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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dejaboo
Katsunori Takahashi is so freaking hot! not in this pic, though :)
Posted in: Best Leathernists
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dejaboo
Good points, porter. limboinjapan - I used Caucasian because that's what I am. I understand there are PLENTY of non-caucasian/Japanese children. I am just going by my experience. Also, I didn't mean to directly connect my son's "half-caucasianess(?" with his cuteness. He is cute, that's a fact but whether or not it is because he has Caucasian genes is another story, yeah? Sorry to offend if it came across like that.
Posted in: The Hafu Project: Exploring the question of what it means to be Japanese
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dejaboo
Is 'half' really that bad? My husband is Japanese, I'm Australian, so err...my son is half-Japanese and half-Australian, no? My son is also a Japanese citizen and an Australian citizen. Not 100% Japanese at all.He doesn't have 100% Asian genes nor does he have 100% Caucasian genes. He's pretty much half-half. I don't mind when Japanese people ask if he is half because that is just the term they use and I have never felt anyone using it in an offensive way. If they started crapping on about how he is different in certain ways BECAUSE he is half, then I would be angry. Until now, all I have received is cooing and aahing because he IS %&#$* CUTE!!!! Not sure if I will get sick of that :D
Posted in: The Hafu Project: Exploring the question of what it means to be Japanese
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dejaboo
When I was pregnant I thought my water broke on the bus (it was just a leak!). I very quietly called my husband to pick me up to go to the hospital. Very quick, quiet call. The bus driver went OFF at me. Meanwile there were 3 fat, ugly old babas sitting up the front speaking VERY loudly in their obasan chatter about the souvenirs they'd picked up in Kamakura. I'm totally for manners on public transport, but a bit of #&%$ common sense, hey?
Posted in: Man punched in face by fellow train commuter over phone manners
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dejaboo
Never had a problem with real estates/landlords here. Maybe I'm just lucky....
Posted in: Why Japanese property managers are so strict on renting apartments
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dejaboo
To the photographer - I wasn't trying to be a smart aleck about what kind of bird it was...I am an avid birdwatcher and thought you might want to know exactly what bird you photographed. It IS a lovely picture (even though I hate screeching bulbuls :D)
Posted in: Watch the birdie
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dejaboo
That's a brown-eared bulbul.
Posted in: Watch the birdie
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dejaboo
People who say "Ya think?" after someone says something obvious.
Posted in: What for you is the most annoying English word or expression?