JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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JeffLee
The woman may be in the wrong. She was "walking along a highway," which sounds highly dangerous and illegal, especially at night.
Posted in: 61-year-old woman suffers fractured skull after being hit by cyclist
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JeffLee
the gaming scene seems pretty backwards in japan these days. While everyone else around the world is doing online simulation and in-your-face action games with dense graphics, the Japanese are fiddling around with kiddy games played on Gameboys. One commentator said xbox 360 isn't selling in Japan because it's too sophisticated for Japanese gamers.
Posted in: For Japanese gamers, everything old is new again
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JeffLee
Why does a machine operated by a private corporation have a public surveillance camera?!? I would paint the lens black too. Then set up my own camera inside Coca-Cola's headquarters office.
Posted in: Vending machine
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JeffLee
Blackflag, Those results came immediately after a big price cut. It's doubtful whether such a surge is sustainable.
Posted in: Microsoft targets 1 million Xbox 360 sales in Japan
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JeffLee
The Japanese authorities have banned those Seques from city streets. Too bad, since they're ideal for japan's high-density cities, being eco-friendly, silent, compact, etc. Unfortunately, Japanese companies had no role in their development or manufacture, hence the ban.
I see plenty of them in Bangkok.
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JeffLee
Chibaman,
So from Feb. to April, the sex was arranged through means other than online dating? If so, what was it and why doesn't the story specify it?
Sorry, that's anything but a "clarification."
Posted in: Two arrested for forcing woman into prostitution to pay back debts
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JeffLee
Attention editors, Story contains error/contradiction:
"to have sex with men...between April 27 and June 19."
"was forced have sex with several men almost everyday since February"
So which is it? since febuary or April?
Posted in: Two arrested for forcing woman into prostitution to pay back debts
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JeffLee
I'll miss the old National brand. It had a quaint Stalinist ring to it.
Posted in: Soon-to-be Panasonic scraps National Japan brand
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JeffLee
I was born in Toronto. How come no one calls me "English Canadian"?
Posted in: Marie spreads a bit of cheer
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JeffLee
If they installed garbage cans and ran a municiapal garbage pick up service - as is done is every OTHER developed country - then such one-off, band-aid efforts wouldn't be needed.
Posted in: Volunteers clean up Hokkaido beach
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JeffLee
The wife of one of karoshi victims was quoted as saying that there's no "secret" to Japan's or Toyota's economic success. The secret, she said,is to work your people, literally, to death.
Posted in: Questions rise about temps, overwork at Toyota
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JeffLee
I thought Buddhists respect all forms of life.
Posted in: Temple burns down as monk attacked by hornets
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JeffLee
Burikko, I think they do know. Whenever I go hiking in Okutama and other natural places in Japan, I always see a disproportiately high number of foreigners.
BTW, the destruction of Japan's forests has been directed by the government, but the local people who carry it out do not seem to oppose it.
Posted in: Iriomote Island: Go trekking through primeval forest — without leaving Japan
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JeffLee
Should be rewritten as, "Smart phones can make LIFE easier..."
Smart phones also highlight the relative uselessness of conventional Japanese handsets.
Posted in: Mobile carriers focus on smart phones
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JeffLee
Odd that something who's lived so long in Tokyo and Japan bemoans Phuket's "overdevelopment." The population centers of Phuket are not pristine, But still, I can snorkel off the island's beaches and see thousands of fish, go jungle trekking, and wander along largely empty beaches that stretch for 10 kilometers or more in the island's north. And unlike in HOnshu, there isn't a concrete tetrapod or concrete embankment to be seen. Just white sand, palm trees and the odd vendor's shack.
Posted in: Travels in the East
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JeffLee
But Nokia Samsung and other non-Japanese makers DO dominate the global market already.
Posted in: Top Japanese cell phone innovator praises iPhone
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JeffLee
Melatonin. Nuff said.
Posted in: How do you deal with jet lag?
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JeffLee
The US airlines continue to make more and more reasons not to fly with them.
Posted in: American Airlines ups miles needed for free trip
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JeffLee
What are they broadcasting? If it's typical Japanese TV fare, then no wonder.
Posted in: Toshiba to end mobile digital satellite broadcasting
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JeffLee
How often does this happen in Japan? We're only hearing about this mugging because of the unusal angle of the story.
Friends in Britain say such housing estate muggings underscore their country's descent into hell. But I suspect they occur in Japan frequently as well, but are not reported by the police, as in the UK. I know that rapes regularly go unreported to the media "to protect the individual's privacy." The police admit as much.
All the ground floor units in my building have metal bars over the windows and the neighborhood detached houses have SECOM security systems and are set behind concrete walls, some topped by barb wire. Is this what to expect in a "safety country"?
Posted in: Housewife brews up plan to escape from robber: tea and conversation