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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cooeecobber
A UK company? Surprise, surprise!
Posted in: Pushy French are world's worst tourists; Japanese are top: study
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cooeecobber
I don't think the sub-heading summarises the story. In any case, cultural stereotyping, like tipping, on question banks invariably leads to skewed results. Isn't this a German company? Surprise, surprise!
Posted in: Pushy French are world's worst tourists; Japanese are top: study
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cooeecobber
It's good to see grass-roots democracy at work.
They must be communists!
Posted in: Australian town bans bottled water sales
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cooeecobber
This is just the preview, folks. Remember Hu's role in Tianenmen Square?
He's coming back, and he's real angry!
Posted in: Mobs clash with police as ethnic violence spreads in China
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cooeecobber
I cycle because I live in a coastal city, with next to no public transport. It's actually a lot safer than back home, where I also cycled; because so many more drivers here also have cycling experience, and therefore tend to leave a bit of space for me, and because speeds are so much slower generally.
It's not all plain sailing, though. There is no cycling infrastructure, and no plans for any. Only the poor cycle, apparently.
No matter. I cycle safe, and have had no real problems. It's still a great way to travel.
Posted in: Tokyo residents pedaling to work in increasing numbers
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cooeecobber
OneForAll
I agree wholeheartedly! I am similarly blessed.
Posted in: Lux
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cooeecobber
ilikejapan69
Precisely!
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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cooeecobber
So they may have agreed to bin some old stock that's approaching it's 'use-by' date, perhaps to save some money.
Big deal. Doesn't change the fact that I live in a country with (US) nuclear weapons, and I'm surrounded by countries with them.
I don't feel any safer.
Posted in: Mixed results for Obama's first Moscow summit
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cooeecobber
Keystone Cops training video available now! Get your copy quick!
Posted in: Truck thief gets away after crashing into five police cars in Chiba
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cooeecobber
Yawn
Posted in: Jackson's public memorial strikes a spiritual note
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cooeecobber
Nobody from the west, particularly the US, can criticise Japan! How much of the internet porn is generated in the west? Most of it.
The age issue is a furphy. Most cultures of the world have a surprisingly low coming-of-age. Only in the rich west, does the mock outrage, and lectures on sexual morality confuse the issue.
The statistics in Japan on sex-related crime speak volumes.
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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cooeecobber
How about you wait for a conviction, before venting your collective spleens?
Posted in: Community shocked by teacher, wife busted for filming women in toilet
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cooeecobber
Or, maybe the sign was supposed to read: No.1 Drug
Posted in: Anti-drug poster featuring Yukie Nakama to go up at schools nationwide
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cooeecobber
Of course it should be legal, but don't expect it anytime soon in Japan. What percentage of JT does the government control?
Posted in: Should marijuana use be legalized?
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cooeecobber
Well summed-up Aussieooo.
The arguments for whaling are weak, to say the least! But the tactics of the paid lobbyists is to NOT address the kinds of points you raised. Instead they play a game of distraction, to keep the discussion away from these kinds of points. I must say, they do a very good job, and I have been drawn on many an occasion.
Although I'm extremely disappointed with the roll-back of the Australian's pre-election position, PM Rudd is at least a career diplomat. I believe he really does want to stop whaling, because there is enormous public support for such a position; they would not have made the pre-election promises if it were otherwise.
But until the whaling stops, I will continue to support Sea Shepherd.
Posted in: Australia: diplomacy, not courts best way to stop whaling
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cooeecobber
Aussieooo - Yes, and isn't it interesting how silent the Japanese media have been on the Yushin Maru #2! Including the pro-whalers here!
Posted in: Australia: diplomacy, not courts best way to stop whaling
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cooeecobber
So, Sea Shepherd just refuelled in Australia, eh? Not bad for a so-called "terrorist" group! But wait a minute, the Japanese whaling fleet are barred from entering Australian ports! The Yushin Maru #2 had to go to Indonesia for repairs.
How perplexing!
Posted in: Australia: diplomacy, not courts best way to stop whaling
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cooeecobber
Yes, I Sea Shepherd, because when they are around, the whaling stops. Hand-wringing and wailing by bloggers, politicians and journalists does little to stop the killing. But I would like to see a poll question about the morality of hunting endangered species, or of the quality of the so-called research, or of the millions in wasted tax-payers money!
Posted in: Do you support the tactics of environmental activists such as Sea Shepherd?
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cooeecobber
Provide services, websites, timetables, maps, and the like, in languages other than Japanese. English, would be a good start, being the official language of more than 40 countries, and probably the major business language of the Asia Pacific. The English deficit in Japan, is breath-taking. And the arrogance of some officials, who still regard TOEIC scores as a reliable measure of English COMPETENCE, is perplexing, to say the least. Just ask the tourists!
Posted in: What does Japan need to do in order to attract more tourists?
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cooeecobber
It's great to read a good news story. Be proud of your Ainu heritage.
Posted in: Ainu rise up from the margins of Japanese society