cleo said...

cleo at 12:56 PM JST - 5th March

limbo -

It gets better! So I can have my national health insurance, an extra policy with the Coop to cover the 30% for hospitalisation and still bank the difference for that annual holiday. Actually my life insurance policy has a medical clause that covers hospitalisation with slightly better payouts…

Posted in Visa guideline on health insurance deleted at 12:56 PM JST - 5th March
cleo at 10:45 AM JST - 5th March

Aeroflot - happy, misty memories of travelling with them between Japan and the UK way back when I was an impoverished student and they were far and away the cheapest. I always thought it was like being on a rather shaky, ramshackle bus and the stewardesses were formidable. But the…

Posted in Which airlines are your favorites and why; and which airlines do you think are among the worst and why? at 10:45 AM JST - 5th March
cleo at 10:36 AM JST - 5th March

it's news like this the words "waiting with bated breath" were invented for.

I thought that was when a cat swallowed a cheese sandwich then sat breathing heavily outside a mouse hole.

I really don't care what Erka Sawajiri or any other 'talento' does.

Posted in Erika Sawajiri to make comeback from Spain at 10:36 AM JST - 5th March
cleo at 10:30 AM JST - 5th March

That 30% & room chgs cant quickly get out of hand if you dont have the extra coverage.

According to the kokumin hoken HP, the maximum charge for a person with an average income is 80,100 yen per month for the first three months, 44,400 yen per month thereafter. If…

Posted in Visa guideline on health insurance deleted at 10:30 AM JST - 5th March
cleo at 10:01 AM JST - 5th March

tuna is a staple of the Japanese diet

I like many Japanese people eat tuna EVERYDAY!!!

Maybe that's the problem?

Ossan - Your 'working people' won't have a job anyway when there are no more fish to catch. It's simply a question (in condensed terms) of whether they're…

Posted in Japan will not comply with tuna trade ban: senior fisheries official at 10:01 AM JST - 5th March
cleo at 08:04 PM JST - 4th March

like my local "izakaya" that told me "No Gaikkokujin" years back only to find out he had nothing against foreigners it was just that he had no "Romaji" menus and didn't speak English, we are now friends

A different person could have taken that first "No Gaikokujin" and waved it…

Posted in Japan disputes racism allegations at U.N. panel at 08:04 PM JST - 4th March
cleo at 07:06 PM JST - 4th March

if we as non-Japanese we ever wish to be accepted and receive the same protections in the work place as Japanese then we need to join and accept the Japanese system and force employer to accept and treat us equally by providing the same benefits as the Japanese get!

You're…

Posted in Visa guideline on health insurance deleted at 07:06 PM JST - 4th March
cleo at 05:59 PM JST - 4th March

Do you think I'm imagining this?

No of course not, Nessie. You're just getting older. :-)

Seriously though, there seems to be huge gaps between what happens in some parts of the country and what happens in others. Or maybe it's more of an individual thing, I don't know. All…

Posted in Japan disputes racism allegations at U.N. panel at 05:59 PM JST - 4th March
cleo at 11:58 AM JST - 4th March

If I were ever denied service on account of my race I would first point out in reasoned tones that they were being unreasonable, and if that didn't work I would kick up a godalmighty stink until I was given satisfaction. Then I would tell them where to stick their…

Posted in Japan disputes racism allegations at U.N. panel at 11:58 AM JST - 4th March
cleo at 11:35 AM JST - 4th March

I just had a look at the site limbo and noborito are talking about, put in my details and got a quote that was more than double the national health insurance.

So I think I'll stay where I am.

Posted in Visa guideline on health insurance deleted at 11:35 AM JST - 4th March