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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KSB1978
Are you having a laugh? If you have social skills, it's not difficult to use it in it's written form. Where as having perfect email etiquette does not always convert to face-to-face interaction.
Proper old farts would know how to write letters... which would traslate quite easily to emails... it may however, take extra time to be typed out, as they will possibly use the "hunt and press" type typing technique...
Posted in: Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter isolate people from reality, according to some sociologists. Do you agree?
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KSB1978
Interacting on the internet is not socialising... Kids these days have no social skills because they do not learn these important life skills using the internet.
Posted in: Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter isolate people from reality, according to some sociologists. Do you agree?
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KSB1978
pfft. Prices in Japan is not expensive. When I was growing up in tokyo 20 years ago, it was around 110yen. It's now 25-30% more. At least Japan gets like a 96 Octane fuel as standard. In Australia, 20 years ago, it was 45-50cents a liter and now, it's $1.40. That is a price rise! And it's only 91 OCtane as standard. 95 or 98 Octane stuff is like $1.60.
Posted in: Prices going up
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KSB1978
China is now getting a bit cocky because they have superior economic powers?
Posted in: Japan protests over Chinese chopper that neared warship
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KSB1978
LOL 'Subtle'...
Posted in: Scotch Brite dry sheet
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KSB1978
You may not, but "assassins" derives a name from 'hashish eater'... No, they did not fight in the name of hemp, but they did fight for power and money, and the mind control was done utilising canibis. another story...
Posted in: For many Japanese, laid-back overseas vacations a one-way ticket to nowhere
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KSB1978
Funny that, considering Stallone started off his career as a porn star.
Posted in: Ebisu Muscats form 'sexpendables' to promote Stallone movie
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KSB1978
It is...
Sex industry is the oldest industry in the world. Let's face it. Everyone has sex and everyone has libido... unless in very special cases.
As for porn on trains, may be there should be some discretion. But "anime" and "manga" are art. Like modern day "Ukiyoe". Besides, what is legal in one country is not in another. The legal system is based on the moral judgement of the masses. It should be up to the voting member of the country to decide. Not some foreigner with no cultural understanding to say what is wrong and should be illegalised.
Posted in: What’s really at stake in Japan’s revised pornography laws?
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KSB1978
Back in the days, things like these actually did instill some solidarity amongst the students. Now days, with the over protective ways that Japan has been infected with (from the Western world of crazy political correctness gone wrong), it doesn't really matter. Kids are going to grow up being little brats anyway.
And the Randoseru is selling for 9800yens. That is TRUE despite the fact that some schools may not allow the use of them. There is no disputing the fact that it is. I'm sure even if the school specified shops, they would not expel your kids from the school for having a wrong one... What if you were a "tenkousei"? Expect you to buy a new one?
Posted in: What do you think of school uniforms in Japan?
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KSB1978
I have no memory of this... i.e. "Kioku ni gozaimasen" has been a very old trying to get out of jail free card used by politicians for years...
I prefer police doing silly things like this than going around beating people senseless like they do here in Australia and many other parts of the world. The bad thing about excessive use of force by police is, they never get done for it.
Posted in: Senior Chiba police officer arrested for indecent exposure on train
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KSB1978
He was in the bathroom with a electric cooking stove? That is mysterious...
Posted in: Man's body discovered in toilet following apartment fire
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KSB1978
It's a bit like the Abbey Road thing by the Beatles :)
Posted in: Buddhist crossing
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KSB1978
Most Japanese weddings are a rather extravagant affair. The money envelope is to cover the costs... 20,000 yen is about going rate, 30,000 if you want to show a bit of extra respect, more if you really think highly of the person. What? That's about equivalent of $200 US for a going rate? not all that much for a fancy dinner and a bottomless bar. After all, you are there to celebrate someone's wedding. It's not like you are pissing it up against the wall. Anyway, I can sympathise that the author of this has been a little embarrassed, but trust me, you can get away with it because you are a foreigner. They will give you a lot more leniency for not knowing. Too bad if it was me. I'm a Japanese grown up in foreign soils. If I did something wrong, people would judge me so harshly.
Posted in: How to not make a fool of yourself at a Japanese wedding
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KSB1978
It's like that lady on the youtube video who fell in a shopping mall fountain because she was texting. It's her own fault. But too bad if one steps out in front of a car and some innocent person is charged and jailed for manslaughter...
Posted in: Smartphones foster dumb habits among pedestrians
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KSB1978
I am not buying one until I can get my personal Astro boy or "tetsuwan Atomu"!
Posted in: Robots: The future of Japan? Maybe not
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KSB1978
Preying on the elderly is one of the worst crimes of all. Yay! for sticking it to them!
Posted in: 81-year-old man foils telephone fraud attempt
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KSB1978
If wikileaks can get a hold of these info, I'm sure it's not that hard for a terrorist organisation to access them either. If the states want to keep a hold of their secrets, put more emphasis on security. don't blame wikileaks for exposing what they have been able to access.
Posted in: WikiLeaks: Espionage? Journalism? Something else?
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KSB1978
It's a lot better than a lot of places around the world. London tube is pretty good too.
Compare it to Sydney or Brisbane, the Japanese train system is a million times better. 2-3 trains in countryside? Australia only gets that even if you live in the metro area... and bus system here is absolute bollocks. National rail system? there is none...
Posted in: How do Japan's subway and rail systems compare with other countries?
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KSB1978
These are the rules in Japan... No phone conversation on public transport. Just obey it.
They are trying a "quiet carriage" in Brisbane, Australia at the moment. Which is one carriage in every train is designated "quiet", where you are not supposed to talk loud on the phone, talk loud in general or listen to loud music. It is not exactly policed, but the idea is starting to infiltrate. I prefer these trains because I don't have to listen to some idiot talking about their sexual exploits or have to listen to some crap music in a really tinny sound.
Posted in: Woman arrested for using spray on bus passengers in Chiba
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KSB1978
My mum used to make it every year when I was little. It matures nicely upon storage. I have some 30yo vintage now. very nice. The Ume is called Ao-ume (blue plums). If you pickle it in salt and dry it in the sun, it becomes ume-boshi. Preserve it in sugar and white liquor and it becomes Ume-shu. you can do the same thing (preserving in sugar and alcohol) with virtually any fruits. You can use sho-chuu or vodka if you like, but it will have to have higher alcohol percentage than 30% for it to work well. I prefer to use 40% or more, because it will sterilise, nullifying the need to sterilise the jar.
Posted in: Plum liqueur with blend of lemon and ginger