JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
- Salary: ¥255,000 ~ ¥275,000 / Month Travel Expenses, Encouragement of Japanese learning*
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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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The lull before the storm. There's going to be major world wide economic depression.
Posted in: Nikkei index soars more than 14%
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Well I don't blame him. He obviously had no future to look forward to so there was nothing to motivate him to keep going. And we can't simply assume that because he decided to leave his life he was therefore guilty of the crime.
Posted in: LAPD says Miura hanged himself with shirt in cell at detention house
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Well, I'm quite partial to a nice pair of boobs and all the other accompanying female body parts.
Posted in: Manners more attractive than boobs, says Mika Kano
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As usual the little people, the plebs, pay for the excesses of the rich and the elite. Nothing ever changes does it??
Posted in: $700 bil rescue plan finalized; House to vote Monday
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An Israeli attack against Iran is inevitable. Just a question of when.
Posted in: Iran warns against attack on nuclear facilities
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This 2008. This is just not an issue anymore. We are all equal as is always rammed down our throats. Man=woman, woman=man. They are totally the same thing. Seat exchange doesn't exist anymore as there's no reason for it.
Posted in: Is a man giving up his seat to a woman on a train or bus an outdated form of respect?
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umm, if I thought I was going to get it later, my boss wouldn't see me going out the door for the dust.
Posted in: If you had a big date planned for tonight and your boss suddenly asked you to work overtime, would you tell the boss no or cancel your date?
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Jesus, just because he's a non-japanese they do this.Smoking a bit of dope, big deal! We all do it sometimes, cops too.As other people have rightly said, who's to say that the stuff wasn't planted in his wallet. Just deny everything. And again, how come this verdict is so quick when they took months over the rikishi who was killed at the heya? Talk about double standards.
Posted in: Russian sumo wrestler banned for life
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Impossible. Bullying is a totally ingrained part of japanese society and culture. From the classroom to the office, it's what japanese do. But on an individual basis, STAND UP FOR YOURSELF. Refuse to allow anyone to bully you. Go to war if necessary. At least they'll leave YOU alone.
Posted in: What is the best way to eradicate bullying from schools?
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They all seem to be looking at it as if it's the standard kawaii foreigner
Posted in: Kangaroo
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Well so now Georgia will just become another province of the Russian Federation as Putin wanted. And the Russians get their hands on the pipeline. Bush, Nato, UN and all the other ineffective institutions will as usual substitute talk for any real action. Russia will get what it wants and there's nothing to be done about it.
Posted in: Russia expands Georgia blitz, deploys ships
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The economy goes south, crime and violence on the streets go north. Inevitable and happening now in "safety" japan.
Posted in: It's getting colder out there
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Sounds like another method of suicide to me.
Posted in: Student, 17, falls to death from 4th floor of school building in Kamakura
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So when are wages going to rise to compensate for all these price rises then?? Even McDonald's now. But I suppose the capitalist lords know that the little people just soldier on without compaint because that's how they've been brainwashed...
Still, don't care about McDonalds heart attack stuff one bit.
Posted in: McDonald's Japan to raise prices by 2.5%
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Once the olympics are over and the eyes of the world are no longer focussed on China, they will clamp down hard on Tibet and the other rebellious areas. It will be business as usual.
Posted in: Do you think the Olympics will bring democratic and economic reforms to China?
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Yes who needs those worse than useless "talents". How about some real experts giving their views. And watching coverage on japanese TV, you might think japan is the only team at the olympics..... Anyway, I'm mostly watching the olympics on the internet. Every country competes on the internet coverage you know!
Posted in: What do you think of the TV coverage of the Olympics so far?
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Well I agree with nigel. If there's a shortage of nurses then instead of spending money on foreigners who can't speak the language, up the salaries of japanese nurses so that people are attracted to the profession. But what japan wants are cheap, easily exploited labor that they can use, abuse, suck dry and then discard. And japan is taking nurses out of the Phillipines where they are no doubt sorely needed.
I can just imagine the "fun" there's going to be when these non-japanese nurses have to interact with grumpy old oyajis and obachans.
Posted in: Do you think bringing foreign nurses to work in Japan is a good idea?
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How long before the airlines hit upon on the idea of charging for the use of the toilets I wonder?? There'll be a lot of passengers with their legs crossed I'd imagine.
Posted in: JetBlue charging $7 for pillow, blanket kit
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Things will be fine as long as the athletes don't actually have to breath.
Posted in: Do you think the Olympic Games will be a success?
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life and death are so random. You just happen to be seated next to a mental case on the bus....
Posted in: Canada bus attack leaves man decapitated