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
Let see how long it lasts. Being today is the first day of ramadan it should be quiet for a while.
Posted in: Iraqi, U.S. troops on alert ahead of Anbar handover
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DXXJP
Sarge at 02:38 PM JST - 1st September
Heck, McCain doesn't have to defend Palin - that feisty woman can defend herself!
McCain said, "She stands up for what's right, and she doesn't let anyone tell her to sit down. She's exactly who I need."
HE"S NOT PICKING A NEW WIFE..
Posted in: McCain defends VP pick
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DXXJP
Wow I have been to Alaska, middle east, Europe, and even Asia so why didnt does that mean Im just as experienced.
And what does Russia being across the street have to do with this broads foreign policy experience. I lived forty miles away from the uni bomber does that mean Im also a expert on terrorist.
This was a last ditch effort to stay in a race that he cant win. By the way whos the mommy.
Posted in: McCain defends VP pick
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DXXJP
Im not really into games but R&C is a blast especially with the boy. There is some thought needed to get threw these. I'm amazed at how much of the game the boy can remember as he blasts threw it. I don't think at 7 I had that much of a memory or problem solving skills.
Posted in: 'Ratchet & Clank' leads wave of fresh PSN games
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DXXJP
Come on Japan TV is full of Transvestites/ new half, okama, and they all want one thing..... To come up, have you seen the old one doing the hair implant commercial, what about the wigger with the full on bleached head and about 90 to boot.
Seriously I dont think its gender identity in japan its fashion like a Channel bag or a Gucci watch. Im pretty much to each there own, If I dont like it I dont associate with them but to promote this on TV in front of vulnerable kids is BS. If they grow older and decide fine but to be blasted with it like its the in thing is BS.
Posted in: Transsexual celebrity Ayana Tsubaki introduces Coppola's new film
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DXXJP
You make Jay Leno look like a half rate comedian.
Posted in: McCain says Obama's views invite trouble abroad
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DXXJP
How can they even say its the capital, when you cant even find a gyro, or and authentic taco.
I have been all over japan ate at some of the finest, yet nothing compared to this spaghetti shop in gyotoku.
Posted in: Critics dispute Michelin regard for Tokyo food
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DXXJP
So they wait 2 years before filing the suit. Sounds more like lets see how well it sells then get as much cash as we can because we clearly didn't think of that.
Posted in: US company sues Nintendo in Wii wand patent case
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DXXJP
Brokeback Batman!! really if he hadnt OD'ed would it have been as good. I have only seen ledger in one film "Nights Tale" I would have to say for the part he played it was good.
Posted in: Whose portrayal of the Joker do you like the best?
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DXXJP
How many of you even really know any yakuza?. How many of you have attended any of their privet events?. Have any of you ever been to a bosses house?. In fact how many of you have had to pay the monthly push.
So for all your knowledge on the subject if you haven't had to do any of these you don't know squat.
Of course they are always trying to spin their image, mostly to cover the fact that the cops, politicians, and civil leaders all have some sort of tie with them. I know first hand of how the cops and the yak work, as well as some of the politicians in my area. Here is an example. The sumiyoshi ran a car threw the yamaguchigumis head office. War was called. They had hired hitman coming to town and guess what, you got it the cops put up a 24/7 protective team around the sumiyoshigumi bosses house. Yup our tax money at work guarding a known gang boss.
As for economic impact try this. They used to go buy a few shares in big companies I mean like Nissan and the sort. Then they would show up at the shareholders annual meetings and demand money or they would disrupt the meeting. For years this was wrote of as the price of doing business. There was reports of some of these companies actually listing the payoffs in their books. It was about 10 years ago the government finally stepped in and did something about it. This was like everyday news 15 or 16 years ago.
Look depending on where your at in the ranks they all have a monthly payment. Some are low around 800 or a 1000 bucks a month. The higher up you get the more the payment is. So where do you think this money comes from a 8-5 at 7/11.
Posted in: Yakuza 'misunderstood' by foreign media
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DXXJP
What do you mean big "stomach". Men have a hose to drain with, this guy probably squats.
Posted in: Ex-Yankees, Marines Irabu arrested for alleged assault
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DXXJP
Well carbon is non recyclable in the normal sense. You can cut new shapes from panels and reuse them but to say melt it down and reuse it its not possible at the moment with out a lot of caustic chemicals. Carbon also comes in different weaves and thicknesses like material. It gets its strength from the woven fabric being soaked in epoxy resin and then chemically cured.
I have dry carbon plates that will dull a saw blade, it will also shoot sparks when ground. You can make a chassis out of it but its very time consuming as you have to mold it and vacuum bag or autoclave the air out of it. As for door panels and fenders it cant be beat. It wont dent, has more tensile than aluminum or steal pound for pound, and it won't rust. However with out proper UV protection it can discolor, and or topical degrade by tarnishing.
Its no more a carcinogenic then your fiberglass bath tub or shower unit once its cured.
Posted in: Auto-use carbon fiber development speeds up in Japan
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DXXJP
I have been using carbon in my designs for around 10 years. When ever I asked about carbon epoxies years ago I always got the wakaranai. About 5 years ago I could finally source product in japan but they wanted almost triple the going rate. As it is now a one square meter of carbon cloth still costs over 10,000 yen at wholesale. I sure hope this helps bring down the price. The SLR is almost completely carbon, Some of the new BMWs have carbon roofs, when is japan going to step up. This isnt a lenghly prosses and it doesn't take a ton of expertise but the trick is a autoclave for production and thorough hardness.
Posted in: Auto-use carbon fiber development speeds up in Japan
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DXXJP
And none of you have ever said you were going to kill someone. Yup this guy is crazy.
Posted in: Psychiatrist arrested for threatening colleague in Yokohama
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DXXJP
Sounded pretty fishy back then as a lot of us said, she probably was the killer.
Posted in: Osaka suicide mother charged with murdering her own daughter
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DXXJP
You cant hack it for another 3g carrier in japan because they lock there sims. You might be able to use one of those piggyback Sims but I think your stuck because of the sim. You can also go to the app store and download a lot of stuff even if your in japan.
Another thing you can do is get a copy of pownage and jailbreak it and load all the popular third party apps. There are nes, psp2, and some Xbox emulators with the games you can load on the phone.
I have the original and have hacked it myself out of the box. I haven't upgraded to the 2.0 software because there is nothing newer than 1.1.4 for apps except for the old apps being ported for the 3g.
If someone was smart they would open a website and take 500 to a 1000 yen and show the people that have them how to upgrade and install apps.
And yes you can install a third party MMS app.
Posted in: Softbank boosting efforts to shore up sales of Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G
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DXXJP
And your livin in la la land because you stand by and let a few individuals take away the damn thing your whining about.
Does "give them an inch and they take a mile" mean anything to you.
Yeah maybe the comment is true but coming from the man with the executive privilege stamp for everything.
Posted in: Bush calls for freedom of speech in China
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DXXJP
Probably china they hold the note on the US right now.
Posted in: Bush calls for freedom of speech in China
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DXXJP
No more like the pot telling the kettle what to do.
Posted in: Bush calls for freedom of speech in China
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DXXJP
HAHAHA yeah
Is that with state sponsored wire taping or not.
Posted in: Bush calls for freedom of speech in China