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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Farmboy
The Japanese have a reasonably good argument concerning their ownership of the disputed islands, but the Russians aren't going to leave unless they are forced to go, and I don't see Nato troops landing to support a "Russian spring."
Posted in: Japan says Russian military conducting drills near its airspace
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Farmboy
We don't usually read articles about earthquakes less than 6 unless they are unusual in some way either... Yes, I know, we're reading this one...
Posted in: M5.1 quake hits northern Japan
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Farmboy
Read all about it:
http://www.nirs.go.jp/ENG/press/110629.shtml
Posted in: Teijin creates radiation-detecting plastic
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Farmboy
This is extremely cool.
Posted in: Teijin creates radiation-detecting plastic
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Farmboy
Laguna, It started on Tuesday and will continue until November 3.
Posted in: Universal Studios Japan kicks off Halloween season
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Farmboy
Latin rhythms always get me into the Halloween spirit.
Posted in: Universal Studios Japan kicks off Halloween season
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Farmboy
A shift from maximizing profits to maximizing service might draw more customers in the long run, but that requires long-range planning, something the USA no longer does. I love Tom DeMicke's comment above...you've captured the current ethic so well!
Posted in: United Airlines spends $500 mil to improve seats
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Farmboy
Yeah well, it's now Monday, around 9 pm in Japan, and premarket trading looks horrible. It's not about the USA, it's about Europe. I can't imagine the Nikkei is going to do so well if this keeps up.
http://money.cnn.com/data/premarket/index.html
Posted in: Nikkei expected to hold firm this week
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Farmboy
By the way, this is interesting reading on the subject:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/g/j/gjs4/Shaking_Up_Japan.pdf
Posted in: Earthquake prediction still stymies scientists
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Farmboy
Earthquakes are caused by catfish. If the fish start flipping aroung, head for the door. What's so difficult about that?
Posted in: Earthquake prediction still stymies scientists
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Farmboy
Electric2004, You got it, but I guess I should apologize to those who were offended by my remark. I just thought it was an amazing amount of rain.
Posted in: Rescue teams search for bodies after typhoon leaves 34 dead, 56 missing
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Farmboy
I would hope that this doesn't happen. Here are some reasons: 1. There could be accidents in transporting the waste, and equipment used would need to be decontaminated.. 2. There could be leakage from waste sites in the future, polluting areas that are currently clean. 3. More people would be exposed to radiation if the waste is moved. 4. Transportation costs would make the disposal more expensive. 5. Creating disposal sites within the prefecture is not that difficult.
Posted in: Hosono says all of Japan should help with Fukushima's contaminated debris
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Farmboy
It's STILL raining. There was a guy with a big boat and a bunch of animals here a little while ago... don't know what he wanted.
Posted in: Rescue teams search for bodies after typhoon leaves 34 dead, 56 missing
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Farmboy
Do I sense a certain amout of disapproval, then?
Posted in: Cheney: U.S. would have been different if Hillary Clinton were president
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Farmboy
There's STILL a lot of rain coming down, considering that the typhoon has passed, supposedly. This is a strange storm with tons of rain and not much wind. Plus, now another storm is currently southeast, so our tokyo city dwellers may get to enjoy this before long as well.
Posted in: 17 dead, 54 missing as typhoon moves northward
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Farmboy
Well, Mothra DID have a catchy song. Not sure what kind of song a radioactive feral zombie cow would have... and then there's the problem of finding little twins in a cage to sing it...
Posted in: More than 1,000 cattle running wild in Fukushima radiation zone
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Farmboy
Ummm. Not finding their bodies does not necessarily mean they've gone feral, I think. Before naming the new feral breed, shouldn't we find one or two?
Posted in: More than 1,000 cattle running wild in Fukushima radiation zone
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Farmboy
PS: Taj, I wasn't claiming that the rain from the storm wouldn't cause damage, by the way. Flooding, landslides, yes, I agree.
Posted in: Japan braces for strong typhoon
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Farmboy
Well, provided that "kt" and "kts" as a measurement of wind are the same, the JTWC is measuring 60 (at 2pm, with gusts that are stronger), and the JMA is measuring 65. I think it has to measure 63 kt to be a typhoon in either system, but I'm not sure about that.
Posted in: Japan braces for strong typhoon
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Farmboy
It appears to be mostly a rain and wave event. Not so much wind, at least not where I am, and the US jtwc site still isn't calling it a typhoon yet, just a tropical storm. I wonder why the Japanese and US measurement of the wind is so different.
Posted in: Japan braces for strong typhoon