JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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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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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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Foxie
His greatest legacy is Apple itself and all the subsequent products derived from it.
Posted in: What do you think Apple founder Steve Jobs' greatest legacy will be?
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Foxie
Very useful for ice fishing and camping and I think I am going to put this in my emergency earthquake kit.
Posted in: Portable gas heater
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Foxie
He was a truly visionary who never stopped surprising us. 56 is so very young. Thank you for all the joy you provided the world. RIP
Posted in: Apple announces death of Steve Jobs at 56
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Foxie
Sorry, Godan but I keep on asking myself now why they linked Kendo to religion. Basically, Kendo means the Way of the Sword and Kendo in its initial form is nothing more than fighting with a sword. We should ask ourselves what a sword is used for? Not for cutting bananas but the way I see it, it is a weapon for either defending yourself or attacking. So, basically a sword in the end is used for killing. The Kendo student practises furiously, thousands of cuts morning and night, learning fierce techniques of horrible war, until eventually sword becomes "no sword", intention becomes "no intention", a spontaneous knowledge of every situation. So, does that mean Zen is no religion or if it is a religion, why does it make killings harmless?
Posted in: Kendo – A religion without a god?
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Foxie
She is just looking better all the time. All the best to her.
Posted in: Watch me
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Foxie
Concepts such as mushin (無心), or "empty mind", are borrowed from Zen Buddhism and are considered essential for the attainment of high-level kendo. Fudōshin (不動心), or "unmoving mind", is a conceptual attribute of the deity Fudo Myo-O, one of the five "Kings of Light" of Shingon Buddhism. Fudōshin, implies that the kendōka cannot be led astray by delusions of anger, doubt, fear, or surprise arising from the opponent’s actions, collectively called "the four kendo sicknesses" (四戒, shikai, lit. four admonitions). Thus today it is possible to embark on a similar quest for spiritual enlightenment as followed by the samurai of old.
Posted in: Kendo – A religion without a god?
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Foxie
Maybe not but on a smaller scale, other protests are going on demanding mandatory GMO labeling and it seems to be successful in California.
Posted in: Protests against Wall Street spread across U.S.
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Foxie
I agree with ben4short. When I got diagnosed with cancer, the doc told me that I had max. 6 months. At that time, I thought about what I wanted to do too. In the end, I came to the conclusion that I didn't want to do anything extravagant and that materialistic things didn't really matter at all. I just wanted to live my daily life and take more care of people around me, listen to them more, spend quality time together. I survived the ordeal but my thoughts remain the same.
Posted in: Death of a Japanese Salesman
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Foxie
Me too, I am disgusted about the media attention Knox is getting. Shame on her.
Posted in: Kercher family perplexed by verdict freeing Knox in Italy
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Foxie
Good to finally see them waking up, it is just too late now unfortunately.
Posted in: Protests against Wall Street spread across U.S.
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Foxie
There lies the mistake: Instead of sending experts to brief residents, he should go himself and explain it.
Posted in: Hosono asks 43 prefectures to take debris from Tohoku
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Foxie
Things in many former Soviet countries aren't going easy. This union is a great idea and would benefit many people. Interestingly, Russia is very different from both developed and developing markets. It is not a developing country in terms of per capita GDP and thus does have a very high growth potential. It is also not facing a sovereign debt crisis, as its current debt level is spectacularly low — about 10 percent of GDP. It is still very dependent on the oil price and therefore should be doing very well given the oil price is above $100 per barrel.
Yet what is most puzzling is that Russia is actually not attracting investment. Starting September 2010, Russia’s capital account became negative rather than positive. It looks like that both Russian and foreign investors prefer not to invest in Russia, and instead pick the United States, despite zero interest rates.
Posted in: Putin proposes setting up 'Eurasian Union'
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Foxie
Chinese products are always better, and there are more and more in-house developments - clear that one who lagged behind so far copied first, the Japanese did it also at that time.
China should be regarded only as a partner, never as an enemy - the Americans need to learn.
They strive to be fair, to stabilize the West - that is also in their interest, we are their customers, they are like ours -why does nobody understand that?
Of course, China is unable to do everything. Are we capable of the remarkable Greek and Italian rescue? I think not ...
Posted in: U.S. Senate weighs bill to punish China for undervaluing currency
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Foxie
That's pretty interesting, SamuraiBlue and reminds me somehow of the teachings of jihad: an internal struggle to maintain faith, a commitment to hard work and achieving one's goals in life.
Posted in: Kendo – A religion without a god?
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Foxie
That is just too funny, cleo. I only have a grey knit cap, so, I am in category 2, lol.
Posted in: 3 men rob Tochigi hotel of Y1.5 mil
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Foxie
I think the God in MA is the spirit and the spirit is the sensei, the dojo and the art itself. Respect of everything and every creature is what comes to my mind, isn't that also ingraved in Buddhism and Shintoism? So, there is not 'one' God but many in other words. All religions come with ritualsbut what are rituals? They are just a combination of steps. You could say that all rituals are religious or not, depending on your feelings towards them. I can take a ritual bath or a normal bath, I can drink a ritual cup of tea or a normal one. I can make everything spiritual if I want to or I cannot. Maybe if I make something spiritual, I ease my mind and free myself of problems. If I say that now, the conclusion would be that religions are selfish because they only make me feel better, so I am selfish and doing Kendo is selfish too. I think it is better not to think so deeply about those things otherwise we all go crazy. And we shouldn't take things too seriously either but enjoy them more for what they are.
Posted in: Kendo – A religion without a god?
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Foxie
Those poor people really look frail. I hope they will find a good life and happiness in SK.
Posted in: Return trip
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Foxie
770Kcal - that's 5 onigiris
Posted in: Burger King introduces XT Steakhouse
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Foxie
Toys'R'Us is one of those rare stores where, once you are inside, you are trapped there for hours. There is always something new to discover. I am really impressed about the solidarity of its employees, helping out colleagues in a time of need is something I have never heard of. Every company should have such a spirit. Way to go.
Posted in: Toys“R”Us Japan
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They already raised it last year, it has no meaning. Instead they should raise taxes on alcohol and fat like the Danes. They could make more money that way.
Posted in: What do you think about the government's plan to raise the tobacco tax?