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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chuckers
I agree with Suzu1 that there needs be a Haneda-Kona flight (I would even settle for bringing back Narita-Kona.) Our family enjoys Big Island so much more (fewer Japanese tourists for one.)
However, I will have to disagree about the Waikoloa Village being "awesome." We stayed there 2 years ago. It seemed fun when we were taken there for dinner about about 5 years ago but actually staying there was a big pain.
The moat was overflowing with seaweed, the trams continually broke down or never arrived so that it was often faster to walk from our building to the lobby (a distance of 1Km or more without exaggeration.) One time, a tram broke down in the middle of the night near our building and with an open window (to enjoy the sea breeze and ocean sounds etc.) we were entreated to hours and hours of "The train is about to depart" in English and Japanese on an endless loop. The pool with water slide was kind of nice, I suppose, but the inlet they had for the ocean was brackish and even when there were fish and turtles swimming by, they were difficult to see with mask as the water was so murky. The only thing that the Waikoloa Village has going for it is the coin laundry (out on the FAR end of the complex.)
The Fairmont Orchid, just down the road a ways is a MUCH nicer place to stay. Nice and cozy and doesn't involve trekking across 2 Km to get from the lobby to your room. Forgetting something in you car at the Fairmont means you can actually walk to go get it rather than wishing you had another car to get from your room to the parking lot at the Hilton. sheesh Unfortunately, the Fairmont Orchid doesn't have a coin laundry but it is still a much nicer place and would go back there again if they were to bring back a Kona direct flight.
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chuckers
A Synthetic leather-like substance made by Kuraray.
Great, now I have this association of their legs and leather it my head...
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chuckers
Solely exist to be sexist perhaps?
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chuckers
Kuroki Meisa should definitely have chosen stockings without a pattern. Yuka apparently went with no stockings and sees Kuroki as her leg rival, according the the "news" this morning.
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chuckers
Mr. Baseball with Tom Selleck.
Posted in: What books or movies would you recommend to anyone wanting to gain an understanding of Japanese people's way of thinking and culture?
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chuckers
So you are saying now that your first comment was a non sequitur? Bit of a cop-out, don't you think?
Posted in: 38-year-old man admits to groping 100 girls
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chuckers
You are mistaken. You are thinking of Shibasaki Kou.
Posted in: 'Confessions' to be Japan's candidate for foreign-language film Oscar
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chuckers
An unemployed man can also be a salary man? What a country!
Posted in: 38-year-old man admits to groping 100 girls
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chuckers
I turned it off as well. Annoyed the heck out of me. For the most part, I use the box on my browser rather than the main Google page but when I have to refine my searches in the main window, the "instant" search is really annoying.
Posted in: Google search accelerates with 'instant' results
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chuckers
"celebrates" ?
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chuckers
"Dove World Outreach Center"
Is that meant to be ironic?
While he is at it, why not toss a couple of Bibles on the barbie as well? There have been a lot of Christian terrorists down through the years as well.
Posted in: Pressure builds on Florida pastor who wants to burn Quran on Sept 11
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chuckers
Hard to say. Since Oh is no longer coaching, the pitchers might try to go for it, regardless.
Posted in: Ramirez puts himself in RBI record books; homers twice
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chuckers
Thanks for that. I was wondering.
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chuckers
Good on the girl! More people need to be taught this as a way to help put a stop to it.
Posted in: Man arrested for allegedly molesting schoolgirl in Saitama
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chuckers
I don't have any idea who Justin Beiber is either but I get the feeling I am probably better off that way. The attempts by the writers of CSI of recent years to drag a story point through out the year have really fallen flat, especially when they leave story plot lines dangling for so long. They end up cutting those dangling threads in a 1 shot episode that only mentions it in passing.
I agree that the loss of William Peterson is basically killing the show. Still not as bad as CSI NY is becoming nor as horrid as CSI Miami has always been (had to stop watching that one) but it is going down hill and picking up speed.
Posted in: Justin Bieber to guest star on CBS drama 'CSI'
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chuckers
Huh. All of the Japanese "news" outlets have been hyping the fact that she is appearing with a mannequin molded to look just like here. Who knew she was trying to sell blue jeans?
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chuckers
Playing in the cooling water probably beats queuing up at TDL.
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chuckers
Pretty sure it is 20 glasses per flight total. If you aren't at the front of the plane, waving your Noguchi's around, you are SOL.
At 1000 yen a glass, I will still to the stuff that comes out of cans. Assuming of course, I actually drank beer. Blech!
Posted in: ANA becomes 1st airline to make draft beer available in-flight
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chuckers
Good and bad experience with headhunters.
The ones I really despise are the companys that call you up in the middle of the day, trying to social engineer information out of your company about phone numbers and contact names by out and out lying about who they are and what they are trying to do.
Or the scum bags that are recruiting for YOUR company that call you up and ask if your are looking to leave your current position.
Or the geniuses that are looking for candidates for you that pepper you with CVs that aren't even close to filling the job descriptions you have provided. They are just hoping to hit the lottery with multiple tickets (resumes.)
I will have to slightly disagree with porter. Headhunters aren't working on behalf of the company, they are working on their OWN behalf. They want to place someone but they don't get paid if the person doesn't stay for 6 months or whatever.
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chuckers
Thanks for the link, Jaegger. 2 GB flash memory. Not a lot at all. I think I will pass.
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