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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LHommeQuiMent
No it does not. Cesium-137 acts like potassium and is distributed mainly in soft tissues, muscle and fat tissue. It's strontium-90 who acts like calcium, it is deposited in bones.
Posted in: TEPCO announces it will take 6-9 months to end nuclear crisis
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LHommeQuiMent
Yes, cross-contamination is possible. If dust or liquid travels from unpackaged vegetable with 1999 Bq/kg of radioactive Iodine-131, which is safe insert sarcasm here according to prescribed safe limits (2000 Bq/kg), to another unpackaged vegetable on the same shelf, it will contaminate it to some extent.
The thing is there is no safe level radiation exposure. The correct term is "as low as reasonably achievable" (ALARA). It means that from a public health perspective the risks are negligible.
The health effects of radiation are stochastic -random- (long-term, low dose exposure) and non-stochastic - deterministic- (short term, high dose exposure). For non-stochastic effects it appears that there is a threshold and it is measurable. For stochastic effects it is impossible to set a threshold. Theoretically speaking we would need to set a threshold value for each cell in each organ.
"Linear no-threshold model" article in Wikipedia gives more information on this.
Again, the risk group here are pregnant women and children, and the major threat is Iodine-131.
Posted in: Growers bring their produce direct to Tokyo consumers
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LHommeQuiMent
And those 12 areas are Tokyo-to and the prefectures of Chiba, Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Nagano, Niigata, Saitama, Tochigi, Yamagata and Yamanashi. Singapore's ban is more expanded and includes produce from Shizuoka, Ehime, Kanagawa and Hyogo-ken.
Posted in: China bans farm imports from 12 areas of Japan
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LHommeQuiMent
Journalist wall of shame here:
h ttp://jpquake.wikispaces.com /Journalist+Wall+of+Shame
Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Posted in: What would you say are the main differences between the way the Japanese and foreign media are covering the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and the ongoing nuclear crisis?
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LHommeQuiMent
For the West the most important thing is to maintain high oil production levels in Libya. A long lasting chaos in Libya will make oil prices spike globally.
Quoting from energybulletin.net
Posted in: Gadhafi forces overcome defenses in rebel town
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LHommeQuiMent
Joking, right?
And how about the QA and testing? 5 teenagers for 5 days?
Posted in: E-mail secondary as Facebook revamps messaging
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LHommeQuiMent
Yes, of course. It's called informed consumer choice.
In Japan, high salt content of the food is the main issue. So the salt content (sodium amount) should be definitely listed. Also information about the trans fat, saturated fat content and glycemic index of the food has great value.
Calorie-labeling alone is not meaningful. Brown rice and white rice have the same calorie content but they are not the same food.
Posted in: Do you think restaurant menus should list the calorie content for each item?
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LHommeQuiMent
I think that the couple are on their way for a photo shooting session. The young man should be carrying a camera in his bag.
They could be doing it for fun but I'd rather think they are doing it for money.
Posted in: Maid to order
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LHommeQuiMent
Well, even if the ban passes the Senate and becomes a law, it will only affect only about 2000 women in France. According to Le Figaro only about 2000 French women wear burqa and the French Muslim population is around 4 million people.
Belgium lawmakers passed a similar ban recently and in Belgium only 30 women wear burqa.
So, it's practically nothing.
Posted in: French bid to ban veils worries allies, tourists
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LHommeQuiMent
Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
Posted in: What are some of your candidates for the worst movie of all time?
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LHommeQuiMent
According to Glico's website this product contains maltitol and sucralose as artificial sweeteners. Maltitol has laxative effect when used excessively. Sucralose reduces good bacteria in the intestines when consumed regularly.
Although they are a better alternative to sugar or corn syrup they shouldn't be consumed every day.
A much better approach would be trying to stop sweet cravings.
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LHommeQuiMent
I couldn't care less.
Posted in: Drunken man arrested after man falls to death off train platform
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LHommeQuiMent
Problem drinkers kill people everyday. They drive drunk and kill people on the road. They beat their wife, abuse their children, fight with strangers. They also kill themselves slowly.
According to WHO, alcohol and its consequences kill 2.3 million people every year (that will make 3.8% of all deaths).
Japan is too permissive with public intoxication and with all that alcoholic beverage commercials they just create more and more potential alcohol abusers.
Ethanol is a drug, a dangerous drug.
Posted in: Drunken man arrested after man falls to death off train platform
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LHommeQuiMent
Today I have bought "Serial Bread" at Isetan. Well they have just anglicized katakana transliteration シリアル and did not bother to check the dictionary. Those are quite common and engrish.com is full of those kind of mistakes.
Posted in: What are some of your favorite examples of the way English is misused in products, advertising and pop culture in Japan?
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LHommeQuiMent
Japan overtook West Germany as the world's second largest economy in 1968.
So they were able to hold the No.2 spot for 42 years.
One wonders how long they will be able to hold No.3 spot.
Posted in: China overtakes Japan in 2nd quarter as world's No. 2 economy
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LHommeQuiMent
Isn't that an oxymoron?
Posted in: Japanese version of 'Ghost' to be made
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LHommeQuiMent
Menthol cigarettes are popular in tobacco industry for various reasons.
Smoker gets a feeling of coolness created by menthol and inhales more deeply, holds the smoke for a longer time. Higher amount of nicotine enters the bloodstream.
Menthol inhibits nicotine metabolism and enhance systemic nicotine exposure.
The flavor is attractive for the underage first-time smokers.
In short, menthol cigarettes create a more powerful addiction and they are more harmful than non-menthol cigarettes.
Currently FDA is considering to ban the sales of menthol cigarettes in US as they are more addictive and the target group are African -Americans and the young people.
FDA has already banned flavored tobacco last year.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/07/15/fda.menthol.cigarettes/index.html
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LHommeQuiMent
Future is wireless internet, mobile devices, home theaters and game consoles.
Cinemas will be gone, just like TV, radio, newspapers, libraries, etc.
Posted in: What do you think the movie-going experience will be like 50 years from now? For example, will people still go to cinemas to see movies?
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LHommeQuiMent
Tattoos and piercing.
Posted in: Which fashion trend do you most wish would die?
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LHommeQuiMent
2 years later than S.Korea, 6 years later than Saudi Arabia and 37 years later than USA.
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