JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- 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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IvanCoughalot
Unless this poltroon has been hospitalised with self-inflicted lacerations from a ceremonial sword, we can swat away any nonsense about "we Japanese have sincere honour..." with the disdain thus merited.
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IvanCoughalot
Sarge - I second the motion.
Posted in: Beautiful flower
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IvanCoughalot
Is it me, or does she have some kind of squint? Her eyes always seem to be ever-so-slightly off-kilter.
Posted in: Mao Asada reclaims top spot in image survey
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IvanCoughalot
Sarge - seriously, you might want to consider it. It's the typed equivalent of grabbing someone's shirt sleeve and and begging "Huh? HUH?" Each time one makes an even vaguely humorous quip.
Posted in: OMG! Online abbreviations make Oxford English Dictionary
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IvanCoughalot
Teru - my thoughts exactly. Surely the very essence of hanami is the fugacity of existence. Like the man said:
"So seize we the present, and gather its flowers, For mournful or pleasant, 'tis all that is ours"
Posted in: Spring has sprung
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IvanCoughalot
Is DVDA included?
Posted in: OMG! Online abbreviations make Oxford English Dictionary
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IvanCoughalot
Looks like he's with his special friend.
Posted in: Spring has sprung
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IvanCoughalot
And who here has noticed any change whatsoever since the ad was broadcast four times every commercial break? Not me. Still spread-legged oyajis making a seat for seven passengers into a seat for five on the Chiyoda line this morning.
Posted in: AC Japan makes new ads with SMAP, others after viewers complain
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IvanCoughalot
Mr Burton was probably the great love of her life. For all their disagreements, I think she really loved him.
Posted in: Film legend Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79
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IvanCoughalot
Poke - that's quite a controversial standpoint you're taking there, isn't it?
Posted in: 28-year-old man accused of punching 2-year-old boy to death
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IvanCoughalot
What the hell are we supposed to do with goldfish in an earthquake? Come on, let's be serious, now.
Posted in: Don't forget your pets when disaster strikes
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IvanCoughalot
Good lad. Clint. I wonder how much Charlie Sheen is offering?
Posted in: Eastwood, Bullock each donate $1 million to earthquake relief
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IvanCoughalot
I have a couple of questions for Him.
Posted in: Snowed under
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IvanCoughalot
Mod - it took me three attempts to post the above, as the "." was "potentially offensive content". Surely we could relax the rules in these circumstances?
Posted in: Fears of health risks from radiation rise in Japan
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IvanCoughalot
ustreamdottv/channel/geiger-counter-tokyo
Anything under 60 CPM is considered normal. Over 130, start worrying.
Posted in: Fears of health risks from radiation rise in Japan
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IvanCoughalot
Mod, I have a link for a livestream geiger counter in Tokyo, to help people remain calm. Will you relax your usual policy of nixing links in posts so this useful information can get to everyone? I think it would be in the public interest.
Moderator: Post it without the http://www
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IvanCoughalot
Who mobilised a task force within 8 minutes. Makes the woeful response to Katrina look fairly insipid, don't you think?
Posted in: What is your biggest worry in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake?
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IvanCoughalot
I'm very worried that the witless managers of many Japanese companies will not be able to make the leap of logic required to cancel unnecessary activities until the emergency is over, and demand their staff go about the facade of business as usual although obviously the majority of humdrum office workers would be better served looking after their families.
The herd, unused to critical thought, follows orders without question, and heads into town to make gestures of doing their job (dusting things, etc.)
Then lunchtime arrives and there's not enough food to go around. They muddle through, joking about being hungry.
Then, at about 3, the main fault running between the Philippine and Amur plates kicks off, having been weakened at its apex. The line running directly through Tokyo Bay.
That's what I'm most worried about. And that's why my boss and my daughter's headmaster are likely to be disappointed tomorrow.
Posted in: What is your biggest worry in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake?
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IvanCoughalot
God help him. The poor sod.
Posted in: Devastation
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IvanCoughalot
Quite right. When was it the US's responsibility to bring about regime change? Oh, wait...
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