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
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- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
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- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
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FineDiner
Slaves in Suits.
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FineDiner
The sooner these 2 fogies cark it, the better off this country will be.
Posted in: Tokyo Big Talk
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FineDiner
If only he had lit a joint and smoked it before the meeting he would most probably come up with some creative and positive input to put towards the economic crisis. Japan once again shows its drunken immaturity on the world stage, and meanwhile uni students are horse raped for having a puff.
Posted in: Finance minister under fire for sloppy behavior at G-7 meeting
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FineDiner
In perhaps 20 years I think that the whole state will be uninhabitable because of bushfires, drought, heatwaves, lack of water (presently Melbourne is on a 150 litres a day water limit). These ongoing problems are not going to go away as global warming continues its impact. Combined with a city (Melbourne) completely lacking in infrastructure you can class Melbourne as one of the first unlivable cities to occur in the world due to lack of foresight from governments and global warming problems.
Posted in: Australian fire zone declared a crime scene; death toll 130
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FineDiner
Legalize it.
Posted in: What should the sumo association do to boost the sport's popularity and public trust in it?
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FineDiner
So, we have to constantly be on the lookout to give up our seat for more than 30% of the population. We may as well not sit down in the first place then. Give us a break.
Posted in: Tokyo Metro
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FineDiner
Looks like they just committed chikan.
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FineDiner
pretty ugly if u ask me.
Posted in: Akris and Comtesse
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FineDiner
Pot will continue to gain popularity in Japan especially among university students in the future and not because of any cool image portrayal, because of university students growing up and smelling the flowers. That is, they are discovering not only is it a relatively harmless drug when consumed in small to moderate amounts, it also has less side effects than alcohol, and makes one more relaxed in today's stressful world and of course does less social damage than alcohol and tobacco. You would all be surprised by the amount of Japanese aged in their 20s and 30s who consume pot these days.
The X and Y generations are basically catching up on the West's 60s and 70s university drug use and experimentaton. As Japan is behind the West in most social norms by 20 to 40 years (take smoking in cafes, the use of technology in education, making people wear seatbelts in back seats of cars, the number of women in top managerial posts or parliament among many other things) it is just Japanese society growing up.
Posted in: What do you make of all the publicity over the recent arrests of Japanese university students for smoking pot?
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FineDiner
Less RACISM! Racism is still racism no matter how softly it is portrayed, whether it be from an obachan, policeman or ryokan owner. My father has had personal experience of not being allowed to stay in a Ryokan, so he had to stay in a tacky business hotel in Takayama, great tourism expereience that was...
Posted in: What does Japan need to do in order to attract more tourists?
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FineDiner
Time for Japan to get a new coach.
Posted in: Uruguay defeats Japan 3-1 in friendly
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FineDiner
Not to mention thousands of restaurants in Tokyo where you can walk in a pay 500-1000 yen for a satisfying meal and good service. In London or Sydney a min. $20 will get you a basic, possibly crud meal with bad service.
Posted in: Tokyo 2nd most expensive city for expats after Moscow
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FineDiner
Tokyo is not expensive if you are sensible with whatever money you have.
Take 5 examples. To go 5 stops on the tube in London is 1200 yen, in Tokyo it is about 200. In my hometown Sydney, tobacco is $10 a pack, here it is under 300 yen. A bottle of Absolut vodka in Sydney is $50, here I get it for 1500 yen. Childcare in Sydney is on average $100 a day, that equals about 200,000 yen a month, in Tokyo it is 20,000 yen. My very local fruit and vege shop,(it depends where you live in Tokyo) is on average 20-30% cheaper than if I was shopping in Australia.
As much as many foreigners here gripe about Japan and its problems(myself included), there are many advantages of being here, one being the opportunity to save money here compared to in our home countries where inflation, rents, utility costs and most others have soared in the past 5 years. Otherwise I would not still be here.
Posted in: Tokyo 2nd most expensive city for expats after Moscow
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FineDiner
forget about it, just like the Japanese forgot about the Comfort women.
Posted in: What is the best way for Japan and North Korea to resolve the abduction issue?
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FineDiner
For cases such as the Akiba one, I am not in favour of the death penalty, though I am in favour of a Torture Penalty, which would involve many years of applied torture using both medieval and the latest techno induced torture regimes. Only then, will sickos like Kato think twice before inflicting infinite pain not only on the victims but the dozens to hundreds of friends and family members of the victims.
Posted in: Are you in favor of the death penalty?
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FineDiner
whats the big deal, I have been selling my nude pix on mixi for ages...
Posted in: 25-year-old wife arrested for selling nude photos of herself