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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Pukey2
bicultural:
And who on earth buys a large TV set just for the 11 o'clock news?!!!!!!!!!!! And so what if you get to see the weather forecast on a digital HD TV? I can see it on my old TV, in the newspapers, on the internet. Seeing it in high resolution isn't going to make the sun come out any quicker.
I'm with Beelzebub and the others - internet is enough. I can get all sorts of news from Japanese sources on Youtube or even on their own websites. And where are the cheap digital tuners? I won't be buying a new TV and I'm thinking of getting rid of my present one. Nothing to watch. The only good things are the nature documentaries, many of which are imported.
One thing I wish the new TVs would have is the function to block the faces of tarentos on the corner of the screen and cancel out the 'sugois' and 'eeehs' coming from the background. Sorely needed.
Posted in: Bureaucrats dig in for fight to the finish with anti-digital TV diehards
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Pukey2
Sounds like the Krumm couple could make a far more interesting and less stereotypical 'My Darling is a Gaijin'.
Posted in: Date Krumm ousted from French Open
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Pukey2
Good riddance. I hope foreigners from countries where non-citizens are arrested if they don't carry ID cards 24/7, still have to carry them though.
Posted in: Britain to scrap unpopular ID card program
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Pukey2
stevepc:
I too am equally frustrated when Japanese companies think that 'authentic' means they can jack up prices 5-fold. I saw some cheeses in UK which cost about 2 pounds. A few months back, they were being imported here and were being sold at 2000 yen. Now, how 2 pounds (300yen maximum) turned into 2000 yen, I'll never know.
Some of the stuff at Tesco's here aren't too bad, compared to Japanese products, but still, they're double the price compared to the UK, eg the biscuits. And I am NOT paying 200 yen for a can of baked beans. Last year, they were selling Indian mangoes for 400 yen. Please don't tell me they sell them for even half that price back in India.
Posted in: On-line shopping site brings Italian food, lifestyle products to Japan
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Pukey2
If I were to base my decisions on the reviews in Metropolis Magazine, I'd never get to watch any movie.
Posted in: Do you let reviews of movies, theater, books, restaurants, etc, influence you one way or another or do you prefer to judge for yourself?
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Pukey2
I've been to the Chinatowns in London, SF and NYC, and I have to say they all beat Yokohama, hands down, on authentic food and low prices, especially dim-sum. As a vegetarian, I found that I was well-catered for in all 3 places - can't say it's easy in Yokohama.
At first, I thought you wrote dumping.
Posted in: Yokohama and steamed dumplings
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Pukey2
Cleo:
Cleo, Elton is not a baldie. He does have hair on the top of his head and it's going to last for a long long time. And I should hope so - he paid good money for it.
Hmm, I guess there's no chance of Madonna, Christina and Britney going to Morocco together then.
Posted in: Elton John performance in Morocco raises outcry
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Pukey2
Well they sure surprised me last time. With a goal up, they managed to let Australia score three goals within the last few minutes of the match. I hope for their sakes they won't rest on their laurels again in the same situation.
Posted in: How do you think Japan, which is grouped with Cameroon, the Netherlands and Denmark in the first round of the World Cup, will fare?
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Pukey2
I'd love to see her throw a tantrum again.
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Pukey2
What utter rubbish. It's like saying all Japanese men are chikans, or all blondes are gold-diggers. Some are, some aren't. On my flights, I get to see many mixed couples (usually western man, Japanese woman, surprise surprise). On one occasion, I had a jerk with long greasy hair swearing left right and centre, telling his wife to shut their crying baby up. His Japanese wife swore back. Absolute hell having to hear them. In front of me, were a well-behaved couple, a smartly dressed western guy and his Japanese wife. Even their kid was well-behaved. In other words, everyone is different and to lump everyone together is plain ridiculous.
Posted in: Dear Angry Western Guy
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Pukey2
Led by Japan???? Seriously, what has been the growth in Japan during the past 2 decades? Third world countries in SE Asia have seen greater growths, percentage-wise, than Japan.
Posted in: We expect that the Asian economy will continue to grow further, led mainly by China and Japan, and that the Internet business and e-commerce business will be the core of that growth.
