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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Molenir
He decided that his life was over. He knew they'd find him guilty, and he'd have to serve out the remainder of his life behind bars. Obviously he couldn't take paying for his crimes, and took the cowards way out. Still, at least his cowardice saves the tax payers money. And finally provides a small measure of justice for his wife, whom he arranged to have murdered, so many years ago.
Posted in: LAPD says Miura hanged himself with shirt in cell at detention house
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Molenir
TokyoVP,
Not going to happen. If it did, the global economy really would collapse. In fact there would be nothing left!
Posted in: Mid-sized insurer Yamato Life goes bust, affecting 1,000 employees
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Molenir
Consent... You do understand this concept right? Sex is what happens between two consenting adults. Rape is what happens when only 1 of the 2 consent. If a child is involved, then they cannot by definition consent. This is Rape!
Posted in: GSDF member arrested over sexual relationship with 14-year-old girl
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Molenir
I suspect its more likely, they held him for a few days, and let him go, considering that punishment enough for having sex with a 12 year old. Then he reoffends with a 14 year old, and they're like... Whoops. They never punish these rapists appropriately.
Posted in: GSDF member arrested over sexual relationship with 14-year-old girl
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Molenir
Sad as it is, its very true. You're better off dealing with the situation yourself, then involving the J-cops.
Posted in: Murdered Okayama woman had complained to police about being stalked
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Molenir
I agree, its still his responsibility. If she won't let go, you can't endanger her just because of her stupidity. And driving a truck, he can perfectly see what happens. It does sound like an accident, but hes lucky hes not being charged with more.
Posted in: Woman dies after being run over by truck driven by boyfriend in Aichi
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Molenir
Ya know, I'm kind of wondering if the woman has a boyfriend. If the guy feels that the girl is interfering between them, wouldn't be the first time I've heard of something like that happening... Not that that is the case, just a thought. I'm sure the cops have already checked that out though.
Posted in: Investigators try to track last 30 minutes of murdered girl in Chiba
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Molenir
Too bad he can't be tried as the adult he is. Or be punished with the noose as he so desperately deserves.
Posted in: Minor to be tried for pushing man off train platform in Okayama
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Molenir
I'd be surprised to see them do more then a few months in jail. I mean, thats normally what happens with these crimes, sad as that is. That 18 year sentence a few days back was a pleasant anomaly, that we ought to see a lot more of.
Posted in: Twin brothers arrested for raping woman in Kanagawa
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Molenir
I don't know, it sounds kinda fun. If I'm able to watch it, I probably will.
Posted in: Girls will be boys in AKB48's new drama
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Molenir
Taking naked pictures of underage girls, constitutes child pornography.
Posted in: Ex-'juku' instructor charged with enlisting student to photograph classmates in changing room
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Molenir
I don't see a problem at all. First its only a very small segment of the population that would even consider downloading them, or would know how to do so, or know where to find them for download. Add in the extremely poor quality and the whole problem of people watching pirated versions seems silly. Now when you talk DVD quality rips, the same holds true. Most people don't know how to download them, how to play them once they have them. And its simply less trouble then its worth to just go out and buy a movie you enjoyed, then to download it onto your computer.
I just don't see it having a significant impact. Now people ripping DVDs, burning them, and selling them, that could greatly impact sales. Otherwise, its simply not economical to go after people for this issue.
Posted in: With so many movie download sites around, what do you see for the future of the film industry?
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Molenir
No, this isn't capitalism. And there are people who are screaming socialism. What gets me, is all these people who love capitalism, until they do something stupid, then they're all, I hate capitalism. Save me with socialism from my stupidity.
Posted in: Asian stocks soar on possible US rescue package
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Molenir
Yes the laws need to be strengthened. But so do the punishments. The typical apology and slap on the wrist is simply unacceptable. Recently a guy got 8 years in jail for repeatedly molesting his 2 daughters, and beating his 2 sons. 8 Years. What a joke! 20 Years, that would have been a reasonable sentence. But 8? And the typical, apologize and pay a fine for molesting a woman...
What needs to be done, is actually requiring penalties. Real jail time for these types of crimes. Mandatory Minimum Sentences are a good way to go.
Posted in: Stalking the predators
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Molenir
Markets are up, on very bad news. Another government bailout, this one costing trillions. Do people never learn. Wasn't the S&L failure and the Resolution Trust bailout enough of a lesson?!
Posted in: Asian stocks soar on possible US rescue package
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Molenir
He made an unfounded claim, you challenged it based on nothing, demanding statistics from him. If you have something concrete, then challenge him on that. Otherwise... Just state your opinion about this horrible crime, and move on. Right?
All I can say about it myself, is I'm glad these guys were arrested. I'm only sad that they won't be punished. They deserve 10 years in jail, they'll be lucky to get more then 30.
Posted in: Two arrested for forcing woman into prostitution to pay back debts
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Molenir
I think its the cowards way out. It means you are running from responsibility, not taking responsibility for it. If you do something shameful, you should live to apologize, to atone for your actions if that is possible. And if it isn't, you should live to do what you can.
Suicide is nothing more then the ultimate means of running away from your problems, and evading responsibility.
Posted in: What do you think of suicide as a means to atone for a scandal or wrongdoing?
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Molenir
Thats not why AIG wasn't allowed to fail. AIG insures more banks worldwide then anyone else. It has more arms, then you can imagine, and shares of businesses all over the place. It has nothing to do with shares of stock. In fact, the value of that stock just dropped to nearly nothing. The US Government in saving AIG essentially forced it to issue it 80% of the company. Meaning the current stockholders had their stock diluted immensely.
TonyUS,
You are being a bit hysterical in your reaction. Things are not nearly as bad as you're suggesting. And the US system works, still. The biggest problem was the subprime mortages, which no matter how you look at it, were a mistake. And giving them out to everyone...
Posted in: U.S. government bails out AIG with $85 billion loan
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Molenir
Farmboy,
I agree, that saving AIG was necessary. Its collapse, with the ties it has to banks worldwide, could have triggered a global recession. Ok, I don't see that necessarily happening, but its one of the possibilities, and stepping in to prevent its collapse was the best of a bunch of bad choices.
Its not greed, but rather a lack of foresight. Many of us saw the housing downturn, and acted, shifting portfolios away from companies that had fueled the housing boom via their lending practices. I for one however didn't anticipate the ripple effect it would cause. I expected Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I expected Bear Stearns. However the lack of movement by Lehman Bro's CEO, when he had many opportunities to save the company, that surprised me.
Again, more regulation is not the answer. The people who would be regulating the economy would be just as bad and probably worse then the people who created the mess we're in.
Posted in: What do you think of the recent financial upheavals in the U.S. that have seen Lehman Brothers file for bankruptcy, Bank of America buy Merrill Lynch, the collapse of Bear Stearns and the U.S. government take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
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Molenir
You have statistics showing its not?
Posted in: Two arrested for forcing woman into prostitution to pay back debts