JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Part Time Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥9,000 / Day per 4 class shift
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Weasel
What? No mention of having that special dinner with the one you care for the most at either White Castle or the Waffle House? They're accepting reservations now, so you'll be assured to get a table wiped clean just before you arrive.
Posted in: My frugal Valentine: Romance in a recession
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Weasel
Odd that the Fukushima nuclear incident wasn't listed as a cause, as it's been blamed for nearly everything else that went wrong back in 2011.
Posted in: Japan's GDP falls 2.3% on Thai floods, strong yen
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Weasel
That's terrorism of the worst kind - alcohol abuse. Hope they get bamboo shoved into their fingernails for that.
Posted in: Confrontation
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Weasel
How reminiscent of how air travelers were dealt with upon arrival in Narita during the swine flu panic.
Posted in: NZ admits overreacting to flu scare on plane from Japan
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Weasel
Because that's the only way you'll get semi-fresh fries at McBunolds. Otherwise, you'll have to be content with the artery cloggers that have been sitting in the open heat racks for who knows how long.
Posted in: 90% of Americans eat too much salt: study
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Weasel
Doubt it. Most folks aren't spending because they simply don't have the extra discretionary funds to do so, not because they don't want to or are afraid to.
Posted in: The reason people aren't spending is because they are worried about the pension system and fear for their future. If we fix that, then they will be more confident to spend and that will boost the economy.
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Weasel
But what if you combined both young grasshopper?
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Posted in: 90% of Americans eat too much salt: study
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Weasel
Laguna - too bad an anchor woman on TV in Denver Co didn't heed your advice on Tuesday - she thought it'd be cute to get her face into a dog's face (an Argentine mastiff) during a local news segment - that was a big mistake.
Posted in: Getting warm
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Weasel
Hooter's is sure to not allow him entry on Wednesday's all you can eat wing night for $9.99.
Posted in: Kobayashi eats record 337 chicken wings
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Weasel
Two equally trustworthy sources of information. A lie from a lie is now the truth!
Posted in: 8.5 tons of radioactive water leak from Fukushima plant
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Weasel
Screw complaining with folks who aren't going to care what you say. Send out the JMSDF and put those Kongo class destroyers their crews to work, and let them know you mean business.
Posted in: Japan protests to China over undersea gas drilling
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Weasel
It was an expensive failure back in '07 in the US. Don't see how this kiddie concept will be a winner in Japan today, unless it's catering its product to people who don't want to mature beyond five years old. Now that I think about the target audience....
Posted in: Docomo, Disney to jointly offer smartphones and mobile services
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Weasel
Reads like Kyoto all over again.
Posted in: Foreign firms feel sidelined in post-quake rebuilding
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Weasel
I suppose most folks realized that if you want to experience someone talking on the phone, or having a sidebar conversation while watching a show - you stay at home for less money, and not get raked over the coals when going to the concession stands.
Posted in: Film box-office revenue down 17.9% in 2011
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Weasel
Good strategy - have the financial markets stay focused on the Eurozone, as opposed to actually focusing on Japan's debt-to-GDP ratio (at 2010 it was at a whopping 220% - depending upon who's numbers you use). You won't find a problem is you are not looking for it is always an excellent strategy.
Posted in: Eurozone crisis biggest threat to world economy, Noda tells Davos forum
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Weasel
The man is scum - pure and simple - and needs to be permanently taken out of society. There's no telling what other crap this pervert's done and gotten away with, if blinding a kid is something he gets his kicks off of.
Posted in: 5-yr-old boy may lose sight after man adds battery acid to eye drops
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Weasel
Hey, don't go twisting your arms too hard now. Remember, the world is a stage, and we're all just actors.
Posted in: 6 Docomo execs take pay cuts over network troubles
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Weasel
iPad stands aren't that expensive. Heck, Apple will even give you one at no cost - if you luck out and pester the right sales agent on the phone when you order one!
Posted in: Can tablet computers give you a pain in the neck?
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Weasel
Such wanton abuse of a good Zojirushi rice cooker isn't covered by the warranty.
Posted in: Try cooking a Big Mac in rice cooker
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Weasel
When you rest on your laurels, the competition is guaranteed to walk right past you. Japan needs to get "hungry" again for global market share for their products - not domestic dominance. Don't get me wrong, most of their products are very good (quality wise) - it's just that they haven't been very innovative in what has been built for at least a couple of decades (if not more). Customers get tires of the same old thing quickly. Look at Apple as an example, it seems like every five years they come up with a completely new design or concept when developing new information based systems for customers - why hasn't this level of ingenuity made it into most major Japanese products?
Posted in: Japan losing its manufacturing edge to South Korea