JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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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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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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I worked as a contract english teacher for a city hall. The oyaji sat around once talking about my "yasui" pay and chuckling. They were pulling in over 1000 man yen per year in a rather rural city near Osaka. On the other hand I kind of feel sorry for them. I have never seen such a boring or uninspiring job. There is no motivation of any kind to overachieve. The maximum that can be expected is that one somehow stumbles upon an idea for a new project to keep him and his subordinates busy enough to keep the mind rot at bay. Hell on earth if you are a whippersnapper.
Posted in: 241 civil servants file suit over salary cuts
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I hope the US doesn't have a Fukushima incident. I understand most/all of our reactors are going past their 40 year life spam.
Posted in: Dogged by 'bully' charge, U.S. nuclear chief Jaczko resigns
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What the heck does this mean? --> "Because Earth has no such planets,"
Posted in: Japan, U.S. disagree on possibility of solar apocalypse
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tokyokawasaki is a diabolical genius!
Posted in: Toshiba drops Japan TV operations amid falling prices, global competition
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Hmmm... Two sinking ships tie themselves together. Will they float?
Posted in: Sony, Panasonic eye next generation TV tie-up
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My first summer in Japan I had no AC, my school had no AC, I had AC when I went to a conbini or to a restaurant for lunch. I sweated my behind off, and used an electric fan blowing directly on me all night long. But I did not die. Also, lived in East Coast US in college and never had AC in summers. It was sinfully hot and humid. Also, I did not die.
Posted in: Oi assembly agrees to restart 2 reactors
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As we say in Americano, this is buwlshit. My sister in law near Kobe works 3 days a week and had no problem getting a part time job. I live in Tokyo with my family and there are signs for part-time help EVERYWHERE screaming about flexible hours and decent pay ot 900-1100/hour even at fast food joints. I think the article is more a reflection of the collapse of Japan's rural economy.
Posted in: Housewives seeking part-time work squeezed out by surge in jobless
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Actually in Japan it is better to get married, even briefly, before the child is born, otherwise the kid's family register will list him/her as illegitimate for perpetuity.
Posted in: Rie Miyazawa to divorce former pro surfer
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Lucky for her it is in America where police will take her seriously and enforce a restraining order.
Posted in: Japanese diplomat charged with domestic abuse in San Francisco
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I think the reason to marry is for the child. If the mother is not married at birth, the child according to my understanding, will have a family register as a b#st#rd child perpetually. And in this society that ain't good.
Posted in: Rie Hasegawa pregnant by boyfriend
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I thought old people were burdened with leaving the world a better, safer place for their grandchildren, not inviting war and confrontation for their grandkids to endure based on some notion of pride equals power.
Posted in: Ishihara says Senkakus purchase scheduled for April 2013
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Anyways, top management talent, i.e., the kind that can make millions in NY, London, Paris or even Buenos Aires, don't want to live in Japan anyways. Just gonna get second rate so might as well stick to top JP talent.
Posted in: Another foreign CEO leaves Japan over 'fundamental disagreements'
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My opinion is unchanged.
Posted in: Meisa Kuroki officially announces pregnancy
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She is a goddess. I am envious but happy for her.
Posted in: Meisa Kuroki officially announces pregnancy
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You may go out like a gentleman, like a samurai, with honor intact, but you will still be dead. Dump the TV business.
Posted in: Sony turnaround plan no great shakes, say analysts
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Gotta dump the commodity TV business or Sony is sunk.
Posted in: Sony shares slump 4.77% on restructuring plan
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My wife had our first one when she was 23 and bounced back like a kangaroo, second one at 33 and bit slower but not bad. Now third one late thirties and pretty tough on her constitution based on the complaining I hear. Setting that aside, my first son definitely is lucky to have a lot more time with grandparents when they were relatively young and genki. That is something that a lot of people forget. If you have kids in your 40s, then most likely your parents are too old to help or enjoy.
Posted in: If you want a child, do it before you're 30, says leading obstetrician
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Man that sucks. I don't get the impression the police take DV seriously and a person would probably lose confidence to go back to the police based on their attitude. Sad way to die and predictable.
Posted in: Woman who sought police help twice against abusive husband murdered by him
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Based on the last sentence of the article, I imagine most people quit for the money. No bonus could mean a 40% pay cut.
Posted in: TEPCO workers quitting due to threats, sense of despair
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I don't know if they broke any laws, but the real malfeasance from what I understand is the guys who planned the reactor without taking into account tsunami, and the guys who were supposed to maintain the emergency generator that failed from the start. Anyone who works in Japan knows that 99% of the workers are just robots and really can't be blamed for acting as programmed.
Posted in: Do you consider current or former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) to be criminals? If so, what actual laws do you think they have broken?