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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It seems the line between teacher/coach and student is really blurry in Japan. We all know or know of high school teachers who courted and eventually married their students. I find it a moral/ethical problem that teachers and students go out drinking together. I can't imagine doing that, especially if I knew they were underage. There has to be some line of professionalism....
Teachers drink with teachers, students with students.
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Terrible point Anglootaku. The hysterical argument "oh no, we'll become the next USA" is a strawman, and ignores reality. Many countries have reasonable restrictions on firearms which allow for sport hunting and recreational use.
Posted in: Police oppose proposals to liberalize Japan's gun laws
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I agree that the whole "research" aspect is a sham. It's too bad that it is necessary in order to conduct a perfectly normal human activity- namely using one of the earth's renewable resources. I say that commercial whaling (within reasonable limits) should be restored. Let the free market decide whether or not whale products are economically viable or wanted. If the public is as anti-whaling as some think, then the market for whale meat would disappear.
Blue Witch, I'm not sure why you think my statement was "lame". It's a perfectly reasonable position, and consistent with other forms of resource use. Whales aren't special or mythical or magical. They are protein.
As for Australia, they are free to do what they want. If the govt disagrees with whaling, they can make their feelings felt in the appropriate fora.
Posted in: Australia refuses to protect Japanese whalers
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They're just whales. As long as they're not endangered, there is no reason for Australia to waste time/money protecting them. Just another animal, a renewable resource like fish or squid or octopus. I wouldn't expect protection for any of the former either.
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Guns usually aren't the problem, especially long guns and shotguns. And for people with valid reasons to get them, there shouldn't be such unreasonable restrictions on getting them. As for hunting/animal rights, if animals were so smart, THEY would get the guns and start hunting people.
Contrary to the popular slurs mentioned here, most gun owners/hunters are intelligent and respectable people who are environmentally aware and take care to not cause irreparable harm.
Posted in: Police oppose proposals to liberalize Japan's gun laws
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Saudi Arabia is an incredibly backwards society. 21st century technology with 7th century social mores. I don't know why the world doesn't just boycott them to extinction and be done with them. Yeah, they have oil, but so do a lot of other places that are at least only moderately evil. Not to mention that SA produces a truly remarkable secondary export- terrorists. And financial support to extremist groups that promote their horrid, misogynistic way of life.
Posted in: Australian sentenced to 500 lashes in Saudi Arabia for blasphemy
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Sorry, Australia doesnt own the so-called EEZ. If they don't want to do anything, that's their business. As it is the business of the whalers to do what they are allowed to do by law, which is to kill whales. If a few eco-terrorists get harpooned in the crossfire, it's their own damn fault for trying to interfere with a legal hunt.
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Any tax increase will have that effect. And life getting harder is unavoidable. It's a question of when and how bad. There is no way out of the current situation that does not involve pain.
Posted in: Noda's consumption tax hike plan unpopular, poll shows
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In that sense, Cain was right. The vast majority of wealthy and successful people in the US are in that position because of their own efforts, not inheritance or trust funds. Get a job, work hard, open your own business, work harder, employ others, that is the usual formula for financial success.
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No, it would be allowing the free marketplace to decide winners and losers, instead of incompetent central planners. If banks are gonna fail, let them. That's the cost of doing business poorly. The system doesnt work if rewards are kept, but risk is spread around and/or eliminated..
The idea of a unified currency was a joke. It's like having a joint bank account with the loser down the street. You want HIM to have access to your money?
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A consumption tax is one of the more fair ways to raise revenue. Simple, hard to avoid, and you pay more the more you consume. Raising actual tax rates on income doesnt usually work. The rich will always find a way to avoid the higher rates through creatve accounting and loopholes.
Raise the tax, cut spending. Means test pension benefits. Raise the age of eligibility. Reduce unemployment benefit times. No more shinkansens to nowhere and dams on rivers with no water. Let banks fail that have too much bad debt instead of propping them up.
The government that governs least governs best.
Posted in: Noda's consumption tax hike plan unpopular, poll shows
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It's a ridiculous law, and an egregious breach of freedom. As if anyone alive doesnt know that smoking is unhealthy...
The government really has no business wasting time of this kind of "feel good" measure that has no benefit. People can "vote" on it every day, by not buying the product in question.
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Jeremiah you forgot the /sarcasm after your comment.
The govt has murdered 4000 innocent civilians. The world reaction? Yawn.
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Thank you for admitting that you were wrong, Yabits. It's rare to see that honesty here.
The finanical mess has many parts, most of which have to do with politicians trying to feather their own nests. Add to that the government compunction to try and pick winners and losers in the economy, the artificial stimulus programme that would not allow bad businesses to fail (as they should), and you have today.
Posted in: Cain 'suspends' U.S. presidential campaign
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Yabits;
There is plenty of blame to go around for the economy. Again the strawman argument though- I didn't "admit" that the right was responsible. Try avoiding that, it makes it difficult to have an adult discussion. The roots of the disaster can be seen even before Bush, in the whole low interest policy pushed by the government. It made getting loans far too easy for people who frankly shouldnt have received them. Add that to the ridiculous "too big to fail" policy that both Bush and Obama supported, and we are where we are. These aren't entirely political issues that require partisan attitudes.
As for Cain, he was never ready for prime time. He has a great personal story, but wasn't careful enough to hide his personal failings. Welcome to being a question on a game show, Herman.
Posted in: Cain 'suspends' U.S. presidential campaign
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Didnt say that Madvert, stop making strawman arguments.
When you see the Christian Brotherhood getting a third of votes in the US, then you have something to argue about. Until then, the supremacy of secular politics and social values is still supreme.
Serrano, that would be nice. Unfortunately, Islam as a political/social force would not allow it.
Posted in: Egypt Brotherhood says it won't impose Islamic values
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Yabits wrote:
"I would like to know, and only a Republican/conservative can tell me: How does it feel to have your ass handed to you by such a "light" candidate?"
There's no mystery to Obama's victory. He ran a tight campaign against an unpopular incumbent and an uninspiring opponent. Plus, most importantly, the economy was in the crapper. All factors which made the thinness of Obama's resume a smaller issue than it should have been.
2012- bad economy, made worse by an unpopular incumbent. He's ripe for the picking. Look for President Romney.
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The difference, Madverts, is that very very few bible-thumpers want to return the USA to a state ruled by the laws of Leviticus. None, actually. The comparison is ludicrous.
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Sex scandals are not by any means exclusive to one party. I remember a certain hopeful in the Democrats in 2008 who actually fathered an illegitimate child, while his wife was dying of cancer....
Politicians on both sides are pretty much the same in morality, or lack thereof. Ditto for financial shenanigans.
IMHO, the process of running for president virtually ensures that the best, most qualified candidates will NOT even enter the fray.
Posted in: Cain 'suspends' U.S. presidential campaign
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SS: Considering that the Democrats selected a man whose total business/private sector experience was basically zero, and whose total leadership experience was basically zero, and whose resume was half a term as a junior Senator...
...don't liberals have ANY pride for their country?
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