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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bacster
ReformedBasher Frungy's analogy is not even related. Personal war is different from political war and this is what Frungy doesnt get. And with regards to "war is between military"...giz, do you think Japan just let their soldiers decide on their own to sail to Hawaii and do a kamikaze?
Posted in: Hiroshima not shy about its atomic bomb legacy
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bacster
Frungy...I do understand you.But I guess its you who dont understand what you are trying to say here. Japan can use your argument as well as US will use the same argument (atleast im putting my shoes on both sides).
But if you are the US and you have the A-bomb, and Japan stubbornly dont want to surrender, and you know that somehow using the A-bomb will stop the war, what would you do? Its in your hands to push the button, whether to continue the massive killings done by Japan or sacrifice a few to stop it. Well, i guess what happened was history!
Posted in: Hiroshima not shy about its atomic bomb legacy
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bacster
@ Frungy - War is between countries, one trying to cease the other's sovereignty and take it as its own, even at the expense of killing the innocents. For Japan, this was most of what they did across the Pacific, installing their proxy government to all countries they captured. Using the A-bomb constitutes a different goal and that was stopping the war.
@shinohara - you just made me laugh. As if you are saying that "we can do war but dont use A-bomb, just killing cause no one argues about it". From the start, killing is inhumane and that was most Japanese Imperial Army did during WW2. Tell that to those people who suffered the loss of their relatives. Bet its really hard for you to understand if you are on the other side of the fence. Do you think the A-bomb would have drop at Hiroshima if Japan didnt started the war? Wish Japan was talking about peace even before the war then none of this happened.
Posted in: Hiroshima not shy about its atomic bomb legacy
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bacster
@ Frungy - not sure if you were born just born yesterday.
For starters, if Hiroshima is another country or if its not part of Japan, then sure you can say that. Second, the reason why US dropped the A-bomb in Hiroshima was strategic. And if i put myself on the shoes of the Japanese, probably the same strategic reason why they attack Pearl Harbor, even if US wasn't involved in the war at that time.
Posted in: Hiroshima not shy about its atomic bomb legacy
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bacster
@ shogun36...Its a 7-series championship game, so whoever win 4 games will be the champion.
Posted in: Lotte Marines win Japan Series
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bacster
not sure about the death penalty... the judicial system here is so bad that one cannot even have a life-term penalty for "abandoning a dead body" even if that person already committed the crime.
Posted in: Mother, son found stabbed on Kawasaki apartment stairwell
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bacster
this is one of the biggest problem in this country, just blame it to someone else.
The old ones should blame no one but themselves since they are too busy trying to be selfishly rich during their times that they forgot to impose values to the next generation.
Posted in: We youngsters lack passion and ambition? Hardly
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bacster
aside from the alcohol problem, there is also a big issue with regards to japanese behaviour/manner. They dont seem to care nor concern with others that they dont know in their sorroundings. Take for example a man entering a train and just dashed inside bumping with other without even saying sorry (or atleast say "sumimasen" for him/her to pass through).
Its funny Japanese talk about office manner but they dont seem to carry it outside the office.
Posted in: Drunken man arrested after man falls to death off train platform
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bacster
the way they do shotcuts, like "MisDo" for Mister Donut
Posted in: What are some of your favorite examples of the way English is misused in products, advertising and pop culture in Japan?
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bacster
And McDonald's gets all the publicity.
Why not debate on a Japanese food chain.
Posted in: Debate swirls over best abbreviation for McDonald's
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bacster
wonder how many policemen went to arrest him?
Posted in: 18-yr-old girl arrested for online sale of photos of herself naked
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bacster
if she is considered minor in Japan, should it be that the authorities also arrest the parents?
Posted in: 18-yr-old girl arrested for online sale of photos of herself naked
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bacster
Trainspotters doesnt need a senpai-kohai just to behave properly. They are not kids anymore. Its common sense to always act in good manner which most japanese (especially men) doesnt have. They tend to only practice or show good manners inside the office, but outside they are insensitive.
Notice when you are inside a train, they dont even say "sumimasen" when they pass through you, they just ram you off as if you are getting in their way, not even considering if you are woman, an old fellow, nor a pregnant woman.
Posted in: Railway geeks wearing out their welcome
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bacster
" I think the best thing is to accept that your husband has a kinky aspect to his personality and leave it at that."
Typical "shoganai" japanese syndrome. If its out of the normal, then it is something that needed fixing, or healing.
Posted in: People turn to advice column to air quirky family concerns
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bacster
Yodibashi Camera???
Posted in: Awaiting the iPad
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bacster
they can say anything good with the shirt but at the end, there is only one purpose of doing it...commercial agenda.
Posted in: Hatoyama's flamboyant shirt inspires copies
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bacster
Blame it on JPEPA...for Japan, it doesnt matter if those Filipinos pass or not, as long as they can dump their waste on Philippines and same goes to Indonesia.
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bacster
guess a lot of japanese cried after the match
Posted in: World Cup warm-up
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bacster
If only smokers can swallow their own smoke
Posted in: Anti-smoking 'monsters' have smokers on the run
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bacster
next year, they would been 7-5-3
Posted in: 2-year-old girl dies in Kawasaki apartment fire