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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GW
any business conducted in Nigeria involves bribes, pretty much unavoidable
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GW
Kizuna the word the mean everything & nothing, anything goes, can be used for any situation you want, it all can be "explained" with the mighty kizuna.
Actually I feel sorry for the word kizuna, it has been seriously abused the past year or so, give it a holiday!
Posted in: 'Kizuna' takes many forms in post-disaster Japan, including marriage and infidelity
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GW
HA HA!
Posted in: Snowed in
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GW
well I guess those few who thought they were drinking cheap BEER were drinking happoshu, hahah, that stuff can be nasty!
Posted in: Six things that foreigners feel are overpriced in Japan
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GW
I think what this really means is she will do a CD to help Tohoku with one of the songs donating 20% of its royalties ala smap!
Posted in: Ayumi Hamasaki to divorce husband of 1 year
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GW
Holy KIZUNA Batman! LOL! Man its a good thing I wasnt drinking anything when that headline came up LOL!
Posted in: Ayumi Hamasaki to divorce husband of 1 year
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GW
Although I use an electric I think razor blades are insanely priced are they not?
Posted in: Six things that foreigners feel are overpriced in Japan
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GW
tkoind2,
I have often said that most people around me in Japan are NOT happy unless those they & those around them are sufficiently miserable.
Misery loves company as the saying goes, perfected pretty well in Japan. That & throw in an often fatalistic attitude many have & here we are.
but I dont play that %$#@!
Posted in: 'Kizuna' takes many forms in post-disaster Japan, including marriage and infidelity
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GW
come on you guys & yr mystery Y100 "real beers" fess up man, I dont buy it haha!
Posted in: Six things that foreigners feel are overpriced in Japan
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GW
Clearly a lot of what we pay for in Japan is of VERY VERY low value for money, until the locals clue in to what value really means we all will continue to be fleeced.
You can find some deals, like hard booze, gee I wonder why that is, opium of the masses anyone! SSakai you CANT buy real beer for Y100-Y150 per can unless its about to expire, I buy cases usually &about the best I cid ever do is around Y180-Y190/can, sometimes you might do a bit better on some imports.
Posted in: Six things that foreigners feel are overpriced in Japan
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GW
John
You are of course CORRECT, the photographer is always the most important pice of equipment, give the worlds "best" camera to a snap shooter & you will get run of the mill snaps, but give a "crappy" camera to someone who understands how aperature, shutter speeds & ISO fit together & can compose & they will win by a long shot.
Hey the main thing is to enjoy what yr doing when whip out whatever camera you happen to have!
Posted in: Lens makers focus on smartphone cameras
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GW
Smithinjpn,
ehhhhhhhhh, yes & no, while most people who take pictures dont know much about photography so they settle less, much less, they will like using their phones, & there are handy & fine to document stuff but are extremely limited for anyone who is a bit of a shutterbug.
here is a blurb that outlines a few of the issues involved http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/story/2011-12-20/digital-cameras-vs-smartphones/52127028/1
The simple truth is camera phones will NEVER have good lenses, simply cant be done, & maxing pixels after a point actualy degrades image quality if the sensor isnt big enough. Toss is things like focal lengths, poor (read large) aperatures, poor & slow focusing & cell phones wont be good except for run of the mill shots. Dont get me wrong they arent useless just are extremely limited in what they can do.
I think we will soon see camera's that can get online so you can upload etc, but I dont think cell phones will replace smaller cameras except for those who werent really into picture taking to begin with.
Posted in: Lens makers focus on smartphone cameras
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GW
smartphone cameras are fine for small pics on yr computer but the sensors are way too small to compete even with smaller cameras, they wont be able to make decent prints bigger than a post card
Posted in: Lens makers focus on smartphone cameras
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GW
this a-hole got off way too easy
Posted in: Japanese man fined $2,500 for assaulting Delta flight attendant
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GW
I think its abundantly clear that Japans handling of family breakups & divorce etc is bruttly dismal, needs a massive overhaul to handle the locals & international marriage situaions BIGTIME
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GW
OK a bit of video gaming fine, but like far too many it becomes part of the lives, how sad, this dude sounds like a perfect example of what NOT to be, he likely worked, ate/drank & slept for most of his life, retires & the tv is his best friend, how sad is that & now video palours to the rescue..........................what a crappy life, one far far too common on these isles.
More Japnese really need to take up some good hobbies all their lives so they have something to look forward to when they retire, what a waste
Posted in: Seniors take over Japan's arcades
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ODemon,
Sadly there is way more truth in that than many of us gaijin wud admit! Too many Japanese are way to hyper sensitive & are insanely quick to take offence(EVEN if they agree with you!)
Posted in: Activists hurl stink bombs, paint at Japanese whalers
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GW
to all those that neged me pls learn the difference between culture & say a trend, a handful of places that eat whales/dolphins doesnt NOT a culture make, simple truth
Posted in: Activists hurl stink bombs, paint at Japanese whalers
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GW
Thank you for proving that whale meat ISNT about culture, it was a cheap source of protein after WWII, I believe I even read the US encouraged Japanese to eat back then.
So while there are some coastal areas that have eaten dolphin/whales the vast vast majority never really did EXCEPT after WWII, that doesnt make it culture unfortunately.
Posted in: Activists hurl stink bombs, paint at Japanese whalers
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GW
DOH!
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