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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TokyoVP
Should read: Radioactive Iodine 131 is also an indicator of fission.
Posted in: New fission suspected at Fukushima nuclear plant
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TokyoVP
Radioactive Iodine 131 is also an indicator of fusion. The CTBTO monitoring site in Japan (Takasaki, near Maebashi) has detected RISING and FALLING and RISING levels of Iodine 131 in the air from March until June. Here is the graph:
http://www.bfs.de/de/ion/imis/ctbtoaktivitaetskonzentrationenjod.gif
The CTBTO also shows a rather consistent level of cesium in the air from March until June as well, based on the monitor in Japan. Here is the graph:
http://www.bfs.de/de/ion/imis/ctbtoaktivitaetskonzentrationencaesium.gif
It sure does look like re-criticality at Fukushima is not a new phenomenon...only the reporting by TEPCO is new. Any ideas why CTBTO is NOT reporting any data from the monitoring station in Japan after June?
Posted in: New fission suspected at Fukushima nuclear plant
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TokyoVP
It is 10 am in Tokyo and we have yet to have any official press conference from the government or TEPCO on the status of Fukushima and other nuclear facilities (Onagawa) today. Where is the government?
Posted in: 180,000 evacuated as nuclear plant crisis intensifies
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TokyoVP
Galapagos translation: Cartels
Cartel translation: Control domestic market by limiting foreign products
Posted in: What do you think of the expression "Galapagos effect," that refers to some Japanese companies that prefer to focus on their domestic market and be less influenced by global technology trends?
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TokyoVP
Japan's Dichotomy:
World's leading creditor nation for 17 consecutive years, i.e., Japan owns more assets overseas than any nation...yet Japan has the largest national debt of any OECD nation.
Layman's explanation:
Somebody is very rich, and many are going to be very poor in Japan.
Posted in: Kan warns of Greece-like debt crisis
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TokyoVP
tmarie said:
"My husband is always home at a decent hour - and that can't be said for many others who work for other companies..."
Well said for Americans who work for Toyota in the USA. Workers for Toyota in Japan, which sets the national wage increase standard each year during negotiations with organized labor (Shunto), have received an average $10 a month pay increase for the past several years--while Toyota was reaping $Billions in profit before the Great Recession. There have been several cases of Kuroshi, death from over-work, in Japan that have gone to trial against Toyota.
Posted in: Toyota president urges workers, dealers to work toward new start
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TokyoVP
The unreported potion of the speech from Mr. Toyota to his workers:
Toyota: And remember, the harder you work, the safer our cars will be!
Toyota: Finally, let me remind you that Toyota workers have received an average pay raise of $10 a month for each of the past four years!
Toyota: It has come to my attention that Toyota workers drive Suzuki mini-cars...
Posted in: Toyota president urges workers, dealers to work toward new start
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TokyoVP
LDP, DPJ, Socialists, and Communists...all Japanese politicians make the same childish position of one arm on hip, one arm in air, while yelping "gambare" to the crowd. Does any other country in the world have such a similarity of political "style" among all parties across the political spectrum?? This picture codifies the facade of Japanese politics.
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TokyoVP
What was on the Monarch's (sorry, Emperors are only for Empires) mind during Obama's bow?
Akihito: Hmmm...if only Roosevelt had bowed to Hirohito!
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TokyoVP
Obama Lectures Aso:
Obama: Hello, Taro, how are you?
Aso: Fine, Obama-san, thank you for calling.
Aso: There is a city in Japan called Obama, and the people there dance...
Obama: Listen Taro, this call is important, the world economy is in trouble.
Aso: Huh...the economy is in trouble??
Obama: Hell yes it is...have you been drinking again?
Aso: Well, only at the hotel...it is safe and inexpensive, you know.
Obama: Listen, Taro...we need to talk about "imbalances" as the cause of the world-wide recession. You see, Japan had a trade surplus with the US for 27 straight years, leading to an excessive imbalance of treasury bills owned by Japan which kept US interest rates artificially low...and that started the sub-prime fiasco, leading to the fiscal mess we are in.
Aso: Ah soo desu ka. When will the American economy be fixed so Japan can export again??
Obama: Taro, let me try to explain it another way. My Grandmother once told me a story about a golden goose that laid golden eggs...
Posted in: Japan can do without preaching on how to fix its economy
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TokyoVP
Question: What is Japan's market share of automobiles in Italy?
Answer: Low enough for Fiat to buy Chrysler...
Posted in: Fiat is out to create automotive powerhouse
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TokyoVP
Japan at the UN Headquarters:
Japan Diplomat: North Korea has fired a missile! Japan demands the UN convene an emergency meeting of the Security Council at once!!!
Two hours later, after the UN Security Council convenes for Japan:
Japan Diplomat: Eeetooo....There actually wasn't a missile launch...the Japanese government was mistaken...
Posted in: Japan wants U.N. emergency talks if N Korea launches rocket
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TokyoVP
Click you heels three times and repeat:
Japan is cash rich!
Japan is cash rich!
Japan is cash rich!
Posted in: Japanese stocks tumble as Topix hits 25-year low
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TokyoVP
Now close your eyes, tap your heels together, and repeat three times:
"No worry, Japan is cash-rich!"
Posted in: Stocks in Japan dive 6.9% after U.S. sell-off
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TokyoVP
No worry...Japan is "cash rich" and we hear that mantra every day.
Posted in: Japan stocks fall as layoffs hammer bank shares
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TokyoVP
Senator Shelby, looking for a buck, stabs Detroit in the back:
Hyundai factory finds sweet home in Alabama - 5/16/05 Detroit News
Isuzu buys Alabama land for possible factory - Autos- msnbc.com
Honda Plans to Build Plant in Alabama for Larger Vehicles - New York Times
Posted in: Showdown looming in U.S. Congress on automaker rescue
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TokyoVP
No worry...Japan is "cash rich" and we hear that mantra every day.
Posted in: Japan slides into recession for 1st time since 2001
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TokyoVP
Japan hosted the G8 Summit in Hokkaido in July.
Where was the leadership of Japan to stem the market meltdown BEFORE it happened and create a new global financial order??
Oh, Fukuda was Prime Minister in July...sorry.
Posted in: Aso wants Japan to take lead in creating new global financial order
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TokyoVP
True colors fly in the fierce wind:
"World economic crisis also a moral problem, says Nakasone...The 90-year-old made the point in a recent article published in Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun. Former Japanese prime minister talks about the risks the crisis poses to humankind, points finger at the United States. He proposes US hegemony be replaced by G20 with Japan playing role of mediator between Asia and the West."
Posted in: So who exactly is running the global show?
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TokyoVP
Aso, after Ginza martinis, grooves with Freeters:
Aso: "And I called Obama last night from the phone over there..."
Meanwhile, back at the Prime Minister's Residence:
"Where the heck is he, it is already past 10pm??"
"This is the third Cabinet meeting this week he is late for..."
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