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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Rolf Schlumpf
Everyone has a right to his/her own opinion... So everyone's opinion is okay.
Posted in: Beat Takeshi compares same-sex marriage with bestiality
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Rolf Schlumpf
There will be the time, that even cleaning ladies will need a degree to get a job, because everybody is aiming for higher education. In the end, as tmarie said, even with a degree you won't find jobs anymore...
Posted in: World's top countries for higher education ranked
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Rolf Schlumpf
Will someone trust a company with the biggest failure in credit card data hacking in history or even implanting malware from the company's music cd's to computers anymore? I always liked Sony, but these days I prefer to have them one the other side of my firewall... Means, the recently bought bluray player will be my last product of this company....
Posted in: Sony posts Y456.66 bil loss but expects to return to profit
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Rolf Schlumpf
The problem is: even if they will be able to buy the islands with such a small amount of money and the chinese will give up on it, the chinese will focus then on another part of Japan (or another asian country) to overtake... Territorial disputes became the new hobby of China...
Posted in: Tokyo raises Y76 mil in donations to buy disputed islands
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Rolf Schlumpf
Same (including whaling) is done by the European Faroe Islands every year... I don't support this stuff at all, in fact I hate it. But compare to the ten thousand seals industrially hunted and slaughtered in Canada and Russia (excluding Greenlanders) every year, the Taiji stuff is just peanuts... To open a dolphin park in such area maybe sounds strange to some people. To me it's better than nothing to do a step forward. Imagine, all the hunters will be able to have jobs there. No more reason to go on a hunt...
Posted in: 'Cove' town in Wakayama plans to open dolphin park
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Rolf Schlumpf
Well, I can't imagine to eat like this, eating is not only put something in my mouth and swallow. But every country has it's special manner, it's just like that. So, when in South Korea, do as the South Korean do. When in Japan, do as the japanese do...
Posted in: Korean idol enrages Japanese netizens by eating instant noodles from the pot
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Rolf Schlumpf
zurcromium:
That's exactly the one and only sentence in this discussion here that counts... I really like dogs but in this sad case it doesn't matter wether it was the dogs fault or not. It's just a fact, it killed somebody, it must be put down and the owner must be fined (that it really hurts). Not for nothing specific dogs are illegal in some countries...
Posted in: 90-year-old woman dies after being attacked by dog in Yamanashi
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Rolf Schlumpf
@Robert Dykes... I totally agree with you, nice words.
I'm not living in Japan now, but plan it for so many years, so maybe some more years to go. My wife is japanese, very southbound, a real great place to live. Clearly not everything is golden in Japan, as in every other country. Nationalism and Racism, yah, spread all over the world, not only in Nippon. Still I never faced any bad situation while I stayed in Japan. I can't say too many bad things about the country, but about many western places I used to be before.
Never can imagine to live in China or India, too. No places of mine. These countries are now getting through the whole process of the bubbling economy with all the side-effects. Life there is only about making money. It's clear, Japan has a problem with it's economy and probably the think tanks outlook will become true. But I'm sure at the same time, there will be many other countries in the world with equal problems. My only wish for Japan is to open it's immigration policy a bit. I don't support too much immigration, it will make things worser, as seen in so many other countries in the world (my homecountry has almost 30% foreigners).
All in all, there are things to scrutinize in Japan, but still... it's the place I will die (if possible :)...
Posted in: Japan 'no longer a rich country' by 2050: think tank
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Rolf Schlumpf
@korea-guy...
There will be no killing by mobs in Japan... elsewhere will...
Posted in: Tokyo mega-quake would kill over 9,600, simulation shows
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Rolf Schlumpf
European, married to a japanese woman for 4 years, had some national and international girlfriends before in my (already long) life... It's a little bit complicated, but there is not better choice than a japanese girl :)...
Posted in: Int'l marriages test ability to balance love with tolerance
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Rolf Schlumpf
J-Pop, K-Pop... nothing but musical armageddon.
Posted in: Karasia
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Rolf Schlumpf
Always hold your childs hand near a street... Whatever you do there, always!
Posted in: 1-year-old girl dies after being hit by car in Saitama
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Rolf Schlumpf
Stalking is a typical case which the family and friends should take in own hands... Police won't or can't do so much... A little self-justice will teach the dumbass well...
Posted in: Chiba police ignored stalker report and went on trip to Hokkaido
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Rolf Schlumpf
Red gloves to drive, hahaha, what a moron. On the highway, as everybody is moving in one direction = well okay. On outside streets with oncoming traffic = stupid. I thought doctors have more IQ.
Posted in: Speeding Ferrari driver caught after YouTube post
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Rolf Schlumpf
I never watched Baseball live and I never watched AKB48 live... Definitely time to change my mind :)...
Posted in: AKB48 to sing national anthem before Giants-Swallows season opener on March 30
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Rolf Schlumpf
That one made me laugh: Japanese people don’t study much about other races and cultures, do they?” (American woman) ... Hmmm, they do in America?
Posted in: Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Rolf Schlumpf
86.7 million on 377'835 km² (Japan) in 2060 is like 81.8 million on 357'022 km² (Germany) in 2012... What's the problem with that?...
Posted in: Japan's population to shrink two thirds by 2110
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Rolf Schlumpf
Grown up in a european winter side and get used to drive cars and motorcycles in the snow (but not doing it on icy days) I'm pretty glad to spending my days now in warm South Kyushu without winter tires... 4 AWD's on snow = great, on ice = same like 2WD's (except you are using spiked tires)... Ahhr, going to the beach now and enjoy the sun...
Posted in: 53 injured in snow-related accidents in Tokyo region
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Rolf Schlumpf
David Bowie: We can beat them for ever and ever. We can be Heroes, just for one day... Definitely guys I want to have a drink (or two) with...
Posted in: Australian anti-whaling activists could face charges in Japan
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Rolf Schlumpf
I'm really wondering why the involved japanese people don't have the guts to say that their whale-catching has nothing to do with scientific research. Yes, other countries do it, too, but they don't lie about the fact what they catch them for. I don't care if it is tradition or not, just don't tell any dumb stories about it and the world will merely accept what you do...
Posted in: Japan whaling fleet obstructed by Sea Shepherd