JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- 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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TokyoXtreme
And by "useful", I meant "effective". Sigh.
Posted in: How useful are face masks in helping combat the spread of flu and colds?
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TokyoXtreme
Masks aren't as useful as taking vitamins C and D for cold and flu, respectively.
Posted in: How useful are face masks in helping combat the spread of flu and colds?
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TokyoXtreme
Do Japanese journalists speculate which questions their audience might raise upon reading the news story? Presumably all readers will infer that the suspect was somehow responsible for administering the sedatives; the article however makes no definitive statement as to what's going on.
Posted in: Police capture fugitive on run since escape from Ibaraki police station
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TokyoXtreme
He was probably drugged anyway. Who strips naked from being drunk? My problem with the guy is all of the apologizing he did afterward. What's he got to be sorry for?
Posted in: Kusanagi will pay heavy price with contract cancellations
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TokyoXtreme
Japanese Heaven is a place where people don white masks and queue up for eternity.
Posted in: For allergy season, Japan turns to surgical masks
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TokyoXtreme
A friend speculated that Kusanagi wasn't doing well enough to promote the digital zombie box, so someone slipped drugs into his beer, which then caused him to publicly embarrass himself. With this method, the digital dudes didn't have to fire him outright; instead they masterminded a coup. Man who gives an F about either one anyway.
Posted in: Deer character unveiled as Kusanagi’s successor for digital TV commercials
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TokyoXtreme
An extra show at 12 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays? Well, that would be noon, yet my journalism sixth sense tells me the author meant midnight (12 a.m.). Sigh.
Posted in: Beatles remain popular in Japan
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TokyoXtreme
It seems that these articles never have bylines. Because if they did, you would know the names of the people who make up the stories.
Posted in: Suicide of prominent Ginza club hostess reflects economic downturn
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TokyoXtreme
This headline sounds like the setup of a joke. The punchline might be "I'm sorry, what were we just talking about?"
Posted in: When should Alzheimer's patients stop driving?
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TokyoXtreme
The Japanese parents are merely reproducing the parenting styles that they themselves received when they were children; what more can you expect from a society that shuns the concepts of individualism and personal responsibility?
Posted in: Pregnant junior high school teacher harassed by students’ 'Miscarriage Club'
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TokyoXtreme
So Beelzebub, why isn't the headline "Counterfeiters are finding it lucrative to sell false IDs?" There is most definitely a reason why the headline specifically mentions "foreigners" in the context of crime; the intention is to create a associative link in the audience's mind.
Posted in: Forging false IDs for foreigners a flourishing trade
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TokyoXtreme
And only took one guy with a plastic toy gun to pull this off... and how did he carry the money anyway? Do journalists in Japan ask even basic questions? Do cops? Sheesh.
Posted in: Y20 million stolen from pachinko parlor in Saitama
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TokyoXtreme
This is like $200,000 USD right? Honestly, is this even logistically possible? Sounds like a fake story to me. Maybe the parlor owner's excuse for coming up short to the Yakuza bosses.
Posted in: Y20 million stolen from pachinko parlor in Saitama
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TokyoXtreme
Can you imagine if there were a gritty, realistic Japanese cop show like what they had back in the 70's? There would be a J-cop who follows the rules and regulations to the letter (arresting do-badders, upholding the spirit of a peace officer, etc), and the corrupt chief would have to say "Dammit! Not by the book! Not BY THE BOOK!" It's a scenario similar to those Russian reversal jokes.
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TokyoXtreme
"The world is crazy and Japan is at the bottom." -- that's an awesome line; I'm going to make a note of that!
Posted in: Hong Kong pop stars busted for drug possession in Tokyo
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TokyoXtreme
And up to FIVE YEARS in jail!?!? That's like five times as long as new moms get for murdering their newborns. Now where's the idiocy?
Posted in: Hong Kong pop stars busted for drug possession in Tokyo
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TokyoXtreme
I choose to feel sorry for them simply because they weren't harming anyone, and are liable to be punished SEVERELY for an archaic and draconian law that has no historical merit in Japanese society. The police ought to spend their free time locking up oyaji puking on train platforms and riding their bicycles recklessly through crowded sidewalks, mindlessly flicking lit cigarettes to the wind. The only thing idiotic here is the LAW ITSELF, not the people who choose to disobey it.
Posted in: Hong Kong pop stars busted for drug possession in Tokyo
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TokyoXtreme
Saluting officer: "Howdy! Your ID please! Let me see what's in your bag!"
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TokyoXtreme
Another company employee causing trouble on the train, stealing the souls of innocents without regard of privacy. Why doesn't the article just call the photographer a "36-year-old man" like they would in Western newspapers? Do Japanese news media have a job fetish?
Posted in: The Great Sasuke arrested on suspicion of assaulting man on train
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TokyoXtreme
If this whiteboard were to be used on the Queen Mary 2, and it got accidentally dumped overboard, all you have to do is input your password and your data will pop back up. This scenario assumes you act quickly enough so that a corporate spy from the briny deep (shark or squid) doesn't see the information first.
Posted in: Blackboard bonanza