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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badmigraine
Dream on. Of course the owner knew the union would get mad.
The only reasons I can think of for announcing shutdown do far in advance of the actual event are: to comply with legal governance requirements and mandatory notice periods for worker terminations; and/or to shake down the local and national governments for further tax and financial benefits. The latter seems difficult considering EU rules against state aid.
Posted in: Dutch workers down tools at Mitsubishi plant
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badmigraine
Unemployment in the Netherlands is better than employment in many other places.
Posted in: Dutch workers down tools at Mitsubishi plant
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badmigraine
Under these circumstances it's normal to expect disgruntled union workers to sabotage cars and production equipment in order to get "revenge".
Posted in: Mitsubishi Motors plan to end European production a blow to Netherlands
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badmigraine
Um...no picture?
Posted in: KARA's first Japan tour to kick off April 14
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badmigraine
OK, I'll bite.
Steam...that's produced at temperatures of 100C and above..."cold shutdown"...you figure it out.
Posted in: Endoscope shows radiation, steam, rusty metal inside Fukushima reactor
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badmigraine
It sure doesn't seem like nuclear is cheaper now, does it.
Posted in: TEPCO to raise electricity rates for corporate users by 17% from April 1
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badmigraine
It certainly does sound fishy. They know they are arresting a knife murder suspect yet they fail to find a 21cm knife on his person in a patdown. He's handcuffed in the back of a police car yet somehow he gets out this huge knife and slashes his own neck and nobody could stop him.
It reminds me of the guy who "committed suicide" in immigration detention a few years back by rushing past 3-4 officers, grabbing a hot-pot and drinking boiling water.
Posted in: Taiwan wants explanation of murder suspect's suicide while in custody
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badmigraine
Because the "significance" is only with respect to the Nissan/Daimler partnership. It's their most significant joint project so far.
Posted in: Mercedes, Nissan to produce engines in U.S.
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badmigraine
As a kind of computer and gadget geek, it always amazes me to see a 69-year-old geezer in charge of Sony. I'm sure he has the corporate stuff down pat. But you wonder if this guy has ever had to set up a TV and DVD player, let alone troubleshoot a flaky install on one of their laptops. Not that these are requirements for the job--they are just simple tasks typical of the world in which their customers operate. And most 69-year-olds have no clue about it. I remember trying to explain the massive crapware/malware scandal to my 70+ year old father. He finally just smiled patronizingly and said "Ah-hah..." and closed his eyes. He had no concept, nothing to connect it to. How bad could it be? A few kids whining about some computer thing. Yeah.
Posted in: Sony's Stringer reportedly to step down as president
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badmigraine
Improving on the conventional recruitment paradigm is nice of course. But why the ridiculous proposition that people willing to take on the challenge of changing the world for the better would ever consider employment at a mass-market, for-profit clothing company to achieve this goal? The message to young recruits is "when applying to Uniqlo, you have to lie about how much you care to change the world for the better...AT UNIQLO..." The message to young recruits is, you need to lie and fake everything in the working world. Like the basic startpoint in the corporate world is, you must debase and perjured yourself to stay employed. But then again, such self-effacing, masochistic drones might be useful rank-and-file employees..
Posted in: UNIQLO adopts new approach to recruitment in Japan
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badmigraine
35.4 km/L = 83 mpg 40 km/L = 94 mpg
Posted in: Toyota launches Aqua gasoline-electric compact hybrid
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badmigraine
Interesting, but how specifically does this differ from their Prius?
Posted in: Toyota launches Aqua gasoline-electric compact hybrid
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badmigraine
Japanese clothes don't fit me. My shoulders are actually broader than my hips, I have an "athletic build" and rip out of the pants, and the underwear can't hold me in. Even a lot of western brands now carry Japanese-fit clothes (for obvious reasons). So I'm reduced to dressing from the scrap heap, like hip-hop stores in Udagawa-cho or cruddy Eddie Bauer pants. It's horrible.
Posted in: Deck the halls at the best Tokyo men's outfitters
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badmigraine
That's right. Download Ubuntu Linux for free and have any/all languages you want. You can even try it out on your existing computer by burning a DVD and running it off that!
Posted in: Panasonic Let'snote S10
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badmigraine
Wow, I still only ever get about 5-6Mbps down and 1-2 up on a LAN cable right out of the router. It hasn't changed since 2004 even though I've moved progressively from DSL to fiber optic (now advertised as 100Mbps), moved from place to place in Tokyo, and now reside in Kurashiki.
Posted in: NTT Com's Japan-U.S. backbone bandwidth reaches 600 Gbps
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badmigraine
I always wonder how many hot chicks they have over there? And when, if ever, they might become available?
Posted in: N Korean leader Kim Jong-Il dead at 69
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badmigraine
Imagine the relentless derision and sexist hounding a husband would get if he expected his wife to stand outside the shower with a towel ready for him.
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badmigraine
I have the impression that the amount of radioactive material swept into the ocean from rain runoff dwarfs the radioactivity leaking into the ocean from the water-cooling efforts at the plants.
Posted in: Noda says Fukushima reactors have reached state of cold shutdown
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badmigraine
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!" Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
Posted in: Crowing
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badmigraine
Here's the other side of the story: these other 4 commissioners are industry shills and conspired to delay and alter the NRC report on lessons to be learned from Fukushima. I wonder what is really going on?
http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=4635&Itemid=125
Posted in: Jaczko's response to Japan crisis criticized by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission