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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Foxie
Wanda: We have special batteries here for our cars and you don't need a Landcruiser all the time. The biggest problem would be in case of earthquakes for getting away since your car is covered in snow and it takes about 10 minutes to defrost. So far, we had record snowfall and record minus temperatures up here. No joy at all.
Posted in: Snowed in
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Foxie
All those nice things you can see in Tokyo. It seems that not only women fall in love with him.
Posted in: ROBO-G
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Foxie
Wow, capturing a WHOLE town? They must have become strong.
Posted in: Al-Qaida captures town in Yemen
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Foxie
LOL....that is all I can say about this.
Posted in: Ayumi Hamasaki to divorce husband of 1 year
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Foxie
People swear all the time everywhere. Why should it be a problem on TV?
Posted in: How do you feel about the use of swear words in TV programs?
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Foxie
These rating agencies should go to hell. They manipulate the whole world.
Posted in: Azumi worried about Japan's debt rating after EU downgrades
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Foxie
I love the idea of ice skating rinks in cities. Every school in Hokkaido has a free ice skating rink in winter. Kids up here in Hokkaido had to brave chilly temperatures that were 11 degrees colder at the same time than their Tokyo counterparts.
Posted in: Have an ice day
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Foxie
What is really outrageous are international plane tickets. I really don't understand why there is such a big price difference for the exact same ticket.
Buying frozen fruits and vegetables is really cheap. Costco has great deals, also with toilet paper. Buy your vegetables on Tuesdays and they are half price at Aeon.
Posted in: Six things that foreigners feel are overpriced in Japan
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Foxie
I love Uniqlo and G.U. and all the things they do especially in Bangladesh and the olive tree growing project. They also employ 1 handicapped person per store which is very new for Japan. At least a company that makes affordable clothes for everybody. Many people only wear clothes for one season anyway. I hope to see more of their stores worldwide.
Posted in: g.u. to open flagship store in Ginza on March 30
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Foxie
I bet that is warmer than me going outside into -26C in the morning.
Posted in: Now that's cold
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Foxie
That's probably going yo be the Captain's fault. One thing to consider is that the navigators aren't correct anymore with the recent magnetic north pole shifts but the Captain should have known it.
Posted in: 3 dead, several missing; 4,000 evacuated after cruise ship runs aground off Italy
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Foxie
That norovirus sounds scary. Cleo's insights are very informative. I am sorry to hear you had to go through such an ordeal. I hope that Princess Masako will recover soon from it too.
Posted in: Crown princess has stomach flu
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Foxie
Shuffle - that is a feature I have on my iPod. It plays all my music in a different order but at the end of the day, my music is still the same ditto for politics.
Posted in: Noda says new cabinet is best lineup for the job
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Foxie
For once, I have to agree with him. Better than losing all your money by putting it into banks or investments.
Posted in: Ozawa: Nothing unusual about keeping Y400 mil in cash at home
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Foxie
Windsurfing is very different from surfing, you don't move your arms up and down so much. Surfing requires a lot more flexibility than windsurfing thus 6mm is about as thick as you can manoeuvre. I know there is a 7mm out there for surfing but I don't think it would be so good.
Posted in: Happy surfer
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Foxie
That's 83 people per day committing suicide. How sad. We all have to help vulnerable people more out, this is everybody's responsibility.
Posted in: No. of suicides surpasses 30,000 for 14th year in a row in 2011
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Foxie
@It'sMe:The 10mm wetsuit is good for diving but not for surfing since it restricts your movements. We usually wear a 6/5/4mm up here in Hokkaido with hood, boots and gloves together with a waistbelt with a heating pad and that's warm enough even in the snowstorm. The sea is not that cold, it is getting out that is terrible.
Posted in: Happy surfer
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Foxie
Very nice picture. But some advice to the surfer, in winter, go and hit the waves of Sea of Japan. The Pacific is flat most of the time. I guess he just went out sitting on his board to meditate or he had a fight with his wife and wanted to get away from it all.
Posted in: Happy surfer
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Foxie
I never had any problems with online shopping and I am happy to have it here in the sticks where I can't even buy a steak. Amazon is very fast, iherb is really great and cheap for supplements and organic food.
Posted in: Online shopping: Have you had any trouble, such as items taking an unusually long time to arrive; they did not arrive at all; they were defective when they did arrive; or they were the wrong items?
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Foxie
Happy Birthday to her!
Posted in: At 30, Kate tiptoes into the royal limelight