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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MeJapanese
no not at all. It saves electricity and no aircon.and people work better when they are not under heat exhaution(sic). What's the big deal about cool biz. Go to Silicon Valley. all the workers(software and IT employees) come dressed in Jeans and california casual and ,they work hard, cause it is omfortable .Thy have tremendous productivity.
Posted in: Does Cool Biz help or undermine productivity at the workplace?
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MeJapanese
"He/she who lives by the sword will die by the sword", "If you play you pay", "What goes around comes around". Just simple logic.
Posted in: Telephone fraudsters' ill-gotten gains don't last long
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MeJapanese
Drunks are disgusting.....
Posted in: Salarymen (and women) reveal their most embarrassing moments while drunk
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MeJapanese
What's the big deal about China emerging as a global superpower. If they buy Japanese goods, property, that's better for the Japanese economy. The last thing we need is an agitator, because then everybody loses. Just look at the positive side of it. Peace!!!!
Posted in: Magazine airs anxieties over China's burgeoning economic clout
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MeJapanese
I wonder y he didn't put up a good fight with the punks. If I was gonna go down, I would like some company. It doesn't matter how old u r. If you get jumped, just fight for ur life. U'll be amazed how strong a person can be at any age if they r attacked physically.
Posted in: Man robbed of cash and clothes on way home in Tokyo
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MeJapanese
Dear Jeff Lee: Ur comment/post was most interesting. I have always wondered y a third of the most cutting edge/state of the art medications are not available in Japan. Since the early '80's, the most advanced antibiotics that have taken over the greatest market share in the world have been made in Japan. Furthermore, since the '90's , the Japanese have taken over a huge market share of the cutting edge anti-hypertension medications in the States. The list goes on till the break of dawn. It was always strange that a lot of the anesthiologists(sic) over here knew a lot about anesthigia(sic)at the textbook level, however they were only trained in just a few of them in an actual surgical procedure. Of further interest is the in the field of biomaterials or even dental materials where they have the cutting edge products sold in the States but are not available over here. During the '60's , the Japanese started to hold a major share of the scanning electron microscope market. Now most of the CT scans and MRI's in the States are made in Japan. I see a few of them here at teaching hospitals but many of the health care providers don't even know how to interpret them. Needless, to say, many cardiologists don't even know the basics of how to read an EKG. I don't want my posting to become an endless criticism of medical and dental care over here because it is a waste of time for me, but y is it that these cutting edge medications and medical/dental instruments made in Japan are not available to the the Japanese patient population???????? I am currently udergoing a study of the health care system over here before I return to the States, so any info shall be highly appreciated.
Posted in: Japan slow to embrace medical tourism
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MeJapanese
Wow.... we should all buy a horse for commuting purposes over here
Posted in: Toyota now investigating Corolla steering problems
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MeJapanese
tkoind2- gee u've figured out the system very well over here. R u a health care provider too?
Posted in: Japan slow to embrace medical tourism
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MeJapanese
Health care industry in US is exploiting people like you. Why do they have TEN times more of H1N1 death per 10,000 people in US than that in here? Fortunately no “HMO-Atrocities’” or “Managed Care horror stories” here. According to the international comparative survey results done by OECD, the performance status of Japanese health care system is the best among the member countries; the rich countries in the world. US consumers should be let known that, in spite of huge money they pay into the insurance or to the drugs, they don’t get medical care of those money worth. For example, the survival rate of breast cancer and colorectal cancer, which are the most common form of cancer now, of US patients are inferior to those in Cuba (Cancer survival in five continents: a worldwide population-based study(CONCORD). Lancet Oncol 2008;9:730-56 ) Michel Moor is not exaggerating facts, “inconvenient” facts for medical industry in US.
Posted in: Japan slow to embrace medical tourism
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MeJapanese
Don't have NHK BS 1. Don't watch NHK anyway.
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MeJapanese
OneManUN-hey that was a great comment. I guess if u r in their ballpark, u gotta play by their rules. I've been told by many Japanese friends, "When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do". Makes life easier for us non-Japanese...however I will be leaving soon back to my homeland.
