JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 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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Tahoochi
Saborichan: What you say may be true if there was a "Small Stories" section, and this story was in it... unfortunately, this story is in the "National" news section.
Posted in: 3-year-old girl gets finger severed by escalator in Hokkaido store
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Tahoochi
Sorry for the kid and mother, but is this worthy of "national" news??? I would understand if the escalator company or the store was facing charges of negligence and this was on the verge of being a precedent setting case or something... Should we take this as a good sign, that there are no other events worse than this happening in Japan?
Posted in: 3-year-old girl gets finger severed by escalator in Hokkaido store
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Tahoochi
In Japan, the police run around taking pictures of "Bousouzoku" (bike gangs) and do nothing to arrest them. In the US, cops chase criminals at high speeds endangering the lives of countless innocent bystanders... there's got to be happy medium somewhere, where criminals are brought to justice without taking innocent lives.
Posted in: Car fleeing robbery hits crowd, killing 3 children in Philadelphia
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Tahoochi
Helter skelter: Sorry, forgot about the sport. I'm not a leftist or right wing or anything... just myself. You have to admit though, guns were invented for one reason only, and that's killing.
Posted in: 88-year-old gunman kills guard at U.S. Holocaust Museum
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Tahoochi
Holy @$#%! That's an unbelievable amount of product out there with the sole purpose of killing. As much as I am for banning guns, there's no WAY a ban on guns would be a success in the US with that many guns (most of them are probably illegal anyway). Not to mention, if the US government announced they were to ban guns, can you guess what every gun owner is going to do? ...stockpile illegal guns.
Even if von Brunn couldn't buy guns legally, there's no doubt that he would have had countless connections to supply him with guns, given his white supremacist, military, and prison backgrounds.
Posted in: 88-year-old gunman kills guard at U.S. Holocaust Museum
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Tahoochi
Glad to hear the poor girl is doing ok. Where do all of these parents go wrong in raising there children??? I'd really like to know so my kid doesn't grow up to be a psycho... SERIOUSLY.
DISILLUSIONED: I think you should start an anti-Japan club or something.
Do we really have to get into a murder per capita argument here? Your argument wouldn't stand a chance if we did.
Actually, in my opinion, in other countries there are WAY TOO MANY places and people who you can judge that will give you trouble... does that make it safer???
"But in Japan it could be anyone"????? I don't know where you are from, but have you forgotten about Colombine High School and several other college/university shootings in the US??? 9/11??? Not to mention all of the car chases, convenient store and gas station hold-ups and robberies, that end up with dead people that don't get national or international press because they happen everyday in "other countries"??? Like I said, I don't know where you are from, but it just seems like the only things that you mention here on JT are bad things about Japan... what gives???
Posted in: High school boy kills himself after stabbing girl in Himeji
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Tahoochi
Altria: With all due respect (because I hate censorship as well), this isn't censorship. It's a company helping parents decide what their children (not adults) can access. Mind you, like ronaldk mentioned above, kids will probably find a way anyway... my friends dad kept a stack of Playboys underneath the bathroom sink
Posted in: OCN provides children with safer Internet
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Tahoochi
I think this is great, especially for only 315 yen/mo. The rest is up to the parents...
hereandthere: You've got a point, but other than parents teaching their kids about moral values, this is about all that can be done because as long as those "inappropriate" sites are out there, kids will ALWAYS want to "click". Give a kid a box and tell him/her not to open it... you know they'll open it! The pros and cons of the internet.
A mandatory and surefire method to confirm age over the internet would be another possible "solution".
Posted in: OCN provides children with safer Internet
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Tahoochi
While I sympathize with these dealers and the families/communities that are involved, I just don't think finger-pointing is the classy way to go. And if you are going to point fingers, point correctly, because whether or not Chrysler "insisted" he sell more trucks is beside the point, as he didn't sell enough cars in general to remain off the hit list.
With that said, I think Chrysler's poor management is pretty obvious after hearing this statement:
Posted in: Chrysler dealers scramble to unload vehicles
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Tahoochi
Potsu: do you mean accidents in the home? or accidents involving kids falling from apartment buildings?
I guess either way, accidents in the home are the parents responsibility (whether they are more prevalent in Japan than in other countries is a question). I guess we have to keep in mind too, that there are an unbelievable number of apartment buildings or "mansions" (condos) in Japan due to lack of space, which is all the more reason why we should be even more careful.
Posted in: 1-year-old boy falls to death from 5th-story Tokyo apartment
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Tahoochi
Country roads: TONS of beautiful scenery in the mountains, by the ocean (both are almost everywhere in Japan)
Driving lessons: Is a MAJOR hassle if you are applying for a license for the first time in Japan, but like most other posters have said, not if you have a license from another country.
Blinkers: Disagree... it's worse in Canada/US, especially away from the city where people don't even signal at all
Insurance/Shaken/Parking/Tolls: Yes, all way to expensive in my opinion and way to inefficient, but maybe it's intentional
As other posters have mentioned, red light running is a major downside. However, I do like the well maintained roads (I guess that's why they have tolls)
Posted in: Why I hate driving in Japan
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Tahoochi
neverknow2: Would you say that to my face if you weren't sitting at your computer?... I hope you would, because I'd knock that opinion right out of your silly little noggin. I'm a parent in Japan and I DO NOT treat my child as a fashion accessory.
More young Japanese parents need to be educated about the "accidents at home" statistic that westerners have been told.
Posted in: 1-year-old boy falls to death from 5th-story Tokyo apartment
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Tahoochi
Happy Father's Day!!!
Posted in: 27-yr-old man arrested for bashing father with hammer in Tottori
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Tahoochi
I had no idea American football has been in Japan for 75 years. How does the National Team get picked I wonder?
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Tahoochi
It's possible that the man came home and found his dead wife hanging, couldn't bear to see her that way, and brought her down. This is understandable, but not smart because that makes him look suspicious.
Posted in: Woman, 2 children found dead in Yokohama home in suspected murder-suicide
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Tahoochi
Not the sharpest pencil in the box, is she.
Posted in: Marie, at AIDS awareness concert, says she has sex five times a day
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Tahoochi
Does anyone know what Ford's doing to stay afloat? I know they're in trouble too, but not as bad as Chrysler, GM. Ford also did not take any Government loans, so they must be doing something right... or they must be doing something better than GM.
Posted in: Japan business leaders hoping for GM revival after bankruptcy
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Tahoochi
Japanese game shows are just an extension of the tremendously pointless "variety show" programs... hence they can't be compared to game shows that Westerners (at least North Americans) are familiar with. Most JP game shows and the ones mentioned in this article only use stars as contestants... hence the low level of IQ. To me, that's not a game show; utilizing common everyday people is what makes game shows in North America fun to watch (ie. Who wants to be..., Price is right, Family feud, Jeopardy, etc. etc.) besides, stars don't need anymore money than they already have anyway!
Posted in: Idiocy versus intelligence on Japanese quiz shows
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Tahoochi
My nose usually twitches when I lie.
Posted in: How can you tell if someone is lying to you?
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Tahoochi
Government run GM??? What do you guys think of that? They'd probably cause even more debt and even add a little corruption into the mix... oh wait, that was JR before they privatized.
Posted in: GM bondholders balk at plan; bankruptcy now likely