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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chankonabe
japanlori - To add to a list of other places in Japan where you can see lavender farms, there's one in Naka-Furano, Hokkaido. They even serve lavender-flavoured soft-ice cream!
Posted in: Purple patch
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chankonabe
First: Road block just after midnight in the middle of the inaka. The police officer was completely surprised to see a foreigner driving alone. Still obviously shocked, he said "Beer?" and motioned drinking. I said "No" and he waved me on. Didn't check my licence, vehicle registration or insurance.
Second: Left a Chinese restaurant after lunch. I noticed a police car parked on the road in front of the restaurant with two officers inside. Didn't think anything about it. I pulled out of the parking and the police car followed me. Half a block down the street they turned on their lights and pulled me over. They came to my window and said they saw me come out of the restaurant and wanted to know if I had anything to drink. Of course I hadn't. They were quite aggressive with their questioning. Even asked me to breathe on their faces. Well, a Japanese coworker that I was having lunch with left the restaurant shortly after me and saw that I was pulled over. He stopped and his presence alone quickly changed the behaviour of the officers. They became more polite and waved me on. Like the above incident, they didn't ask for my licence, vehicle registration or insurance.
Third: Road block at night, like #1 above. Only I was the one surprised because it was a young female officer instead of the countless male ones I'd ever seen. She asked me if I'd been drinking. I obviously hadn't. She asked to see my licence. She took it and read it thoroughly. She asked to see my vehicle registration and insurance and also looked at them thoroughly. She was polite and competent. Did a much better job than the male officers mentioned above.
Posted in: Tell us about any encounters, either good or bad, you have had with Japanese police.
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chankonabe
Don't forget that Harry Houdini died from a punch to the stomach.
Posted in: Husband of Sakura Uehara arrested for assaulting cameraman