JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Financial Advisor
- Select Asset Management KK, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥100,000 ~ ¥999,999 Paid Training Negotiable Commission Based
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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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YadotNapaj
His contract with Kellogg was due to expire this February, they merely choose not to renew is all that occurred.
And this from the company that feeds our children Fruit Loops, Cocoa Puffs, and other such garbage.
Posted in: USA Swimming suspends Phelps for 3 months; Kellogg drops him
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YadotNapaj
Yes that means that 2B Roberts will probably be staying put with the O's.
2009 Record
12-15 3.40 ERA
180 innings pitched
Posted in: Uehara finalizes $10 mil contract with Orioles
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YadotNapaj
Noboribetsu?
That's Kita no Umi's home town.
I hope they catch the SOB who is responsible.
Posted in: Woman dies after hit-and-run in Hokkaido hot spring town
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YadotNapaj
You got that right, Yuri.
That's why we have to keep a symbolic sword at their throats.
"A fighter jet that cannot be detected on radar."
It gives them somehthing to think about.
Posted in: US to deploy 12 stealth fighters to Okinawa
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YadotNapaj
Unless the killer starts bragging about it, as time passes it becomes harder and harder.
Posted in: Police make public appeal over unsolved 2000 Setagaya murder case
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YadotNapaj
In this economy I wish them a lot of luck...
I bet they lower those prices after the novelty wears off and their booking at lower than 30%..
Posted in: Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo begins online reservations
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YadotNapaj
In this economy I wish them a lot of luck...
I bet they lower those prices after the novelty wears off and their booking at lower than 30%..
Posted in: Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo begins online reservations
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YadotNapaj
Wizard of Oz
Bird
West Side Story
Good Bad & the Ugly
Gattaca & Blade Runner
Posted in: Name your five most memorable movie scores.
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YadotNapaj
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly & Once Upon a Time in America
Gloria (Gina Rowlands as Gloria original version)
West Side Story
Gattaca
Blade Runner & Chariots of Fire
Posted in: Name your five most memorable movie scores.
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YadotNapaj
They start at less than $10 at Binny's in Chicago.
Posted in: Beaujolais sales expected to fall in Japan
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YadotNapaj
(1.) Yes, if the patron appears to be visually intoxicated, otherwise no. Owners are also vicariously liable for their employees as well, but only in a civil court and not criminal.
(2.) No, neither, in a civil court nor a criminal court, unless the passenger were a parent, or a driving school instructor, and they had knowledge that the driver was intoxicated. They yes to both civil and criminal.
Posted in: Should bar owners who serve alcohol to customers knowing they are driving be liable for prosecution if the customer is involved in a traffic accident? Should passengers in cars driven by drunk drivers be also liable for prosecution?
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YadotNapaj
60 Minutes did a special a few years back on Medical Marijuana. There actually are some people in the US who smoke government issued pot.
The pot comes in a can which contains about 30 or so pot cigarettes.
It would be nice if they would lower the threshold that one must meet to obtain a prescription for govt issued pot.
There are so many people out there whose quality of life would vastly improve if they had access to pot when they felt like it.
It stimulates the appetite, it can increase ones libido, it can also put you to sleep and different from overdrinking you wake up with no hangover.
But, that would be the wise thing to do and as we all know that probably is not going to happen in our lifetime. Then again, maybe it will.
It seems a lot of these Japanese kids are getting busted because they can't keep their mouths shut. If they would get high in private and not tell their friends about it they would be doing themselves a favor.
I really feel sorry for that young woman from Doshisha because as a previous poster pointed out, her life is probably ruined, not to mention her relationship with her parents.
How can a parent do that?
Posted in: What do you make of all the publicity over the recent arrests of Japanese university students for smoking pot?
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YadotNapaj
The only one who know's why McCain choose Palin is McCain.
The only executive experience that Palin has that matters is that she abused the power of her office, and has not yet apologized to the voters of Alaska for that terrible breach of trust and breach of her constitutional oath.
And while she was abusing her power, her teenage daughter was out getting pregnant. She is a failure as a parent and a mother. Is that what "taking on the old boys" means?
The only visceral thing Palin evokes in Americans is fear and shame, fear that one day this nitwit could be President of the United States, and shame that this is the best that McCain could do.
As Gen. Colin Powell put it, the day McCain choose Palin he betrayed the American people, and the Republican party.
Posted in: Obama blitzing Florida, McCain defends Missouri
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YadotNapaj
YangYong, take your self-righteous tone and shove it where the sun don't shine.
