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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BurakuminDes
What a sad end for a "Gangster" - getting gunned down in a cheap-as-chips family restaurant. One minute he is ordering the 190yen Tiramisu dessert...the next, getting a few caps popped into him. Doesn't do much for his street-cred.
Posted in: Former gang member shot dead in Denny's restaurant in Chiba
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BurakuminDes
Houston...we have lift off. (Of Sony profits that is...)
I still remember having to sing "The Greatest Love of All" in a choir as a primary schoolkid in my Catholic school. Still remember all the words which is kinda amazing...
Posted in: Remembering
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BurakuminDes
With Tokyo looking like specials to win this time - there are no viable candidates in the whole group of 5 - look out for Glory-hunter Ishihara to change the rules of competition so as he can run the last 10m of the Marathon and win it himself.
Posted in: Rome's 2020 Olympic bid scrapped, leaving Tokyo, 4 other cities
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BurakuminDes
We all wish it was - but it does not come any more real than this, my friend. Come up here and have a yarn to the folk who had to move out of their hometowns. A year on, the frustration has only magnified - as has sadly the depression. Life is not - and probably never will be - the same for them again. I hope the point that they are "questioning the system" (for the first time in their lives in many cases) is examined. I applaud these Japanese filmmakers for getting the story of these people out there, and I look forward to the films' release here.
Posted in: Fukushima in spotlight at Berlin film festival
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BurakuminDes
Im guessing "arcade" and "play games" translates as a Pachinko games arcade? Because this couple are so old even Pac-Man and Space Invaders are cutting-edge arcade games for them!
Posted in: We're bored. We have nothing to do. I don't have anything to say to my husband anymore. It's much better to come here than just sit in the house watching TV all day. We need some excitement, too.
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BurakuminDes
Rest in Peace. Any number of things may have happened to him. I have met many normal, family people who come over for the ski season here - they are NOT all "pissed Aussies". A great many Aussies own real estate in Niseko and live there year round.
Posted in: Australian man found dead at Niseko ski resort
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BurakuminDes
BTW - my grand-dad had this surgery 30-odd years ago in Sydney. He survived with flying colours - but the lung cancer from smoking ended up killing him!
Posted in: Emperor to have heart bypass surgery next Saturday
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BurakuminDes
All the best of luck, bro. It seems he has been dealt a dud deal in terms of his health and body.
Posted in: Emperor to have heart bypass surgery next Saturday
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BurakuminDes
@ Equality - having lived here for a bit, the real reason most Japanese wear the masks is to avoid catching colds and flu. At the monet I'd say 70 percent of people in my city are wearing them right now. I doubt they work however, as indicated by the high level of influenza here.
Posted in: NZ admits overreacting to flu scare on plane from Japan
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BurakuminDes
Each new photo or story released on this issue is an absolute goldmine for JT! The usual suspects - both pro and anti-whaling - never cease to get all hot under the collar and fired up behind their PCs - and the hits and comments go through the roof! Good work JT!
Posted in: Confrontation
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BurakuminDes
Well said there, Ah_so!
Posted in: Argentina says Britain has nuclear weapons in Falklands
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BurakuminDes
I'll back my Mercedes-Benz over a Toyota or Daihatsu any day of the week!
Posted in: U.S. safety regulators investigate Toyota cars over door fires
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BurakuminDes
@ issa - stop being so negative toward America. They prop your country up financially and they are allowed to check the safety of the products they PAY for. You seem to think Japanese products are perfectly safe for some bizarre (nationalistic?) reason.
Posted in: U.S. safety regulators investigate Toyota cars over door fires
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BurakuminDes
There are a few posters on here who seem to think Japanese Auto makers don't produce cars with occasional serious problems. NEWSFLASH: They DO. Let's hope they get the problems sorted so no-one is injured or dies.
Posted in: U.S. safety regulators investigate Toyota cars over door fires
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BurakuminDes
C'mon Ted - I'm sure you are a man of reason like the rest of us and trust the Brits over the Argies. It is very likely that 30 years after being OWNED by the Brits in the dispute the Argies are rattling the cage again in their unstable joint as there is political unrest - possibly a coup de tat coming up - the Falkland Islanders have zero interest in Argentina.
Posted in: Argentina says Britain has nuclear weapons in Falklands
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BurakuminDes
Rest in Peace to them all. Just awfully depressing news.
Posted in: Elderly man, two grandchildren perish in Yamagata fire
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BurakuminDes
I have a sneaking suspicion there may be some Anti-royalists on here! I think "royal" families are anti-democratic too - but there is no harm is wishing for improved health for old Akihito, he is a man worthy of respect.
Posted in: Emperor has angiography to check on heart condition
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BurakuminDes
I wish her all the best - but don't hold your breath hoping for free and fair elections in Burma. I hope she has a good security team also. Just read today that an influentual Burmese Monk - Shin Gambira - has been "taken in" for questioning by the rotten to the core government there...
Posted in: Excited crowds greet Suu Kyi on campaign trail
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BurakuminDes
Argentina has no links or rightful claims over these islands. Japan even has a bigger influence there than Argentina - indeed more Japanese people live there than Argies. I knew life was grim in Argentina but I did not know they had sunk this low to have to make up lies and ridiculous claims. Probably heading for another coup?
Posted in: Argentina says Britain has nuclear weapons in Falklands
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BurakuminDes
"Down Tools" is usually the expression we use in Australia for blue collar workers going on strike. "Walk off the job" is another. I do feel for these workers - but I fear that this action is not going to help. They really have no bargaining power anymore. Their jobs will be done much cheaper in The Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. I don't know about the Netherlands, but in Australia the amount of taxpayer subsidies thrown at the likes of Mitsubishi, Toyota, GM and Ford over the years to keep them in production would be enough to buy several third-world countries! Outrageous really - and maybe the same in Holland?
Posted in: Dutch workers down tools at Mitsubishi plant