JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Core Developer - コアディベロッパー
- Midokura Japan K.K. - ミドクラジャパン株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M ~ ¥10.0M / Year Negotiable
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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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- 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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JohnBecker
I'm surprised no one else has noticed that the frame of the vehicle appears to be painted with the same lacquer they use all over Buddhist temples.
Posted in: Plug me in
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JohnBecker
Those are some big freakin' bows. Fitting, I suppose, if they're aiming at targets 60 meters away. I wonder how many hit the target?
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JohnBecker
No, it's entirely fair.
Posted in: ANA announces photo contest celebrating the launch of new Facebook page
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JohnBecker
Um, folks? Since their defeat, they are no longer called "Imperial Stormtroopers". They are now known as the "Galactic Self-Defense Force", or GSDF.
Posted in: May the force be with Panasonic
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JohnBecker
The fact that he didn't demand a multi-year contract tells me he has his eyes on MLB.
Posted in: Darvish becomes highest-paid baseball player in Japan at Y500 mil
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JohnBecker
In Morning Musume years, that's two or three generations.
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JohnBecker
@asianTourist: the word you're looking for is not "broker", it's "agent".
Posted in: Pianist Harumi Hanafusa to make American debut at Carnegie Hall
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JohnBecker
@Yukikochan: These deer are interact with people every day. They've been exposed to everything we carry and have apparently built up immunity.
Posted in: Deer me
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JohnBecker
I've been to Rochester. I've been to Elmira. All things considered, I'd rather be in Tokyo.
Posted in: Town in upstate New York honors Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life'
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JohnBecker
Without feeding the trolls on the right or left... Mr. Obama was doing what presidents have always done, going back to the Civil War. Whether the troops voted for him or not, it's still a pretty big deal to meet the president. And the fact that it's a great photo op for the president is lost on no one.
Posted in: Obama makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan to cheer soldiers
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JohnBecker
A side note: In addition to her late husband's parents, Maryville, TN has a small Japanese population connected to a few Japanese-owned manufacturing facilities. Hotaru-san will have plenty of support when she comes home to Tennessee.
Posted in: Japanese widow, son of Marine closer to immigrating to U.S.
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JohnBecker
Meaning what? Watergate was exposed by a ton of investigative journalism. Deep Throat didn't just dump a truckload of documents at the doorstep of the Washington Post.
I personally don't think Wikileaks is guilty of anything, but the people who gave them this information are guilty as hell. Nor do I think that Wikileaks has anything to do with journalism. They're just providing a billboard on which to paste up what is supposed to be classified information.
Posted in: WikiLeaks: Espionage? Journalism? Something else?
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JohnBecker
No argument that the Cold War is over. Still, a surprising comment given the current state of affairs in Korea.
Posted in: It's time to reset the alliance. The Japan-U.S. relationship was put together as a product of the Cold War. The Cold War is over.
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JohnBecker
I don't believe this was heavily Photoshopped. But there's a good chance that the photographer set the camera's white balance to "Incandescent", which renders daylight (however much or little of it there is) very blue. Or, he altered the colors in Photoshop. ;-)
Lovely image.
Posted in: Blue Fuji
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JohnBecker
Naming this spacecraft "Yamato" is no different from naming a certain starship "Enterprise".
Posted in: 'Space Battleship Yamato' blasts off
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JohnBecker
She's completely wrong for this job. It should be an old guy with a shaved head and one of those rolled-up bandanna things on his head.
Posted in: Megumi Yasu appointed 'takoyaki' ambassador
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JohnBecker
She should also suggest singing lessons, something she could have used as a child (or even now).
Posted in: Taylor Swift tells kids: Read for a better life
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JohnBecker
@Dewaashita: that would be "plus ça change, plus c'est la meme chose".
Mark Twain's writings define "wit".
Posted in: Mark Twain back on best-seller lists with memoir
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JohnBecker
My favorite customer service in Japan is at the post office. When I'm in Tokyo, I buy woodblock prints wherever I find them. Oftentimes, that means they won't be shipped back to the States by the seller. I walk to the nearest post office, and the young ladies behind the counter will cheerfully go out of their way to cut down a box into a sturdy flat pack that's perfect for my needs. Not just in Tokyo, either - I've found the same level of service in Matsumoto and other places. Just wonderful.
Posted in: In Japan, the customer is not king
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JohnBecker
Fer cryin' out loud.... just shut up and gimme my beer.
Posted in: In the future, vending machines may increase their 'communication' with people. We want customers to enjoy a purchasing process that is different from simply buying from a vending machine.