JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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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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bebert
The problem is, California calls the shots on Green Technology in the USA and California has an irrational hatred of diesel engines.
Posted in: Toyota's U.S. hybrid sales surpass million mark
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bebert
This has "Teachers' Union" written all over it. Other state and municipal offices are shifting to a 4-day work week and there is no doubt the teachers and school administrators want the same benefit. But this hurts students with after school activities, like sports, and older students who may have part-time jobs. It denies kids 5 days of instruction. If the schools want to realize cost savings, they should switch their defined benefit pensions over to a 401k system like everyone in the private sector gets stuck with.
Posted in: 4-day school week gains momentum in U.S. amid recession
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bebert
I guess it depends upon what the message is. Some Japanese fashion is unique and bizarre, if not cute, like the Lolita look. It could be a stab at saying that Japanese kids are not all conformist, suicidal, studying robots (as portrayed in the West).
It could also be an attempt at projecting soft power with a non-threatening image. I suppose they could send out Samurai and soldiers dressed in 1930's uniforms, but that probably project a negative image, as would Geisha's.
Posted in: Ambassadors of Cute
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bebert
Dressed up cat = Dealbreaker.
For me, it's the tattoo that's a deal breaker (indicates an impulsive girl who doesn't think long term). A girl who dresses up her cat, well that's just fine. And that she has a cat instead of some big slobbering woof-woof dog, even better.
Posted in: Feline fashion
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bebert
More weight, more cost, lower fuel economy.
Posted in: Toyota develops world's 1st rear-seat center airbag
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bebert
All Obama voters or Obama boosters.
Posted in: Sony Pictures to cut nearly 350 jobs
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bebert
The research wasn't "banned", it just wasn't funded by the federal government. I love how the media spins this. Private funding by venture capitalists wasn't illegal, but like most science in that damn country, there is always someone (like corporations) looking for a free ride on the taxpayers' back.
Now Obama has opened another spigot to piss away money America doesn't have and will have to borrow from China and Japan. And in the middle of a global economic meltdown. Yes, President Obama is quite a leader.
Posted in: Obama reverses Bush stem cell restrictions
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bebert
It is nice to see Honda getting back into the "full" hybrid market again with a product that can rival Toyota's Prius.
Posted in: Honda's hybrid Insight sells briskly Japan
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bebert
He may genuinely like the Japanese and appreciate them as a people. Some people do.
Posted in: 40 fans chosen for chartered flight with Tom Cruise
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bebert
Right on the Taliban, wrong on Hamas, only partially right on Sudan. I'm sure if you are not part of the non-Arab separatists who are at war with the government, life is probably pretty good in Sudan, relative to Saudi Arabia.
Posted in: Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to lashes
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bebert
They don't have to be. People buy Japanese cars because their last American car blew its transmission at just 50,000 miles (and that was after a half dozen other "things gone wrong" such as window regulators burning out and dome lights falling out of the headliner).
Sony, on the other hand, might as well shut down and sell all its assets to the Chinese. What the hell happened to those guys?
Posted in: Gov't may seek additional steps to stem diving share prices after Nikkei closes at 26-year low
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bebert
Thanks TexasAggie. So often we ask for answers, so rarely do we get them.
Posted in: Karzai welcomes Obama call to reach out to Taliban
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bebert
I agree it's not simple. Pakistan has a BIG internal problem and their survival is more important than Afghanistan. But can you run the risk of allowing the Taliban to return to a supposedly democratic country where they may possible take over the country through the ballot box?
And what is a moderate Taliban anyway? One that doesn't want to bomb America but still wants to make certain that girls aren't allowed to be educated or hold a job? One that doesn't believe in democracy but will use the system until he attains control of the country?
Posted in: Karzai welcomes Obama call to reach out to Taliban
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bebert
I think I would pay for the toilet and then cause about 100 times the amount of damage to the restroom.
Posted in: Ryanair chief says he's serious about pay toilets on planes
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bebert
This war in Afghanistan, against an ideological enemy, can only be won by crushing the group that harbors and promotes the ideology.
Posted in: Karzai welcomes Obama call to reach out to Taliban
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bebert
Improvements in forensic science mean there is very little chance for the execution of the innocent. As for the expense, legal loopholes could be trimmed and executions could be raffled off on E-Bay for a profit. The United States doesn't execute nearly enough of the losers who have preyed upon society. Considering the density of the prison population and the high murder and rape rates, the U.S. should have an execution rate at least as high as China's. It wouldn't be a bad idea to expand the death penalty to economic mega criminals like Bernie Madoff either. As a deterrent, of course.
Posted in: America has a cultural divide on death penalty
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bebert
Cool. I'm glad to see she is still skiing and still competitive.
Posted in: Uemura wins dual moguls at freestyle worlds
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bebert
If your nation had an out of control Arab/Muslim population that riots on a dime, you would want your government to behave the same way. The only reason the United States is allowed to imprison and torture Arab Muslims the straight forward way they do is that the American Arab Muslim population is small and relatively well integrated into their society. They don't riot. The American government certainly wouldn't dare treat Africans or Mexicans the way they treat the Arabs.
Posted in: Guantanamo worse since Obama's election: ex-detainee
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bebert
Don't worry, Obama is creating new agencies and government spending that will create hundreds of thousands of government jobs. Follow this to its logical end, eventually every American will be working for the government, just like those other economic miracles: North Korea and Cuba.
Posted in: Obama touts stimulus gains despite economic woes
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bebert
How can there be a restart of USA-Russian relations if the USA continues to push for the Ukraine, Georgia and other former Soviet territories be absorbed into NATO? It looks like the US position hasn't changed. Not surprising, since Clinton's husband started the assault on Russia during his presidency in the 1990's.
Posted in: Upbeat Clinton predicts U.S.-Russia arms treaty