JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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Leopalace
Yep, Chic Sanya bars, with Midtown Tokyo prices. I couldn't believe I had to pay 2,300 for 3 glasses of Heartland at a 'small hipster bar', where I got to watch the owner and his 2 'chic' buddies smoke cigarettes.
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Leopalace
I guess this isn't something most of this forum's readers care about, until one of their children end up dead from a silent car. I've been in a Prius taxi and it's creepy how quite and fast they are. I think not only cyclists and blind people rely on sound to some extent, probably a lot of us do. I'd like to hear from presto345 about the experience of being a Prius owner and how pedestrians interacted with it. Also if there are any hearing impaired forum members.
Posted in: Japan studies noisier hybrid cars to protect blind
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Leopalace
How about cyclists, those of us who ride defensively, don't listen to music players, pick our noses, smoke or read manga while riding, all senses, including hearing traffic are vital to our safety. I've witnessed how quiet hybrids are on a couple of occasions. It's only a matter of time before the injury list and dearth toll mounts. With the ever growing number of cyclists, car makers will, in the end bow to making hybrids easy to identify by size and distance with some kind of sound generation.
Posted in: Japan studies noisier hybrid cars to protect blind
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Leopalace
Somewhat vague about teacher's working conditions/health benifits.....etc
Posted in: Teaching Japan a lesson
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Leopalace
Too much time on my hands and just looked up the bridge on Google Earth, looks pretty lame, so does Kochi. The locals seem pretty excited about the movie being set in their town though.
Posted in: Bridge over troubled waters
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Leopalace
Scotty (James Doohan) was also Canadian, both he and Shatner are from Vancouver, it's interesting that they aren't 'Canadian icons'.
Posted in: Capt Kirk, American icon?
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Leopalace
My hobby is whitewater kayaking, I often see camping families with small children along the river edge, of fast flowing rivers. If an adult, never mind a child falls into the river, unless they are wearing a PFD (life jacket), there is a high risk of drowning. I'd advise any parent camping riverside to ensure their kids wear PFDs at all times.
Posted in: 10-year-old girl drowns after 4 children swept away by Tokachi River in Hokkaido
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Leopalace
Next we'll find out he had a ball gag in his mouth.
Posted in: Suspect who escaped from police station while cop slept turns himself in
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Leopalace
The rope detail is kind of interesting
Posted in: Suspect who escaped from police station while cop slept turns himself in
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Leopalace
To LoveUSA
"There are millions of chikan occurrences everyday in this country, must you post every story here?"
Why bother to read them?
Posted in: Man arrested for wiping saliva on woman sleeping on train
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Leopalace
Awwww, they are adorable!
Posted in: Ambassadors of Cute
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Leopalace
I think in everyday life, we anticipate lots of things and don't realize we're even doing so. I can imagine how this could easily happen, even to myself. People go out onto crosswalks al the time without carefully looking, most of the time they are lucky.
Posted in: Woman dies after falling down elevator shaft in Hyogo
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Leopalace
Tip for those Gaijin "fresh off the boat", Pachinko parlours have nice clean toilets and nobody ever bats an eye at you walking in and using them.
Posted in: An addict’s guide to pachinko
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Leopalace
I didn't think it was very funny, one word answers seldom are. I do like him as an actor though, hope he does do more movies in the future.
Posted in: Joaquin Phoenix's Letterman appearance is instant classic
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Leopalace
I don't know if it's just me, but being subjected to smokers in Japan is becoming more and more of a nuisance.
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Leopalace
Alaska Airlines smaller planes like Dash and Embrairs only have seat floatation devices, I've been on their flights several times.
Posted in: Canadian airline removes life vests to save weight and fuel
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Leopalace
Not that agree one way or the other with Air Canada's decision, but apparently safety experts reckon that on a water emergency landing most survivors would inflate their life vests inside the aircraft, despite being told not to, and blocking the emergency exits.
Posted in: Canadian airline removes life vests to save weight and fuel
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Leopalace
Sure, it's a useless, geeky hobby, I'm in full agreement, but that's my personal taste. These guys are clearly having fun dressing up and walking around with plastic swords and stuffed animals, let them be, they aren't causing us any harm. It's great to see Japan promoting and celebrating itself through visual arts. Lets face it, their music industry won't produce international artists like the UK's anytime soon and their film/TV industry isn't exactly knocking Hollywood off of it's top spot. What they are good at is graphic novels and animation (although not really to my taste)........Have fun anime geeks, welcome to Japan.
Posted in: Gov't gives foreign cosplayers official welcome
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Leopalace
From what I've seen, Filipino hostesses do a pretty good job of singing songs with japanese.
Posted in: Ex-Filipino hostesses become caregivers