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
I noticed the new version does not have a visible antenna, like the original.
http://www.time.com/time/2002/inventions/tra_bow.html
Posted in: Bowlingual
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Mark_McCracken
Looks like a lot of clouds tomorrow for most of Japan, unfortunately.
Posted in: Asia gets ready for eclipse
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Mark_McCracken
How is this new version different from the one made 7 years ago?
Posted in: Bowlingual
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Mark_McCracken
So they are burned? How is this a unique example of "eco-consciousness"?
Posted in: Bra recycling – newest trend in eco-consciousness
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Mark_McCracken
Start with grateful. Grateful you didn't get run over while running a red light. Grateful that you didn't get a ticket after having a cop see you break the law.
Posted in: My first run-in with the police
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Mark_McCracken
We need a cool/sucks voting feature to rate each new product.
The made-to-order character figurine is one of the few new products featured here that is cool. Though it probably costs over 20,000 yen.
Posted in: Toy show
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Mark_McCracken
Because charging admission to a funeral is tacky.
Posted in: Michael Jackson memorial cost LA $1.4 mil; final resting place a mystery
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Mark_McCracken
This is your idea of balanced?
Posted in: One zoo to avoid
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Mark_McCracken
I don't have a TV. I should get the points instead of people who buy one.
Posted in: What do you think about the eco-point registration system, which starts July 1, in which consumers who purchase government-designated environmentally friendly refrigerators, television sets and air conditioners can apply for eco-points and later exchange them for other goods and services?
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Mark_McCracken
I don't expect many new brands in Japan from this. Most of Frito-Lays' products are available already, though you have to go to a place like Sony Plaza to find them. So perhaps this deal will bring the brands wider distribution within Japan?
Posted in: Pepsi inks deal to produce, sell snacks in Japan
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Mark_McCracken
What is a soft-focus conference? Google shows zero results for "soft-focus conference".
Posted in: NHK and Johnny's reportedly feuding
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Mark_McCracken
Is there any way to change the default starting location to something other than Tokyo?
Posted in: Japan Today launches WDT's map-based interactive weather service
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Mark_McCracken
Best - Thai, ANA, Korean, Southwest
Worst - United, Northwest
Posted in: In your experience, which airline has the best flight attendants and which one has the worst?
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Mark_McCracken
Kind of selfish in terms of elbow room.
Posted in: Robot cook
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Mark_McCracken
Saborichan, yeah, it's not a terrible question, but it's not particularly useful. If you were hiring for a purchasing position, you might ask, "Do you have any experience purchasing for a nomihoudai drink bar?"
Instead of complaining to a newspaper/news service about the quality of answers he's getting, this personnel manager needs to ask a better question. When all else fails, "What do you know about our company?" The difference being a candidate can come back and say, for example, "I noticed your same store sales are up 3% in Tokyo but down 2% in Kansai." instead of, "I like your chicken restaurant."
Posted in: New graduates show lack of zeal for jobs and job-hunting
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Mark_McCracken
You could be asking about previous work experience, skills acquired, abilities, licenses, willingness to relocate, but instead you spend time talking about dining preferences? The point being what exactly? Are you going to hire someone because they prefer hamburgers over okonomiyaki?
Posted in: New graduates show lack of zeal for jobs and job-hunting
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Mark_McCracken
Hope it isn't cloudy.
Posted in: Head to Kita Iwojima for total solar eclipse
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Mark_McCracken
That isn't necessarily so. Number crunching could be outsourced to Japanese accountants or bookkeepers.
According to the article, all the managers are native English speakers.
According to the article, managers teach one day per week, not one lesson per week.
According to the article, managers don't just sit in a classroom, managers teach the class.
It wouldn't make them better number crunchers, but could help them better understand student needs and have a better appreciation for teacher suggestions for improving the lessons.
Posted in: Teaching Japan a lesson
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Mark_McCracken
It's not just the western face. Most teachers who have been at ESL a while have encountered managers who have never taught, who mandate a certain teaching method, without measuring its relative effectiveness. I've never worked for Dean Morgan, but it seems that managers who teach one day each week would be more willing to look at alternative approaches and appreciate suggestions for improving lessons.
Nice too, to see they stick up for their teachers in the face of trivial complaints from students. Having the lessons recorded gives everyone the ability to weigh complaints objectively based on specific facts (the recorded lesson) rather than the student's and teacher's interpretation of what happened.
Posted in: Teaching Japan a lesson
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Mark_McCracken
Ebisu is a neighborhood. Yebisu is a beer.
Posted in: Barbecue on a 51-foot cruiser in Tokyo Bay