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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Icewind007
Of course it wouldn't. By nature, crime tends toward high income, low output. When legalized, it will be highly taxed both ways, in deep competition, and would be too much for it to be worthy of doing for criminals.
They will simply find something else and make a new base of operations. And there is a lot more than drugs that can make a quick income and is illegal.
Posted in: Would legalizing drugs drive the crime out of the business?
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Icewind007
The article never mentioned if the father did anything illegal... This "violence" may have been just yelling and throwing things around. If he did not do anything illegal, that would explain why the cops had no grounds for interfering.
Posted in: High school student arrested for stabbing father in Chiba
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Icewind007
It's true that American trains are pretty bad. However, America is just too big to put trains in any more than a local area (such as the northeast).
Personal transportation and planes become more cost effective.
Posted in: Which country has the best high-speed rail technology in the world?
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Icewind007
So this woman was not only standing there all day smoking, but she was concealing a knife the whole time too?
Posted in: 8-year-old girl in critical condition after being stabbed on Osaka street
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Icewind007
You who believe that piracy is not high on the DS has really been in the dark. It is the easiest to pirate and it is quite widespread. It's on an easy to attain medium which gives a lot of control upon booting to the user.
I figure the new 3DS will be attached to an account and will take away much of that user control. The control has always been unnecessary and only has given them problems anyway.
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Icewind007
Lol @ the 300 meter car chase... It didn't mention whether or not he himself was in the car at the time of the chase...
Posted in: Panty-thieving cop caught in the act
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Icewind007
The reason is because people are blindly moved by mainstream news media. All people hear are the problems and the bad cases that some people are responsible for.
How often do you think news media would cover the good teachers and any progression in this area of teaching?
Posted in: Why is teaching at English conversation schools in Japan such a maligned profession by some people?
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Icewind007
Yeah, I would like one of you to tell me that you've never jumped on furniture, much less beds, as a kid. Get off your high horse and recognize this as a simple freak accident.
Posted in: 4-yr-old girl falls to death from 6th-floor hotel window
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Icewind007
I am still reeling with disappointment from the first SF4...
Posted in: Capcom ships first million units of 'Super Street Fighter IV'
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Icewind007
Let's see whom we currently blame for those... Oh, that's right! Humans! Is it not fine to bring back what we ourselves brought destruction to?
Posted in: Scientists bring mammoth blood back to life
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Icewind007
Yeah, but that seems to be the pastime of people on this site. Nothing new.
Posted in: Teacher found murdered after being discharged from hospital
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Icewind007
Why not "My Darling is Becoming a Citizen"
Posted in: My Darling Is a Foreigner
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Icewind007
I see that some may blame children for driving their parents off the deep end. And then I see people blaming the parents for not teaching their children to behave correctly.
Where is the point that the parent is taught how to teach a child correctly? How many parents have been through life with at least one younger sibling, or any siblings at all to learn from? How many of their parents offered help or support?
What I am trying to say is that it is an issue of society. Without a basis on family support, it will turn out for the worst. This poor family probably was on the bad end of several bad relationships where this support and learning was not available.
Posted in: Mother turns herself in, saying she killed her 8-yr-old son
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Icewind007
I found that many girls in Japan are obsessed with the gap between their legs that result from very little fat and muscle. It starts to look quite bad when that gap looks like it's wide enough to fit another one of their stick legs.
They need to promote a healthy look instead.
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Icewind007
Any knife long enough to be so useful as that is illegal in Japan.
Posted in: Man fatally stabbed at Mie residence
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Icewind007
Even if a device was not made to create heat, many battery operated machines can create a fire in a contained space. Better to just put the batteries in another container.
Posted in: Hair iron blamed for Narita airport suitcase fire
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Icewind007
I am STILL waiting for my hoverboard.
Posted in: When you were younger, which inventions or technological developments did you think we would now have in 2010, but which have not come to pass?
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Icewind007
I failed to see any excuse... Oil is necessary in modern America. There is no way around it other than being shot back to the iron age.
They aren't asking Japan to stop eating. They are asking them to limit the eating of certain things, especially those of which cannot maintain a healthy population.
Posted in: Japan's food culture is an endangered species
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Icewind007
Seriously, how many responses can I count that said something stupid along the lines of "how can you leave your child home alone?". Unless this article was updated with new info, I find it rather strange that the father would have suffered from smoke inhalation SOMEWHERE ELSE while the children are suffering home alone...
Posted in: 2-year-old girl dies in Kawasaki apartment fire
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Icewind007
Stop blaming every incident on parents. Kids have the ability to walk home in Japan with no problem. And there is nothing wrong with that. This was just an unfortunate incident.
It is still good to know that even a 10 year old boy knows how to be a hero even when his life is in danger. May he be remembered.
Posted in: 10-year-old boy drowns trying to save younger sibling in Saga