JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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ca1ic0cat
looks like fun. Beats a game show.
Posted in: Tug-of-war
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ca1ic0cat
Pretty good description of Austrailia. It's pleasant that he ended up having a good life. I'll have to see if I can find the book.
Posted in: Last World War I combat vet dies in Australia
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ca1ic0cat
MonkeyZ has it right. There is no good reason in this world for this woman to have ended up dead. It sad that, with all the other problems going on, some sickos still have to get their pleasure by murder.
Posted in: Autopsy reveals woman found dead in Kofu was murdered
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ca1ic0cat
I don't see any point in releasing the photos. They might have used bombs but they wanted Obama, dead or alive, (preferably dead?) so that they knew they got him. They probably didn't want to drop bombs on a house when they had only a 60% chance that Obama was there. As far as conspiracy theorists go, they will have a field day in any case. And it was the Iraqis who published the photos of Saddam and the video was unauthorized.
No point in being officially ghoulish. Dead is dead.
Posted in: Should the U.S. release photos or video footage of Osama bin Laden's body?
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ca1ic0cat
@ Lizz - you need to understand that your average GM pickup, touted as an "American" vehicle, is assembled in Mexico with a majority of parts from places other than the USA. The Honda pickup is assembled in the USA and has a majority of parts from the USA. Both vehicles have to say so right on the dealer sticker. So while it would be nice to "buy American" it's not as simple as that.
Posted in: Taxi of tomorrow
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ca1ic0cat
I would prefer that the SEALs didn't put themselves at any more risk than absolutely necessary. It would have been nice to have bin Laden alive, but it's just as well that all the SEALs came home uninjured. I'm not going to second guess the SEALs nor will I shed crocodile tears for bin Laden.
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ca1ic0cat
I wish I was in Japan to have the opportunity to take the shot. If the clouds weren't obscuring the top of Fuji-san it would be a better photo. But this one is pleasant enough.
Posted in: Fuji-san
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ca1ic0cat
Nice work by the French to find this thing. Going to be tough to dry it out but there might be someting useful that can be recovered.
Posted in: Investigators find black box from 2009 Air France crash
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ca1ic0cat
Dunno sushi, I think bin Laden turned against the US when troops were stationed in Saudi Arabia to toss Saddam out of Kuwait. Having infidel troops that close to Mecca seems to have pushed bin Laden over the edge.
I'm not sorry to see bin Laden gone but it won't solve the overall lunacy. You can't negotiate with religious fanatics.
The buried at sea bit is a snub to Muslims. I wonder if it was intentional.
As far as Gitmo is concerned; closing it has little to do with opposition from the GOP and more to do with political expediency. It's sad that so many Americans agree with torture and the suspension of civil rights to combat terror. In this respect bin Laden has succeded in diminishing the USA.
Posted in: BIN LADEN BURIED AT SEA AFTER BEING KILLED IN FIREFIGHT WITH U.S. FORCES
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ca1ic0cat
I hope they'll have a happy marriage. As far as the media circus is concerned, I don't get it. But then you know us Americans; we're revolting.
Posted in: William, Kate marry as 2 billion tune in across globe
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ca1ic0cat
I'm all for pomp and circumstance when meaningful. Like the installation of said minister. But there's a national crisis ongoing and the economy is still a shambles. The idea that anybody is going to complain about a phone call is just nuts! The emperor has even been out to visit the victims, which is very good. But the smear campaign as usual keeps going in Japanese politics. Have the leaders no perception of the gravity of the situation? Sheesh. Maybe the emperor should intervene to get the politicians back on track.
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ca1ic0cat
Do they give Darwin awards in Japan? This guy is certainly in the running.
I imagine that the DOA was caused by injuries sustained in the crash. The only question is, should the cops have taken the guy to hospital first and questioned later? Seems a little odd to just move him to an interrogation room without medical attention.
