JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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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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Canukle
gee, then maybe they should hire people with, uh I dunno, experience?
Posted in: Companies are facing international competition and do not have the time and resources to train new graduates.
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Canukle
Why are their shorts unbuttoned? Fine line between sexy and trashy. Personally I find these girls the latter.
Moderator: Readers, please do not insult the girls.
Posted in: Cheers
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Canukle
Some posters really seem hell-bent on blasting housewives or SAHM
s. I was a SAHM but recently went back to work pt precisely because I wanted some pocket money of my own. I dont HAVE to work, I CHOOSE to work. I would like my daughter to see a working woman and someone who comes home and still cooks dinner. I will admit that asking my husband for money (FOR ME) was uncomfortable. I felt like a child asking for an allowance. So, once the baby was older, off to work I went. I pay for my cars gas, tax, and maintenance and my credit card as well as sundries. Plus any discretionary spending for my daughter. Not saying that what my husband and I do is right for everyone. Its right for US. Cleo has an excellent point - its no one elses buisness what married couples decide in regards to pocket money etc. A family is a unit, not a one-man (or woman) show.Posted in: The shrinking state of Japanese salarymen's pocket money
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Canukle
Japan's koseki and juminhyo systems are outdated, disctiminatory, and broken. Fix 'em. Family unity my left foot. If your marriage isn't solid enough to endure the gasp horror of seperate surnames then your marriage wasn't very strong to begin with. All this hullabaloo over seperate names? Grow up.
Posted in: There are many people who have traditional values and who see an important meaning in Japan's family system.
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Canukle
I don't think they do appeal to teenyboppers. I think they appeal to ahem ladies. Did they grow again? I mean, HOW many dancers do you actually need? Didn't there used to be like only 6 of them?
Posted in: EXILE concert tour expected to draw 1.1 million fans
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Canukle
Why don't parents just kick them out? They don't have to get married, this is not the 1700's where you need to be hooked up in order to leave home. Outta uni? Got a job....then out you go.
Posted in: One reason for the declining marriage rate is the prevalence of so-called parasite singles, or people who prefer to remain unwed and live at home with their parents during the current economic climate.
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Canukle
Tell me about it...who want's to watch TV with glasses on?
Posted in: Television makers' expectations for 3D are high but looking at the degree of interest among consumers, there is a big gap with the enthusiasm of manufacturers.
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Canukle
Ah kirakira - it seems like you live in my neighbourhood!
Posted in: Navigating the intricacies of Japan’s gift-giving protocol
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Canukle
Methinks he wants to avoid the missus.
Posted in: Would-be thief asks store manager to report him to police
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Canukle
@ebisen - When we built our house, my FIL did the first rounds of the neighbourhood to soften up the neighbours to my foreigness. After we moved in, we did the 'hikosi soba' thing. Not everyone would even answer the door. We still have about 4 boxes. There are two houses on our block who refuse to talk to me...and I bet they're pissed they didn't get their soba.
Posted in: Navigating the intricacies of Japan’s gift-giving protocol
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Canukle
These men are idiots.
Posted in: Moonlighting salarymen must anticipate pitfalls
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Canukle
Isn't it the parents job to make sure that their kids eat properly? Why does there need to be an 'expert' between the schools and parents, can parents not talk to schools? Can schools not talk to parents? Is everyone mute?
Posted in: Improper dietary habits in young people can result in diseases caused by unhealthy lifestyles, and increase the risk of obesity. Therefore, experts that bridge the gap between schools and parents are important. Local governments have been slow about assigning nutrition teachers.
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Canukle
Bwuhhahaah - sorry, child porn isn`t funny but this chickie is stupid.
Posted in: 18-yr-old girl arrested for online sale of photos of herself naked
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Canukle
Now she is georgeous!
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Canukle
Guess they are not very 'rabu -rabu' and why is she wearing socks with those shoes?
Posted in: Newlyweds Ebi-chan, Ilmari return from Paris wedding
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Canukle
@Marushka - my daughter is still nursing and wakes up a few times a night. If she does not get her feeding, she screames bloody murder and does not go back to sleep. It is a comfort to her and way for me to get sleep between feedings. Also if you have not had the priviledge of watching you baby sleep peacefully, or waking up to their smiling faces and a cry of 'mama!', you can't understand how heartwarming it is. There is nothing untowards about it.
Posted in: Wives still have passion, but how to get their husbands to realize it?
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Canukle
@Marushka - that is your opinion and I respect it, but neither I, nor my husband, is 'sick'.
Posted in: Wives still have passion, but how to get their husbands to realize it?
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Canukle
My almost 2 year old daughter still sleeps with us but that in no way inhibits our sex life - we just set up a futon in the spare room. We enjoy our 'family bed' and the closeness it brings.
That being said, most likely by the time she is 3 she will be in her own bed. It is VERY common for children to sleep with their parents in Japan. Used to be a space issue. The thing I have issue with is when the mom only sleeps with the children and the husband sleeps in another room...that just seems sad.
Posted in: Wives still have passion, but how to get their husbands to realize it?
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Canukle
@Kira - that's strange, I got a credit card from MUFJ just a few months back with no problem really. Even though I work p-t they classified me as 'shufu' and made me put down my husband's income - but I didn't have to include his name, so I dunno. Haven't been refused at a ryokan yet - have had some funny looks when I show up after booking in my married name (which is a Japanese surname). They they proceed to question me on HOW I got the name - sigh-. Isn't key money along the same lines as the 'line money' you have to pay for a landline? The reasoning being that they needed to charge extra money (again after WWII) to rebuild the telephone lines, and yet they STILL charge this fee...I was also confused as to why noone complains. Shoganai ne?
Posted in: Why Japanese property managers are so strict on renting apartments
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Canukle
Snuh? Is she serious?
Posted in: Liberation of sexual expression clearly helped to reduce the number of rape victims in Japan.