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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DXXJP
Anyone see the top gear when they tested a BMW against a prius. The BMW got better mileage.
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DXXJP
No I do understand I have been in japan for everything they have pulled since 93. I wasn't too worried then and Im not now. As for as Iran Im pretty damn close to them right now. Since when did the US get to dictate who and who cant develop their military power. YES Im an American and whats good for the goose is good for the gander. If everybody would just back off and take 5 mins to understand each other we wouldn't be here. As well cowboy dubya didnt smooth the world frustrations with his axis of evil speech. If your going to poke someone in the eye be ready to get poked back. Right now the US and everyone is ASSUMING this is for military purposes. How many times has the US pulled the bait and switch. Next it will be WMD's in NK, Oh wait thats right we know they have them but there isnt anything worth marching for there.
Posted in: Japan goes into crisis mode for possible N Korea missile launch
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DXXJP
If in fact it is a satellite then NK has every friggin right to fire it. Just like Japan and the US. Wow wouldn't it be an embarrassment if the US and japan engaged in a war with NK because they assumed it was a bomb.
Like the invasion of somewhere else over WMD's.
Posted in: Japan goes into crisis mode for possible N Korea missile launch
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DXXJP
The sky is falling.
Wolf wolf.
Y2k
To bad nobody will entertain the notion that it just might be a satellite. And if someone didnt have a stick up their @#$ they could have said " well how about in a show of good faith we help you with your launch". But no its better to get people riled up and in fighting mode than peaceful negotiation and co operative co existence.
Posted in: Japan goes into crisis mode for possible N Korea missile launch
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DXXJP
I guess its where your at and what your trade is. I have been working 14 hour days for a month. I was recently offered a new job and start in a week. More money, less hours, and a dream job.
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DXXJP
There is a oneseg tuner for sale in japan, they even showcased it here on JT. You want games, Jailbroken Iphone has a NES, PS2 emulator and games galore. I use the NES so I can play the classic Nintendo.
As far as I can remember you had to jump threw hoops to access the web on a japanese phone. Sorry I cant remember I have a prepaid cheepy for calls when Im in japan.
The new omnia is the shizzle i was going to buy one the other day but a customer of mine just gave me a new 3g iphone originally unlocked. I did do the jailbrake, and really think its better than the original 2g I have had for 2 years.
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DXXJP
And still no blue tooth support. Oh well jailbroken and Ibluetooth added.
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DXXJP
Maybe it will help get them flamers off the air. I am so sick of these cross dressing buffoons and their life changing advice. Its gotten to the point that any old oyaji over fifty in a dress is a instant psycho annalist, with moral, and life changing information.
But then again in another 8 years I suppose I could bleach my hair piss yellow and throw on a velvet red dress and talk about the happy painter.
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DXXJP
Dont kill skippy!!!!!!
Thats like gunning down lassie.
Im with you Cleo, it never ends, mans domination will be his demise.
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DXXJP
How about the one that wont take responsibility and cuts production because of their mistakes. Oh and cant be fired because their the boss.
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DXXJP
Um you might want to look up and see when his mother died. Was rumored he came to the funeral in Saudi.
Posted in: Bin Laden: Arab leaders 'complicit' with Israel
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DXXJP
WOW all I got from that was lauddy dauddy has a 25mill bounty, the same that Saddam had, but Saddams boy had a 30 mill which was paid out.
So are dubya and dead eye dick hiding with him or what.
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DXXJP
I think the Somalis are bold enough to attack them, and the destroyers are dumb enough to be boarded.
These aren't whale protesters or north Korean spy ships.
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DXXJP
Nope didnt see it.
No where did it say they shoved them down her fat face. There is a heck of a lot more important people dieing everyday yet some how this cow gets all the news.
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DXXJP
One guy gets a way and some think its the end of the world for japan.
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DXXJP
You do realize that the laws are not of or by the people. This place is a monarchy. Of course its not illegal, but just smoking a joint in japan will get you arrested it wont in Amsterdam. Are people here really that ignorant, come on read a book or better yet the Saudi gazette is online.
Posted in: Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to lashes
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DXXJP
Likeitis
Im not saying its right but I guess for a place that's only been a country for the past 60 years its a lot more advanced that the US was in its first 60. I don't have to live here I can go anywhere else in the world, but to condemn everyone, well like you said "mirror"
Like I said Im not defending the issue, I have issues with it and other craziness here, but as I said for only being a country for 60 years or so it could be a lot worse. I suppose everyone would prefer it to be like Dubai, you know booze flowing, strip bars, drugs, and the occasional " Put a bunch of Bengali in the elevator and see if its safe or not" ( just a few months ago this happened in Dubai. IIRC 4 were killed or injured in the 40 something story fall)
Yeah UAE what kind of Islam do they teach.
Posted in: Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to lashes
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DXXJP
I have been here for two years now. I don't live in a compound, and I don't have any foreign ( US, UK, ect. ) friends. I live, and work ( No I'm not military), in Jeddah. I have my own car, and live on my own. To tell you the truth its a hell of a lot safer than japan as far as walking the streets. I have never been in a confrontation and nobody has been aggressive to me.
You have to remember that the laws here were started by the Bedouins. These were in some instances put in place to keep women faithful and out of bounds for other men. Look at it this way, if you were a goat herder way out in the sand and you had a wife maybe the only female for a 100 miles how far would you go to protect whats yours. Killing another man for looking? yes that happens, but they also feel that women can entice men. We all know women do this weather they are beautiful or even with their actions. So the Bedouin have kept these practices and laws in place. Your out of your mind if you think everybody lives in a house here. The Bedouin still roam around with there stock, wives, kids, and possessions. Its their right just like it was the right of the American Indians. We all know to well what happened to them from our imposed laws and whims.
What if the US was still run by puritans do you think the laws would be any different. What about witch hunts and suspicions, that was enough to get you killed back then. Like posted above the story is not the complete story, she will not be whipped like Christ, its to humiliate. I don't know anything about the breastfeeding laws but if that's true I could be kin to a few women here.
Another point to make is that the mutawa ( the guys on patrol) are dictated what is acceptable and what isn't. Here in Jeddah its relatively relaxed. I will be moving to Riyadh in two weeks, that's the strictest place in Saudi. Ill get along fine because I'm not a ignorant American running around demanding people respect me because I am American. I prefer to obey the rules and laws and go undetected as much as possible. I am afforded more privileges than the locals because I am an American, but I don't test the line. I can be with another woman as long as she is christian and we are not frolicking around in the streets, how ever if she is Muslim then there are precautions we must take.
I think a lot of you are going off on something you have no experience with or secondhand BS news about the place. I'm really stumped how someone can post time and again how the 911 terrorist were Saudi how that makes all Saudis evil, yet you all forget what country Timothy McVeigh was from, or the uni bomber, how about the Washington sniper, or even where the anthrax came from.
I would suggest you clean your own yard before you tell your neighbor to clean his. Also were here posting on s Japanese site and everyday we see how well people post about the Japanese so I guess its not that far out of line to see people go off on the Saudis. I'm not saying there angels, I sure aint, but I prefer to see for myself first hand before I make a judgment.
Posted in: Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to lashes
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DXXJP
Well now that it is in the news the king will probably commute her sentence. This king has relaxed alot of restriction and has even appointed a women to minister.
Now I no all to well how the mutawa work. Just last week I had a run in with them for working during prayer. Actually it was during the call I had my hands full just outside the door. As soon as they found out I was American the mood changed quickly. Out of the three of them one was very polite and professional. The other two were a little slow realizing this.
Posted in: Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to lashes
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DXXJP
God it must really piss people off when promises are kept.
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