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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CoolCali
Wait! Which one is the robot?
Posted in: Good moves
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CoolCali
You can all suck my butt
Posted in: Make way for the Butt Police
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CoolCali
After 6 years of English instruction, countless hours at juku and eikaiwas, most Japanese can barely utter a passable "Hello" let alone have the guts to want to work overseas.
Wasn't their a report a couple of weeks ago that said something like fewer than 20% of non-managerial employees wanted to work overseas?
I remember when I was at uni in California, every August a huge number of Japanese high school students would descend upon the campus to learn English and to experience America. When I was visiting a former English prof last xmas, he told me the students were now from China and South Korea. Maybe 1 or 2 from Japan. Go figure?
Posted in: Even though we are in Asia, which is the growing engine for the whole world economy, Japan is not a part of it.
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CoolCali
50,000 in a city of 12 million?
2 shows?
If they were truly popular, even in their own country, they could have sold out much larger venues for several days. Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Madonna, and dare I say, Billy Joel, can sell out massive venues for multiple shows in smaller cities.
3.5 hour show??? Hah! And you'll get about 45 minutes of actual music, the rest of the time will be spent on inane banter, costume changes, and videos of past concerts. BFD!
Over-rated, talentless poofs, whose longevity is due to the marketing whores that sell them to every advertiser they can.
Posted in: SMAP kicks off international tour
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CoolCali
I was in Kanagawa last month, puffing away. When some ojisan walks up and tells me to put it out. So I did. IN MY HAND. On the calluses I have from working with ceramics (my hobby). He about freaked. Then I lit up another one and walked away.
If you all are so concerned about air pollution, I hope you are all driving a Prius.
Posted in: Kanagawa's new anti-smoking ordinance a bane on businesses
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CoolCali
So, let's take them one at a time...
Lost respect: yes, Bush went to war on lies and deceit...No WMDS
Going broke: uh huh, 2 costly wars and the deregulation of the banking industry did that
American Dream: yeah right, wake up dude, the dream died a long time ago, you're just having flashbacks now
Social & Cultural fabric: these are right wing catch phrases for gay marriage, and white people in charge, respectively. Need I say more.
Posted in: Coast to coast, tea partiers promote their cause
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CoolCali
Too Little, Too Late should replace "Yokoso Japan."
Posted in: Unusual bond heals wounds for American WWII POWs who will visit Japan
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CoolCali
This article fails to mention it isn't just flights on US carriers, it's flights to the US, period. My flight on JAL was transferred to Haneda, from Narita. I thought, OK, no problem. Until I saw the take off time: 12:05 am. WTF??? Thus, I had to change my car rental, meeting times, etc... I'm not the only one. Anyone else out there been bumped by JackassAirLines?
Posted in: U.S. airlines squeezed as Haneda goes international
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CoolCali
You look human, I don't hear anyone complaining.... yet.
Undoubtedly from Siberia or somewhere in the far eastern area, perhaps near the Chinese or Mongolian border. They don't all have fair skin and blue eyes.
Posted in: Victory
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CoolCali
ACUPUNCTURE ROCKS!!!
Don't know jack about the other types of "alternative" treatments, but what I do know is that I used to have to go to a chiropractor at least once a week for an "adjustment" when I lived in the states. And I went to many different ones before settling on who I thought was good. But after I moved to Japan 8 years ago, I was a bit worried about my neck and back. My boss told me to try acupuncture and I've never looked back. A few visits a year AND covered by national health insurance... I'm a believer.
Posted in: What do you think of alternative health care methods such as homeopathy, indigenous medicine, acupuncture, mind-body medicine and so on?
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CoolCali
LMAO
But seriously, I really don't care who gets elected to the revolving door show... just please have the chutzpah to serve your term.
Posted in: How do you think Ichiro Ozawa will do as prime minister if he wins the DPJ leadership election on Sept 14?
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CoolCali
Obviously YOU DIDN'T READ THE ARTICLE BABY! The USA has won it 5 times in a row. Guess it was the Japanese studying OUR training techniques.
Posted in: Tokyo beats Hawaii to take Little League World Series title
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CoolCali
According to these statistics, Japanese teachers are the 5th highest paid in the world:
http://www.educationworld.net/teacher_salaries.html
Posted in: One reason for the lack of Japanese teachers is because it is not a well-paid job.
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CoolCali
MOVE HOME
This quote wasn't directed at whiners like you.
Posted in: The people should be ready to entrust the Democratic Party of Japan for four years without complaining about every detail once it took power after an election.
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CoolCali
I think the author was trying to be satirical.
Posted in: Fixing American 'dumbocracy'
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CoolCali
Huh, I thought Chie was a Japanese name.
Posted in: Couple charged with killing son of Japanese film producer in Beverly Hills
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CoolCali
The only monarch I'm interested in is the butterfly.
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CoolCali
Laughing at a memorial for the dead IS NOT COOL. Children even know better. There is no laughing at Arlington, USS Arizona, Punch Bowl, or others. Just goes to illustrate the lack of maturity/sensibility the young have in Japan.
Terrible pic JT, get something that doesn't reflect so negatively on the Japanese.
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CoolCali
All the dingbats that posted such inane comments as
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Obviously you have no concept of how much pedestrians, drivers, and cyclists rely on sound to make decisions. We expect, as peds and cyclists, to hear vehicles approaching. It hasn't got jack ***t to do with paying attention. Drivers expect people to hear them coming, again, not having jack ***t to do with paying attention. That's how it's been for a very long time. You just don't unlearn these things.
I was saying this when the Prius debuted, what 8-9 years ago in California. People were always surprised when I said the damned things need to be noisier.
Posted in: Quiet hybrids: An end to their sounds of silence?
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CoolCali
@paulinusa I wasn't referencing any reviews... I was talking about friends who have seen it. Hell, I haven't paid any attention to reviews since the "Star Wars" thrashing by reviewers.
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