Dogdog said...

Dogdog at 10:55 AM JST - 19th December

Where does it say anything about "obscure kanji"? The article only mentions a "language barrier."

Obviously university never gave you the necessary skills needed for those more troublesome functions of life such as cogitation. Seek multiple sources to develop or reinforce the original premise and conclude with your personal opinion.…

Posted in Filipino caregivers, nurses to face language hurdles in Japan at 10:55 AM JST - 19th December
Dogdog at 10:28 AM JST - 19th December

how exactly to you expect them to keep track of patient logs, follow doctors' written instructions, administer the proper treatment/medicine, etc. if they can't read or write passable Japanese?

Once again, **they are not only being tested on these kanjis, which everyone agrees they need, but they are also being…

Posted in Filipino caregivers, nurses to face language hurdles in Japan at 10:28 AM JST - 19th December
Dogdog at 08:55 AM JST - 19th December

Are you implying that this would not have happened without the questionable adult entertainment

Not a bad implication. I remember this case. The guy was a total violent rape manga otaku freak, who even had a picture of the victim trussed up on his keitai, which he showed to all…

Posted in Death row convict seeks retrial over 2004 schoolgirl murder case at 08:55 AM JST - 19th December
Dogdog at 08:48 AM JST - 19th December

Price fixing in Japan, well I never!!!

They must have done such a crass job of it that the Japanese govenment had no choice but to state the obvious. Otherwise such practices are totally ignored in Japan in the cause of bettering 'Japan Inc'.

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Dogdog at 08:39 AM JST - 19th December

Best TinkerBellist 2009.....

Way to go Japan.

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Dogdog at 08:37 AM JST - 19th December

People keep bringing up the topic of spoken language, or the lack of it, as being the hurdle. Please, for the uninitiated to the workings of Japan, who there seem to be many on this thread.

The problem is the kanji (Chinese characters) that the examinees are being tested on.…

Posted in Filipino caregivers, nurses to face language hurdles in Japan at 08:37 AM JST - 19th December
Dogdog at 08:13 AM JST - 19th December

whoa tons of grammer errors...duh

Well spotted.............

Posted in Filipino caregivers, nurses to face language hurdles in Japan at 08:13 AM JST - 19th December
Dogdog at 03:23 PM JST - 18th December

This is a NON problem. I know lots of filipinos, and especially the women, they pick up the language quickly once they are immersed in it.

Wrong, most of those filipinos can't read Japanese kanji and they definitely will have difficulty with those kanji used in the nursing exam, as…

Posted in Filipino caregivers, nurses to face language hurdles in Japan at 03:23 PM JST - 18th December
Dogdog at 12:59 PM JST - 18th December

while those of English should contain newspaper articles and masterly speeches

Far scoru ando seben yes igo ouru fasers broughto force onu sis contonento, new nasion, conceibedo inu riberti.....

Way to go Japan, another 5 years of wasted education on the way in.

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Dogdog at 12:53 PM JST - 18th December

The Nagoya District Court on Thursday sentenced three sumo wrestlers to two-and-a-half to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for the fatal hazing of a 17-year-old stablemate last year in Aichi Prefecture.

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This country is totally nuts, suspended sentence for murder and please don't anyone argue this…

Posted in 3 sumo wrestlers get suspended terms for fatal hazing of teen stablemate at 12:53 PM JST - 18th December