JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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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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YuriOtani
OssanAmerica, no the whalers could of done better. As for the other their is a joke in the SDF. It goes something like the fighters can not stay in the air long enough for a decision to be made to use them. My criticism has to do with indecision and doing nothing. Both of these are problems in today's Japan.
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YuriOtani
Nicaraguan where do you get your information? I have found a shell of the court records online. 98 05-03-2011 Post-judgment motion hearing; Court Reporter - Carol Brathol. Petitioner in court with Atty. Dana Gimbel. Respondent in court, pro se. GAL, Atty. David Blumberg present for minor child. Case in court on return of committment. Respondent has been charged with a felony re: child custody/placement. She was extradited from Hawaii and has $25,000 bail on felony matter. On this action, Judge Christenson previously found respondent in contempt for failure to produce child and had ordered $500 per day on contempt (current contempt amount owed is $347,500 as of today's date); respondent was found indigent in felony case and would have a public defender. Court set purge amount of $347,500 AND return of child to State Dept. in Japan or to Moises Garcia. Atty. Gimbel will contact public defender re: representation of respondent for contempt hearing. Court set matter over hearing on contempt on: May 13, 2011 at 11:00 a.m., br. 23. Filed, signed order to appear. 7/14/2011 Atty. Sakar's motion that respondent not communicate with minor child unless correspondence is approved by GAL discussed - counsel stipulate that mother not communicate with child from this date forward until letters are reviewed by GAL after translation. Atty. Sakar must renew contempt motion within 6 mos. 10/10/2011 Attorney James Sakar appeared in person and with the petitioner. Attorney Bridget Boyle appeared in person and on behalf of the respondent, who is currently in custody. Attorney David Blumberg, Guardian ad Litem, appeared in person. Matter before the Court this date for post judgment motion hearing regarding contempt proceedings and other issues. Statements by all parties and the Court regarding same. Attorney Sakar renewed his request for a finding contempt and same was granted by the Court until April 10, 2012, without objection from Attorney Boyle or Attorney Blumberg. For the reasons and with the conditions as stated on the record, the Court ordered case continued to January 5, 2012, at 2:30 p.m., for status conference. jms So where do you get your information and mine was a simple search. It was the husbands actions that kept her in jail. Second she was found indigent by the court. Hardly the stuff to get a $700 attorney. Lastly, she can not even write her daughter. So this is 3 points where the Nicaraguan is making up stuff or is repeating untrue things. Thus how much more of it is untrue? Oh when was the money dropped?
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YuriOtani
OssanAmerica so why are you defending the whalers? Even though you dislike a group or they are criminals, you should help them in a life threatening event. I can see the bridge of the ship, should we answer? Oh lets call the institute and ask, at the institute they decide to call the fishery ministry. At the fishing ministry they call defense who call the foreign ministry. Before a decision could be made the other sea Sheppard ship had arrived. No one wanted to take responsibility for the action. If you do not believe me look again at the tsunami, the earthquake and nuclear meltdown.
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YuriOtani
As I was trying to say in another thread it is amazing how some many Japanese can ignore what is in front of them. Americans on the other hand have a lot more compassion and empathy. It is the one gift I picked up with my close association with Bob san the retired Marine Sergeant Major. I am worried people will die but the town officials will deny knowing but it was impossible for them not to know. They drive to work each day but do not bother to look around or visit the members of the community. What they want is Plausible deniability, so sorry those people died but it was not my responsibility. Shakes head sadly, these officials need to be held accountable for their inaction.
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YuriOtani
OssanAmerica, compare the specs of the 2 ships. Nisshin Maru vs Steve Irwin. Length 425' vs 195', beam 63' vs 36 feet, draft 38' vs 14' and 8030 tons vs 885. I know they received it since they did not announced they did not. It shows an attitude of hostility. That little death trap (Brigitte Bardot) was able to send and receive for great distances, so again what is the Japanese excuse? Better yet if they alone received the mayday call, would they relay it? I forget ships do not carry voice recorders like planes. They missed out a great PR opportunity to offer help for someone that was hostile to them in their time of need.
