JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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bolt_krank
I think the article is pretty much how it happens. My experience of Japanese both in Japan and abroad supports this. But one thing I've found different is that a lot (not all) of Japanese, when even overseas maintain a stubborness and even if they see differently, prefer to believe the stereotypes than what's happening in front of them.
The media won't change - 'cause they know it sells. The majority of the country won't change, 'cause they'd prefer to follow and be wrong, than to stand out and be right. A tall poppy syndrome indeed.
That being said, I'm not innocent of such things - I've let myself generalise many over the years, but I am trying to be more open-minded on things.
Posted in: Beyond a world of stereotypes