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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Being only partially educated creates a vacuum easily filled with wishful thinkings and half-baked ideas. This is dangerous primarily among the professional level folks who can defend their crock-pot ideologies with fancy foot-steps and lead the unwary astray.
Posted in: What makes conspiracy theorists tick and what is the best way to combat their beliefs?
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The impression of the sea of yellow sunflowers will be forever imbedded in her subconscious.
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Relative to the history of modernization of Japan, the realization of the need to speak English is new. Japan, as in most areas, is still in a transitional stage in this modernization process. First the reading and writing, which to a native English speaker makes no sense, but to the highly system oriented Japanese, it is a process, the easy phase first. The Japanese will tackle the speaking phase, with bandana tied tightly, in a mad dash to master the speaking phase, when the time is ripe. This is inevitable.
Posted in: English ability of little advantage for mid-career job seekers
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The answer is “Do both”. “Giving” in itself has a direct positive effect on one’s well being, in this case on the well being of the nation of Japan. The literature is out there on this mysterious process of “Giving”. Also, absolutely, help the quake victims, Give. It’s a win, win.
Posted in: Do you think Japan should cut back its ODA commitments to other countries and allocate the money instead to earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in the Tohoku region?
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Japanese society is full of rituals and ceremonies, the government particularly so. While to the uninitiated eyes these seemingly meaningless gestures are anachronistic and absurd, yet, without observing them the institution collapses. By making this apology, Kan has squelched any future attacks of being “arrogant”.
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"after-birthers?" is an apt description—they are certainly chewing on it.
Posted in: Obama releases full birth certificate to end controversy
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Powerful women in public eyes can only turn to each other for camaraderie, however brief it may be.
Posted in: Hi Hillary
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Infanticide is as old as human race.
Posted in: Mother arrested after stuffing bread in 2-year-old son's mouth
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Most of us are not equipped, intellectually, to handle truth even if we recognized it, particularly where science and technology is concerned. So, how would we process truth and how would we behave according to our understanding of truth. The danger, of course, is a government that tells you what to think.
Posted in: What do you think about the current disclosure of information by the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) concerning the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant complex, compared to the first few weeks of the crisis? For example, do you feel you are getting more reliable information now?
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If you don’t know exactly what Hell is, you’re in one.
Posted in: What is hell? Book stirs debate about afterlife
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When a nation, such as Afghanistan, goes through a state of transformation from an agrarian to an industrialized, the citizens are forced to confront many changes at once, such as we’ve witnessed the West undergo in its transformational stage. The West luckily had centuries of preparation—government, business, education, and all the infrastructure that it takes to nurture a “civil society”. Nations such as Afghanistan are just now doing what you might call “turning on a dime”—impossible without cracks developing everywhere from the stress. What we’re witnessing, the so called “Hatred against US”, is “unorganized creative energy” searching for it’s focus.
Posted in: Afghans riot as anti-foreign resentment grows over Quran burning in Florida
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The fact is that those lucky to be born into families with connections are forgiven many mistakes in life—those born on the wrong side are punished severely for each mistake. Yet, those with capital must have the sweat and blood of the working stiffs—this is a simple economic principle—the rich and the poor need each other. It is better that the poor think well of the rich, or you have what we have in other parts of the globe—civil wars. Best advice for those lucky enough to be lucky—respect the weak and the helpless.
Posted in: What's behind our conflicted feelings on nuclear power?
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With life beginning to get back to normal for those directly untouched by the disaster, the posts here are getting back to their normal whiney bickering. Ah, can’t beat freedom of speach.
Posted in: What do you think of the work overalls that Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, State Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Renho and other cabinet ministers wear when they attend press conferences?
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Mr. Kan should read “The Prince” by Machiavelli. Or, has he already·········?
Posted in: Kan: neither hero nor flop in quake crisis
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When the effects of the shock fade the Japanese will rebuild, no question, if not by the current owners, there’ll be people to buy any sea side real-estates. Heck, Yes!
Posted in: To rebuild or not? Japan's tsunami coast wonders
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Bureaucrats are good at KEEPING their job, not at doing their jobs.
Posted in: TEPCO apologizes again and again
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Mr. Hori clearly is a competent administrator/teacher. Also, KIBOW will be a vital organization in rebuilding Japan. However, becoming a politician is a whole different ball-game. Mr. Hori realizes that that decision must not be made without a thorough-going research. He does indicate, however, answering a question about Japanese leadership, that these crises will begin to winnow out the incompetents.
Posted in: Rainbow of hope for Japan
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I feel better already!!
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People unhappy with Japanese political comedy must be yearning for Libya, Venezuela type of politics. Perhaps yo’ll can move there and harangue.
Posted in: Chavez accuses opponents of trying to spur Libya-like uprising in Venezuela
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そうですか、でも二言語を出来る人々はまた、一言語の人たちが出来る事はよく分らないかも。
Posted in: Speaking 2 languages may delay getting Alzheimer's