JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
-
- 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
-
- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
-
- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
0
bdiego
It's always important to some people, so let them. To the Russians, victory over Japan is important as it should be. Those Japanese bastards murdered millions of people over nothing.
Posted in: Do you think events like 9/11, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and so on should be commemorated each year or would you rather see the dates fade into history without any annual official ceremony?
0
bdiego
It's hilarious that Japanese think it's okay for Japan to wage war but not other countries even for self-defense. That's always the essence of their defense of war criminals. Pick one or the other. Either Japan waged war and murdered people needlessly, or the Allies had the right to kill every single Japanese alive. I prefer the former, but these apologists are essentially arguing the latter by virtue of defending Japan's "anything goes" war.
Posted in: U.S. vet who caught Tojo speaks out
0
bdiego
Maybe "boyfriend" is in quotes because it's a puppy. Let's go! I'm first.
Posted in: Keiko Kitagawa hawks beer in TV ads for first time
0
bdiego
Aw man, more pictures and less talk of boyfriend.
Posted in: Keiko Kitagawa hawks beer in TV ads for first time
0
bdiego
Well 10 years ago it was guys in their 20s. These guys are now in their 30s. Put two and two together here, you simply had a bad generation.
Posted in: 30s becoming most crime-prone age group
0
bdiego
Western education is sacrileage but crime and murder okay!
Posted in: 800 inmates escape during Nigeria prison attack
0
bdiego
Is chess an adult game? How about riding a bike? What kind of an article is this?
Posted in: Are kids old enough to be playing adult games?
0
bdiego
Guys, learn to read. A large number of them were silent calls, including hundreds in a day. The bulk of them happened on specific days, rather than every day. The article is also very poorly written and factually wrong by its own account.
Posted in: 17-year-old arrested for reporting around 3,000 false crimes
0
bdiego
Great idea, this will give atheists political cover for making their bible burnings public. Love thy neighbor!
Posted in: Pressure builds on Florida pastor who wants to burn Quran on Sept 11
0
bdiego
Nothing went wrong. These guys are still way better than the LDP. It's called the lesser evil.
Posted in: When the Democratic Party of Japan, led by Yukio Hatoyama, swept to power a year ago, there were high hopes that they would bring about positive change in Japan. What do you think went wrong?
0
bdiego
Nice, all u have to do is yell fire. Or the police can call themselves and report a fire. Perfect loophole, you don't even need a warrant. =)
Posted in: Marijuana discovered in apartment after reports of fire
0
bdiego
Let me get this straight, they want an apology for Japan's sadistic war mongering in the past, all the while they engage in sadistic war mongering today? Pot calling the kettle black. South Korea is a different scenario.
Posted in: N Korea calls for Japanese apology, reparations for colonial rule
0
bdiego
The only thing the US government can do is repeal the 1st Amendment. What kind of a question is this? Next.
Posted in: Plugging the WikiLeak: What can U.S. government do?
0
bdiego
Yeah oikawa like that's any different than the rest of the human population. Great to hear you're saving lives all over the world.
Article Unavailable
0
bdiego
You do know that in half the states in the US it is legal to paddle children in school. As in, beat someone else's child with a piece of wood. Just FYI.
Posted in: Man arrested for beating 5-year-old daughter in Wakayama
0
bdiego
Well each person can only put together a piece of the puzzle on "real Japan". The best source is actually blogs. People who write to share interesting experiences, rather than preach.
Posted in: If a longtime expat starts offering you advice, walk the other way
0
bdiego
Bombing Japan's cities was absolutely necessary, but sure we could have just kept using regular bombs. BTW those killed way more than the atomic bombs, I guess that's somehow better? Let's not forget all this time the Japanese murdered tens of millions in dozens of countries, and almost nobody in Japan had a problem with that. They secretly still don't.
Posted in: Was the dropping of the atomic bombs necessary?
0
bdiego
Great artist!
Posted in: Jake Shimabukuro speaks to generations through the ukulele
0
bdiego
Patrick Smash is correct, and unfortunately there actually is no comprehensive guideline no matter what expats or an individual Japanese will claim. But there do exist explicit as well as unspoken dress codes, and they vary greatly from business to business. And you really can't even apply the dress code from one company to another.
The article makes one good point, and that's that expats often give advice of which they are poorly informed. But that's also a stereotype and not a solid rule to go by. For example I've met countless expats who could barely even speak Japanese (their work/life revolved around other foreigners), or barely knew the basic customs of Japan. But that isn't representative of the diversity here in Japan.
Posted in: If a longtime expat starts offering you advice, walk the other way
0
bdiego
Subtitles. Dubbing almost always sucks or changes the movie, and isn't worth the risk.
Posted in: Would you rather see a movie that is not in your native language, with subtitles or dubbed into your own language?