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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caffeinebuzz
I believe the conclusion of the article is fair. Whether it be Japanese or Korean culture, it would be good for Asia for more of the work ethic and standards to rub off on other countries- regardless of what one thinks of the actual music!
Posted in: Asia's K-Pop clones dance to South Korean beat
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caffeinebuzz
The only thing I can think of that ticked off the Saudi authorities, is that something he said wasn't in line with their particular ideology. From Wikipedia: "While what is now Saudi Arabia was the birthplace of Islam, it was also home to various sects and strands of the religion until the rise of Salafism, also known as Wahabbism, a fiercely puritanical strain of Islam" . Perhaps he said something that he considered innocuous, but was taken as an affront to the authorities. Whatever the case, I hope he avoids this barbaric punishment.
Posted in: Australian sentenced to 500 lashes in Saudi Arabia for blasphemy
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caffeinebuzz
I usually measure around 1.4 Micro sieverts from a height between 5cm and 1 metre. That said, soil dug up from a level of around 20-30 cm in a lot of spots measures right on 10microsieverts. While I'm personally not really worried, I'm still extremely cautious about what I eat and drink, and avoid produce from the surrounding Tohoku area.
Posted in: Japanese families, activists visit Washington to plead for safety of Fukushima's children
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caffeinebuzz
Forget about them...Change the law to give the PM a set term, put together a team of bodyguards and install Renho as the leader. That would be completely setting the cat among the pigeons! She might have been clueless about the supercomputer race and a couple of other things, but hell, if she can eliminate wasteful spending and amakudari for the sake of helping clean up after the disaster and house people, then I'd be all for it.
Posted in: Ozawa, Hatoyama meet to discuss who to back for PM
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caffeinebuzz
"You never respect me...Do you know how hard it is to run Office AND itunes at the same time? Noooo, you don't do you?! You only think of yourself and leave me to do all the work around the place, boo hoo hoo!"
Posted in: IBM unveils computer chips that mimic human brain
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caffeinebuzz
its
Posted in: IBM unveils computer chips that mimic human brain
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caffeinebuzz
Yeah but try running any maps application with a female brain chip :p. Plus it will just cry every time you get frustrated at it's erratic processing functions...
Posted in: IBM unveils computer chips that mimic human brain
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caffeinebuzz
As for me, I've been here for years, and as Steve helpfully pointed out, you do tend to run into some 'colourful' characters who take going native to the extreme limits...People who've apparently abandoned any sense of moderation or balance and use any encounter with fellow foreigners to show off what they know about tea ceremonies or yayoi clay pots. I've got a couple of Japanese mates who use English most of the time, and why not really...There's so few chances to use English here otherwise, and you get used to it. When it becomes an obstruction to a conversation, then you shouldn't feel bad about switching languages.
Posted in: Was I a date, a friend or just a potential English teacher?
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caffeinebuzz
from coal or gas generation, that is!
Posted in: 45% of children tested near Fukushima plant have radioactive elements in thyroid glands
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caffeinebuzz
Seriously? Tepco and the Japanese government have been inept on a series of fronts, but over-exaggerated and generalised comments like "killing their children", do nothing but add needless hysteria to the situation. I'm hardly a fan of nuclear power, but in a densely populated country like Japan, imagine how many people would develop lung disorders, and how many of your precious (and apparently dead) Japanese children would have respiratory illnesses. So, yeah, get the people out of the danger zone by all means, but enough of the loony harping already.
Posted in: 45% of children tested near Fukushima plant have radioactive elements in thyroid glands
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caffeinebuzz
You'd better put all the millions of people who paid TEPCO for electricity in the slammer for aiding and abetting this monstrous slaughter. The U.N will no doubt be appalled and write us all a very angry letter.
Posted in: 45% of children tested near Fukushima plant have radioactive elements in thyroid glands
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caffeinebuzz
I'm surprised it wasn't more. Still, that's 55 percent of kiddies that don't have the radioactive elements. The level is pretty low overall, and could be lower still if people weren't naively led into thinking the local produce was totally safe. I saw one woman on a news program the other night packing up her things to leave her village in Fukushima, and her comment was along the lines of : "You can say 'Ganbarou Tohoku' all you want, but you have to be realistic when considering the contamination of children". I reminded some of my Japanese coworkers last week how they badmouthed and swore off Chinese products a couple of years ago, after some people in Chiba got sick from some dodgy gyoza. While understandable given China's food safety history, people here should definitely have been a bit wiser and not so keen to promote the region's products until they could be tested and cleared- and definitely NOT reintroduce Fukushima beef and milk into the school lunch system like they did. As someone living in Fukushima, I'm careful to check the labels of what I buy at the supermarket (and source/region codes), but I'm surprised more people around me aren't, given how particular Japanese people are about other things that I'd consider inconsequential.
Posted in: 45% of children tested near Fukushima plant have radioactive elements in thyroid glands
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caffeinebuzz
Like a few people have said, the most important thing is looking presentable and being yourself. I roll my eyes everytime I see hear some fashionista snob having his two cents worth of what looks good. Nothing says vain or self-centred more than this rubbish.
Posted in: Keeping up with Japanese metrosexual manes
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caffeinebuzz
You serious, right? It's a Wraith queen from Star Gate Atlantis...Run, people!
Posted in: Avril's here
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caffeinebuzz
I can't help myself. I can't find anything aesthetically pleasing about it. Even the showroom woman seems to be staring at it as if to say "You can't be serious".
Posted in: Plug me in
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caffeinebuzz
I know I can be critical sometimes, but this...thing is not only ridiculous, it's an absolute monstrosity. Adjectives fail me >_<
Posted in: Plug me in
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caffeinebuzz
Ah yeah I remember a scene where an American nurse said something in Japanese to some old biddy that didn't like her 'deathbed' flowers...Wouldn't have had any idea what she was saying if not for the English subtitles. This show got confusing really fast overall.
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caffeinebuzz
This is just ridiculous. Maybe this gyaru has some sense of being a good mother, but I don't have any faith in her dumb brethren hordes. I was trying to work out if I'm just getting old and conservative, but nah...I would've thought these people were freaky,vacuous and self-serving when I was younger. One thing that gives me hope is some of the kids I teach who get embarrassed when their freak show mums or dads show up to observe classes, and who are far more down-to-earth and intelligent than them. Unfortunately, giving these people the spotlight (whether they're well meaning or not), only encourages more stupidity. I could rant all day about other loopy blights on society: dog cafes, pet onsens, child-accessorising, handbag dogs etc... Modern society is seriously losing the plot.
Posted in: Meet Aki, queen of the 'gyaru-mama'
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caffeinebuzz
sfjp330, I don't argue that they it's unappealing to them, but I also think that more than that, the Chinese wouldn't prefer having an impoverished and loony regime next to them either...North Korea is already upsetting the Northeast power balance as it is. If South Korea were to absorb the North, that process would set them back so much and for so long, that it would make East and West German reunification look like child's play in comparison. That's more than enough time for the Chinese to look for ways to make trade and make money, rather than for forking out constantly for a bunch of petulant kooks.
Posted in: Attack is North Korean bid for attention
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caffeinebuzz
Nice!!
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