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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What is with the JT editorials on Youtube vids lately?? First the Docomo CM and now this. Slow news day?
Posted in: Kyarypamyupamyu a big hit on YouTube
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Touch Wood?? LOL!!!! Who is the marketing genius that came up with that gem!?
Posted in: DoCoMo ad aired once only but impressed many
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I can barely stand Japanese TV shows for free; why on earth anyone would actually pay for it is a complete mystery and I doubt very much it will take off here. I note the "pay model" they are trying here in Japan has been largely a failure in the US. It is called Hulu Plus and it has not been successful.
Posted in: Hulu hoop
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Note the article does not state the rice was found to have "no radiation." It simply says it got the all clear. So there is most likely some levels of radiation; just not enough enough to convince the government it shouldn't be sold.
Posted in: Rice shipped from Fukushima Prefecture
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There's always a silver lining.
Posted in: Niagara Falls search for Japanese woman turns up man's body
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First, haven't seen the original Japanese tweet but that message does not appear to condone, or "seem to condone" (whatever that means) drunk driving. But even if it did, it is absolutely ludicrous that a school is out there policing tweets to determine the moral value of its students. Guess I could get suspended for 3 months for tweeting something like "shoplifted as a teen and it was such a rush." And common sense?? It's TWITTER for Chrissakes. Not too much intellectual debate going on in most tweets.
Posted in: University student suspended following 'drunk driving' tweet
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Clearly the problem here was that they tested a single photon. Should have tested a married photon - then it would be more motivated to travel faster than the speed of light such that it could use time travel and travel back in time and walk away from the altar when he had the chance.
Posted in: Hong Kong scientists show time travel is impossible
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Seen this same story many times over the years, always in the summer. Only the names of the parents and cities change.
Posted in: 1-yr-old baby girl dies after being left in car for 6 hours while parents play pachinko
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But what really scares me is that we aren't allowed to listen to music while riding... That is news to me.
Posted in: Police, in a first, charge teen for using cell phone while cycling
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Well there you have it. If you piss off an authority figure, they will show you up. And that is why this person was tagged. Not simply because she used it, but because she needed to be put in her place.
Posted in: Police, in a first, charge teen for using cell phone while cycling
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Kan has received so many blows while in office, he makes the Monica Lewinsky scandle look like soft porn!
Posted in: Reconstruction minister resigns over offensive remarks; Hirano takes over
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Well I didn't really care beforehand but I guess I would have to say Kan ought to just quit. Hiring someone like this is beyond incompetence. And as accurate as Horsefella's comment is, even this Matsumoto guy takes the cake. It isn't often you see someone be so blatantly condescending when the entire point of being there is to offer a helping hand and at the same time repair the image of your party.
Posted in: Reconstruction minister resigns over offensive remarks; Hirano takes over
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Saw the video of this guy this morning. How he could simply not manage to keep his act together and arrogance in check for a single-day visit to this devastated region is beyond me. Does Kan vet any of his appointees?! The whole lot of these morons need to go.
Posted in: Reconstruction minister resigns over offensive remarks; Hirano takes over
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It's murder either way. Manslaughter is just "second degree" murder. Anyway if he admitted intended to strangle her, the prosecution ought to be able to slam dunk the case for first degree murder. The guy admitted he intentionally tried to cut off her breath and stifle her screams. Most of the time, strangling someone results in death. So he intended her death.
Posted in: Ichihashi admits to raping, strangling Hawker, but denies intent to kill
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Wow, so this is the kind of thing that goes in trials in legal systems lacking the plea bargain. A confession of murder, by strangling no less, yet a claim it was not intentional -- all on the first day of trial!
Posted in: Ichihashi admits to raping, strangling Hawker, but denies intent to kill
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Excellent idea. If I had paid the first class price, only to realize I'm sitting next to a screaming infant, I would regret my decision and wish I had selected economy. I mean, you don't pay that kind of dough to be miserable. That is what overpriced coach seats are for.
Posted in: What do you think of the decision by Malaysian Airlines to ban babies from its first-class cabins because of complaints from other passengers that they had paid big money for first-class seats but could not sleep because of the noise?
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Agree with Ivan and I myself have commented on this site numerous times at how ridiculous it is for Japan to be the last place in the universe to get a film. When Mars gets cinemas, they will have earlier release dates than Tokyo. And all this despite that Tokyo goes absolutely crazy in promoting the films and laying out the red carpet for even B-list "stars" when they do their junkets. You'd think the Japan audiences make up for a big chunk of Hollywood's income but there they are, consistently getting films well after they have been viewed by pensioners in the outskirts of Poland.
Posted in: If I had a hammer
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Wait a minute... Is this headline saying that compulsory power usage will be cut, and such power usage will now be voluntary? Or is is that there will be compulsory cuts to power usage... Please clarify.
Posted in: Compulsory power usage cut implemented for 1st time in 37 yrs
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Stranger, good question. I imagine because it is more marketable for them to take on a name Japanese viewers are familiar with. Anna Tsuchiya has an American father but a Japanese name. Same goes for Risa Akiyama, Arisa Urahama, Kaera Kimura (British father); Catherine Seto (French father); Mariko Takahashi (American father); Christel Takigawa (French father); Ellie Toyota (British father), Michael Fujioka (American father)....and the list goes on and on. Of course there are "Half" talents out there with foreign names as well, so my theory of marketability isn't 100%. But if you do some research you'll see that the majority of them have Japanese last names. I believe this is because it is easier to succeed in Japan if you have a name folks identify with. And if you have a Japanese surname, combined with a western first name, it presents you as a "half" before you are even seen. Which again, is marketable in this country.
Posted in: Model Jun Hasegawa announces upcoming wedding
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Agree with those saying Clapton's concert will probably not be worth it. While I haven't seen him in concert, reviews of his live shows at large venues in the US have been largely terrible. The guy comes off as very lazy and disinterested and even has other people in his band do all the heavy guitar riffing & soloing.
Posted in: Tickets for Clapton/Winwood concert series go on sale