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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Mark Bradley
I wonder what elevator design could be created to operate in a flexing shaft. Its not impossible for sure to have elevators that operate in those conditions.
Posted in: Tokyo Sky Tree elevators halted due to strong winds on opening day
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Mark Bradley
With every problem in the world, there is a solution. If every commenter on this forum posted one idea and collaborated upon those ideas together then you may just save a life.
At 3 years old, even though we are programmed to fear heights by instinct, we are still mindless nulls. We don't register danger the same way as someone who is older and who has been in minor accidents. I have no doubt that many parenting brochures etc neglect to mention or are not even provided to new parents. If every parent was told after birth "X amount of children die every year from X,Y,Z" I'm certain lives could be saved.
Posted in: 3-yr-old boy, left home alone, falls to death from 11th-floor balcony
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Mark Bradley
People need only know their limits. The problem with alcohol is the more drunk you become the more your IQ slides, which leads to more drinking beyond your limit.
No one can force you to drink without physically shoving a tube or funnel down your throat.
Posted in: 9 Hokkaido students hospitalized with alcohol poisoning
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Mark Bradley
Why would you shutdown nuclear before having enough back-up power generation in other forms?!?
Sorry to say, but without nuclear the environment will be worse with coal. Renewables are not efficient enough to be cheaper than nuclear either. Japan has become one big energy experiment.
Posted in: Nuclear-free Japan braces for summer power shortages
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Mark Bradley
How small are these islands? 76,000,000.00 JPY = 945,486.61 USD thats not much money. Thats a four bedroom house in most cities.... not a couple of islands.
Posted in: Tokyo raises Y76 mil in donations to buy disputed islands
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Mark Bradley
If you get angry over this then you must be living under a digital rock. There is 7,003,409,346,923 other things on the internet to actually justify becoming angry.
Posted in: Korean idol enrages Japanese netizens by eating instant noodles from the pot
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Mark Bradley
25 meters... how fast was he going?! Sounds like he was sleeping behind the wheel, not just distracted.
Posted in: Minivan hits group of children, killing 6-year-old boy in Chiba
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Mark Bradley
Girls kissing each other on video, isn't that common in Japan?
If you really want to see complaints have guys passing candies to guys then complaints would hit 50K+ :p
Double standards abound.
Posted in: AKB48 candy ad criticized for encouraging homosexuality
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Mark Bradley
I think they should sink the island with more global warming then no one can have them :p
Posted in: Ishihara says Tokyo plans to buy disputed Senkaku islands
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Mark Bradley
Conceiving kids from many points of view is a very personal topic. Some don't want kids. Some can't live without kids. Of course having kids over 30 is not a bad thing. There are many benefits to waiting at least until 30. For one, waiting just five years gives you a chance to be financially stable or even to say "maybe I can't afford more than one child or any children at all, without sacrificing a lot". Also, delaying the increase of the population is not a bad thing if people are living longer and longer. If people lived forever then you say with 100% certainty we'd already be out of space and resources. As people have increased their life spans by 20-30 years in most countries that means more people should choose have less children. Otherwise, it is only a few more exponential increases until the quality of life for your kids and their kids is so @#%$ that they will say "Wish I were never born ... how stupid my parent's generation must have been to screw like rabbits."
When he says "people should now the risks of having kids over 30", he should really say "you should know the risks of having kids period". I know of at least three friends or family members who had children before 30 that were unwell.
Posted in: If you want a child, do it before you're 30, says leading obstetrician
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Mark Bradley
Coming to a neko maid cafe near you...
I think that there are a lot more useful applications for extending the human body's capabilities than this.
Posted in: Mind-controlled cat ears hitting shelves in Japan
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Mark Bradley
USA should really consider leaving Okinawa.
Posted in: U.S. Marines will not be transferred from Okinawa to Iwakuni
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Mark Bradley
*Fire extinguisher. *Crescent and pipe wrenches to turn off gas and water pipes. *Utility knife. *Matches. *Flashlights *Portable radio with extra batteries. *Non-electric, hand-held can opener. *Camp stove or barbecue to cook outdoors *Waterproof, heavy-duty plastic bags, a shovel and toilet paper. Also, bring disinfectant and hand sanitizer. *Nylon rope and duct tape.
Posted in: Retailers report surging demand for disaster and emergency goods
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Mark Bradley
Thats a bold statement to say that a natural disaster such as flooding won't occur, especially when the ocean surface temperatures have risen, which has caused more flooding world wide. Any % increase in moisture in the atmosphere will cause more flooding as a storm rolls over the ocean collection all the extra moisture.
Which country hasn't been flooded in the last two years? USA Mississippi river, Pakistan, Australia, South Korea, China, Thailand, and so on
Posted in: Thai PM assures Japan floods will never again disrupt business
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Mark Bradley
@wtfjapan couldn't say it better. Suicide is more devastating to human lives than almost any other cause of death. It is over looked greatly as the norm because it is has been drawn out over the decades and centuries.
People need to see that they have something to live for. Just because another person or institution says you aren't good enough means nothing.
Posted in: 12-year-old girl killed after lying down on railway tracks
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Mark Bradley
It was like Mission Impossible. A team of operatives needed to delay that train and the least suspicious way was to jam a door by paying an unsuspecting student ;p
Posted in: Student arrested for inserting CDs in train door mechanism
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Mark Bradley
They should hire 100 or so people with the job of observing at the ends of subway platforms and just asking people "how are you today?" then see if there is any noticeable difference after a year.
Posted in: Gov't enlists AKB48 as 'gatekeepers' for suicide prevention
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Mark Bradley
If anyone wants a preview of what any country will look like then just check out Greece. A few things happened: rioting, arson, flight of capital from banks, wild currency swings and high unemployment 30%+.
Posted in: Nightmarish scenarios of the coming financial collapse
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Mark Bradley
Radioactive snow... people are ridiculous. They should be worrying more about solar radiation from the move to Okinawa. There is a higher chance of skin cancer from the sun then anything they will find in Okinawa.
Posted in: Okinawa snow event canceled over radiation fears
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Mark Bradley
Obviously, she took time off for mental health reasons. When she did that though she should have secured her finances, such as moving into a cheaper place.
Posted in: TV networks drop troubled Tomoko Nakajima