JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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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
That is OK. He is a democrat party supporter, so the mainstream media won´t be very enthusiastic in finding out where Corzine misallocated the funds.
Posted in: Corzine can't explain missing MF Global funds
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WilliB
soldave:
I have not yet heard of any school that takes on students aged 6 months. That must be something special in your neighbourhood. At the intl. school we sent our kids to, they start a Kindergarten (i.e. one year ahead of first grade), and yes, they assess the the intelligence and social compatibility of the newcomers. It is a day of observation, and when the teachers see something in your kid that they don´t like, he/she won´t get in, period. Same for the parents, who are also scrutinized.
Again, that is a very privileged starting position. I maintain that with the same student/parent body, any education program would work. Throw in the usual mix of problem kids and familes that public schools have to deal with, and everything breaks down.
The IB program, by the way, starts at high school. What they are talking about here is a preparatory programm, dipping the toes in the water, so to say.
Posted in: Tokyo International School
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WilliB
naruhodo1:
Scams will always be there, but they only become disastrous when governments try to interfere with markets. E.g. by forcing 17 diverse economies into one currency and then refusing to allow indebted members and their lender banks to go bankrupt. In effect, European politicians have ordered pigs to fly and are willing spent every last penny of their populations wealth to make that idiotic rule a possibility.
Until they allow the Euro to break up, this can only get worse.
Posted in: EU summit could determine course of world economy: Azumi
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WilliB
Standard and Poors is only the child who says that the emperor has no clothes. It typical for the Eurocrat wannabe Napoleons to blame the messenger instead of looking at the problem.
Posted in: Bid to change EU treaty to fix debt crisis collapses
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WilliB
Tamara:
Yes, I have often thought the same, when I hear principles of other intl schools brag about their wonderful education programs. With their cherry-picked crowd of intelligent and socially sound kids from intact and involved families, just about any old program would bring results.
Posted in: Tokyo International School
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WilliB
tmarie:
That is totally unfair. The Thai royalty looks back at a long history, is generally revered among the population, and does not run the country like an oversized concentration camp.
To even make that comparison is in bad taste.
Posted in: Thai court jails U.S. citizen for royal insult
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WilliB
Tom DeMicke:
Are you disputing God`s law for all mankind? Because that is what Shariah is. Your question itself would land you in deep trouble in a Shariah country.
Posted in: Australian sentenced to 500 lashes in Saudi Arabia for blasphemy
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WilliB
So, why don´t the cheap martial arts schools raise their price and thus become incredibly valuable?
Frankly, I don´t see that connection. And neither do I see that you can learn much of anything at 2 hours/week. Seems to me any physical skll would need a bit more time.
Posted in: Bruce Lee's kung fu style draws new generation
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WilliB
Nobody was ever offended by a Christmas tree before political correctness came along. Heck, these things are all over the place in atheist Japan and Buddhist Thailand.
It is only political corretness that wants to change harmless traditions into some bland, meaningless pap.
Posted in: Christmas tree or holiday tree?
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WilliB
He is a Thai emigrant and should have known better.
Posted in: Thai court jails U.S. citizen for royal insult
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WilliB
MaboDofuisSpicy:
Tepco`s dividend is now 12.5 percent.... quite bargain, if they actually pay any.
Posted in: TEPCO shares fall on nationalization report
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WilliB
Reckless:
Can you spell "stone age"? I´d just love to see you live in Tokyo without electricity. Of course Tepco is needed; if the government can run it more efficiently than a private board remains to b eseen.
Posted in: TEPCO shares fall on nationalization report
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WilliB
Looks like the copycats are coming out of the woodwork now. Scary.
Posted in: Two knife attacks against students on streets in Chiba, Ibaraki
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WilliB
Kicking a 9-year old, what a hero! Not.
Posted in: 49-year-old man kicks 9-year-old boy in face, breaking his nose
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WilliB
RPMillar:
Woha! 12,000 Yen/month for one training session/week? Looks like a good business.
Posted in: Bruce Lee's kung fu style draws new generation
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WilliB
Burakumindesu:
In the context of Shariah laws, it is pretty mild, actually. The purist punishment for blasphemy under Shariah is death.-
Posted in: Australian sentenced to 500 lashes in Saudi Arabia for blasphemy
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WilliB
borscht:
So what? Are they demanding 500 lashes for anybody for blaspheming the Xmas tree? Ridiculous comparison.
Fwiw, I call an Xmas treen an Xmas tree, and I am not even Christian.
Posted in: Australian sentenced to 500 lashes in Saudi Arabia for blasphemy
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WilliB
Dotobock:
...and how do you know that? Has there been a study? I´ll grant you that there are lot of 3rd world countries who could care less about the issue, and who vote for whoever pays them most. (Which the Japanese government has been doing with vigor.)
Posted in: Japan using quake disaster budget for whaling aid
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WilliB
On a related thought, the only people who really, really benefit from this idiotic law are the Chinese counterfitters.
Posted in: 2nd tobacco company fights Australian logo ban
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WilliB
I am on the side of the tobacco companies here, and I don´t even smoke.
Ridiculous and insulting law, prohibing legal companies selling a legal product from using their own logo.
Posted in: 2nd tobacco company fights Australian logo ban