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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Agree with Ultradude about Ichiro's still depending on an interpreter, though he supposedly can converse quite well on his own. Same for Matsui and the others. At least Hasegawa made a point to learn and use English.
Posted in: Last-place Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu
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Nice timing, right before the Mariners held their Japan Heritage Night.
Posted in: Last-place Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu
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Mike, how are the marines going to defend Japan against North Korea, even in the very unlikely event NK were capable of launching an attack with its lack of resources and underfed troops?
Posted in: I think it's difficult, today, to construct a scenario where there's some land invasion of Japan. Is it possible? Probably. Is it probable? Very low, I think. But that would be a scenario where the Marines would be ideally suited for that.
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So why are more than half of those supposedly Japan-based marines actually in places like Afghanistan right now?
Posted in: I think it's difficult, today, to construct a scenario where there's some land invasion of Japan. Is it possible? Probably. Is it probable? Very low, I think. But that would be a scenario where the Marines would be ideally suited for that.
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The Christianists are taking over America. Ironic, since the country was founded on the concept of freedom of and from religion. I wonder what they think about the cathedral, representing terrorist Timothy McVeigh's faith, located so near the site of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Posted in: Far from ground zero, opponents fight new mosques
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Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Posted in: Which brand gets your vote for the best beer?
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herefornow: "Why should the U.S. have wanted to negotiate on something it already had negotiated on for ten years?" Because the agreement is unworkable. Note that the LDP was in power for years and, while they made the agreement, they couldn't implement it. Filling in the ocean is out of the question. The only real option is to get the bases out of Okinawa. That's eventually what will happen.
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I like the Chalmers Johnson quote: “The U.S. is certainly the more culpable partner in simply refusing to negotiate, but the Japanese government is at fault in never standing up to us.”
That about nails it.
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Pretty good article, summing up lots of information. On a side note, I appreciate the translation to metric units, but it would be nice if the US would adopt the world standard system so this step would no longer be necessary.
Posted in: 1st try to divert oil fails; tar blobs hit Alabama
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Whether the ocean will cleanse itself is unknown. When the amount of oil reaches a tipping point, it can leave behind permanent ecological change that includes wiping out certain species of plants and animals. This has already happened in the past and could well happen this time. Besides, it's the combination of oil with other forms of pollution that causes the worst damage.
Posted in: Deep beneath Gulf, oil may be wreaking havoc
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This is the most depressing thing I've read in a while. The "Drill, baby, drill" people look so small and silly now. So do the "small government" governors crying for federal government help. In the end, though, we all live by oil and may die by oil.
Posted in: Deep beneath Gulf, oil may be wreaking havoc
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Smoking while driving should be banned, for sure, but some people are better at it than others. I once saw a guy smoking and talking on a cell phone while driving. When the car in front of him stopped for a red light, he drove around that car and on through the light, while continuing to smoke and talk on his phone.
Posted in: Trucker, trying to smoke, causes 5-vehicle pileup in Tokyo
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These news reports pay too much attention to magnitude. It's the amount of shaking on land that really matters, and that relates to depth and location. This one was only 10 km deep and was located well away from land, so shaking was minimal. I doubt, looking at the shake maps, that "buildings swayed in Taipei" is an accurate description.
Posted in: M6.6 quake strikes off Taiwan coast
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If the ashes from Katla were to reach the upper stratosphere in large quantities, the damage would be to far more than the airline industry. Past volcanic eruptions have caused major famines because the sunlight is partially blocked for years. I remember 1991, when Japan's rice crop largely failed and we had to wait in lines for the little available rice, due to an eruption in the Philippines. Katla could be much worse. So could Eyjafjallajokull, for that matter, if it becomes increasingly active over the coming months and years.
Posted in: Threat of new, larger Icelandic eruption looms
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Sure, Japan has some loud rightwingers, but how many of them have been elected to office? Now compare the recent Hungary elections, or Austria, Australia, or the Republicans/Tea Party in the US. There the right actually has a strong following. Here we just ignore them.
Posted in: Now hear this
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Jim Sciutto of ABC News tweets that "Dense fog at airport, plane crashed on 4th approach. Pilot advised to divert to diff airport." He also notes that the government had put off upgrading to a new plane from Brazil as planned.
Posted in: Polish president, 96 others killed in plane crash
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I'm curious how the protestors came to be identified as "right-wingers". Are they members of such an organization? The article does not tell us. Personally I think they can show the film, but why should anyone want to watch it? Doesn't sound like much fun.
Posted in: Right-wingers vow to block release of 'The Cove' in Japan
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I hope the addicts start taking a hint. We don't want your smoke in our lungs and on our clothes and hair. If you can't quit, get professional help.
Posted in: Anti-smoking 'monsters' have smokers on the run
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That smoking is still allowed in public places is totally screwy in this day and age. Ashtrays should go the way of the spitoon.
Posted in: Would you support a total smoking ban in public places?
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Many of these are wonderful films. Too bad about people from puritan cultures who can't deal with it.
Posted in: Nikkatsu revives successful porn genre of ’70s and ’80s