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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brotokyo
melonade, Exactly! I can only guess timor only knows detention centres (jail) from the "wide screen". (Outside looking in) Rumor (from a good source) has it that in the Ueno Detention Centre, just to cite on of the miserbale places in Japan, inmates (or should I say extended holiday guests?) can brush their teeth once a day--in the early morning after putting futons away, cleaning the cell and wiping clean the cell shitter--The Cell gets a daily scrubbing, but for an inmate a bath comes once every five days. Reading material, at least for foreign nationals, is next to nonexistent, so a 24-hour day ticks by so very slowly. Oh, I forgot to factor in the 10-minute morning exercise time when smokers get to cram into a small "exercise room" to light up. Some vacation! And I keep in the back of my mind that this fellow simply threw smelly stuff at a Japanese ship. Imagine what might happen if you actually hurt one.
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brotokyo
The target was the camera! Someone got a pic that someone didn't want them to have. Just try to take pics with an easily identifiable camera around the numerous "massage" parlors in the Yushima or Roppongi areas and you'll quickly see "a group burst" onto the scene.
Posted in: Chinese restaurant owner attacked with stun gun
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brotokyo
nisegaijin, yep couldn't agree more. I love when they go abroad! Hope they stay there and learn.
Posted in: Japan Expo in Paris
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brotokyo
Cleo:
you sure are on this TAX kick of late. Hope you're not losing sleep over this because this govt (pick a govt) will be wasting tax-payers' money until hell freezes over
Posted in: IWC meeting abuzz over Japan vote-buying accusations
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brotokyo
ronaldk:
This sir is Japanese culture at its finest: Kuroku--you're not suppose to see her. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuroko
Moderator: The woman behind Ebi-chan is a flight attendant.
Posted in: Newlyweds Ebi-chan, Ilmari return from Paris wedding
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brotokyo
I know this word "single" means "not one" above but, hworta269, I just had to chuckle when I first read it. Add me to the "no complaint" list.
Posted in: Japan weighs up whether to give foreign residents the vote
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brotokyo
Just goes to prove the old adage: you just can't tell who the enemy is. Keep an eye on your undies coz the guy next to you just might be a cop.
Posted in: Osaka cop caught red-handed stealing women's clothing
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brotokyo
http://specials.msn.com/A-List/100-years-Father's-Day.aspx?cp-documentid=24581807&imageindex=1>1=36010
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brotokyo
It's the out-of-focus kamakazi guy behind the Qtip that frightens me. Glad Japan could first score and then go defense to win. The team always had it bass ackwards before last night.
Posted in: White Day
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brotokyo
I'll have to take your word on that as I have never, to the best of my knowledge, seen a Vegas hooker, but that dress is certainly not something I would expect to see at a wedding.
Posted in: Sancta Karina
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brotokyo
you go girl
Posted in: Spin
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brotokyo
airion:
you wrote in the comment just before the one above: "there is a 'stereotype that all us gaikokujin, or gaijin if you insist, ...'" Well OK if you "insist" on using the term "foreigners" ... I do too, but would it not be more appropriate to say "foreign nationals" for a bit of equality. Personally I don't care one way or the other and I say "gaijin" all the time
Posted in: Dear Angry Western Guy
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brotokyo
@cleo
Curious sentence. "Her" stands out so very loudly. I remember when they began addressing the "sexism" question in language, so many years ago. Isn't it just as meaningful to simply say "to expose students" and not say either "her" or "his" in your statement above? After reading your post I get this unpleasant feeling that you believe only females can be "good" teachers.
Posted in: Do English teachers at schools have to be native speakers? Can non-native English speakers do just as well or better?
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brotokyo
With respect to TV, the US will keep "breaking news" plastered on the bottom of the screen (as often seen on CNN) sometimes several days and even as long as a week (Haiti earthquake), long after the story first broke. Japanese TV, (as often seen on NHK) can actually make a "campaign" out of something and let in run every single day for more than a month (Chinese dumplings)
Posted in: What do you think are some of the main differences in the way Japanese and U.S. media report the news?
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brotokyo
Foxie:
Good for you. The car manufacturer in question here is Toyota, not Mitsubishi
Posted in: Toyota hit with $16 mil fine over recalls in U.S.
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brotokyo
bamboo, Thanks for your explanation. Nuff said. I don't believe we have major differences and in fact we probably read from the same book.
Posted in: Obama urges patience as health care law kicks in
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brotokyo
Are my old eyes failing me or is he wearing white sneakers? Good for him if so, because we surely don't want to see another pair of those "pointed shoes" now do we. Darn it, can't tell if he's wearing a watch. If she is, she's a righty. I like the "under the cherry blossom" idea but wish the photographer could have at least found a way to snap this photo without the big Gomi bako being in a wedding picture.
Posted in: Love among the blossoms
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brotokyo
****Gombei:
It is going to be extremely interesting to see what the price tag is for "free"
Posted in: Obama urges patience as health care law kicks in
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brotokyo
bamboo:
Really?!
Let's see how others held up to this in 2007: and, by the way, you will read in this article: "What people find especially interesting about this, and it's true year after year, that such a high percentage comes from individual donors"
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-25-charitable_N.htm
Posted in: Obama urges patience as health care law kicks in
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brotokyo
paulinusa:
Could you be more specific?
Posted in: Obama urges patience as health care law kicks in