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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JohnBecker
So true. Just the other day I was thinking, "How I miss the normally bright, smiling faces of salarymen trudging to the office..."
Posted in: Though one stratum of Japanese society may benefit from the change in government, others may be hurt. Major corporations may be rescued with tax cuts while workers’ wages remain stagnant. That’s why the gloomy expressions on the faces of Japanese on the street haven’t changed.
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JohnBecker
Hm. That site looks like it should feature a review of Quake III Arena and have lots of mIspLazD kaPitAl lEtTrZ.
Posted in: Japan Online Shop English portal site attracts 200 shops in 1st month
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JohnBecker
Looks like they've incorporated a lot of features that Nikon has had for a couple of years.
I have to wonder about 18MP on a small sensor - there have to be some serious noise issues.
Posted in: A whole new class of EOS
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JohnBecker
I'm pretty sure that's the idea. Not the "fall" so much, but certainly to shake things up. Whether they do that or not remains to be seen.
Posted in: DPJ postpones cabinet picks
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JohnBecker
"Mellow Z Pride"?
Posted in: Fluorescent lamps with 25% extended life
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JohnBecker
@zoechan: it's called a taxi stand. You take the taxi at the front of the line, otherwise there would be chaos among the drivers.
@fusedentropy: Tipping has always been part of the deal in U.S. taxis. Not customary in Japan, very customary in the States. If you feel ripped off, ride a bike instead.
Tokyo taxis: good! quick and easy from TCAT or Tokyo Station to the hotel, which the drivers found on GPS.
Himeji taxis: no GPS, the driver couldn't find the hotel, which was only 5 blocks from the station. He got lost and actually turned off the meter.
Posted in: Taxi driver
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JohnBecker
The author, while praising the lack of "envy-driven social climbing", fails to mention that people were born to a class and prohibited by law to "climb" to another.
Posted in: What we can learn from Edo Period about recycling
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JohnBecker
I am disappointed. This fine group of folks making comments, and not one said anything about "this time it's the ladies wearing beer goggles."
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JohnBecker
@bamboohat: "burglar" is a noun, not a verb.
And, if you insist... the related verb is "burgle".
Posted in: 18-year-old youth dies after late night stabbing in Tokyo apartment
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JohnBecker
No patting head while rubbing belly.
Posted in: Mystery sign
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JohnBecker
They don't need railings. Just paint the yellow lines 5 feet farther back from the edge. ;-)
Posted in: Man survives fall from station platform as train passes over him
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JohnBecker
The suicide rate in Japan reflects not so much on the government, but on the society as a whole.
Posted in: The soaring suicide rate reflects the government's inability to provide necessary assistance to those needing help.
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JohnBecker
These things aren't supposed to replace a concert grand piano, or even an upright. But they're much more likely to fit into a buyer's home, and they're perfectly fine for most forms of amplified music.
Posted in: Digital piano
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JohnBecker
This mirrors Sony's move back in the '80s when they started selling VHS machines. Some people in Toshiba's marketing department will be making some deep bows in front of the bosses!
Posted in: Toshiba likely to embrace one-time rival Blu-ray
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JohnBecker
Was this supposed to be a travel article or a blog entry?
Posted in: Aizu: A castle, sake and red cows
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JohnBecker
Get used to it... this is going to continue until the BoJ starts dumping yen on the market.
Posted in: Japan stocks edge down as yen keeps climbing
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JohnBecker
sigh Sony didn't become Sony by being a "me too" brand.
Posted in: Sony to sell low-cost netbook in August
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JohnBecker
VOR, unless you were in the room with them, I don't see how you can have any idea of what was discussed. Why do you assume that Obama was "taken to the woodshed"?
Posted in: Obama, Putin meet at last, exchange pleasantries
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JohnBecker
Roddick certainly missed some opportunities, but so did Federer. Playing to a 16-14 fifth set tells me that nobody really choked. That was a great match.
Posted in: Federer beats Roddick in Wimbledon final for record 15th Grand Slam
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JohnBecker
Nobody's boarding any NK ship unless they already know what's on board. And I'm sure the U.S. has a satellite tasked to the North Korean ports.
That's not to say NK won't try to ship out anti-aircraft missiles in crates marked "Baby Milk Factory".
Posted in: US closely monitoring North Korean ship