JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Financial Advisor
- Select Asset Management KK, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥100,000 ~ ¥999,999 Paid Training Commission Based
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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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Gaijinocchio
Are you comparing the war in Iraq to U.S. bases in Okinawa? I hope not.
You do realise those are 2 VERY different things right? Totally out of scope of "Indecision of behalf of the Japanese government" You're showing how little you know.
Either way, lodge a complaint with the Japanese government. Better yet, join the SDP. They have the power to expel the yanks, for better or worse. If Japan truly wanted the U.S. out, they'd be out. They're NOT the good guys, right? Ask yourself: The Phillipines expelled the U.S. years ago, why hasn't Japan?
Posted in: SDP leader wants U.S. base off Okinawa
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Gaijinocchio
Who was he competing against?
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Gaijinocchio
I wouldn't. Do you know who ultimately commands the military? Hatoyama (and by Hatoyama I mean Ozawa...and by Ozawa I mean China and the Yakuza) Would you want a sizeable military force under his indecisive command?
Everyone acts like the only U.S. bases are in Okinawa. There's a high concentration there, granted, but there's still hundreds more throughout all Japan. Moving bases in Okinawa =/= U.S. presence in Japan.
Posted in: SDP leader wants U.S. base off Okinawa
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Gaijinocchio
Who truly cares about the SDP and what they have to say?
"If the base isn't moved, We're leaving the government!" squeals the SDP, throwing a tantrum. They'll threaten to leave everytime they don't get their way.
If Ozawa gets more powerful, he'll dissolve this ineffectual party before they have a chance to leave the coalition.
Posted in: SDP leader wants U.S. base off Okinawa
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Gaijinocchio
I disagree with this statement. To continue that metaphor: Japan already went through the shark-infested waters other countries have yet to face, and survived, but sails with a tattered, sinking ship...directly into a whirlpool known as deflation.
There was a mutiny, and the new captain is a lying, bungling, mama's boy (no different from the last captain.). Each year more sailors are sent to old Davy Jones' locker, and the foreign crewmen want to abandon ship!
If deflation truly engulfs S.S. Japan, it's doomed for good.
From a business perspective (foreign investment, etc.) all are shifting to China and India. The emerging markets. Japan has for FAR too long erected barriers to entry, tariffs, taxes, and "Japan does things differently" to stay afloat; those barriers still exist to this DAY. Businesses know this, and no amount of tatemae can hide it come 2010.
Posted in: What's up with Japanese economy?
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Gaijinocchio
Aw. My vote was for "嘘"
Posted in: 'New' voted kanji character of the year
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Gaijinocchio
Then why does the working group exist if talking about the base is beyond their capacity? It's supposed to be a high-level group.
So, suspend it. It's too hard for the DPJ. Let the Okinawas "suffer" even longer, because their suffering was, supposedly, at the forefront of decision-making.
Posted in: Japan says talks on U.S. base issue suspended
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Gaijinocchio
Yeah? Good! That's why prices for goods and services everywhere else are reasonable, companies are held accountable for mislabeling food or false advertising, and borderline extortionary fees such as "brotherhood fees", "friendship fees", the annual vehicle inspection fees, and reikin are outlawed (just to name a few!).
If the people stay quiet, then they get walked on. Complain away! Maybe people will agree with you.
Posted in: Japan becoming nation of unrelenting complainers
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Gaijinocchio
A crimson-red wedding dress?
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Gaijinocchio
And by the end of the year, we'll see the headline: "Japan to honor original Futenma agreement"
Posted in: U.S. ambassador urges Japan to honor base agreement
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Gaijinocchio
If you thought the MJ movie was too soon...this is MUCH too soon, even for this kind of insipid rubbish.
However, this is exactly the kind of vapid sensationalism that makes billions in Japan.
Posted in: Movie on Noriko Sakai gets new lead
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Gaijinocchio
So, all the 'herbivorous men' here are weak at heart, since she hasn't found any with strong insides.
How do you look like an herbivore anyways? Metro? Emo? No muscle tone? Wear a shirt with a big "X" over the word "meat"?
Posted in: Saki Fukuda looking for a man who is soft on outside and strong on inside
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Gaijinocchio
I can't comment much about any other MBA besides business.
It's 25% about the qualifications/academics, and 75% about the people you meet. Especially for International Business, it's nearly ALL about networking. Meet and befriend the big guys in charge (or a classmate who has) and doors magically open; doors you never thought existed.
Most companies nowadays value work experience more than academics, anyways.
Posted in: What makes an MBA so valuable?
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Gaijinocchio
Uni students always know where the good dealers are ;)
Posted in: Noriko Sakai goes to university
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Gaijinocchio
Making a mountain out of a mole-hill...
Posted in: Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington
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Gaijinocchio
You can give out any amount of money or change as many laws and policies as you want, it still won't change the attitudes of the populace regarding migrants here, at home and at the workplace.
Japan would rather have robots than open doors to accept more migrants.
Posted in: Hatoyama says Japan should embrace more migrants
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Gaijinocchio
I'd argue that having connections and real-world experience is more useful to finding gainful employment, especially in Japan. A friend or family member in a company will assure a placement in said company. Graduate school, primarily in business and 100% in International Business, is 1/2 about befriending people in high places and 1/2 internships.
Sadly the skill of communication here is changing from face-to-face to virtual communication. I think these graduates think companies will come to them automatically, but they must go out and actively get more than just a Todai education, especially in a prolonged recession.
Posted in: New graduates face gloomy job prospects
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Gaijinocchio
Only until the next abductions.
Dropping charges and no changes or real conclusion assures that this will just happen again and again, with Japanese and foreign alike. Perhaps the next big case will have more sympathetic characters and a clear-cut "villian"
Posted in: Authorities drop child-snatching case against American man
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Gaijinocchio
Hasn't this already been done in the form of having roommates?
Posted in: Meet the brains of Tokyo's women-only housing boom
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Gaijinocchio
The original agreement Japan signed took about 11 years, I think. What's another 11 to reach a new agreement, eh? By then the LDP will inevitably return and reinstate the original.
Posted in: Okada says there will be no base deal during Obama's visit