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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Kwaabish
sfip,
I don't know of the timing of the release of information, but historically, the JASDF has routinely made information regarding scrambles available to the public. Usually the most amount of scrambles were from Chitose and Hyakuri (Ibraki Pref) against Soviet/Russian aircraft, but recently, there have been more scrambles from Naha/Okinawa and Komatsu for incursions (or possible incursions) in Western Japan.
Posted in: Japan scrambled jets 8 times from April to June due to N Korean planes
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Kwaabish
sfip,
First of all, Japan, like other nations, has an Air Defence Identification Zone.
Second, Japanese radar can usually detect planes taking off from known NK airbases. If it takes off uannounced from one those bases and bee-lines toward your airspace （ADIZ), then like many other nations that have an ADIZ, it would scramble its planes to make sure that it meets that plane near the ADIZ border PRIOR to it crossing over.
If a plane is non-military and has filed its flight-plans/identitified itself and its intentions, then normally, fighter planes would not be scrambled against it.
Posted in: Japan scrambled jets 8 times from April to June due to N Korean planes
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Kwaabish
Perhaps the intention of entering the airspace was thwarted when the antiquated MiG's saw a couple of F-15's coming at them? I'm surprised that Kimmie can even afford to let the MiG's fly these days with their constant shortage of fuel and parts....
Posted in: Japan scrambled jets 8 times from April to June due to N Korean planes
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Kwaabish
Marion,
The scrambled aircraft mostly flew from Komatsu Airbase in Kanagawa prefecture.
Posted in: Japan scrambled jets 8 times from April to June due to N Korean planes
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Kwaabish
Katsu,
I knew several, when the their 4% salary raise would have resulted in a 5% income tax raise (31% to 36%). Eventually, they figured on a percentage raise that did not result in going up a tax bracket.
Posted in: U.S. House plan boosts taxes on rich to 20-year high
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Kwaabish
Awww man, here we go again.... back to paying over 40% when including state income taxes....
What incentive is there to try to earn more money if it just keeps getting chomped away and wasted on bailouts of crap companies like Chrysler and GM?
Why can't we just have a system where everyone is taxed at the same rate?
Posted in: U.S. House plan boosts taxes on rich to 20-year high
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Kwaabish
Klein,
You're right, the article above states nothing about the fact that the UAW now owns 17.5% of the shares of the new GM. BUt the new shareholders were discussed in past articles.
Posted in: GM exits bankruptcy; CEO vows better performance
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Kwaabish
Better performance.... can it do any worse at this point, especially getting money thrown at them from the government/taxpayers?
Well, with UAW taking some management posts, they very well may do worse...
Posted in: GM exits bankruptcy; CEO vows better performance
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Kwaabish
Molenir,
That story out of Michigan made front page news (or highlighted news) in many media outlets including CNN... (which is likely where JT picked it up)
I thought that this kind of story would have stayed just in the Detroit Free Press, but it was on LA Times, Chicago Tribune, NBC News, etc...
Posted in: Attempt to beat train in Michigan ends 5 young lives
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Kwaabish
With proper permission? Or will it just copy/fake like the usual Chinese method?
Posted in: China to build own Neverland as Michael Jackson tribute
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Kwaabish
Darwinian event.....
Also a good example why high-speed rail won't work in the US with the currently existing rail network. These kind of accidents happen all the time. Imagine what would have happened if the train was an Acela type.
Posted in: Attempt to beat train in Michigan ends 5 young lives
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Kwaabish
Yeah, I would have to agree that the Chinese are the worst also. Lack of hygene, no manners (no concept of order in a queue), obnoxious, etc...
Posted in: Pushy French are world's worst tourists; Japanese are top: study
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Kwaabish
So, any random definition of "Declaration of War" today from the troll Kimmie? Or perhaps, any additional "merciless" acts planned?
Posted in: Thin-looking Kim Jong Il makes rare appearance
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Kwaabish
Hey Kimmie, how about mercilessly trying to feed your own citizens by yourself??? When you can take care of your own, then come a'boastin...
Until then, you're just a weird looking, crazy begger.
Posted in: N Korea boasts of military strength
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Kwaabish
But you get equity in the property as opposed to when you rent...
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Kwaabish
Why should Chicago get it when "Dick" (Richard) Daley keeps renegging on his pledge for guaranteeing the funds for the games. He goes in front of the IOC and gives his word that he'll sign the guarantee, and then turns around and tells his city council that he hasn't signed the gurantee and may still not sign it since his city council is seemingly against it...
Posted in: Asia Olympic Council backs Tokyo's 2016 bid
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Kwaabish
I love going to Izu Kogen to unwind. There are some great ryokans and spas in that area.
Posted in: Izu Peninsula is full of surprises
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Kwaabish
HAHAHAHAHAHA! That's a good one.... LOL
Posted in: Japanese-built train makes debut on British rail lines
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Kwaabish
NUMMI was an example shown by Toyota that it could turn around GM's worst plant that it had at the time by implementing the Kaizen program. It pulled it off inspite of having to deal with the old luggage brought by GM called the UAW.
That being said, now that it's "Now endeth the lesson" with GM, Toyota may want to seek to shut this plant down completely so that it can get rid of its only UAW smear in US operations. No need to keep it aroud, even for Prius production; they should move forward with the planned Mississppi plant instead and turn totally UAW free.
Posted in: GM ending Nummi joint venture with Toyota
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Kwaabish
With the graduation rates of some of the schools in NY, perhaps more than just 700 are being paid to do nothing...
Posted in: 700 NYC teachers paid to do nothing