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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TanakaTaro
Bicultural has already explained the goal difference rule. I'd just like to add that continuing to try even when you have a big lead is actually good sportsmanship as you are showing respect to your opposition. Bad sportsmanship would be just show-boating and trying tricks to embarrass them.
Posted in: Japan routs Tajikistan 8-0 in World Cup qualifier
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TanakaTaro
That might be true if it wasn't for the JR rail pass. Unlimited travel for the cost of a trip from Osaka to Tokyo.
Posted in: Japan to offer 10,000 free trips to foreigners to boost tourism industry
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TanakaTaro
The "http://" is missing on all those links so they all attempt to link internally. Might want to fix that!
Posted in: U.S. eats: A taste of America in Tokyo
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TanakaTaro
Same here. About three years ago, when people met me for the first time they would occasionally ask me if I used Mixi. Now they just whip out their iPhones and add me on Facebook right away.
The annoying thing for me about mixi is that if you want to register for the developer api, you need to go through the whole phone registration AGAIN. With Facebook and Twitter you can just grab the code and widgets without registering at all.
Posted in: Mixi spokesman gives views on Facebook, Twitter & social media in Japan
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TanakaTaro
I agree with y3chome, this guy obviously hasn't been following his main competitor very closely. Facebook is supposed to be for keeping in touch with friends. When you get a friend request it tells you not to add the person if you don't know them in real life.
Actually, Facebook allows that too.
Posted in: Mixi spokesman gives views on Facebook, Twitter & social media in Japan
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TanakaTaro
Seems like a small mistake compared to using the completely unnatural (wasei-eigo) "image character".
Ah, that's better.
Posted in: Yuki Amami's beauty tips - Eat, sleep and laugh
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TanakaTaro
They've had these pictures on cigarette packets for a while now in England. I guess smokers just learnt to ignore them after a while.
Posted in: Cigarette packs to carry grisly new warning labels
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TanakaTaro
I'm surprised no one has pointed out that Lotteria launched EXACTLY the same burger last year. Search google for "Lotteria Tower Cheeseburger" and you'll see that all of the results are from May 2010.
Last year it was just a standard cheeseburger that you could add extra patties for about 100 yen each up to a maximum of 10. If you went for 10 they discounted it to 990 yen if I remember correctly. So not only is the Lotteria marketing department rehashing old ideas, but they are also upping the price!
Posted in: Tower Cheeseburger
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TanakaTaro
Lowest price and not Aeroflot. Strangely the cheapest airline seems to be different every time I fly. Emirates was probably the best so far, but usually cost twice as much as other airlines.
Posted in: When choosing an airline to fly with, what factors influence your decision?
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TanakaTaro
While Osaka is also at risk, it's far enough away that no one earthquake would be able to take out both cities. Also the big fear at the moment is about a Tokai quake which could completely take out Tokyo. That's the risk that Hashimoto is referring to.
Posted in: Japan must send a message to the world that if Tokyo is down, Osaka can take over.
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TanakaTaro
She must have been lucky. My friend was on crutches with a badly broken leg but no one would give up a priority seat for him. They just kept playing on their nintendo ds. He even had his crutches knocked out from under him by people rushing to get seats.
Posted in: Repetitive post-quake public service messages drove TV viewers nuts
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TanakaTaro
Is it seriously mini-dv format? Using tapes and standard definition (not HD)?
Seems a bit strange when the HD GoPro camera has already been on the market for ages and can be mounted to just about anything, not just bikes. Guess we'll only see this being marketed in Japan.
Posted in: DV camera for bikes
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TanakaTaro
That's right. According to Japanese TV it would have been able 37kmph on land. About the speed of an Olympic sprinter.
Posted in: One week later
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TanakaTaro
I hate the marketing departments in camera companies. They seem to cripple cameras to differentiate them when they could easily make an all-rounder that does everything.
The 600d and 60d both have low fps on continuous shooting while the 7d doesn't allow manual control over audio recording.
..and yeah, kiss is a stupid name.
Posted in: A Kiss from Canon
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TanakaTaro
Unfortunately we can't see their faces to tell if the reaction is "whoa!" or "that's it??!".
Posted in: Take a peek
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TanakaTaro
Nope. They scored the first of the game but they missed all their penalties.
Posted in: Showing their colors
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TanakaTaro
Based on what? Name alone? The Pentax K5 is beating out all competition on DxO sensor performance tests. Just google "pentax k5 beats competition". Not that I'm a fan boy of course. I'd happily use a Canon, Nikon or Olympus too. The photographer will always be more important than the camera.
Posted in: Nikon cameras receive product design awards
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TanakaTaro
The World Cup is only going to Qatar for money. Qatar has no footballing heritage. Moving the world cup to the winter will cause big problems for all big clubs if it happens. The African Cup of nations causes enough problems as it is and that only affects African players. Imagine the chaos if all top players are out on international duty.
Posted in: Blatter endorses holding 2022 World Cup in winter
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TanakaTaro
Pretty sure Shinsei Bank don't charge for withdrawals 24/7 from Post Office and 7Ginkou ATMS.
They also have English speaking staff and you can use their online banking in English too.
Don't bother trying to get a credit card with them though..
Posted in: What do you think of the banking system in Japan? What are the pros and cons?
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TanakaTaro
Sorry to be pedantic but the Hobbit is not a prequel. A prequel is a work that is produced after but set before an existing work, for example Star Wars Episode I (1999) is the prequel to Star Wars Episode IV (1977). The Hobbit was written before Lord of the Rings so the correct term is "predecessor".
Posted in: 'Hobbit' films to be made in New Zealand as planned