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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WilliB
Good riddance!
Alas, there is no reason to think his son will be any better.
Posted in: N Korean leader Kim Jong-Il dead at 69
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WilliB
It was predicted.
But Obama and Sarkozy threw Mubarak in front of the bus anyway.
My heart goes out to the Coptic minority.
Posted in: Violence rocks Cairo as Islamists claim election lead
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WilliB
I simply can´t wrap my mind around stories like this. My children are the best thing in my life. Sure, 6-year old boys can be annoying sometimes (not to mention 16-year olds), but how in the world can you kil your child? Just incomprehensible.
Posted in: Aomori man arrested for allegedly beating 6-year-old son to death
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WilliB
Haven´t heard from her for a while. She used to be such a cutie.
Posted in: Aya Matsuura joined by Mariya Takeuchi for her 10th anniversary album
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WilliB
That liberals criticize Hitchens for supporting the Iraq invasion while at the same time rooting for Obamas illegal bombing of Libya is a hypocrisy that is hard to beat.
Posted in: Author Christopher Hitchens dies at 62
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WilliB
Does Alien Jones drink it?
Posted in: Rich on Rich
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WilliB
If external cooling is not needed anymore, it is a cold shutdown, period. It is a simple definition. If some commentators here think they have inside information that others dont have, it would be nice if we could see the sources.
Posted in: Noda's declaration on Fukushima met with cynicism
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WilliB
Its me:
Yes. The whole cancer thing is a play on statistics. Yes, you can statistically expect higher cancer rates, but that means little for the individual, and those fairy tales about mutated animals are simply not true, as the Chernobyl proves. In fact, the area is now a thriving nature paradise.
That is not to say that radiation is not dangerous. But it would be nice if people shelved the hysteria and put things in perspective.
Posted in: Hermit of Fukushima says he's staying put despite risks
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WilliB
Isn´t it great to see how the Euro creates harmony and mutual love in Europe.
Posted in: Britain hits back at 'unacceptable' French comments
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WilliB
There are also people living in no-zone around Chernobyl and so far, despite all press desire to see them die of cancer, are in good health.
Posted in: Hermit of Fukushima says he's staying put despite risks
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WilliB
This sort of thing actually happens fairly often in India, and everywhere else where home-brewing by amateurs is rampant. Brewing the wrong way can easily produce methyl alcohol... which the consumers don´t know they consumed until they get sick.
Posted in: Toxic liquor kills 143 in eastern India
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WilliB
Patrick Hattman:
Actually, that is not true. I really don´t understand why the Bush haters have to to resort to lies to criticize the Iraq intervention... aren´t the facts good enough?
About WMDs, not only did Saddam have them, Saddam USED them. Ask the Kurds what chemical Ali did to them. And 80 tons of VX nerve gas remained undeclared, in spite of ceasefire conditions. About 9/11, nobody in the Bush administration actually made that claim. That is invention of the Bush haters. About nuclear weapons program, what the heck do you people think that Israel bombed in Osirak? A chocolate factory? And of course his program did not stop with Osirak. To think otherwise is childish.
The Iraq intervention was stupid enough as it is, the Bush detractors apparently don´t realize they only hurt their cause by making up false accusations.
Bush & Co. believed that by "liberating" Iraq, they could start a great Arabic democratic domino effect; just read the famous Wolfowitz paper about the topic. How wrong they were!
Ironically, that is the same idiocy that Obama, Sarkozy, Cameron et al are believing in now, in their interventions in Egypt, Libya, Tunesia, and soon Syria. With the same disastrous results, which Obama et al apparently are ignorant of.
They are worse than Bush, because in addition to being they also show that they are incapable of learning from mistakes!
Posted in: U.S. formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare
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WilliB
Beber61:
Hitchens was a free thinker, not a neo-con. That is a cheap accusation, which does not stand a fact check. Read up on articles by and debates with him and eat your words.
Posted in: Author Christopher Hitchens dies at 62
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WilliB
Hoserfella:
I bet he was not. No way.
Posted in: Author Christopher Hitchens dies at 62
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WilliB
Great guy. He will be missed. RIP
Posted in: Author Christopher Hitchens dies at 62
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WilliB
just-a-guy:
Doesn´t it get boring to blame GWB for everything under the sun that is wrong?
In the event, I doubt that any company would have been able to produce a product that meets all the contradicting requirements of the F35. It was supposed to do everything that different types of planes can, and be cheaper to boot. Good luck with that.
Posted in: More headaches with F-35; Japan delays announcement
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WilliB
Dotobock:
Yes, this is the fact-free propagand that we keep hearing. Of course, the term "Palestinians" describes both Jews and Muslims (as even the UN still acknowledged in 1947), And "peace" for the current crop of "Palestinian" aka muslim-Arab leaders means the destruction of Israel.
But never let facts spoil a good slogan, eh.
Posted in: Gingrich stands firm on blunt Palestinian stance
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WilliB
Gingrich has the facts on his side. The other side has only propaganda and personal smears.... which they use generally.
Big cheer for the lizard. I didn´t know he had this staying power.
Posted in: Gingrich stands firm on blunt Palestinian stance
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WilliB
Wow, 10 floors down and no injuries! That is one lucky child, I didn´t even think that is possible.
No need to comment about the father.
Posted in: Man held for dropping 1-yr-old son from 10th floor apartment
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WilliB
Now we don´t even know what the final invoice to the J-taxpayers will be...
Posted in: More headaches with F-35; Japan delays announcement