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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cow76
Hopefully all the 'talents' on Japanese TV will be made redundant by animations. I could live more happily knowing people like Becky aren't really real.
Posted in: Virtual idols blur line between real and imaginary
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cow76
The primary aim of war is to win. Secondary aims are ending it as soon as possible and minimising your own casualties. I usually disagree with right wingers like Sarge but I really don't think the US can be blamed for nuking those cities, especially given that they were not the aggressors in the war.
Posted in: Should U.S. President Barack Obama visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki when he comes to Japan in November?
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cow76
Lead by example, Mr. President. Lead by example.. Wow. How many Presidents have been community organisers prior to Obama? The closest example of helping the community that Bush the elder can cite is flying a plane in world war two. While praiseworthy in itself, technically I don't think it is volunteer work.
Posted in: Obama urges people to serve their communities
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cow76
The only thing I've heard about the movie is that it's boring. Would watch it otherwise but it just seems to be dull.
Posted in: Hollywood reinterprets Astro Boy
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cow76
Wii game selection is hit and miss, I agree. I've bought some crap but the occasional gem (like Excite Truck - best game ever, Mario Galaxy/Kart etc) fully make up for it. The other two companies tend to make less games but the average quality is slightly better.
Posted in: Sony to launch PlayStation with bigger hard drive
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cow76
Nice site gogogo but is said 1420 men got AIDS from unheated blood products and 18 women? Seems a bit unbalanced but maybe there are circumstances we don't know.
dbung10 - nicely said.
Posted in: HIV/AIDS continues steep increase in Japan
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cow76
Even going drinking with the bosses after hours—a time-honored practice in Japanese corporate circles—is too much trouble for them; they persistently decline invitations that previous generations of recruits regarded as an honor. - you mean people are going to be shudder spending quality time with their families?!?
Posted in: New breed of employees can’t communicate and wilt under pressure
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cow76
If the US believed in democracy it would argue for elections, South African style. Because that's what the situation is - SA style apartheid, forced separation of different peoples, greater rights for some and less rights for others.
Of course, the Jews would lose, being in the minority and all...
Posted in: Netanyahu: No war crimes trials for Israelis
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cow76
I think we should start Christmas celebrations over a year before it actually comes. It could be like the Olympics when everyone gets excited about the 2016 even though 2012 is nearer.
Because the thrill of getting a box of tasteless crap that I don't need and can't refund is just priceless.
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cow76
Here's me thinking they made money from advertising. If they're happy to drive all their customers away to free sites, and forego the profits of advertising, good luck to them.
You can't have your cake and eat it, Rupert.
Posted in: AP, News Corp bosses say pay up for online news content
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cow76
Why all the comparisons to Bush? Does anyone seriously believe Bush deserves a Nobel Peace Prize more than Obama? The idea is laughable - the guy started two major wars, pushed ahead with Star Wars (prompting a new arms race), wrecked relations with Europe, Russia and the rest of the world, refused to negotiate with NK, Iran etc (= getting nothing done at all). The list goes on.
As for Obama's accomplishments, I think a lot of people need to reread the headline.
Posted in: Obama's Nobel honors promise, not action
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cow76
I think the idea is that if Obama is working for peace, the award will make him even more powerful and able to achieve his goals. He hasn't achieved enough to merit the award but, as the article explains, the award is not just about merit.
I don't know about reducing the number of nukes to zero though. You can't trust all countries to do that but when all countries are in a position to destroy any other country, the chance of war is less because the risks are greater. Mutually Assured Destruction often brings peace.
Posted in: Obama's Nobel honors promise, not action
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cow76
But how do you judge how serious a crime it is? Not stopping at zebra crossings while driving is a crime but I don't hear anyone saying "Lock them up and throw away the key". Anyone advocating jail time for this victimless crime is a being hypocritical. It's got nothing to do with breaking the law, it's just because you hate drugs.
Posted in: High school student caught with cannabis resin
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cow76
Obama is a pretty awesome president but this does seem kind of early. Certainly the world respects the US more now they have a strong president (and therefore the US is less likely to be attacked) but that's no reason for handing out Nobel Peace Prizes. I don't think anyone expected this, least of all Obama.
Posted in: U.S. President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
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cow76
They should try giving them away or selling them for $10, considering they enable users to buy EBooks and make Amazon money. The big $$ is in repeated electronic sales, not one-off sales like the Kindle.
Ipods would also be $10 if people weren't willing to pay much more, because they enable users to use I-Tunes - Apple's cash cow.
Posted in: Amazon cuts Kindle price, adds global version
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cow76
The War on Drugs is 38 years old and has never, ever looked like being won. About time some of the states started doing their own thing if the Federal government doesn't change.
State Government can grow all the pot needed to supply the state and make money instead of allowing criminals to profit.
Posted in: Marijuana legalization gains momentum in California
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cow76
my bad doesn't have to make grammatical sense because it's used idiomatically. English is full of idioms.
Any misused katakana word can be mildly annoying. 'Challenge' is the worst and 'metabo' when people just mean 'fat'.
Posted in: Which words or expressions annoy you the most when you hear them repeatedly used by other people in conversation?
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cow76
Cancellations galore tomorrow! Woot, I get paid by the month!
Posted in: Powerful typhoon lashes southwest Japan; expected to make landfall Thursday
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cow76
I believe oil companies have donated large amounts of money to scientists that are prepared to dispute global warming.
Posted in: A spirited competition for low carbon energy
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cow76
predictions that are impossible to scientifically prove is just bad science
Actually, no. Adopting the most likely scientific explanation is called the scientific method. Heard of it? That carbon in the atmosphere is trapping heat is considered the most likely explanation for global warming but if anyone can come up with a better explanation then the scientists will switch to that.
And doomsday predictions? Another word would be risk/benefit outcome. They're generally a good idea.
Posted in: A spirited competition for low carbon energy