Posted in: Man dies after crashing car into Tochigi police station
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ca1ic0cat
I would hope that this closes the matter and the debate can move to matters of more substance. For better or worse Obama is president and questions of his citizenship have been moot since he was sworn in. The whole "birther" thing has been a complete waste of time and effort. It's also a distraction from the real issues. Still, the conspiracy theory nuts have had some fun, I guess.
Posted in: Obama releases full birth certificate to end controversy
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ca1ic0cat
wow, what's next? visitation rights for gaijin dads?
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ca1ic0cat
I thought the republicans and democrats arguing over the budget while the US has problems was bad enough, but now the bickering politicians in Japan, led by that less than stellar "leader" Ozawa, want to use a natural disaster and the nuke problems, which they played a part in creating, for their own political gain. It reaks to heaven. They have no shame. They should rally around the people to move things forward. Instead they pull off this type of childish stunt. I hope the voters throw out the lot. But, this being Japan, I'm not so sure that will happen.
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ca1ic0cat
Yuck.
Posted in: BB Placenta
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ca1ic0cat
I'll take the girl but stick to real beer. Happoshu isn't good for much of anything, IMHO. But sarge is right: If you're going to pay for water you may as well drink happoshu.
Posted in: Blue Label beer
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ca1ic0cat
While mangaman continues to insist that France (and the west) have to support the "rights" of women to wear a veil and claims that the western majority is trampling the rights of a minorty he continues to ignore what radical Islam would do to the rights of a minority. Look no farther than Iran or Pakistan to understand just how Islam treats minorities. There is no place for such behaviour in a free society. Banning the veil is the first step in standing up to radical Islam. This has to be done if we are to keep our freedom. It's no different than banning other offensive dress.
But, since mangaman keeps missing the point my conclusion is that he's just baiting us. Time to iggy the troll.
Posted in: French ban on Islamic veils put into force
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ca1ic0cat
@mangaman - you seem to think that the veil/najib/burqua is just a fashion accessory. In Islam, especially the parts of Islam that preach death to infidels, the veil is a way to relagate a woman to virtual slavery to her husband. She can't leave the house unless a male relation is with her. She can't drive a car. Heaven help her if her husband gets upset because the "prophet" won't.
This type of thing is in complete opposition to the tenents of French, or any other country, that espouses liberty and equality. From this perspective it is perfectly reasonable to ban the veil in much the same way that other countries have banned the garb of other groups that have been opposed to liberty and equality.
The fact that there are many "modern Muslim" (to use a term an Indonesian friend uses to describe herself) who will not wear the veil is a hopeful sign that the Muslim religion can reform itself to value equality. But that doen't change the fact that there are a fair number of radical Islamists who would be happy to force us all into dihimmitude. But I'm no dihimmi.
And yes, I do view radical Islam as similar to the Nazis or the KKK. This stuff must be opposed the same way the Inquesition was.
Posted in: French ban on Islamic veils put into force
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ca1ic0cat
In the US the Ku Klux Klan is banned and walking around in your white robes could get you arrested. In Germany wearing anything resembling Nazi attire will land you in jail. I was told by a friend from Belgium, who was in shock over seeing a guy with a swastika tattoo in the US, that such a tattoo would be considered illegal in Belgium. Even societies that are considered supporters of liberties and the right to expression limit those rights and liberties when the public display of something is offensive to a free society.
France has decided that wearing a burqua or nijab is offensive to the liberal state and signifies a declaration that women are chattel. To that end they have decided that religious freedom does not trump the desire of the French to hold equality of all over the practice of religion. I think this is perfectly reasonable.
Or, consider this: both Islam and at least one sect of Mormons believe in polygamy. It is considered a religious practice and some women enter into such an arrangement as "sister-wives." But polygamy is illegal in the US and the husbands are arrested. Not much of a stretch from that to outlawing a dress code that relagates women to virtual slavery.
Posted in: French ban on Islamic veils put into force