JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Financial Advisor
- Select Asset Management KK, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥100,000 ~ ¥999,999 Paid Training Commission Based
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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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Mark_McCracken
Is squatting really the ideal response to an earthquake? Wouldn't you be increasing the chances of being hit by merchandise and displays falling over on your head?
Posted in: Earthquake drill
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Mark_McCracken
Milk and a cookie on a train can quite a screaming child.
Posted in: Good manners
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Mark_McCracken
And Tonkatsu?
Posted in: Buns are fried chicken?! Check out KFC's Chicken Filet Double
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Mark_McCracken
Skip to 1:14 to watch a demonstration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUsiFjeRWjw
Posted in: Microsoft to bring Kinect to Windows PCs
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Mark_McCracken
"Suing for 16.54 billion where actual loss is at 134 billion yen?"
They are not being sued because the business lost money. They are being sued for not disclosing that the business lost money.
Posted in: Olympus sues 19 current, ex-board members for Y16.54 bil in damages
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Mark_McCracken
I pulled up the link from today's new JT story.
http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/newimmiact_1/en/index.html
Apparently, changes of residence will be done at the local ward office, but for other changes you have to go to immigration.
Posted in: This experiment is the first step to a more open country. But even if you have the policy in place, you need to address linguistic and cultural barriers as well.
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Mark_McCracken
Zichi, I thought so too originally, but I asked at my ward office and they said that updating data on Immigration-issued Alien Registration Cards would be done at the ward office.
Posted in: This experiment is the first step to a more open country. But even if you have the policy in place, you need to address linguistic and cultural barriers as well.
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Mark_McCracken
My understanding is the new Alien Registration Cards will be issued by immigration, but if you move, you will still go to the local ward office to note changes.
Also, apparently, with the proposed point system, Permanent Residence is possible after just 5 years of living in Japan, (without a Japanese spouse), instead of the current 10 years.
Posted in: This experiment is the first step to a more open country. But even if you have the policy in place, you need to address linguistic and cultural barriers as well.
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Mark_McCracken
Times Square 12-31-1999. Got into one of the holding pens around 5 pm in the winter air. No alcohol, no leaving for bathroom breaks. Just hanging around for 7 hours. Cell phone calls to friends and family, telling them where we were and listening to them talk about being in warm restaurants enjoying New Year's Eve dinners and parties. Finally, 10 minutes before midnight things pick up substantially, three helicopters hovering overhead, lights from TV cameras on rooftops, everyone just yelling for the last 3 minutes. The confetti starts a minute early so it lands right at midnight. The crowd counts down from 60. The ball drops and there are some small fireworks, but mostly its just the feeling of being at the one place where, at that moment, the whole world is paying attention.
Posted in: What is your most memorable New Year's Eve?
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Mark_McCracken
Because selecting an actress based on talent would have been impossible?
Posted in: Who is the mystery person on poster for American movie 'In Time?'
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Mark_McCracken
Worse off, by about 20%.
Posted in: Are you financially better off than you were this time last year?
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Mark_McCracken
嘘 (uso) would have been my choice. From the revelation of accounting lies told by Olympus to the "inaccuracies" stated in relation to the nuclear problems in Fukushima, lies seem to be more significant this year than others.
Posted in: 'Kizuna' chosen as kanji character of 2011
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Mark_McCracken
McDonald's brought out the former regular, now limited-time-only menu item, the Chicken Tatsuta just in time to try to satisfy the Japanese craving for chicken right before KFC's Christmas bucket blitz.
Posted in: McDonald's tries to usurp KFC as Japan's Christmas chicken king
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Mark_McCracken
Ice falling from Chicago buildings including the Willis Tower in Chicago (formerly known as the Sears Tower) is an annual problem. In 1994 a man was killed by ice that fell just four stories from a department store onto Michigan avenue.
Posted in: Locals worried by ice, snow falling from Tokyo Sky Tree
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Mark_McCracken
I tried it, wasn't too difficult. Had to choose a second photo to serve as the background, then go through some of the comments for the last few years and remove those that are no longer timely. Also supposed to add photos for major life events like weddings and graduations.
Posted in: Facebook rolls out 'Timeline' feature to all users
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Mark_McCracken
"Japan, however, seems to be acting against wisdom in its concentration of all functions and industry in the nation’s capital of Tokyo."
Inaccurate. Manufacturing facilities are widely distributed throughout the country.
Posted in: Don’t concentrate everything in Tokyo
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Mark_McCracken
Taiwanese who take good care of their teeth are also probably more likely to also take care of their overall health, which is what likely actually lowers their risk for heart attack and stroke.
Posted in: Teeth cleaning said to help reduce risk of heart disease
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Mark_McCracken
Woodford now saying he will return to Japan next Wednesday. afternoon.
Posted in: Top Olympus shareholder Nippon Life reduces stake
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Mark_McCracken
"but involves a surprise visit to an as-yet undisclosed location in Tokyo. "
Gas Panic?
Posted in: Tom Cruise has 4 missions during 27-hour visit to Japan
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Mark_McCracken
I like Christmas decorations and music, but November 2nd was a little early.
Posted in: Christmas decorations and illumination displays are already up in many parts of Japan and in some other countries, too. Do you think it is too early?