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YuriOtani
Well the Japanese ship is much bigger and this the antenna would be much higher as well. Then there is all of the smaller ships and spread out. They have a bigger budget and can afford to buy the best equipment. arrestpaul, aviation is much easier. At this point I am more interested in how and why things happened than placing blame. Since no one died there was no foul. Thought I had made up my mind after watching "Whale Wars" but have been looking at the ICR's point of view. I have decided am not sure. www.icrwhale.org
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YuriOtani
ambrosia, in America you need to have money to receive "justice". Look at all of the rich people getting off with little or no jail time while a poor person would do years. Like in family matters, he could afford the best legal help. While she needed public defender. The lawyer getting paid the big money has an interest in winning. There is money for private investigators, mental doctors, etc. The public defender is trying to do a good job with limited time and no expert witness. Then a judge decides who should get custody after a one sided hearing. In most divorces it is much more even. About Wisconsin with the exception of South Carolina I learned many racial surs that were spoken or yelled at me. They were so full of themselves and talked all the time about the superior Wisconsin lifestyle. They had no interest in things outside of their little world.
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YuriOtani
tmarie, well I got one thing right. She had to resort to a public defender. While he is bragging about spending 350k. About education well it is all relevant. Japanese students learn about Japanese things. Like memorizing 1000 plus kanji letters and all of their possible meanings. They learn about Japanese law and customs. Marry someone from another country and everything changes. Family live you were brought up is different. Live outside of Japan and you do not know the laws or customs. Little things like garbage collection, still remember looking where to place the burnable and non burnable trash. Saw a man put a unsorted plastic sack of garbage into a can. Told my husband about the person next door's crime. He explained to me Americans do not sort the trash. Then there was the lady from the Jehovah witness, who I thought was collecting for America' s NHK. Back on subject, the man is wealthy, educated and expects to get what he wants. I have meet many people like him in my life. Also he is too slick, he writings too perfect. When I saw him on Fox the words and the man did not match. He tried to make people think he actually felt those things, but I saw otherwise. Something about him bothers me.
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YuriOtani
tmarie, oh I could not image leaving him. We are a lot alike in some ways. Neither one of us fits the conventional wisdom pattern of our upbringing. Marriage is compromise and understanding, fairly tales and the ideal of the "perfect" marriage is destroying marriages. It would seem that the rich educated doctor and poor uneducated lady is a recipe for divorce. Oh to answer your question I would not.
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YuriOtani
None of this matters, a distress call was received. I am sure they received it and the Japanese fleet ignored it. All they had to do is respond, "do you request our assistance?"
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YuriOtani
I showed my comments to my husband and he says my comments make it appear that I agree with her decision. She should not have taken her daughter back to Japan. It is my view she panicked and did something she might not of ordinary have done. Once it happened their was no going back. Found out her lawyer is her public defender. I am sure his lawyer is well paid and better. What motive does she have for her to see her kid? So my concern is what happens to her now. Will she have to pay the 375k in fines? Wonder if she will be put back in jail on 1/05/12 the next hearing? I found the court records online and it is not encouraging. I feel for her and pray she is allowed to go home and the ex husband not allowed to punish her through the court system.
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YuriOtani
tmarie, am from Okinawa and not Japanese. Oh there are a lot of times in which Americans do something stupid offbase. A lot of times the Japanese Police do not think it is so important. Like the drunk marine walking down the street naked. The JP dropped him off at the gate, clothed but his commander had him busted to E1. Thought it was funny myself... No I am soft on individual people but hard on "groups". What we must remember is she is a women and mom first and happens to be from Japan. The divorce story is about a man and a women and none of us know the details. As I said the story is over with the exception of her. From the Kansas City Star 12/24/11 "She said it "could be a period of time" before Inoue gets to have direct contact with her daughter. (her lawyer Bridget Boyle). "Inoue cannot leave the country without a judge's permission. James Sakar, an attorney for Moises Garcia said Inoue will have every opportunity to seek visitation arrangements or legal custody changes in family court." Tell me where you see visitation? It should be so easy for them to block all contact. All he has to do is bring up the "abduction" and he makes his case. So to sum it up a happy ending and a sad ending. Maybe she can see her daughter in 9 years.
