JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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Confrontation
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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Nessie
Wow...talk about vague!
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Nessie
Next year's headline: "Harness fastening deaths hit record numbers"
Posted in: Why are there so many deaths due to snow-related accidents (people falling off rooftops, for example) in Japan this winter?
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Nessie
Only electrical fans can stop them.
Posted in: Asia's K-Pop clones dance to South Korean beat
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Nessie
I hope their dog didn't eat their notes like last time.
Posted in: Nuclear security summit aims to restore confidence in industry
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Nessie
@mabodofuls
Judging from your handle, you are hot, anyway.
Posted in: Madonna's guarantee: no half-time wardrobe malfunction at Super Bowl
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Nessie
What is a cell phone drama?
Posted in: Erika Sawajiri tries her hand at designing clothes, handbags
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Nessie
Burka will do fine.
Posted in: Madonna's guarantee: no half-time wardrobe malfunction at Super Bowl
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Nessie
Dear Mod , Thank you for that change. Now I can get some sleep! ;)
Posted in: Death toll climbs as heavy snow grips northern Japan
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Nessie
Stepped down? And he didn't even find them cooking their books!
Posted in: Sony's Stringer steps down as president, CEO
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Nessie
With AKB48 as campaign girls, just how smart can it be?
Posted in: Docomo, Disney to jointly offer smartphones and mobile services
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Nessie
A ton here and a ton there and pretty soon you're talking about real leakage.
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Nessie
I realize this. But in this case, the reporter should write that they were prounced dead. The way its written, it sounds as if the reporter knew they were alive and knew that death occurred later. If we don't know that, then we should write that they were pronounced dead. That's not what the reporter wrote. The reporter is writing as if he or she has some sixth sense that knows for a fact when death occurs.
Posted in: Death toll climbs as heavy snow grips northern Japan
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Nessie
Would we stop with these absurdities? They were PRONOUNCED DEAD a short time later. It is implausible that they were under snow for two hours, were found with no pulse and then LATER died.
Posted in: Death toll climbs as heavy snow grips northern Japan
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Nessie
I resent the false dichotomy of the question.
Posted in: Do you think all-girl groups like AKB48 are being marketed as sexualized little Lolitas or is it just harmless fun?
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Nessie
No wonder they want to double the sales tax.
Posted in: Gov't figures show lowest ever percentage of smokers
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Nessie
Maybe it wasn't registered. The registration system is a get out of responsility card for cops. Registered? We can't find it. Not registered? We won't pretend to look.
Posted in: Man uncovers bike thief by bidding on own bike in online auction
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Nessie
I'd say a prostitute has some valuable advice to offer on chastity.
Posted in: IMF urges Japan to triple consumption tax to reduce debt
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Nessie
This is a problem, NetNinja. Also when they tell the specials only to my GF. I ask them to repeat them to me and they get flustered. It's a lose-lose situation, since you only end up looking bad for calling them on it. I've privately spoken to the manager after the meal on more than one occasion. Only at fancy places, though, because when I'm paying 20,000 yen for dinner, I expect 20,000-yen service. It's particularly galling to be the one paying for the whole meal, and end up the one who gets stiffed on service.
The other complaint is when the waitress brings the dishes and asks who ordered what. At a table for two, I don't think it's too much to expect to remember who ordered the zaru soba and who ordered the kitsune soba. It ain't rocket science.
Compare this to a high-end sushi place I went to recently. The sushi chef noticed within 15 min that I was a lefty, and he but the sushi down the opposite way to accomodate me, so it was easy to pick up. I never said a thing. He never said a thing. That's good service.
Overall, the service is polite and reasonably attentive, but only marginally competent.
Posted in: What do you think of the quality of waiters in Japanese restaurants?
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Nessie
What, they banned it outdoors before they banned it in restaurants? That sounds backwards.
Posted in: Kanagawa's new anti-smoking ordinance a bane on businesses
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Nessie
This will effectively be a regressive tax. Some increase is necessary, but there are already hidden structural taxes, which are the cost of living or doing business in Japan, such as inefficient distribution and lifetime employment of unproductive deadwood.
Other steps that need to be taken:
raise the retirement age
lower pension payments
increase health insurance deductibles
increase health insurance costs of free-riding elderly
Posted in: IMF urges Japan to triple consumption tax to reduce debt