JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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Noripinhead
Another big one related to the absence of cellular networks: waiting for your date to arrive (sometimes for a very long time!)
Posted in: Gone but not forgotten
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Noripinhead
"Gatekeeper"???- totally bizarre and creepy sounding. Do they want to alienate people even more? I can see how this came about: a bunch of old fogies were sitting in a room and thought, "How can we attract young people? Oh right! AKB48. That's the ticket! Any catch phrase that sounds like AKB48 will work wonders!"
The people who thought of this idea were obviously part of GBTDB48: Go Back To the Drawing Board 48! Absolutely brilliant - not!
Posted in: GKB47 suicide prevention slogan inspired by AKB48 criticized
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Noripinhead
Lovely.
Posted in: Cleaning crew
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Noripinhead
Smokers can smoke all they want. The problem is secondhand smoke where you live - people smoke on the veranda or outside your genkan. And the air flow send the smoke right into your bedroom. Not a great way to greet the day.
Posted in: Gov't figures show lowest ever percentage of smokers
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Noripinhead
--I suck in air when I'm embarrassed.
--I read the Japanese subtitles on English and American films.
--I drink "genki juices" on a regular basis.
--I make a salad for breakfast.
--I look forward to late night cooking shows.
--I have a hard time finding the quotation marks on an Western keyboard.
Posted in: How foreigners’ daily lives change when they live in Japan
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Noripinhead
Times have certainly changed. Japan used to be the powerhouse of the region. I remember when people were saying, "China will be strong someday...but it'll be another 40 years at least." India wasn't even part of the discussion back then.
Posted in: Asia to power world economy in 2012
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Noripinhead
The problem is the ordinary Diet. What we need is an extraordinary Diet.
Posted in: Diet session begins
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Noripinhead
It's good to be the Emperor.
Posted in: Diet session begins
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Noripinhead
This is sounding too much like an episode of "The Simpsons."
Posted in: Nuclear disaster task force kept no records of meetings
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Noripinhead
Seiji Ozawa is a living legend. One of the last great conductors still alive from the golden age of the 50s and 60s.
Posted in: Ailing maestro
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Noripinhead
It's funny how all the college students are worried about being inconvenienced because it will affect their research for their papers. What ever happened to the good old method called "using the library"?
Posted in: Wikipedia goes dark, Google blots out logo to protest Internet bills
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Noripinhead
They make a good point. Nice protest. So today I won't be able to fulfill my desire to learn about the god Mitra.
Posted in: Wikipedia goes dark, Google blots out logo to protest Internet bills
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Noripinhead
OK, I answered my own question. They were ejected into space after comets and other things slammed into the surface of Mars. Violent place, this solar system.
Posted in: Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars
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Noripinhead
Ask a stupid question: how did these "rocks from Mars" get off Mars and into space in the first place? Aren't these just remnants of material in space from when Mars was formed? Or were they launched into space from super-powerful volcanoes on Mars?
Posted in: Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars
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Noripinhead
The reason Japanese comedy in the media is almost non-existent is that Japan itself is such a laugh-out-loud place. The really comedy is on the streets. Or on the trains. Or anywhere but the TV.
Posted in: How to be funny in Japan
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Noripinhead
Oh, so those must be Pissed Tashios in the photo.
Posted in: 'Nuckin Futs' snack gets go ahead in Australia
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Noripinhead
Does anyone remember Alta Vista? Long before Google hit the scene. I still use Yahoo. They defined the Internet in the 90s when people were still using Netscape.
Posted in: Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang leaving company
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Noripinhead
Has anyone else mentioned DENTAL FLOSS! Outrageous in Japan. No wonder people have bad teeth.
Posted in: Six things that foreigners feel are overpriced in Japan
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Noripinhead
It's too bad "Star Trek" Gene Roddenberry didn't live long enough to witness this (on Earth). But he is probably smiling in the heavens somewhere saying, "See, I told you so."
Posted in: Milky Way teeming with 'billions' of planets
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Noripinhead
He's the Mayor of Aso City. 'Nuf said.
Posted in: Dancing mayor's AKB48 act at Coming-of-Age Day ceremony a hit