JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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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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bjones
Stop printing more US Dollars and distributing them as $timulu$ money. The only reason any stocks go up is because the dollar gets worthless and less.
Posted in: Gov't confirms 'stealth' intervention in currency market
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bjones
All I can say is these are the auto workers who are building these cars:
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/chrysler-auto-workers-busted20100923dk
and again a different plant:
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/chrysler-workers-in-trenton-caught-smoking-and-drinking-during-lunch-breaks-20110713-dk
Still want to buy American?
Posted in: Ford blasts GM 'apocalypse' ad for Super Bowl; Chrysler also under fire
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bjones
Xoom is cheaper (i.e. less than **$5 **USD transfer fee to Germany, and the exchange rates are very good)
How to Send Money Internationally with Xoom (not available in Japan, but...):
Your recipient can receive cash in local currency or US dollars or in many countries can have the money deposited to their bank account or have it delivered to their home. Xoom.com has relationships with banks and money transfer payout partners to provide a secure and fast means of sending customer's money. With these bank and money transfer payout partners, Xoom.com customers can send money to thousands of cash pickup locations around the world.
perhaps some day it will also be available in Japan...and no kiosk needed...
Posted in: Western Union international money transfer service now available at FamilyMart stores
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bjones
It would be nice if they reported if the cyclists were riding in the direction of traffic, were wearing helmets or reflective gear, had their lights on, etc.. Or else know one knows what mistakes were made.
Posted in: Two boys on bike killed after being struck by car in Gunma
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bjones
For overseas I would say the Yen rate. Here in Japan I bought Sharp TV products because the menus are also available in English! I bought Korean brand electronics also because they can be programmed to be region free and they are less expensive. I bought an Apple TV 2 device because it can be programmed (FireCore dot com) to get to the TV shows and movies I want to watch (via the Internet). Got a MagicJack and a NetTalk Duo so I can make free calls (via the Internet). For my Internet router I replaced the limited OEM operating system with the free DD-WRT. Sony isn't producing anything I really want, although their quality may be high. Japan seems stuck in the era of the post office, the fax, paper forms, the hanko, and hyoshigi fire patrol methods although they are culturally interesting.
Posted in: Sony is forecasting a 220 billion yen loss for fiscal 2011, its 4th straight year of red ink despite massive cost cuts and restructuring efforts in recent years. What do you think are the main reasons for Sony's decline?
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bjones
I was driving just outside Tokyo one evening and saw this big white sedan with those number plates with the green back-lit numbers. It was huge. The design was unfamiliar. When I got up close it said Hyundai in big bold letters across the back. It looked like a large Lexus, Audi or Mercedes - really nice. Right-side driver like in Japan. I did not know they sold any Korean cars in Japan!! Samsung is selling TVs like crazy in the USA. In Japan I could only find Sharp TVs who offered optional menus in English. I understand Korean homes are larger, insulated and have central heat and air - (no kerosene) is this true? Hmmm, I'd be worried if Japan has or will lose the edge...
Posted in: Japan losing its manufacturing edge to South Korea
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bjones
What makes most noise cancelling headphones so expensive? I mean really, you can purchase a PC or a media player with more electronics than in most pairs of "noise cancelling" headphones at half the price. I'm glad to see the price is finally coming down.
Posted in: Keeping the noise out
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bjones
I have a ultrasonic "sonicare" toothbrush, and a glass- would that work?
Posted in: Zapping testicles with ultrasound could be male contraceptive
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bjones
I know someone who was taking statins for heart problems and then died later on of liver cancer. Bad stuff - research it before you take it. Doctors perscribe it in fear that if they don't they can be sued since it is FDA approved.
Posted in: Heart disease: Long-term study proves benefit of statins
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bjones
Do a search on Gog Magog and Turkey. It will take seven months to bury the soldiers of this King of the North.
Posted in: Turkey expels Israel ambassador over flotilla raid
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bjones
Western Union is an ancient icon. Last year I used Xoom dot com to transfer money to a bank in Germany for less than five US dollars. I admire out-of-the-box thinking like the successes of NetTalk, MagicJack, Xoom and others. I hope Seven can do the same.
Posted in: Seven Bank Ltd
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bjones
It took them awhile to get off the powerpc processor. Seem like they would have been good partners with AMD though..
Posted in: Apple upgrades iMacs with quad-core processors
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bjones
Caught as double agents/spies or the quality of the merchandise was inferior. Else they bit the hand that feeds the regime.
Posted in: N Korea detains 2 Japanese over drugs, counterfeit money
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bjones
Put into effect Rolling Rides... 10:00-11:00 Dumbo ride 11:00-12:00 It's a Small World ride 12:00-13:00 Country Bear Jamboree etc.
Posted in: All's not well at Tokyo Disneyland after quake
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bjones
Hanko interesting culturally, but not a very secure means of verification/authentication of a transaction in these times. How long ago did Europe drop the wax seal?
Posted in: Personal seal case
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bjones
Coca Cola products found in U.S. vending machines never change from just a hand full of choices and they are all cold. I wonder why hot/cold and new products don't catch on in the U.S. And I have never lost a coin in a Japanese vending machine.
Posted in: Georgia coffee
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bjones
Muslim countries would hold Bible burnings- that is IF they allowed Bibles into their country.
Posted in: Clinton, Gates denounce planned Quran burning
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bjones
The homepage has his "PLOFILE" Then the logo also should say "Fugitive Lecovely Agent"
Posted in: 'Nippon Civilian Police' skirts a fine line between vigilance and vigilantism
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bjones
I liked the original one:
http://file.vintageadbrowser.com/zeyhi7fb6yofz4.jpg
"Put a Tiger in your Tank"
Posted in: Can the Kitty
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bjones
This is a wonderful advert for seat belts in the UK:
http://embracethis.co.uk/
Posted in: 40% of child seats in cars remain unused: police survey