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YuriOtani
arrestpaul, not sure what they are using for communication. How far is the fishing fleet from Ile Amsterdam? The French have an EEO from there. I need the latitude and longitude of the different ships. As for ships the Japanese have better ships. The Steve Irwin is small compared to the scientific study ship. They seem to have no trouble losing these pests. About the radio what type of radio do they use? Know next to nothing about maritime only aviation, VHF? UHF? HF? 100 NM, hmm that is not very far. Australia is over 1000 NM from the scene. There is a French Research station on LLE Amsterdam. Wonder if they have a repeater there?
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YuriOtani
Well right or wrong they have the freedom to show their "loss" in public. Freedom of speech and assembly sets Japan apart from North Korea. When we deny them such right, how are we any better than them? noriyosan73 and BurakuminDes thanks!
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YuriOtani
Mirai Hayashi, well I have compassion for her as a person. I have seen a lot of UGLY divorce cases between American and Okinawa people. Sometimes the women deny the father any visitation rights at all. There are some really mean ex wife's in Japan. Ick! I know a few and they scare me! A lot of times the father of the children just leaves and does not come back. They do not contribute to the support and welfare of the children. Sometimes they want to help and the women rejects it. Sometimes the couple manages to talk to each other and they do what is best for the child. I do salute the father for taking interest in the daughter and never giving up. It shows strong moral courage. A lot of men would of given up. Again, the legal issue is settled and now there is only the question of Eimiko's welfare. The court should let her go home. While she is a convicted criminal, she has paid her misdeeds by doing 8 months in jail. "Blessed are the compassionate, for they shall receive compassion." Matthew 5:7
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YuriOtani
arrestpaul, it was in the thewest.com.au. "He said the ship had sent out a distress signal at 6pm but had only heard back from the Steve Irwin. None of the vessels in the Japanese whaling fleet had responded to the calls for help." As I wrote, do not know the positions of the ships. Which ship was closer and does it really matter? What if the Steve Irwin would of not made it in time and the ship sank? The whaling fleet is suppose to have Coast Guard people on board. What about their duty to respond to those in distress? They are bound by international law to at least respond to the distress call and ask if they can be of assistance.
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YuriOtani
Mirai Hayashi, you should develop some compassion. She spent 8 months in jail for her crime. I visited Wisconsin and it is a horrible place. A lot of people called me a censored. She has been sentence to 3 years there, how will she live? her friend will tire of her, so where will she live? If her residence status ends she will be an "illegal" alien. No state or local judge can order the state department to renew her visa. As I said the father "won" and will have custody until she is 18. I have seen a number of these cases in my time. My experience counts, I do not believe in the American political correctness that demands a person shed their lives experiences when evaluating something. I see the custody issued settled and the only question left is will Emiko be allowed to have some dignity during her time in America?
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YuriOtani
OssanAmerica, the online article said the Japanese did not respond to the distress call. Second the article is misleading if the SS boat was not close to the whaling fleet. I would like to know the positions of the different ships. Then it would make more sense to me. Oh about the SS ship not turning back. Just because someone does something wrong does not give you license to do the same.
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YuriOtani
I read the ship sent out a distress call. Why didn't the whaling fleet offer to help, required under international law. Would the Whaling fleet let them die if the boat sank? So far the little ship did nothing to them but follow the fleet. Stupid to bring such a fragile ship down to the Antarctic.
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YuriOtani
Oh it has to do with the definitions of the Hague Treaty. "habitual place of residence", seems to be a difficult concept for me to understand. I suppose an American could argue that Japan was not their habitual place of residence but a place their are living. Their intentions were always to live in America. I do not view her returning to Japan with her daughter as "abduction" since she had custody only breaking the ruling of a Judge in America. What she did was not illegal in Japan. So why do I side with her? Well remember my background so it my natural my initial reaction went to her. Now I am not so sure not having seen the evidence. Then again he spent a lot of money on lawyers. That in itself is not necessary a bad thing. So now I am sort of neutral, the American court has ruled and he has custody. She spent 8 months in an American jail. The Lord only know how bad the treatment she received by the guards and other inmates. So now the best she can hope for is to return to Japan. As God is my witness I believe she will not be allowed to visit her daughter. This story will drop off line and we will never know. So you have this rich American doctor who has won and a poor Japanese women who has lost everything. Why do you want to see this women tortured?
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