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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TWCAviation
My grandfather was a POW for four years, a US Marine Guard in what then Chungking China and was taken prisoner when the Japanese forces occupied China, and spent four years in captivity and suffered a bayonet wound to his thigh as he had attempted escape on several occasions.
You may assume from the story above that my grandfather would have influenced my ideas on Japanese people and society. He was a gentle, hardworking man. I also think he would be against the idea of being paid for something that was so long ago. He came from a generation who built their fortunes through hard work of their own. I think he and his generation would find the idea repugnant.
He passed away some years ago- as has my father. What I know is that we live in a world where we need to learn from the past, but we dont need to create a situation where reparations cause both sides to lose face. Everyone loses. The victims would remember what has long ago shaped them, and the Japanese society would lose because they would have to remember a darker moment in history. This serves no one.
Posted in: Should the 1951 Treaty of San Francisco be amended to allow surviving ex-POWs and their kin to take legal action for compensation against the Japanese government?
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TWCAviation
All of us in our office like amenity kits, some airlines doing them better than others. Personally, I like the virgin al a carte idea of picking from a tray what products you may want or need.
The one thing that we are puzzled about at Trans World is that Cathay finds itslef, along with many other carriers, in serious financial trouble. Surely it would be better to more economical to harmonise the amenty kits for unisex use and save money by purchasing in bulk. That said, Cathay has always had a flair for service and perhaps this just did not fit with their model.
Posted in: Cathay Pacific launching new range of travel kits