JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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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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UnagiDon
Obviously it doesn't break any laws in Japan, no matter how this group dislikes it. It's a great tool (actually slightly addictive) and I've used it in Japan and the US to great effect, but not here in Canada as we've yet to allow it to run even the Google mobiles have already been and gone snapping their pics. I hope this group isn' big or influential.
Posted in: Group seeks to scrap Google's Street View
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UnagiDon
imacat;
Well said in both of your posts!
Posted in: A very Japanese Christmas
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UnagiDon
William Silk is a young man who is destined to become a legend on the internets for his rampant and flagrant sock-puppetry. Word is that he is already hard at work inventing new JT user names.
Posted in: The Silk voice
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UnagiDon
GoodJorb;
Sounds typical - see that kind of behaviour here a lot on JT, i.e. equating "foreigner" with white, English speaker when those folks are a minority amongst foreigners in Japan.
Posted in: What bad manners annoy you the most in public places?
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UnagiDon
The rudest thing that ever happened to me in Japan was when someone asked me if I was an English teacher. That's borderline slander, I'd say.
Posted in: What bad manners annoy you the most in public places?
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UnagiDon
Hotels in Japan are not that expensive. If you think they are, you're either not doing your research or not earning enough.
Posted in: Some hotels in Tokyo, Osaka slash rates by 55%
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UnagiDon
I was talking about photographing buildings (nad it's lack of illegality) in response to your original post on that topic, not about the photographic tribulations of soccer moms, which is irrelevant to the orignal discussion I thought we were having.
Moderator: Exactly. Readers, please stop going around in circles.
Posted in: Creative industries get ready for an offensive in copyright war
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UnagiDon
If so, they would've been sued long ago for copyright violaiton and Street View wouldn't exist. Think about it.
Posted in: Creative industries get ready for an offensive in copyright war
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UnagiDon
The blueprints and design are IP, but taking photos is not protected and in many countries it's specifically stated.
No you won't.
Posted in: Creative industries get ready for an offensive in copyright war
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UnagiDon
She'll highlight the dangers posed by high mountain peaks and deep crevasses that accompany them.
Posted in: Aki Hoshino appointed ‘Overseas Safety Ambassador’
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UnagiDon
proxy;
Presumably then Google Street View is one giant lawsuit waiting to happen?
Posted in: Creative industries get ready for an offensive in copyright war
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UnagiDon
Copyright law in most countries would beg to differ.
Posted in: Creative industries get ready for an offensive in copyright war
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UnagiDon
Foreigners who stare at me because I'm a foreigner.
Posted in: What bad manners annoy you the most in public places?
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UnagiDon
That's nonsense and a very strict interpretation of copyrighted IP. You do NOT need a building owner of bridge designer's "permission" to take photos of and profit from pictures taken of public buildings from public places.
Posted in: Creative industries get ready for an offensive in copyright war
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UnagiDon
Common sense shown by all three leaders - they have more to gain by keeping relations good and more in common by keeping their economies interlinked, especially China.
And amazingly, Aso didn't day anything to PO the others.
And as for East Asia being an engine of growth - read "we've got the biggest foreign reserves, so we'll start making more of the rules."
Posted in: S Korea, China, Japan show unity at first summit
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UnagiDon
Taking the elements of this article and the comments which I agree with, it backs up my thoughts that an economy with a mostly free market but also substantial "socialist" (not as a neo-con would use the word) elements are the best balance for economic growth and standard of living. Think of high tax but high standard of living place like Scandinavia or Canada, or even to a certain extent Japan. Hyper-capitalist places like the US or China, with less of a social safety net, are where the biggest fall is coming.
Posted in: Remember the bubble economy years
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UnagiDon
"Big 3"? The need for a bailout seems to imply that's the wrong name for them, unless "Big" refers to accumulated debt.
Posted in: White House readies rescue for U.S. auto industry
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UnagiDon
Very relevant point which many armchair experts have overlooked - let's see how it works first before rushing to judge it, though I doubt we'd expect to see such follow up on JT.
Posted in: Commuters' stamping harnessed for power
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UnagiDon
One of the things that I like about Japan is the fact that religion doesn't play a very big part in society, or as others have said, at least religion in the AngloSaxon sense of moralizing and proselytizing.
bamboohat;
Well said.
Posted in: How important a role does religion play in Japanese society?
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UnagiDon
I predict that in 20 years none of the predictions made here will be true, including this one.
Posted in: What do you think society will be like 20 years from now?