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Pukey2
Do you have proof that osteoporosis is just as prevalent or more in East Asia, compared to western countries? Because I don't. And I am also talking about those people who haven't been brainwashed yet into believing that dairy products are essential for a healthy diet.
I'm going to hazard a guess that those old women and men who can't stand up are.......OLD!
Posted in: How healthy is Japanese cuisine?
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Pukey2
As many have said, the Japanese diet today has far too much salt, and everything in the shops are laden with MSG and sugar (my folks back home wonder how Japanese diabetics survive, and trust me, there are diabetics in Japan).
Of course it is. Just don't eat too much of anything - variety is the spice of life - whether you're a meat-eater or vegetarian. I know there is a minority who say that tofu is bad, but I'd take that with a pinch of salt, just like I do with the crowd that says milk is necessary. Traditionally, the East Asians have eaten a lot of tofu and practically no dairy products and yet they have low rates of osteoporosis - I don't see them dropping dead. Of course, today it's a different matter with the Japanese eating all sorts of junk food.
And be very careful of cookies made in Japan - trans-fat shortening is in practically all the products. I do think that the Japanese know far less about nutrition than others - in the US and UK, you get a lot of obese people, but you also have access to a wide variety of healthy food. And I wish the Japanese would stop trumping this fifth taste called umami - utter BS, used to peddle MSG.
White bread, white sticky rice, white pasta are the staples here. Japanese white rice is so over-rated. Good luck finding wholemeal bread.
Posted in: How healthy is Japanese cuisine?
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Pukey2
When I moved in here, the whole block was full. It's not a large place. However, the apt on my left has been empty for a year, and so has the one above me. The person living below me moved out 2 months ago. It's getting lonelier here.
As for troubles - a year back, the idiot two floors down decided it would be a good idea to start 'singing' (I first mistook his voice for a tomcat) in the middle of the night. 2am Saturdays would have him playing his damn guitar too. I had to complain to the landlord twice before he stopped. The worse thing now is that certain people across the road (who have their own houses) seem fit to burn every damn piece of garbage during the weekends. I mean, come on, isn't that why we pay to have garbage men come here every morning - to take the garbage away. That, and the horrible grilled fish smell really ruins my laundry. Idiots.
Posted in: New neighbors and the trouble they can cause
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Pukey2
Sure, if I were bleeding or had other complications while the ambulance is being rejected by 15 hospitals, there still wouldn't be any reason to be afraid, right?
Posted in: I want these events to help make the world a place where people don't need to be afraid of dying in childbirth, just like in Japan.
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Pukey2
You could use that as a walnut crusher at the same time.
Posted in: Shape up
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Pukey2
Doesn't help if men here end up putting their wallet in their back pockets, half dangling out. It screams 'steal me!'.
Posted in: Serial purse snatchers nabbed in Hachioji
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Pukey2
I'd love to go, but I hate crowds. Aichi was tolerable though. I'd recommend people going there to try the airport maglev, and also take the bullet trains to Hangzhou (or was it Suzhou?) to visit the gardens. Just try and ignore the bad habits of some of the locals and duck when you're crossing the roads - you might get hit in the face by the laundry. Don't go up that famous tower in Shanghai - waste of money since I couldn't even see the next building because of the pollution.
Enjoy waiting in the queues.
Posted in: Pros and cons of visiting Shanghai Expo
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Pukey2
Let's see. TV? The internet? Safari parks? I've tried looking for a decent zoo in Japan where monkeys aren't half-dead, where birds have room to fly for more than 3 seconds, where elephants aren't pacing back and forth, where there are more trees than concrete. I haven't find it yet, and I doubt whether I will. I'm not saying Japan is the worst, but they're certainly not opening zoos for the well-being of animals.
Posted in: How do you feel about wildlife being kept in captivity in facilities such as zoos and aquariums?
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Pukey2
papasmurf:
That is more of a problem with STRAIGHT childless housewives. Stop blaming straight people's problems on gays. And what's your opinion on lesbians? They could ideally have twice the number of children as straight couples.
Gloobey:
May I add that gay men are less likely to apply for welfare, and more likely to work for their money. Quitting you job so you can have tea with the gals every lunchtime and rely on the husband is what OL's and other female straight gold-diggers do, especially in Japan.
Posted in: Should same-sex couples be entitled to equal social security benefits?