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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TokyoXtreme
So aspartame is considered a "healthy" alternative?
Posted in: Cola wars return as Pepsi MAX takes on Coke Zero
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TokyoXtreme
Next time I'm about to get off a train, and a 60-ish year-old gramma tries to shove me aside to get on a moment earlier, I'm going to beat her face in with an umbrella and give her a broken nose. She was acting unmannerly, so she deserves it, right? I can do this with confidence, knowing that I would receive the same light sentence as the woman in the article.
Posted in: Elderly woman arrested for beating youth sitting in priority seat of bus
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TokyoXtreme
As usual, the article lacks crucial details. Talking on the phone while on the train is simply not a big deal AT ALL. The only thing bothersome about phone is the RINGTONES, which are way too loud, an essentially the domain of grandma and grandpa. Don't know why old people never turn their ringers off; I guess they can't feel vibrations. How can anyone claim to be bothered by keitai conversation, when there are non-stop, redundant announcements by a recording, and the conductor himself, who repeats WHAT WAS JUST SAID, only much more loudly and in a nasally drone. They are almost SCREAMING the announcements. THAT is what makes train-riding hell for me. Keitai conversation is usually FAR quieter than normal train conversation, and at least it is human conversation... not pointless announcement-babying. If someone growled at me for talking on the phone, I'd tell him off too. And if he punched me, that would be me turning into Michael Douglas in "Falling Down".
Posted in: Man punched in face by fellow train commuter over phone manners
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TokyoXtreme
Why aren't they smiling!?
Posted in: Now hear this
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TokyoXtreme
I always thought hanami was weirdly and awkwardly translated as "cherry blossom viewing", when it feels far more naturally described as "looking at flowers" or simply "hanami" as a native Japanese concept. Like, "Let's go do hanami tomorrow afternoon." Flower-VIEWING? C'mon.
Posted in: Hanami rush hour
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TokyoXtreme
Israeli airports actually have an incredibly secure and efficient system based on "behavioral profiling". Apparently there has not been a successful attack on their airlines in many years, yet American security refuses to overhaul their system to match.
Posted in: New checks set for travelers to U.S.
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TokyoXtreme
If the 19 y.o. "man" is a minor, then shouldn't he be designated "a 19 y.o. boy"? It's especially applicable in this situation. Probably was a high school dropout. Wonder where the dead child's biological dad is, and how he feels about this news.
Posted in: Man, 19, arrested for beating girlfriend's 2-yr-old son to death
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TokyoXtreme
Lookin good to me, playas.
Posted in: Latest look
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TokyoXtreme
Ha ha, 20th Century Boys was immediately the first thing that came to mind when I saw this headline.
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TokyoXtreme
Hatoyama added, "Join me, and we can end this destructive conflict."
Posted in: The nation is treading a path toward doom.
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TokyoXtreme
Do you suppose they tally the bombers' lives in the number of people killed?
Posted in: Two suicide bombs kill 43 in Pakistani city
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TokyoXtreme
"Train wreck! Train wreck! Got your train wreck here." That's what you hear on the corners, from the guys pushing their illegal stimulant product.
Posted in: Man arrested for drug use after driving on Hokkaido train tracks
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TokyoXtreme
Wonder what the street name is for "illegal stimulants". Perhaps the exchange goes "hey man, you lookin' for something?" and the buyer goes, "you got any of those, you know, illegal stimulants?" and the dealer goes, "oh you mean, DRUG?"
Posted in: Man arrested for drug use after driving on Hokkaido train tracks
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TokyoXtreme
Or how about some "diminished reality" glasses that digitally erase all the annoying flashing lights, sirens, loanshark advertisements, etc from a user's field of vision? We're talking some real heaven-on-earth technology right now.
Posted in: So you think you have a great business idea?
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TokyoXtreme
How about portable noise cancellers that create a 2-meter bubble that surrounds the user in an envelope of silent bliss? Perfect for train stations, Shibuya streets, and department store escalators!
Posted in: So you think you have a great business idea?
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TokyoXtreme
More sloppy reporting, and I don't know who to blame. The article is attributed only to "news reports". In this article, the only timely item that makes the 2007 incident relevant to 2010 is the fact that "it was learned" just recently. Who learned about it? How did the details come to light? What is the captain's NAME? I can't even believe this is real news.
Posted in: Police capt in organized crime unit warned for accepting fridge from gangster
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TokyoXtreme
By "analyze" he means "disappear". Here come some mysterious suicides.
Posted in: Putin upset with Russia's Olympic performance
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TokyoXtreme
Why doesn't the article tell any specific information, forcing us to assume so much? Har to believe such a story came from a real newspaper.
Posted in: Officer gets notebook stolen from car during pachinko session
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TokyoXtreme
How about spending the development money on suicide prevention programs, and save some of the 30,000 people that kill themselves every year in Japan. That number is far higher than the number of people who've died in bomb attacks on Japanese trains, which is zero.
Posted in: New ticket gate that checks for explosives tested at Akihabara station
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TokyoXtreme
And I met "its", not "it's". The dumb iPhone auto-correct feature got me there.
Posted in: Officer gets notebook stolen from car during pachinko session