JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Core Developer - コアディベロッパー
- Midokura Japan K.K. - ミドクラジャパン株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M ~ ¥10.0M / Year Negotiable
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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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- 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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Richard_III
Didn't he fail at being a talent?
Posted in: I have no record. I have no experience. But I have the passion to create a better Japan.
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Richard_III
Japanese TV is pretty bad and it's clear that unless remedial action is taken there will be more of these types of sad crimes as people fight over the right to press the standby switch.
Posted in: 49-year-old Okinawa man kills mother for hiding TV remote control
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Richard_III
Should this be so, I can see tax rises around the corner.
Posted in: Opposition DPJ says it's ready to stand up to U.S.
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Richard_III
This book might explain why television programmes here are at the highest intellectual levels.
My own, albeit poorly deficient Gaijin brain, often hurts after an hour or two of such cerebral fare.
Posted in: Why the Japanese Are a Superior People
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Richard_III
Is this why they don't have to look where they're going when they walk down the street?
Posted in: Why the Japanese Are a Superior People
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Richard_III
Looked at a place the other day. Asking rent was 230,000. Landlord wanted reikin of 3 months + a deposit. That's 920,000 just to move house, before you've even bought any new furniture etc.
I wonder what displacement effect this has on the economy? Surely it is better for more tenants with have more money buying things that suit their individual needs, than all the money going to one landlord.
The place didn't have double glazing, no central heating, and was built in the 1980s.
This country really sucks.
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Richard_III
Whether a smile will be enough for the miserable zombies that pass through most Tokyo stations remains to be seen.
Posted in: Rail company workers have to pass the smile test
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Richard_III
In which case, they'll most probably hate everything about this country and want to leave as soon as possible.
Posted in: Is Japan a good place to raise children?
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Richard_III
Kids might end up being good at mathematics if they're taught in Japan, and probably won't hang around with the wrong sorts that are so easy to find in the UK.
One of the major issues is that if they live in Japan long enough it is inevitable that they will take on the manners of the natives. In such a case, you have to question whether knowledge of advanced calculus or whatever is worthwhile sacrificing for a kid to have decent manners and not turn into an inconsiderate pig.
Posted in: Is Japan a good place to raise children?
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Richard_III
Must only be happening in the dodgy bars that are actually on the strip, either run by the Nigerians or the Isreali's (who send out girls to various bars and who then invite to a "really nice place they know" where they charge you $500 for a glass of wine).
Places on the strip suck anyway, and are generally only packed with the lowest desperados.
Posted in: U.S. Embassy issues new warning over drink-spiking in Roppongi
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Richard_III
A very excellent point. People here just have no consideration or manners.
Posted in: Older men up in arms over slovenly female behavior
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Richard_III
These nut jobs are everywhere in Tokyo nowadays.
Posted in: Two women attacked by man with umbrella in Shinjuku
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Richard_III
It's easier to get on with Japanese women than Japanese men, so of the very few Japanese friends I have most are female. It can be difficult though as a lot of people are quiet suspicious of such relationships. Still undecided whether it's best to be totally open about them, or just to keep them under wraps just to avoid any grief.
Posted in: Once you're in a romantic relationship, how difficult is it to have close friends of the opposite sex?
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Richard_III
If you'd seen it you'd know, and would either have psychological and emotional scaring; or have decided to leave Japan.
Posted in: NHK and Johnny's reportedly feuding
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Richard_III
I get the impression that a lot, if not most, kids here are spoilt. Parents pay for juku, school, sports, even university. I can guess that a lot of them don't even pay any rent even though they're over 16.
As they don't become adults until 21 kids here can get away with a lot from their parents I think.
Posted in: What's your impression of parental supervision of children in Japan?
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Richard_III
Best: Virgin, BA, ANA or Air France Good service, generally good films and entertainment, good selection of beers.
Worst: Scandinavian, KML, United Scandinavian and KML have really bad service. Last time I flew KML they only had Heinekan beer, for heaven's sake. Scandinavian are just rude. I couldn't believe it when the hostess on a United flight tried to charge me for a beer.
Posted in: In your experience, which airline has the best flight attendants and which one has the worst?
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Richard_III
Their economic policies would possibly do even more damage than those of Mr Brown.
Posted in: Britain's far right wins first 2 seats in EU vote
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Richard_III
Interesting article, though I disagree with most if not all of it.
I wonder who Henry Hilton is....there is no information at all.
Posted in: Japan can do without preaching on how to fix its economy
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Richard_III
Richard should spend a few months in Japan every year and shake things up a bit. Japan needs more entrepreneurial types.
Posted in: Sushi
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Richard_III
I also sometimes wonder the same about my own career: can I ever return to a proper country after so many years in Japan?
Posted in: Few Japanese benefit from living their 'Shanghai dream'