Fishy..just gave u some advice from past experiences, not only in marriage but in any type of engagement u get into over here. Be it a business contract, alliance contract, et. al. Please don't fly off the handle......
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MeJapanese
Basically, I think it depends on the goodwill of the health provider. In that sense, HMO's r great. They are more into preventive health care rather than treatment health care. However I have to say that the Japanese heath care providers needs to have better bedside manners(M.D.'s) and chairside manners(DDS's). Being too authoritarian can initiate labcoat hypertension, leading to a battery of tests as to the etiology of your hypertension. However, HMO's r a pain in the neck for us health care providers.
Posted in: Japan slow to embrace medical tourism
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MeJapanese
Medical tourism will never take off over here. The training system is too feudalistic, the doctors, especially the dentists are totally incompetent. With malpractice lawsuits growing exponentially, maybe the Japanese healthcare providers are scared of Gaijin patients. I am an American M.D./DDS here in Japan, however, the common motto among them are"外人の患者はうるさいね。。。。。i.e. non-Japanese patients are too inquisitive about the their medical conditions and ask too many questions. Get a second opinion from a Thai /Indian doctor , and they will salami you. Question their authority, and run like HELL!!! Many lawyers will not even take on a malpractice case because they know they will not get anywhere. BTW, most of the private medical/dental school students get in by making huge donations. When I gave a lecture, most of the residents were sleeping or talking amongst themselves about the foxy hostess that they frequent at Ginza clubs paid by u know what companies. However, I found Japanese M.D's/DDS's quite good at research....but only in the field of tissue/culture methodology and electrophysiology, due to the fact that u have to be a very patient technician to conduct good research on it. But then again they have the manpower to do so. It is amazing that on one publication they will have about 12 researcher's name on it. In the States, it is usually about 2~3 reseacher's name on the publication.. However, the original ideas(research methodology) came from other countries and they would do a juxtaposition of their publications out of it. They r good at manipulating data, and kaizen at it's BEST. Food 4 thought.
Posted in: Japan slow to embrace medical tourism
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MeJapanese
gogogo: In Japan , contracts don't mean anything. Further exacerbated by the fact that ur a gaijin. The best way is to go the press and shame them.
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MeJapanese
Japan is too self centered. It is just too much......so I don't watch. I wonder if it is the same in other Asian countries???
Posted in: What do you think of Japan's TV coverage of the Vancouver Winter Olympics so far?
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MeJapanese
I fully agree with BBleo. Unless they r severely punished at this stage, they will become a gang and start terrorizing the whole neighboorhood. A few rotten apples spoil the bunch. I saw acts of this nature with my own eyes among street gangs in the States. Before u kow it, the few rotten apples will instill fear among the good 99% of the students resulting in good schoolchildren not attending school for fear of their own safety. Kids who act in this manner know exactly whaat they r doing and how the system works. An approach like, "Oh they r juveniles so lets go easy on them" will further exacerbate the problem. Teens who engage in this type of activity will have only two paths when they reach the age of 20, in Japan and 18 in the States.The crafty ones will realize that if I am tried as an adult, I will really do some hard time. The nuthead teens will have only one other pathway to tread...namely become an Organized Crime Member. Those kids know exactly what they can get away with and what they cannot get away with. Don't let sociologists get in the way by their munbo jumbo logic. They just want to justify themselves.
Posted in: Four youths arrested for beating student unconscious
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MeJapanese
Had never heard of he but she is a cutey and looks charming.
Posted in: Vivian Hsu back in Japan after 7-year absence
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MeJapanese
@ TokyoKawasaki:There are pet lovers all over the world and not just a monopoly for BRITS!!! BTW, just who control this Japantodayforum????
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MeJapanese
keika1628: There is an element of truth to what you say. When people are dead , they are dead. Life is for the living, how cruel at times the human condition may be.
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MeJapanese
To Shaolin7 & tkoind2: I fully agree with you. .
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