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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PuffinMuffin
after an overhaul of over 700 aircraft landing gears, why am I not surprised to hear this.
Posted in: American Airlines to charge $15 for first checked bag
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PuffinMuffin
Japan is as beautiful as many countries, including your own :]
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PuffinMuffin
Nice!
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PuffinMuffin
Hanamasa
the printed animal on the pic does not resemble Hanamasas in any way. Whatsoever.
Posted in: Cow
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PuffinMuffin
thats Niku no Mansei 肉の万世, it's quite good. I hope the person underneath the costume doesn't faint.
Posted in: Cow
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PuffinMuffin
Jetblue, never heard of it. Seems like they have crappy jumpseats, not to mention service, never mind buddy passes.
Posted in: Man sues JetBlue, saying pilot made him sit on toilet seat for most of flight
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PuffinMuffin
fruity/cocktail drinks I'd understand but why mix veggies with alcohol? It'll be out of the market soon enough, much like many other 'experimental' products. I regret that in Japan once you start to like one particular beverage that they start selling, they take it out rather shortly afterwards. Then there are the 'only this season' type of products too. Consumerism at its best.
Posted in: Asahi, Kagome to launch fizzy, low-alcohol vegetable drink
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PuffinMuffin
"very rare to have a shark attack when dolphins are around"
He thought the shark was a dolphin:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=560947
Posted in: Woman saves swimmer from shark in Western Australia
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PuffinMuffin
wow, agile, brave woman.
Posted in: Woman saves swimmer from shark in Western Australia
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PuffinMuffin
by reading the posts, in general it seems that foreign women and men come to Japan for different reasons.
It might be difficult for both if they have issues with their egos and competition, for they are in Japan and stand out in some way or another. I sense external/peer pressure of some sort. That may not be an ideal/healthy way to start a relationship, but if the topic is about getting a date, how hard can that be?
Posted in: Foreign women in Japan sometimes remark how hard it is to get a date with foreign men. What are your views on this?
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PuffinMuffin
@OhioDonna
hopefully I didn't put it as bluntly as some, but I can understand why Westerners think that the Japanese are better looking in their natural usually black hair, it suits them and it's shinier. Although some Japanese claim to have natural lighter hair (and some even dye it black!) and yes, their features are varied if you get a closer look. Anyway I would have liked to see that jewelry more closely.
Posted in: Platinum
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PuffinMuffin
"I do not understand why so many Asians would want to change their hair color"
The answer is easy: they're bored with black. The same reason women everywhere dye their hair, to change their looks. In Japan it's now boring to see so many women and men with their hair dyed actually. I don't know for sure but someone mentioned Mori is of mixed heritage, which might explain the shape of her eyes.
Posted in: Platinum
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PuffinMuffin
"frontandcentre at 03:14 PM JST - 7th May Big chunks of avocado enhance any good burger"
No kidding? Perhaps in Mexico or Hawaii, but I wouldn't take chances with that risky combination (too much fat/oil together). A burger's pure grease anyway.
Posted in: What differentiates a really good hamburger from an average one?
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PuffinMuffin
At least it isn't a Sony. The mouse is cute, except it's a cat.
Posted in: Hello Kitty laptop computer
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PuffinMuffin
This alone would've smelled like trouble right from the start, Ron. Maybe acting crazier than crazy people on trains might help. Sometimes it doesn't, you really have to call the station employees, I know I do it every time something weird happens, whether I've seen it or have been harassed myself. BTW I'd like to know where I can find pepper spray.
Posted in: A punching bag on the Odakyu line
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PuffinMuffin
Hello Kitty laptop computer which will probably be purchased by the brow-shaved, earpierced, spiky haired, hellokitty slippers wearing teenage boy I saw on the train yesterday.
Posted in: Hello Kitty laptop computer
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PuffinMuffin
I agree with some of the choices here, but I'm thinking Ennio Morricone for now.
Posted in: Who gets your vote for the greatest songwriter of the last 100 years?
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PuffinMuffin
duh, my share of webspace waste. any chance of recycling it
Posted in: Which celebrities are you sick and tired of reading or hearing about?
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PuffinMuffin
sort of Twiggy-ish.
Posted in: CHIYUKI Autumn&Winter Collection 2008
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PuffinMuffin
is (gasp) 'Hard Gay' still making the news? I thought and hoped this fad would be over soon, because one of my colleagues was fond of him for some reason. I had to admit, while women do silly things to gain attention and fame and money and whatnot from men, why not a male (and Japanese at that) doing the same thing, I thought at the time.
But NO, come to think of it, that colleague of mine was quite trashy herself. So no to both men and women doing the chacha or whatever it is that seem to appeal to some folks.
Posted in: Which celebrities are you sick and tired of reading or hearing about?