If you know nothing of this case, keep your big trap shut.
Posted in: LAPD says Miura hanged himself with shirt in cell at detention house
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YadotNapaj
Glad he's gone.
Now we will have to hear his name no more.
This was not a high-profile case in the States, except maybe some communities in LA, and they will forget soon.
Kudos to retired LA cop Jimmy Sakata for not giving up and finally bringing this weasel back to the US.
Kazumi san's survivi
Posted in: LAPD says Miura hanged himself with shirt in cell at detention house
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YadotNapaj
I'm all for women showing men more effort and energy, especially when it comes to sex.
Posted in: There are some men who say, ‘I don’t bring sex into the home, I just do it with other women away from home.’ We shouldn’t allow them to say something like that! Japanese women allow men too much — we need to show more effort and energy.”
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YadotNapaj
Japanese beer is fine with me, but I wonder what drinks they mean when they say "healthier drinks", I hope they are not saying "shochu" is healthier than beer or wine.
Posted in: Beer has been walloped by cheaper and perceivably healthier alcohol drinks.
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YadotNapaj
ozprimophony
I live in the US so the below is based on my use in the US. I hope it is helpful to you.
The GPS feature works with your address book in getting you from point A to point B, or it can work alone much the same way a GPS device works except there is no voice application, yet.
DISPLAY: You can choose either map, satellite, hybrid or list for your display.
GETTING FROM POINT A TO POINT B: Say you are in front of Shinagawa station and want to go to some restaurant in Shibuya. If you have that restaurant in your address book all you have to do is choose:
START: "current location" END: (Here your a blue icon appears, you can then choose from BOOKMARKS (Your favorite places that you have saved as favorites) RECENTS (recent choices you have made) or CONTACTS (Your contacts in your address book).
If you choose CONTACTS, your contact book will appear with the alphabet listed on the right side. You tap the first letter of the restaurant and that section will appear, you scroll up or down till you find the restaurant tap that and it will calculate and tell you how far you are, how many minutes it will take in traffic at that time, and then give you a step by step guide to your destination.
And then it will save that trip you just made from Shinagawa to Shibuya in RECENTS in case you need to make it again.
It is really sweet and is more up-to-date than many GPS units that allow you to download updates free on your PC like TOMTOM for instance.
Here in the US it gives you the up-to-date traffic situation color coded with red being heavy traffic, yellow not-so-heavy, and green wide open. It will also give a very accurate time it will take for your journey. (This is all predicated upon one driving an auto.)
I wonder what it will be like in Japan with the trains etc ....
Anyway, the hype will soon die down and they will be giving them away.
Unlimited usage here in the States with AT&T is about $105-$125 per person a month. For that you get: Unlimited Internet, unlimited text SMS messaging, free AT&T account person-to-person calling, free international calling in and out, and discounted international in and out, (I forget what I pay for international but it's not too bad) 2500 minutes per month domestic, which rollover and all those taxes, fees etc.
$125 per month is pretty close to what youdontknow said he/she was paying in the UK.
I found a pretty good guy at my local AT&T store and go in to see him any time I have a complaint or question about the bill, he takes care of me right away and issues refunds to my credit card on the spot.
If anyone has theirs now please let me know how much it is per month in Japan.
I have never dealt with Softbank, so good luck.
Posted in: Apple sells 1 million iPhones in first 3 days
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YadotNapaj
Milhaus:
Word.
It is just a phone, but SONY has been left in the dust these days by Apple and other OEM's who have been giving people what they want.
Saru Au:
Funniest post I've seen in a long time. I'll be laughing all day.
As for the sans keitai strap mondai:
I bet one the of iPhone protective case OEM's comes up with a slit in a corner of the plastic/rubber protective cases that you gotta have. Then everyone would be happy.
Posted in: Japan cautious in iPhone's bid for world dominance
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YadotNapaj
Movieguy:
Softbank is free to place whatever contractual restrictions they want on those who want to apply for their services.
It is a civil matter and surely not illegal.
I am not sure what you mean by xenophobic in this context, but Softbank protecting their own pecuniary interests is good business.
If you can't afford the friggin service don't sign a K with Softbank.
If you can afford the service, bite the bullet, sign their petite one-sided K, and walk out with your iPhone.
(I have had one for about a year, and it makes life a lot easier. For me it is worth every penny.) If you think Softbank is ripping you guys off in Japan compare it to what AT&T charges in the States.
Posted in: Apple's iPhone goes on sale in Japan to cheering crowd