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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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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- Business Teaching Positions - Part-time - Kanto Region
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥3,000 ~ ¥5,000 / Hour
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John Becker
7 strikeouts and only 2 walks... that's more like it.
Posted in: Darvish wins again for Rangers
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John Becker
That didn't sound racist, Frank. I do, however, disagree. You have no facts or figures to back up that statement, because it's patently untrue.
It's hard to figure out who's going to win. Obama has been an empty promise. Romney is an empty suit. I expect Ron Paul will be on the ballot, but who knows whose vote he'll split.
Posted in: Obama 'playing defense,' but has advantage on electoral map
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John Becker
Agreed with all about about smartphone vs. camera. The article says little about the fantastic new DSLRs that have been introduced in the last couple of months. The Canon 5DMkIII is a fantastic camera that also does world-class video, and the new Nikon D800 is, from what I've read so far, good enough to make photographers think twice about dropping $40 or $50K on a medium-format digital.
The image sensors in smartphones will continue to improve, but size limitations on the sensors and lenses are going to be hard to overcome.
Posted in: Still in the frame - cameras defy smartphone onslaught
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John Becker
Paul, do you think people in Tokyo started spending more because these three shopping centers have opened? I can't see how. Do you think these shopping centers created jobs? Possibly, but only if the new structures house more businesses than the structures they replaced.
It's hard to imagine new shopping centers being anything but a zero-sum gain.
Posted in: Three major shopping malls have opened in Tokyo in the last week at Shibuya, Harajuku and Odaiba. Does Tokyo really need more shopping centers?
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John Becker
You know and I know that these engineers don't give a flip about China. They wanted work, couldn't find it in Japan, went where they could find it. That's all.
Posted in: Japanese engineers find second life in China
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John Becker
The latest reports say there are 3 winning tickets. I don't think there will be a problem with claiming the winnings in time.
Posted in: Record $640 million lottery prize in U.S. reported to have winner
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John Becker
It might be a little bit early to pronounce him a legend, southsakai. :-)
Posted in: Darvish strikes out 11 in Rangers' 5-3 win
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John Becker
I watched a good bit of his round on Saturday and was really impressed. He went through a long stretch of missing fairways as often as he hit them. No more - he's looking sharp. And his putting is just about back to where it was when he was making everything.
A telling moment yesterday was when he was teeing off on the 15th. Someone nearby (not in the gallery around the tee) yelled when Tiger was in the middle of his swing. He flinched, and the ball went way out of bounds. He ended up taking a double bogey on the hole. He was fuming as he walked up the fairway after teeing off again, but when he got to his ball, you could almost see him let it go. And he was fine after that. A year ago, he would have gone off the rails.
Having said all that, Sunday is when we'll know if he's really back.
Posted in: Woods takes lead into final round at PGA Bay Hill
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John Becker
Kiskipuich, if you go back and read the article, you'll see that this technology was developed by scientists in Slovakia and Spain. You're entitled to your opinion, but it loses some of its value when you use something completely irrelevant to try to support it.
Posted in: New device invisible to magnetic fields
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John Becker
Seeing the commercials on U.S. television for this movie, I still didn't have a clue what it was about. I haven't seen the movie, but I can say that the marketing didn't help.
Posted in: 'John Carter' loses $200 million for Disney
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John Becker
It's easy to understand the constructors complaining about cost, but it's Formula One. If they can't afford it, they can go to another series with spec cars.
Posted in: F1 shares? No thanks, say team chiefs
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John Becker
If he's driving in the fairway and has his putter working, look out.
Posted in: Tiger, Wi share lead at Bay Hill
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John Becker
This is all well and good, but shouldn't the engine makers (GE, Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney) be leading the way? The aircraft companies don't make the engines, they buy them.
Posted in: Airbus, Boeing, Embraer launch joint biofuel project
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John Becker
Ian Stewart also.
Posted in: Jagger-Richards spat: It's all over now
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John Becker
Has this woman ever set foot in a conbini?
Posted in: Living with bubbles
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John Becker
It sounds like most of the available jobs will be on the ground, edojin.
It was clear from the beginning that Tokyo Sky Tree would generate some jobs. I'll be interested to see if it costs any jobs at Tokyo Tower.
Posted in: Interviews held to hire staff for Tokyo Sky Tree, Soramachi
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John Becker
A survey is no more than an excuse for teachers and administrators to absolve themselves of all responsibility. "No bullying was reported, so we knew nothing about it!"
The fact is, if the teachers and administrators have any involvement with their students, they already know who the bullies are. Either they're too cowardly to do anything about it, or they tacitly condone it.
Posted in: School bullying survey scrapped due to student concerns
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John Becker
The article mentions early on Taniguchi-san's soul searching about whether or not to go on with manga. It eventually brings out his decision to go on, but doesn't tell us if he's doing anything differently after the triple disaster, or if he's carrying on with the same subject matter. I would have liked to have heard about this, as it would tell us even more about the man. (Sorry, JT, I know this is an AFP article - their reporter could have done a better job.)
Posted in: Manga artist back in the frame after Japan disasters
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John Becker
@LoveNot: there is no formal immunity for members of Congress. They are technically living under the same laws as the rest of the public here in the States. Realistically, however, it's unusual for members of Congress to be arrested for anything.
They went into this on the same terms as Mr. Clooney - they expected to be arrested.
There's nothing wrong with peaceful protest. But, as mentioned in the story, the police had set up a limit for the protesters. They warned the protesters 3 times not to cross the line, the protesters crossed it, they were arrested. This is not unusual in the U.S. - protesters sometimes deliberately defy the police in order to get arrested and call attention to their cause. This is no different than in most other civilized countries.
Posted in: Clooney, father arrested in protest at Sudanese Embassy
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John Becker
With such a shakeup in the starting grid, I expect to see a very interesting turn 1.
Posted in: Schumacher rolls back years at Australian Grand Prix