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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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
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JeffLee
If the LZR was a Japanese innovation, this question would never be posed.
Posted in: Do you think that high-tech swimsuits like Speedo's LZR Racer give swimmers an unfair advantage?
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JeffLee
Mariah Carey's critics can't appreciate real musicical talent. I don't like her choice of music, but her singing voice is one of the most amazing ever produced in history. According to Guinness Book of records: - Carey has a 7-octave range, meaning she is able to go from an A2 (eight full-scaled keys below the lowest possible note on a piano) to a G7#-note without deviating from perfect pitch and all in the time-span of one breath. - she holds the record for having hit the highest note in the history of recorded music: a G7#- outdoing even a piano.
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JeffLee
If Japan is sincerely concerned about food sufficiency, it should join an economic free trade bloc. That's what the Europeans and many others have done. Do you think Belgium is self-sufficient in food? This report is highly disengenuous. It's really about finding excuses for protecting and subsidizing agriculture, not ensuring a reliable food supply.
Posted in: Gov't warns low food self-sufficiency, global shortages may lead to drastic diet changes
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JeffLee
Bad idea. We don't really don't know the economic effects of depopulation, as it hasn't happened yet. It HAS happened in Russia - and personal income there has doubled over the last decade!
Immigration does, however, serve the needs of big business - they get a cheaper workforce through greater competition for fewer available jobs. They can pay the rest of us (90 percent of the population) lower wages and cut our benefits, while we grapple with rising costs of housing, energy and food brought on by increased demand from the growing population. This offsets any of the purported economic advantages big business and the politicians talk about.
The immigration-orientated countries are now experiencing this. For proof, look at the absurd housing and energy prices now in such places as Vancouver, London, California, etc.
Posted in: Gov't looks to immigrants as population shrinks