim's...
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Blue_Tiger
Hmmmmm.....normal looking women on JT's photo of the day....it MUST be Holiday Season!!!!
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Blue_Tiger
While, yes, Okinawa "bears the 'burden'" of three-fourths of US Bases, the fact remains that those US Bases pay rent for the land they occupy, giving Okinawa a substantial economic income (I've heard from people who live there that revenue from the US Bases make up about 70% to 80% of the Okinawa Eceonomy). On top of that, these basee give Japanese people the oportunity not only for international experience and travel to the USA, but they also help in relations with American People and with English Language Learning. As such, I'm not surprised that 60% iof Hashimoto's letters and other messages are positive. Havign a Base would give Osaka a great economic boost...and surely the US Military Personnel would have a far more enjoyable time in the Kansai area than on Okinawa....
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Blue_Tiger
This is what a society reaps when it allows sex to be plastered everywhere, and women treated as objects in the media. The girl in quesiton here was fortunate not to have been killed. May the boy get the justice he deserves.
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Blue_Tiger
OssanAmerica - According to the 43rd Prwesident of the United States of America, the Islands belong to Korea, somethign that the 44th president hasn't changed the USA's stance on. Until Japan acts like adults, and settles some very badly outstnading issues, the Koreans will continue to rightfully uphold their claim.
Posted in: S Korea-Japan territorial dispute flares up again
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Blue_Tiger
Kim's gouing to get the gold for Korea. Sorry to say so, but she's been the most consistent of anyone else in the world the last couple of years....
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Blue_Tiger
To me, she represents the typical airhead in Japan....
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Blue_Tiger
This island issue between Japan could be settled very simply if both sides would bother to listen. I kidna' tend to side with Korea on this one, but maybe I'm a bit biased, seeing how half of my family is Korean.
OssanAmerica - Please feel free to name those high-ranking officers from Korea, who were charged with War Crimes. No, it is not an oft-repeated lie, as I have personally spoken to people in Korea who are old enough to remember the press gangs for service in the Imperial Japanese Army coming and "pressing" their fathers, uncles, and brothers into service, most never returning to Korea again, and I'll take their personal testimony and memories over your personal conjecture any day ofthe week. You may call their testimonies lies, but you'd be akin to those in Germany who defended the Third Reich's slaughter of untermenschen claiming that the Slaves "wanted" to work for Germany...
Sure, the Chinese "invaded" first.....between 1600 and 1620, when the Manchus tried to invade Korea and were repulsed time and time again. Between 1620 and 1895, there were no outside invasions of Korea. According to some sites that I've seen and studied, while the Chinese Beiyan Regime in the late 1800s viewed Korea as their tributary state, nothing was mentioned about the Beiyan Army entering Korean Territory or even crossing the Yalu River in the lead-up to the Sino-Japanese War. It wasn't until after hostilities commenced between China and Japan that Japanese forces invaded Korea first, overthrew the Emperor of Korea after capturing Seoul, and installed a Pro-Japan government in its place (so much for those records you say exist showing Imperial Army Quotas being "joyfully" filled by Korean "volunteers"), then proceeded to use Korea as a staging ground for further incursions into Manchuria and China Proper(they did the same thign in 1905 agaisnt the Russians).
And yes, as an American, I can be very proud of Admiral Yi, even more so than Admiral Nelson of Great Britain. Look up his record for yourself, if you don't trust my words, and further, read what Admiral Togo - the Hero of the Russo-Japanese War and victor of the Battle of Tsushima - had to say about him, if you disagree.
Yes, Korea was so weak that for the entirity fo the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, outside nations basically left them alone militarily. Yes, Korea was of great strategic importance, but they were also an Independent Nation, whose sovereignty was demolished by the Imperial Japanese War Machine.
Yes, yes, valuable Japanese citizenship. Still looked upon as a high commodity by Both Koreas today (wonders why his wife is rather seeking US Citizenship and not Japanese). All the while, not a word of apology or reparition from the Imperial Japanese Government for the systematic destruction of an entire culture and society. I'm sure the Koreans should be rightfully thankful, as I'm also sure the Chinese should be following two major Japanese Invasions and barbarism inside of forty years.
Signs? Where? POut up or shut up, with all due respect. And even if your words are true, which is better: living a life free from sexual enslavement, or living a life of the most basic and intimate violation every day for years on end? And how much dinero did these comfort women, as employed by the Imperial Army, see? How many of them were taken from their homes and ripped away from their families, most of them never to see them again?
Again, Korea was INDEPENDENT of China. INDEPENDENT means having their own government, their own laws, their own military, and their own way of life.
With Korea's current Preisdent, I doubt he will budge from his position. It is no surprise that Hatoyama wants to "change things" again, as he has done similarly with regards to the Kadena Base situation with the USA. hopefully, the Dokdo/Takeshima thing will be rectified peacefully....
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