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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brotokyo
Wow! I thought this was a hair show until I got to the bottom row.
Posted in: Latest look
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brotokyo
Thanks sailwind. If SS3 really wants to make a discovery about state taxes in the US perhaps he'll take time to look at this:
http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/tax_stru.html
Posted in: Obama signs $938 billion health care overhaul into law
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brotokyo
skip..., Yeah, I believe the US will find a way to milk the American expat community. I suppose if one pays into the system then one can go back home to use it; however, getting the time off is another issue.
Posted in: Health care gains start soon — bigger ones later
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brotokyo
Knowitall:
http://knifetricks.blogspot.com/2009/11/senate-health-care-bill-expats-exempt.html
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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brotokyo
SS3, When I posted my comment about American expats and healthcare, Odogma didn't properly address my post but instead turned an opportunity to look at this serious question into his political spill. I didn't respond to "dogma" because it would have been off topic and I figure that is why your comment to him has been taken off the board. Anyway, as there are ten of thousands of Americans living/working in Japan, this new law must have some very serious questions that need addressed because, after all, by law all working Americans must file tax returns no matter where they reside. I did find some info on how this might/will affect expats from the following blog:
http://knifetricks.blogspot.com/2009/11/senate-health-care-bill-expats-exempt.html
Posted in: Health care gains start soon — bigger ones later
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brotokyo
"Most Americans will be required to carry health insurance, either through an employer, a government program or by buying their own. Those who refuse will face fines from the IRS."
I have yet to hear discussion on how this will affect the millions of Americans living abroad, and have insurance in the countries in which they live.
Posted in: Health care gains start soon — bigger ones later
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brotokyo
We finally get a Japanese male in the Entertainment section of JT, which seems to have an endless supply of Japanese female "talents." In fact, one must scroll through a raft of Japanese female "talents" before finding another Japanese male in this section. Is there a real shortage of males in the Japanese entertainment world, or is JT just awfully picky and choosy or is this just the way Japan is? Maybe this singer Gackt is on to something.
Posted in: Gackt to hold concert just for men
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brotokyo
I wish imam would get on a soapbox in Manhattan or back in his native New Mexico to deliver his next message.
Posted in: Yemen-American imam calls for U.S. Muslim revolt
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brotokyo
to be sold at the retail price of about 45,000 yen
Where is all this deflation I keep reading about?
Posted in: Close shave
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brotokyo
sure wish my salary would go up and the interest paid on the money I have in my bank account would go up, but looks like I must wait out this sustained rise in debt (expanded lending)
Posted in: Bank of Japan expands lending to fight deflation
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brotokyo
Holy stockings, Batman!
Posted in: Nine for Aya
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brotokyo
right after banking overhaul, healthcare overhaul, employment overhaul ... take a number!
Posted in: Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul
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brotokyo
never been there but perhaps they should headhunt a moderator from here
Posted in: What do you think of 2channel, Japan's biggest Internet forum, where anonymous netizens post anything, including death threats?
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brotokyo
"..., a misdemeanor" OK, LET'S MOVE ON
Posted in: Calif sushi chef charged with serving illegal whale
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brotokyo
Now, if we can just get him to decry waste, fraud in the other govt systems ...
Posted in: Obama decries waste, fraud in gov't health system
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brotokyo
"Oh also holds the Japanese single season home run record of 55, which has been equaled by Tuffy Rhodes" and why it has never been broken would make for a heated discussion.
Posted in: Japanese baseball great Oh to have museum
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brotokyo
Friends from the Atlantic Coast, USA emailed several times this winter telling how busy they have been shoveling yet another foot or so of global warming off the sidewalk or driveway.
Posted in: World's top scientists to review climate panel
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brotokyo
manna from heaven Japanese style? You hit it: slow news day
Posted in: Fish fall from the sky in Akita
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brotokyo
Fredstar: "Did it say somewhere in the article that the culprits were Japanese ???"
Nah, I didn't see where it said that anyone is Japanese. I wonder, though, why agents needed a Japanese translator: "In early March, several federal agents, including one from the Border Patrol and one who speaks Japanese, joined their team" cited in http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/oscars/article/777171--oscar-winners-sting-reveals-l-a-s-whale-sushi-secret. Of course, I know lots of foreign nationals living in Japan that cannot speak the local lingo here, so it still doesn't mean restaurant staff are Japanese. Could be Californians who don't do too well with English.
Posted in: FBI probes Calif sushi restaurant after video sting by 'Cove' producers
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brotokyo
Wow! Six months already. That is about the average tenure as PM, isn't it?
Posted in: How would you evaluate Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's first six months in office?