JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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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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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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ExportExpertMay. 24, 2012 - 10:36AM JST Owning property here is still better than paying rent no matter how you cut it.
Can't agree with you on this one. Wors't thing we ever did was purchase an apartment which is now worth half of what we paid for it. We would have been much better off renting where there are no corporate fees, no mortgage interest to pay, no asset tax etc. Even the land agent we are dealing with who is wealthy, rents an apartment.
The only way it would work here is to buy a fore closed property that someone else has lost their money on.
Posted in: Buying real estate in Japan
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"Stevia has been used for decades in Japan and has spread in the United States since 2008, where sales rose over 60 percent in 2011."
You certainly won't find Stevia for sale in any shops in Japan, Only Aspartame type sweetener by one Japanese company only. I buy my Stevia from the USA which would be cheaper than buying in Japan if you could get it, anyway.
There are quite a few different Stevia products available. It is only a matter of finding one suitable for your taste as there can be some after taste especially if you use too much. However, a far safer alternative than any Aspartame sweetener.
Posted in: Miracle sweetener stevia may have a sour note
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Cletus,
No, you are forcing Your opinion on to others to make an employer not having a choice as to whom he wants to employ for any reasons of his own. Get all the tattoos you want, I don't care. It is my choice not to employ anyone with tattoos. Me, regretting not getting tattoos- you must be joking. I wouldn't waste my money on them. By the way, as an individual, please tell me what is good about tattoos. I really want to know.
By the way, It was never indicated that tattoos necessarily affect one's job performance. Hashimoto has other reasons. He has said that these people should go and work in the private sector. Good luck with that ! They would probably find getting a job in the private sector even harder. Japan has it's own rules in society just as the west has their own rules. Why does everyone think that Japan has to follow the tradition of other countries?
Posted in: Hashimoto clashes with Osaka officials over tattoo survey
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tmarie, You seem to be missing that point that he wants to get rid of anyone with a tattoo, visible or not. I have no problems with a rule stating the tats have to be hidden at work. Mine are - which is why I got them where I did. However, firing those with ones covered? Pathetic.
Perhaps the point you are missing is the type of people in Japan who get tatoos. Wonder why so many people overseas try to get their mistakes lasered away. What is good about tatoos ? Ever seen anything as ugly as David Beckhams arms? He is lucky he has money otherwise he probably wouldn't be able to get a proper job even in the UK.
Posted in: Hashimoto clashes with Osaka officials over tattoo survey
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I wouldn't want to employ anyone with tatoos either especially if they can be seen. Tatoos are an ugly defacing of the human body.
Posted in: Hashimoto clashes with Osaka officials over tattoo survey
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Natto is safer than aspirin or rat poison. A member of our family was on blood thinners and ended up with bleeding on the brain twice! Took her off it and gave her nattokinase and no troubles since.
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Wipeout,
Table salt is a heavily refined salt denuded of it's minerals and full of various chemical additives depending on which country it is produced. These chemicals include magnesium carbonate, calcium silicate, calcium phosphate, magnesium silicate, and calcium carbonate. Table salt can also contain sodium flouride, aluminium or Dextrose. Some of these added chemicals are to stop salt from caking, yet any good natural unrefined salt does not cake up even after years.
Now, which salt would you rather use on your food ?
Posted in: High salt intake linked to higher stroke risk
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JeffLeeMay. 07, 2012 - 06:31AM JST How many Hyundais do you see on Japan's roads? None. Japanese won't buy them because Japanese consumers are racist.
I have seen some Hyundais on the roads over here. Japanese people don't have to buy overseas brands of cars as they have so many choices in Japan. No one is stopping Ford from setting up their own dealership in Japan. If Japanese people like Fords, they will buy them. Saying Japanese are racist because they don't buy Korean cars is not very nice. Am I racist if I don't want to buy a Korean car ? How many Japanese cars can you find on Korean Roads ?
Posted in: Ford asks steep price for Japan to join TPP talks
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VicMOsaka
What swelling welfare costs ? Not much welfare in this country.
Posted in: Japan needs to bite the bullet and start fixing public finances driven by swelling welfare costs.
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VicMOsaka
Now that all the reactors have been shut down, it will give them a chance to remove any remaining " Dimona " so called 1000lb cameras that were installed in some of the reactors.
Posted in: Japan switches off final nuclear reactor
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Boo Hoo, Ford crying because GM outsells them. Ford supports Canada and Mexico because they make their new cars there. Japan makes a lot of their cars in USA thereby giving work to Americans. Ford gives work to Canadians and Mexicans. There are no real barriers for Ford to sell their vehicles in Japan. It is just that some Japanese people prefer European cars.
Posted in: Ford asks steep price for Japan to join TPP talks
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Serrano, It is not the salt that is the actual problem of water retention in the legs, but an underlying medical condition that makes the kidneys unable to secrete salt out in to the urine. If you are not aware of a medical condition that causes the water retention then you should get checked out.
Posted in: High salt intake linked to higher stroke risk
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NeverSubmitMay. 04, 2012 - 07:57AM JST Crisis? What crisis? The only crisis is the one that the Western powers are trying to manufacture.
Man, that is exactly what I was going to say. You beat me to it.
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It is only sodium ( refined table salt ) that is bad. Sea salts and Himilayan salts are good and essential as they have a full spectrum of minerals. Without salt, you die. Have a look what farmers stick on their cow fences. Blocks of salt for the cows to lick.
Posted in: High salt intake linked to higher stroke risk
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garomakaikishiMay. 02, 2012 - 07:46PM JST this is one crappy car.
Do you own one ? Have you driven one ? Must be crappy, only one million exported.
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USA are dying to get their GMO foods in to other countries and a TPP agreement with Japan will enable them to force Japan to buy this food. European countries won't buy the stuff, so they will rely on TPP to get their foot in the door.
Posted in: Obama backs Japan for TPP but no final decision in sight
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If the Japanese government can send billions of yen overseas, then they should have no problem buying the islands with the exhorbitant taxes that the public of Japan have to pay. I presume that those silly enough to donate will be given title to a portion of the land that they paid for.
Posted in: Tokyo raises Y76 mil in donations to buy disputed islands
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Proxy Taking in to account the amount of traffic, small side streets, pedestrians, I would say that the traffic light system is not so bad at all. I have been driving in Japan for more than 20 years. Having all the traffic lights turning green way down the length of a long road gives you a decent run instead of having to stop at lights all the time. I believe that lights controlled by traffic flow would make things worse here. The main reason Police change traffic light phasing is because of speeding down long straight roads as people try to get through all the green lights before they turn red. I know. I am guilty of doing the same. If police who enforce the traffic laws shouldn't control light phasing, then who should ? As to putting up more traffic in rural areas while car numbers are declining makes sense as it is in the places like Hokkaido where traffic is less, that some of the worse accidents occur. Where I live, our streets are quite narrow and the intersection was not light controlled. There were accidents all the time. When they installed traffic lights, the accidents stopped. The phasing is very short so it is no problem.
I also drive in my home country New Zealand. It is less stressful driving in Japan. Japan has a good system.
Posted in: Technology detects potential for traffic congestion
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I am a westerner and I would never eat any food straight out of a cooking pot. Don't pick on Japanese habits so much. Look how overseas people drink milk and eat yoghurt staright out of the carton and place it back in the fridge for next time along with bacteria from the mouth multiplying and spoiling the food. Now that is a real dirty habit.
Posted in: Korean idol enrages Japanese netizens by eating instant noodles from the pot
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Sometimes you just have to have a whistle blower.
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