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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bonword
If he is messy in the car good - that means his DNA will be there.
I hope to see a story soon reporting that they catch this guy. I like the stories that have follow-up on crime and punishment.
Posted in: Passenger robs taxi driver, then steals cab in Ibaraki
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bonword
I've said it before and probably will write it again; I stopped cycling because I felt that the other bicyclists were just too dangerous. Always felt safe with cars, but the bicyclists in this country really need mandatory training. Everyone would be better off.
Sympathies to the families of all involved. Better education of safety may have prevented this and countless other accidents.
Posted in: Two boys on bike killed after being struck by car in Gunma
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bonword
Hmmmmm.......6.7 million in change....now I regret mocking that former PM for having 700 million in cash lying around the house and saying it was quite common of him...obviously I must rush to the bank, withdrawal my savings and leave it around my house if I wish to assimilate better.
Posted in: Man held over theft of 5,800 Y500 coins from friend's home
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bonword
I am sick to my stomach on reading this. Exactly how can someone hate a child? This man is not a man, he's an animal. I am normally against the death penalty but I think that in the case where someone willfully, deliberately does action to harm or kill a child, then I say spare nothing to punish this person.
As for the mother,I have to agree with some of the comments that she probably wouldn't have notice the problem. The acid was diluted and the child was being actively treated for a an eye condition. "his eye is not improving, continue medication" would have been the advice of the doctor probably. Poor mother. Poor child. But for the man? Nothing but contempt.
Posted in: 5-yr-old boy may lose sight after man adds battery acid to eye drops
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bonword
These "kids" need to be punished. I think all the posters to date can agree to this. Additionally, what is up with their parents? These little monsters are out at 3am, 4am and 5am? Seems to me that ankle monitors, house arrest (save for school) and the possibility of real jail time is needed. Society can either set these kids on the right and narrow path now, or see them as failures for the rest of their to-be pathetic and destructive lives.
Posted in: 4 high school students held over attacks on homeless men in Tokyo park
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bonword
I'm glad he is wearing UNIQLO. The founder of UNIQLO donated quite a lot of products immediately after the quake to the survivors. I'm happy to help corporations that practice good social responsibility. Of course I realize that the also get good PR from these actions, but, that doesn't take away from the fact that they did something that helped people.
Posted in: Stress test
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bonword
What boggles my mind is that they don't actually have a plan already in place for errors like this. Every professional institute needs backup plans for disasters and emergencies...
If you bake cookies, you have to expect some to burn and cook more as a precaution. If you use computers, you have to expect some HD fatal error and always have a secondary hard disk If you give tests, you have to expect some errors to happen and have a backup plan.
If you run a nuclear plant you...oh wait
Posted in: Errors result in highest ever number of entrance exams retakers
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bonword
Why am I not surprised? Seems all rules in Japan are more guidelines than anything (which is not a bad thing as flexibility is good in some cases). But this seems silly.
Posted in: Japan to let some nuclear plants operate after 40-year limit
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bonword
Fruit knife? lol...sorry but the fruit knife I own is one of the sharpest items I have ever had...it's my go to knife for most kitchen duties...anyone making fun of this makes me wonder, how would you feel facing someone with a knife?
As for those who gave negative/thumbs down to Smatacus for his compliment to the police..why? Criminal escaped, criminal caught. Let's all be happy no one appears to have been harmed.
Posted in: Police capture Chinese inmate who escaped from Hiroshima prison
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bonword
I hope he was not in a police uniform at the time and was just dressed as a civilian. If in a uniform he deserves to be punished beyond the regular penalty. Police, as symbols of authority, who violate the law are doing harm to society beyond that of regular criminals.
This man deserves jail time, very long jail time for the harm he has done.
Posted in: 20-year-old cop arrested for allegedly molesting girl in Yokohama
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bonword
These "people" need to be caught and punished. Cruelty to animals is often followed up by more acts on much larger scales.
Posted in: 5 people throw fireworks at animals at Kyoto zoo
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bonword
Thank you Yubaru for the informative and also personal information in regards to respirators and QL decisions.
I greatly appreciate these types of comments.
Posted in: Comatose hospital patient suffocated with wet towel in Mie
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bonword
Brain dead for seven years. Poor family. I wonder who made the decision to keep him on life support for the seven years? I am assuming it is a family decision in Japan but I really don't know. Anyone?
Posted in: Comatose hospital patient suffocated with wet towel in Mie
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bonword
Great picture thanks to the Juxtaposition of the Buddhist monk and the Christian. Happy Holidays to all and I wish us all happiness and the spirit of compassion and tolerance.
Posted in: Spiritual reminders
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bonword
Way too late, way too late.
Posted in: Animal welfare groups get OK to enter Fukushima no-go zone
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bonword
Well I hope that he's the one that did the two attacks and just isn't delusional and is admitting to them. This reminds me slightly of the Kobe Killer of about 16 years ago. It seems that in these cases the attacks escalate in serverity. Hopefully people in Chiba can rest more easily.
Posted in: Police arrest 16-year-old boy over knife attacks in Chiba, Saitama
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bonword
Adoption was brought up by several posters. Does anyone know or have firsthand experience about adoption in Japan?
Posted in: Woman arrested for murder of 11-day-old daughter in guesthouse
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bonword
Great title!
Posted in: Focus group
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bonword
Drug money? Bet someone is not too happy with the fella who left the money there.
Posted in: Man arrested over $1 mil left in suitcase at Italian restaurant in Sydney
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bonword
Seem to me that what is needed is an international fixed standard for children car seats. I'm just dreaming here, but imagine if all seats and all cars had the same, simple locking procedure and safety features for the child seat. Then training on how to use them could be simple and standard and there would be no learning curve if you switched cars/seats.
Tragic for this family. Hopefully someone will notice and learn and secure their children better.
Posted in: 2-month-old baby boy dies after car crash in Tochigi