JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Part Time Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥9,000 / Day per 4 class shift
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EUgirl
I read somwwhere that to gain a native accent of any language require that you move to that country before you reach 16. After that you cannot gain a perfecr accent. This I found true: I moved to both U.S. and Japan as an adult and was never able to gain a native-sounding accent of either American English or Japanese.
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EUgirl
Paris Hilton and Victoria Beckham.
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EUgirl
I talked with one European documentary filmmaker, who was invited by NHK to shoot a doc here, and she had a lot of trouble with shooting and permissions. For ex. you are not allowed to shoot in the trains. If you shoot a scrnery where the electricity poles show up, you have to get permission from Tepco. Ridiculous rules like this.
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EUgirl
Re: trying to help other foreigners in Japan, this came to my mind. I was at Yurakucho, when 2 American women asked me where the International center is. I pointed where it is and explained where they have to go. They started whining really unpolitely that I pointed towards a building. Well, I did, as the int. center was right behind that building. Some American man came to the same spot and the women immediately turned to him, asking the same, and then thanking him with all smiles etc. without giving even a look at me or thanking me. I swore this was the last time I try to help American b-tches with no manners nonesoever. Any Japanese woman in a similar situation would have looked at everybody and thanked everybody who tried to help.
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EUgirl
Great! I fly mostly Finnair, when I go to Europe.
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EUgirl
Tap water. Bottled water is most useless item in consumer society.
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EUgirl
I read this at the university as well. It did make me understand some things, but beware of overt nihonjinron-type of interpretation. After all, not all of us WEsterners behave according to Freud's theories either. Or do we?
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EUgirl
I met somebody, who had trained with this system. Her arms got a lot of muscle in 2 weeks!
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EUgirl
Workplaces, fitness clubs etc. should put up free bike parking places, or come up with a very cheap monthly parking bike park. Workplace, of course, should compensate for it, they way they give money for train passes.
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EUgirl
Why do you have to spend time with your co-workers after spending 8 hrs in the same office. It is time for the couples to start builöding a real relationship - also in Japan.
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EUgirl
IvanGoughalot: Both the JT review and Galbraith's book are about 100 times more interesting than your message.
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EUgirl
MichaelJP: You wouldn't care to hint which recruiters those are?
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EUgirl
I've lived in L.A. and Tokyo certainly beats it.
Never heard before of this Tyler Brule, but checked on the web. He is some handsome guy, so he must have good time with the local ladies here. Good for him!
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EUgirl
Bogus medicine salesmen started on the web around the world about the next day when news from Mexico appeared in papers in April. There are homeopathic medicine, pils, god knows what.
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EUgirl
sydenham: Tokyo is quite comfortable, especially if you think of it's size - the largest metropol in the world. It is safe, clean, offers a lot in terms of freetime activities, shopping, entertainment, good public transportation system. I lived 6 months in the Kansai area, which is better in some terms (not so crowded, easier access to nature, friendlier people).
I am not a true expat either, so don't know their criteria.
Posted in: Is Tokyo really top dog in global rankings?
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EUgirl
Non-scripted documentaries? What are those? I did film studies at uni, and never heard of such.
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EUgirl
I like Love Exposire also a lot. It is 4 hours, but did not feel as long.
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EUgirl
I think NHK is pretty decent as compared to the commercial channels. Sometimes they are a bit preacherly (the other night at the 10-min before midnight teach-in some specialist talked about why in Mexico 100 people have died of swine flu, kind of making the assumption that in Japan no worry, as there is national health and better knowledge...he forgot to mention the 90-something U.S.deaths..).
I guess soft focus conference is the kind is arranged with the release of Japanese movies: nobody asks questions about the meaning of the film, filmmaking choices or anything relevant, it is just goody-feel and the actors going one after another "It was an honor to work with director X and my co-stars. Please all enjoy the movie."
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EUgirl
flyingfish: Really? Can you give an example of this kind of story before?
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EUgirl
I wonder how widely this news has been reported in Japanese-language news...it is now Japanese bringing the disease to another country.
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