JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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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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blvtzpk
My bad.
Peasout.
Posted in: Mr James
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blvtzpk
Hmmm. I wonder if MACkin on the groupies are in his contract.
"Yo. Back to ma crib f'r a 'fish sandwidch', if y'know what I mean..."
He IS from Ohio, y'know. Ohio. "Ohayo! How do you like your eggs Mc(MACkin)Muffin?"
Posted in: Mr James
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blvtzpk
Coming 6th is nothing to be ashamed of...I think.
Posted in: Marathon man
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blvtzpk
"You call this a chi-ka-te-tsu? My, will wonders never cease! Where is the person you talk at when you want this thing to stop?"
Posted in: Campaigning
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blvtzpk
PM, how about offering your seat to a lady?
Oh - I forgot.
This is Japan.
Posted in: Campaigning
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blvtzpk
@Raja: You're suggesting that previous generations lived longer than current ones, something which is patently false. How do explain the incrementally increasing life expectancy over the generations? Using facts and your logic, it would seem that NOT living like our grandparents did (or having access to better diet, health services, medical technology and therapies) and being naughty, immoral people has had its benefits! Oh, as for affordable health care for all, I'm behind it 100%. A healthy society is...well...a healthy society.
Posted in: Health care is a hot topic for debate in many countries. What do you think is the best system?
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blvtzpk
I saw the original as a teen. Knew nothing about it before I entered the cinema. It was one of the greatest rides I ever had with a movie. From that day on I swore that I'd try to know AS LITTLE about any film before seeing it, so everything would be fresh from the word go. I still try and keep that rule.
AS for the new version, I wonder if the anti-Japanese (Asian?) bent of the Matthau character is still intact. In that version, during the emergence of the crisis, a group of Japanese transport officials are visiting the control center. Mattahu, viewing them as an intrusion and a nuisance, insults them, believing they don't speak English. However, when it's time for them to leave, a member of the group thanks him - in perfect English - for the opportunity of seeing the center in action. Leading to much tension-breaking hilarity... ;)
Posted in: The state of Washington
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blvtzpk
I think most of these talento 'blogs' are blags - puff pieces written by some flunky in the celeb's agency purely for image and publicity.
Posted in: Nagiko Tono breaks record for shortest showbiz marriage – divorcing after 72 days
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blvtzpk
Let me succinct then. Alcohol WAS an drug that was made illegal at one time but eventually was allowed back for public consumption. And when Prohibition was over, the the US did not go to 'hell in a handbasket' as a result. It's the same with similar drugs. ;)
Posted in: How do you feel about legalizing some drugs? What are the pros and cons?
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blvtzpk
The last time I commented on this statement it was pulled. Let's see if this fits the bill.
Alcohol is a drug that is legal here, but not legal in other places. Tobacco contains drugs, and there is no discouragement by the Japanese government to stop using it, because sales of this product in Japan's best (fiduciary) interests.
The issue of what is 'legal' and 'illegal' is set by the standards or mores of the society. If a drug is illegal in your country, IT does not mean it IS bad - but the general thinking and belief about it is that it is bad.
If one were to suggest that Japan take a good hard look at the effects of alcohol and tobacco on "peoples health, mind, future, family", then it would be deemed bad and made illegal. During Prohibition in the US when alcohol was illegal it was often controlled by criminals, but were the people who chose to go to Speakeasies and illicit sellers of liquor 'weak minded' just because it was illegal? Do people in Japan who drink and smoke 'weak minded people' who are simply living in a place were the substance they enjoy is legal?
Moderator: Readers, please stay on topic. Alcohol and tobacco are legal. Focus your comments on those drugs that are not legal.
Posted in: How do you feel about legalizing some drugs? What are the pros and cons?
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blvtzpk
What is the plural of Lego? 'Legos', 'Legoes', or is it 'pieces of Lego'?
In any respect, the the amount of Lego there seems quite high.
Posted in: Lego
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blvtzpk
No posing for tough guy pictures
No scrubbing your back with a exfoliating towel
No pre-exercise stretching allowed - at any time
Posted in: Mystery sign
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blvtzpk
Or even a remote control.
Posted in: 49-year-old Okinawa man kills mother for hiding TV remote control
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blvtzpk
He went to, y'know, that farm in the countryside where dogs can run around freely and happily. And no, we can't go and visit him. Don't ask again.
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blvtzpk
Wow - I guess no more ad sponsorship for her from JT or any of its many subsiduaries.
Nevertheless, I find the whole 'danger of walking with cigarettes' meme here in Japan an elaborate diversionary maneuver. By choosing to show 'care' by focusing on minor 'dangers' (i.e. burning someone with a lit cigarette) or 'manners' (e.g. the need to carry a portable ashtray so you do not sully the area with ash and butts), this deflects from the major issues of cancer, emphysema and all the other SERIOUS ailments that come as a result of smoking.
Posted in: Maid-detective Saki Fukuda wants to 'clean the world of cigarettes'
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blvtzpk
On yer bike, Yokokume!
Posted in: On the campaign trail
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blvtzpk
By Patrick Smash :)
Posted in: What do you think Noriko Sakai's fate should be?
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blvtzpk
New PE albums:
Yo! Bum Rush the Consulate
It Takes a Office of Bureaucrats to Hold Us Back
Fear of a Black Band (Japanese Edition)
Posted in: Chuck D Public Enemy’s only founding member to obtain visa for Japan
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blvtzpk
Why no pics? The Shukan Post, who originally wrote the article either didn't have (or didn't get enough dosh) to pass them on to JT.
Freezing in cold ocean waters, turning blue, and eventually dying? Not something I want to pay for.
Posted in: Tokyo Bay booze cruise with miniskirted bar girls
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blvtzpk
Why didn't they ask him if he is in a relationship or when he hopes to be married - Japan press corp, your guard is down!!!
Posted in: Harry Potter co-star on hand to celebrate box-office hit