JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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Dude, lighten up! You're definitely over-thinking this situation. You and Yuko are bi-lingual, so just accommodate each other and speak/write in both languages. I hope I don't run into someone who has all this floating through their heads when I talk/write to them. Jees!
Posted in: Was I a date, a friend or just a potential English teacher?
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My coffee tastes better now. Thanks.
Posted in: K-POP
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Japan has to get over this crying at the drop of a hat BS. I agree that the fans were out of line and should've had their skulls smashed in but all this crying I see in sports, especially Koshien, doesn't carry over well on the rest of this planet.
Posted in: Belgian soccer match halted after Fukushima taunts
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Tokyoites vote in this governor time after time after time. What does this say about them? Are they not ashamed to have this person as their spokesperson?
Posted in: Ishihara calls Kan, cabinet 'not Japanese' for not visiting Yasukuni Shrine
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The point is "It"S ME" is that the kids didn't have to die had the kindergarten followed guidelines (and common sense) of not driving near the ocean while knowing there was a tsunami warning in effect.
Whatever the amount the parents are suing the kindergarten/school district for is irrelevant as it's more of a call for some kind of punishment and acceptance of responsibility for making such a grave and stupid error.
Posted in: Parents of 4 children in bus swept away by tsunami sue kindergarten
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In the 80s they were supposed to relocate some of the government ministries to Tsukuba to help decentralize a bit. We haven't heard a peep about this in the last 30 years and has conveniently been "forgotten" by the government bots in Tokyo. I wouldn't be surprised if this went the same way. Sorry to sound so pessimistic but like "sillygirl" said, "that old chestnut."
Posted in: Japan to consider backup capital city for emergencies
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I would move out period if I lived in Fukushima-city or points east if I had children. Cancer/Radiation poisoning is serious stuff and I don't trust this government enough to take the necessary precautions to prevent this from happening. Better to take a drop in pay/lifestyle comfort now and to live than to have you and your offspring unnecessarily die because you couldn't bring yourself to relocate.
Posted in: Parents live with radiation fear in shadow of Fukushima nuclear plant
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Again Tokyo elected this man to be their governor. This is a bad reflection on the people of this city and country.
Posted in: Ishihara says Japan should conduct simulated nuclear weapons tests
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We can thank the uncompromising Tea Partiers for creating the budget impasse that last until the last second.
Posted in: U.S. credit rating cut for first time ever
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China AGAIN. Never a dull moment with them. How big of an "incident" is this going to become? More blackmailing, embargos, canceling of school excursions, throwing rocks at Japanese consulates, travel bans?
Posted in: Japan Coast Guard seizes 2 Chinese boats over illegal fishing
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Wearing a suit JACKET when it's blistering hot and jungle-like humid. They really need to match the clothes to the reality of the weather/climate here.
Posted in: What are some of the weirdest clothes or accessories you have seen staff wear to your workplace?
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I wouldn't trust the Chinese military build up as being benign one bit. This country isn't trustworthy and hasn't shown much maturity in the events of the last few years (trawler incident, bullet train crash cover up, Nobel Prize winner lock-up, media censorship, rare earth metal import ban, etc. etc.)
Posted in: China calls Japan defense comments irresponsible
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I once watched a blind man walking in circles on the platform walking dangerously close to the edge a few time. After a couple of minutes of this I had to disembark from my train and run over there and help him out. What disturbed me was that so many people just stared at him and continued on walking. I think a little courtesy from strangers would go a long way in preventing the blind from getting themselves hurt/killed. This happened "where everyone is so talkative and friendly" Osaka.
Posted in: Train operators asked to install new braille block system after blind man falls to death at station
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I wouldn't give N.K. the time of day with all the promises they've broken in the past. They come up with new demands for restarting the 6-way talks every time. Tell them to take a walk.
Posted in: North Korea demands peace treaty with U.S.; Japan says too early for 6-way talks
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They really should upgrade the charges for "Leaving your kids to die in the car while you play pachinko" to 1st degree murder. I'm getting sick and tired of reading this headline over and over and over.
Posted in: 1-yr-old baby girl dies after being left in car for 6 hours while parents play pachinko
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A big slap in the face to all those that died, were hurt, and maimed. A proper and open investigation would've been much less damaging to China's image than this cove-up fiasco.
Posted in: China tries to muzzle reporting on train crash
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Not to be uncaring to those whose homes are in Fukushima, since no one wants anyone advocating throwing away radioactive material near their homes. But the ground immediately surrounding the nuclear power plants there are done for that's why I think it makes for a good option.
Posted in: Japan to buy up and burn radiation-tainted beef
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Agree. The burning away the evidence to restore confidence to the public isn't unlike what China's doing with their bullet train disaster. The problem is that the distribution network has no safeguards against the contaminated meat from being checked or distributed.
Why don't they bury the beef where the ground is already known to be highly contaminated? -> Next to the Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant.
Posted in: Japan to buy up and burn radiation-tainted beef
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When the sun's not out or there's snow on the roofs, then homes can revert to energy produced by their regional energy companies. Solar power isn't guaranteed 365 day a year but for many months of the year, it is a viable energy source.
Posted in: Can Japan meet its energy needs without using nuclear power?
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It looks like everybody got a the thumbs down on their comments.
Posted in: Man held for not paying Y180,000 taxi fare for Tokyo-Osaka ride