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
Horrified:
And what exactly is "cesium radiation"? I thought radiation is classified according to the wavelength, and not the isotope is emitted from. Can you explain?
Posted in: Traces of radioactive cesium found in Meiji baby formula
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WilliB
zichi:
So can you tell us any place on earth where the level of radiation in food has ever been zero?
Posted in: Traces of radioactive cesium found in Meiji baby formula
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WilliB
Everybody here seems to agree that the 22 to 31 Bequerel/kg radiation in the milk powder is somehow scandalous. But is it? The figure of 22-31 makes no sense without a comparison to baseline natural radiation in Japan. There is no place on earth where the natural radation is 0. Does not exist, period. I could not quickly find a radiation table for Japan, but here are the figure for Germany:
Milk: 40 to 60 Bq/l Vegetables: 30 to 150 Bq/kg Fruit: 30 to 150 Bq/kg Nuts: 180 to 270 Bq/kg Beef: 50 to 150 Bq/kg Pork: 30 to 140 Bq/kg Chicken: 40 to 130 Bq/kg Honey: 30 to 200 Bq/kg
Again, that is NATURAL radiation, without any power plant.
So, is the 22 to 31 that was measured by Meji that sensational? Just what is the natural radiation in Japan?
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WilliB
"Threatened by fears their joint currency may not survive,"
It is crazy to see how the Euro politicians have tied their fate to this stupid project. In the name saving the stupid "currency" they created they are willing to sacrifice the well-being of their countries. Talk about worshing idols.
Posted in: Divisions over EU treaty threaten crisis solution
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WilliB
Malfupete:
It is not that simple. Most of the expats do not pay for the intl. school (their company does that), so for them the school fees are never an issue. They are simply looking for an education system that is compatible with their next location somewhere else in the world.
And for those of us who are not expats and are paying out of pocket, the issue is less one of a miraculous education but rather getting away from the social pressure of a Japanese school and having a kid who is happy at who he is and functions well in an international context.
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WilliB
Ridiculous. The concept of banning the act of paying for a legal activity is crazy.
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WilliB
Terry Tibbs:
You can not "eat radiation".
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WilliB
Dotobock:
Actually, Hungary is not part of the Euro, and Hungary's current problems are unrelated and can be solved. Hungary has control over its own currency, so is not affected by the Euro disaster --- except to the extent that the EU puts pressure on them to contribute to the various idiotic "rescue funds" for the Euro.
Think about it... rescue funds for a currency. Who ever has heard such idiocy before. Since when does a currency nees to be rescued.
Posted in: Merkel, Sarkozy say EU treaty needed to save euro
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WilliB
DS:
Good analogy. Now to stick with the Euro situation, the original deal was that he should get his finances in order, and you would never have to bail him out. (The "no bail-out clause" in the Maastricht treaty.) Now eventually, the collectors know on his door, and suddenly you find that everybody expects you to bail him out anyway, since he must not go bankrupt. Well there we are.
Of course, this game stops the moment where you are yourself bankrupt --- i.e. when Germany´s credit rating gets as bad as Greeces. We are getting there rapidly. And that will be the end of the stupid Euro scheme.
Posted in: Merkel, Sarkozy say EU treaty needed to save euro
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WilliB
Triumvere:
Your concern for Germany`s industry is touching, but where is your concern for the Greek tourism-and-olives economy, which is burdened with a way overvalued currency?
Fact is, German with a strong Deutschmark for 50 years BEFORE the introduction of the Euro, and did well through countless revaluations. For Greece, a the overvalued currency is a disaster. Likewise, German high-tech industry needs the turbo-charge of a too-cheap currency like a fish needs a bicycle. The Euro is bad for everyone.
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WilliB
choiwaruoyaji
Did we read the same article? The article says that the school prepares them for the IB program. I have to kids who graduated from an IB school here in Tokyo, and they had no difficulties getting accepted in universities everywhere. So, unless the claim about TIS being an IB school is false, you are totaly wrong.
Posted in: Tokyo International School
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WilliB
JeremiahW:
They are doing that already, check out here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/04/us-eurozone-imf-fed-idUSTRE7B30X320111204
The American Fed is going to try to give money (freshly printed) to "help" keep the Euro alive. You really can´t get crazier than this.
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WilliB
ReformedBasher:
Well, look at it this way: They got their moment of fame. I have seen this story now appear on news outlets around the world. All they need now is a goup photo :-)
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WilliB
Scrote:
Exactly. And if the PIIG country really accepted Brussels new powers and a de facto colonial rule by German financial governors, their populations would revolt.
And EVEN if this undemocratic scheme were to work --- is this new European Franco-German empire really what we want.
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WilliB
Triumvere:
Absolute nonsense. Exports that you pay for your yourself are not a benefit. By the same token, you can go shopping on credit and then ask the shop to give you the money so that you can pay them.... saying that you are boosting your sales. That is the logic you are applying here.
Fact is, the moment that Germany stopps guaranteeing PIIG country debts, the Euro is over.
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WilliB
Kudos to the delivery guy! Taking on a knife-wielding nutcase is not something to be done lightly. And at 58 he is not in his prime anymore. Good job!
Posted in: Osaka gov't worker arrested for stabbing newspaper delivery woman in back
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WilliB
I am glad that they found perp. I am not glad that he is only 16, because that means: slap on the wrist, and soon on the loose again for a repeat.
Posted in: Police arrest 16-year-old boy over knife attacks in Chiba, Saitama
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WilliB
patrickpan:
Well, right there on place 51 to 53 I see some unis which are free. So, once the kids are big, there is life after the outrageous expenses of intl. schools in Tokyo.
Posted in: Tokyo International School
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WilliB
It`s me:
Saying Itadakimasu??
Posted in: 8-yr-old girl stabbed by man while walking home from school in Matsudo
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WilliB
sourpuss:
Not quite true. There are still countries in Europe that offer free university education for everybody. In the national language for undergraduates --- meaning your kid will have to spend a year at a language school, and get a useful skill on top of everything else. Postgrad, there are plenty of courses offered in English. Check it out. I am definitely gong that route with our last kid.
(Sending him through the intl. school system her til grade 12 will have cost me enough.)
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