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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- 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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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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Maria
No wonder people keep topping themselves - it must be so stressful that you'd just want to lock yourself in a dark room for a month. Except that a lot of them don't have any rooms of their own. And of course, regardless what the govt. tells you, you can't really believe them. I hope everyone stay strong, with faith that things *will *get better.
Posted in: We are exhausted. We have to look at every food item we eat, we only use bottled water for cooking, and on top of that every day we confront this nagging dilemma whether it's really safe for our children to stay in Fukushima or not.
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Maria
I voted no. Would a war criminal be included in such a time limit?
Posted in: Do you think there should be a statute of limitations for murder cases?
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Maria
What does "too soon" mean? before they've gone off? I'd at least give the item a sniff test before chucking it - I'd never throw anything out unopened. I'm more likely to throw out something that's been half-used, and has been sat in the dusty corner of the larder/equivalent for ages.
Posted in: Do use-by dates cause people to toss out food and drinks too soon?
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Maria
She deserves to lose her job. She is also responsible. If she knew, she did nothing - shame on her. If she didn't know - shame on her.
What kind of editor can she be when, faced with the kind of information a reporter cannot easily get, she did not ask and check and verify and double-check said reporter's sources?
Not a very good one at all, is the answer.
Posted in: Rupert Murdoch swoops into UK tabloid offices
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Maria
@okikibi: Alcohol abuse does hurt people near the drinker - physical and verbal abuse, death, arre pretty hurtful.
I agree with this move, and I agree that if cigarettes are to be stamped with preventative slogans, so should alcohol.
Posted in: What do you think of laws in some countries (U.S., Australia) that require tobacco companies to put gruesome, full-color images on their packs as health warnings against smoking?
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Maria
They should've pulled out already, after the earthquake.
Posted in: Japan says Tokyo may drop 2020 bid
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Maria
I like him when he plays Evil with a touch of Humour - he can be a very funny guy onscreen!
Posted in: At 81, Plummer still relishing the actor's life
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Maria
Maybe it's the focus on a civil divorce, without acrimony, that's the key here - the desire to move on without bitterness or regret.
Posted in: The March 11 disaster made many couples rethink their priorities. Some found that work was a higher priority to them than family, and this helped people gain the confidence to decide on a divorce.
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Maria
Beautiful dress.
Posted in: Japan’s balloon twisting culture is rising fast
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Maria
He'll be missed. A great entertainer.
Posted in: 'Columbo' star Peter Falk dead at 83
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Maria
At first glance, i like it. haven't used it yet, so can't say more than that. I remember the last change (back in the day!) - didn't like that one.Like this better.
Posted in: What do you think of the new Japan Today design?
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Maria
How old are you, Kansai Truth, that you think 39 is SOOOOOO over the hill?
She look lovely - hope she has better luck this time.
Posted in: Emiri Henmi and Kenji Matsuda marry at Meiji Shrine
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Maria
Cleo -I think you're being messed with.
Being proud of your country's successes, being knowledgable about its failures, being aware of what your country's leaders are doing and have don, following what your country is doing nationally and internationally... these things are important.
Being "taught" patriotism suggests a blind following - bowing and singing and saluting by rote, supporting what goes on no matter what, without correct information... these things are NOT desirable in school!
Posted in: Do you think that teaching patriotism should be part of a school’s education curriculum?
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Maria
Imagine anybody calling their country's leader "president", when past preidents have been adulterous, murderous, lying, corrupt, cheating, thieving, slave-owning war-mongerers... Such foolishness.
I'd like to see what this magazine is like before I comment on it either way, and shall order it off Amazaon. But I hope it's good. I like a bit of kulcha.
Posted in: New magazine SAMURAI.JP launches in search of Japan’s lost values
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Maria
What does this mean? That they're from different countries? Continents?
Posted in: Il Divo
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Maria
I think the most backward rule is that women have to wear an actual uniform, but men do not - just a suit. Such bull.
Posted in: Employees reveal absurd company regulations
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Maria
@lucabrisi: If the man's mentally ill (which I assume is what you mean by "development disorder" , not that he is dyslexic) then there's the reason for his attack right there. In which case evil doesn't come into it at all, does it? And yes, I was replying more to serrano's post than yours, obviously.
Posted in: Son arrested over murder of mother in Sendai
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Maria
I think equating someone with a "development disorder" with being "evil" is just... ignorant.
He's obviously not all there - did he crack, or was he already broken?
I hope very much that her last minutes weren't too horrific.
Posted in: Son arrested over murder of mother in Sendai
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Maria
Oh JT, you do have a way with words sometimes!
This is an interesting article though, informative about life inside - and no masturbation? Poor sods...
Posted in: A resigned Horiemon prepares for life in prison
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Maria
Knives don't kill people. people kill people.
Therefore, ban people!
... of course, she could've just made the whole thing up and stabbed herself.
Posted in: Woman stabbed on Osaka street