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
As the full article said, there is more openness in China when it comes to access for journalists at press conferences, and THAT'S saying a lot. No wonder many just can't be bothered with Japan anymore.
Posted in: When I heard about Time, I thought foreign media coverage of Japan has really finished.
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Pukey2
I found this article a bit strange. It started off talking about factory farming and animal welfare, and then the rest was about traceability. Frankly, I'm also worried about how animals are treated here. I've seen Japanese farmers on TV proud of their battery hens, and cows and pigs behind bars, in small confined spaces. I'd think many people in places like UK would be too embarrassed to brag about this. It would be nice if there were more info about this as well as traceability, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Posted in: Tracing meat - Japan has the right idea
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Pukey2
Another one of those 'I love you Japan. Watch my movie' press conferences?
Posted in: Japan is probably more like my brain than anywhere else on the planet.
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Pukey2
Of course, they shouldn't do this just because America wants them to. They should do it because they want to. Just in the same way that they should not let in skilled workers or migrants just to make themselves look 'internationalized' and give themselves a pat on the back. Do things only when you mean it instead of being two-faced.
However, I just love it when a country gets a taste of their own bitter medicine. Apologies to the individual victims, but I have no sympathy for this country and selfish society as a whole.
As others have said, it's not always the mothers that get custody. Fathers get custody too, if they're the Japanese spouse of if they are influential (eg Koizumi). There are probably lots of other parents who have lost their children, but because they're Chinese or Filipino or Thai, etc, they don't get any airtime. How about these people? Are they worth less than westerners?
Posted in: Japan, U.S. discuss ways to resolve custody disputes
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Pukey2
billyshears:
I don't know. You tell me. Or better still, can the Japanese tell me, since they're the ones who are always trying to give off this image of being from an international place. All words, but no action. We want skilled people to come to our country (pay into our pension fund and then p*ss off afterwards). We want nurses from around the world (and we then want them to leave). We want Brazilians (and we all know what happened to them). We want tourists from the west (as long as they give us their fingerprints). Blah blah blah.
Badge213:
I've asked this before a long time ago but never got an answer. Adults (like Americans), how can they keep both their original and Japanese passports? No matter which country they visit, Japanese passport holders will get a stamp in their passport. When they come back to Japan, what happens if the immigration officer asks you where the stamp is? They can't take away your American passport, but they can take away you Japanese citizenship.
BurakuminDes:
Me too. As much as I like this place and my Japanese partner, I would NEVER trade in my passport for a Japanese one. You'll always be treated as an outsider. Plus, as a foreigner I have the luxury of leaving Japan permanently anytime when the going gets tough. Most Japanese can't do that. They're stuck with this country.
Posted in: Foreign-born politicians put new face on Japanese officialdom
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Pukey2
Agree with the first poster.
Not only online, but some printed papers are also free. In London, The Standard is now free and you can get it at many tube stations. For Hong Kong news, I gave up on The South China Morning Post when they started charging. It's competitor, oddly enough, also called The Standard, is absolutely free.
Posted in: Would you be willing to pay for access to newspapers' online content?
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Pukey2
Where's Renho? According to Hiranuma, she wasn't Japanese originally either.
Posted in: Foreign-born politicians put new face on Japanese officialdom
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Pukey2
On the right: a 15-year old going on to be an adult soon.
On the left: a fully grown adult forever acting the 15-year old.
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Pukey2
I don't get it. I know Kamei has always had a wide face, but recently, he's become to resemble a bean bag. Has he got some sort of ailment? And why has he got a girl's name?
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Pukey2
I'd like to see how far a foreigner in Japan would get away with this. Japanese, charming, respectful - yes. Foreigner - PAY NOW before setting foot in your room.
Posted in: Woman arrested for staying in hotel 36 nights with parents and not paying
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Pukey2
The quality this time of year is, frankly, the same as that at anytime of the year. See post above.
Posted in: What do you think of the quality of Japanese TV programs this time of year? Seen anything you like?
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Pukey2
They'll have to search all orifices. I've taken suppositories before, so I know it's possible to hide things in all sorts of places.
Posted in: Airport pat-downs often ineffective security stop
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Pukey2
Just as bad as the crowds in city centres around the world waiting the end of year countdown. Sorry, but I don't like crowds in ANY country.
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Pukey2
Good on her, but why aren't more ugly singers popular? Why do people keep buying records from people who have no talent, can't sing and have plastic faces like Hamasaki, etc. This is all just a fad. Advice to Boyle: milk it for all it's worth - you deserve it.
Although a better singer than Madonna, I still prefer Madonna's version of You'll See.
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Pukey2
I expect the hear the same news with his fourth wife in 5 years time. And I bet Denise Richards is shouting 'I told you so!'
Posted in: Charlie Sheen's wife claims he threatened her with knife to her throat
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Pukey2
I don't know what advice to give. If he were a golf player, you could hit him with a golf club until he's blue in the face. What about here? Throw kabuki make-up in his face?
Yes, indeed. They deserve each other.
Posted in: Philandering and drinking issues persist for Ebizo Ichikawa
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Pukey2
Stop selling airline tickets.
Posted in: How much more can airlines do to improve security measures against terrorist plots?
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Pukey2
Yokohama's is the cleanest Chinatown I've been there, but had the worst food and worst shops. It's the most touristy, too.
Posted in: We want to show off the charm of Chinatown, and we're not going to turn away any new efforts.
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Pukey2
Should be phrased:
The fact that there are other people who have other beliefs and do not think the sun goes round the earth took me by surprise and I'm concerned.
Libertas:
As the Chinese say, you've got more saliva than tea.
Posted in: Gay marriage in Argentina is 1st in Latin America
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Pukey2
I'm not surprised the SE Asians and Chinese take a tough stance on drugs, considering what the British did with opium in China in the good old days.
Posted in: China executes British man convicted of drug smuggling