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
This guy really REALLY loves animals.
Posted in: S Carolina man gets 3 years in prison for sex with horse
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Gaijinocchio
...It looks like the Maki Horikita just put on a leather jacket over her actual outfit.
"HEY you're wearing leather now! YOU WIN!!"
Posted in: Best Leathernist
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Gaijinocchio
I know 4 former hostesses here in Japan. All 4 are on medication for mental illnesses. All are alcoholics. One tried to take her life.
Posted in: The rules of hostessing
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Gaijinocchio
Shot? Perhaps. Killed? Don't think so.
It's almost 2010, cops everywhere have spray, tasers, bean-bag bullets and other non-lethal weaponry. No need for lethal weapons unless it's authorized, an innocent might get hurt or, in this case, a suspect takes the officers weaponry and uses it against him.
That said, I love how it's always just foreigners and not specific like Americans, Peruvians, Chinese, Nigerian, or British men. That means we're all equal in Japan!
Posted in: Policeman fires two shots during brawl with foreigners in Mie
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Gaijinocchio
If the trains ran 24/7, then 3/4 of the taxi drivers would be out of a job!
Posted in: Last train blues
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Gaijinocchio
I prefer older Japanese movies, especially black and white movies and those based on books like "Sunna no Onna" and the first "Gojira" movie even if they're low quality by today's standards.
Japanese movies now are more for making money with insipid and banal cliches and special effects instead of furthering the art. For example, "Rookies: Graduation". You don't have to act when you scream into the camera for half the movie.
I think life reflects art, and since movies are the most accessable here, after manga, it shows what Japan wants nowadays, good looks but no substance or character.
Posted in: What do you think of the quality of Japanese movies?
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Gaijinocchio
The 8-year old used the older boy's bike without permission, prompting the assault and attempted murder.
Posted in: Two 15-yr-old boys sent to family court for assaulting 8-yr-old boy
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Gaijinocchio
The White House should know there's no such thing as
badpublicity. They're only fanning the flames, ensuring Fox News will continue their drivel.Instead of denouncing Fox News, they were better off recommending respectable organizations they consider news. Personally, CNN and Al Jazeera-English are the best.
Posted in: White House advisers say Fox News is not news
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Gaijinocchio
So lets put him on a huge billboard to attract German and Jewish tourists, instead of say another non-horrible historical figure, complete with the caption
Hitler is not dead!!BRILLIANT!
Posted in: Thai billboard with Hitler causes diplomatic flap
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Gaijinocchio
It's surprising that with the overseas popularity of manga, anime, and japanese food that this hasn't been made until now.
Posted in: The Manga Cookbook
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Gaijinocchio
About time indeed, but the "in this manner" clause means we haven't seen the last of the Savoie family.
And yet, this would not be an issue at all if Japan agreed to the Hague convention, so long ago.
Posted in: American man accused of grabbing own kids released
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Gaijinocchio
This may be the highest, but it still seems low. How many cases go unreported?
Posted in: HIV/AIDS continues steep increase in Japan
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Are they going to China?
Posted in: Shibuya rice
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Gaijinocchio
Hong Kong has the advantage of being one of the world-famous 4 tigers and a superior English system, opening thousands of doors to foreign talents.
Japan on the other hand...is losing it's place as the second largest economy (to China), depopulation, and has these new breed employees.
I don't think that it's a disparity between old and new employees that's the problem, it's society as a whole here. Thinking outside the box is heavily discouraged and when there's confusion, they have to get someone else to tell them what to do.
I see it in schools, the post office, the bank, and now I see it in the workforce. There needs to be societal changes; deep-seated problems have arisen now that the bubble's mask of money has dissipated.
Posted in: New breed of employees can’t communicate and wilt under pressure
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Gaijinocchio
Interesting statement. Comparing Obama to "the man he replaced" Obama does indeed seem like Mother Teresa or Ghandi, and therefore deserving of the Peace Prize!
Posted in: U.S. President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
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Gaijinocchio
I ate 1/2 a bar of dark chocolate yesterday evening and today my cheeks and forehead have broken out in acne!!
Posted in: How to stay beautiful in Japan through your diet
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Gaijinocchio
I think it should've been vice versa. I thought it was rude to show anger in public in Japan, let alone on National TV!
From the comments: Shinsuke Shimada hits women too? I'd put this woman-beater away for awhile, but in Japan he gets top billing.
Posted in: Shinsuke Shimada snaps during live show
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Gaijinocchio
Nothing virtual could ever compare to a true "live" performance, especially at that price!
Posted in: Virtual idols blur line between real and imaginary
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Gaijinocchio
Elanex probably markets mainly to large, global companies that can't afford to have mistakes in contracts and such.
You'll likely still see awkward "potato flies" "flesh fish" "I play a big dream" and the like in everyday advertising here.
Posted in: Nothing lost in translation
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Gaijinocchio
This is a textbook example of what not to do when a man offers you candy. Stranger = danger?
Posted in: Man arrested for binding girl's arms with tape