JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Core Developer - コアディベロッパー
- Midokura Japan K.K. - ミドクラジャパン株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M ~ ¥10.0M / Year Negotiable
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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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- 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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desmosedici
I like the Doors, but not particularly interested in their private parts. The story does however disprove a woman's side of the story as having been at that concert and claiming that Jim had a "small one". She might have been there, but it now appears that she couldn't see "anything", for there was nothing to be seen^^.
Posted in: Doors' Jim Morrison pardoned for indecent exposure in 1971
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Yes, well, the only thing the Germans and Japanese had in common was that they both faced the same enemies and looked down on certain human races. Japanese certainly did not resemble anything the Nazi's envisioned with their mumbo jumbo of a master race. First time that I read the name of this Dutch fellow Zwartendijk, on JT no less. Of course my first thought was oh well, just another trifling story instigated by the Mossad, but then I looked outside and it was raining and then I actually gathered all my strenght and googled the name Jan Zwartendijk. Interesting to read about him working with Sugihara in getting these Jewish people out of Europe.
Posted in: Old photos reveal tale of Japan and Jews of WWII
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isn't the place called Herodium?
Posted in: Archaeologists find theater box at Herod's palace
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Completely blown out of proportions by those Chinese hicks. It was just a provocation, nothing more and nothing less. These Chinese 'fishy" boats do something similar against US navy vessels, throwing old nets and ropes into the propellers. So yeah, toughen up. Next time shoot at these clowns.
Posted in: Detention of Chinese fishing boat captain extended to Sept 29
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Tell that to the people who lost family members.
I can't belief there are actually people thinking that someone else than Osama bin L. was responsible for these attacks. Silly people. Anyway, that whole Loose Change thing has been debunked already.
Posted in: Unsettled nation marks 9/11 with rituals of sorrow
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The (adult) guy wearing a sweater with "Diaper Day Memories" printed on the back.
Posted in: What are some of your favorite examples of the way English is misused in products, advertising and pop culture in Japan?
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The answer to that can be derived from the last two sentences.
He likely used the 70man for something he thought his next of kin were better to be left unaware of. However, when bonus time came around, he was faced with the same problem, explaining where the bonus went, so he came up with the idea of "being robbed".
Posted in: In-debt fireman lies about theft to police
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Well, you won't see attractive football if the main objective of the opposing team is a draw. It showed in the first half. Japan got some shots off in the second half, when they had to after falling 1 goal behind, but the Netherlands also had, in my opinion, a couple of far better chances. In the end, it is the win that counts and the Netherlands is still unbeaten. Against Denmark, Japan has to come out and I don't see Japan winning that match.
Posted in: Netherlands beats Japan 1-0
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Actually, and similar to Iraqi oil, the large contracts have been signed by non US companies, mainly from China and Russia. From what I've been reading, exploration is done by the US, Canada and Australia, but Chinese and Russian companies bribing their way into signing the lucrative contracts.
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Zenny
The only time it comes on tv is, when it concerns Sea Shepard. I have never seen a meaningful discussion on tv about the necessity of whaling or whaling in general for that matter and I have been here 29 years, but ok, I don't watch tv the whole damned day. Two weeks or so ago, there was a segment in some news program, dealing with the Cove and the Sea Shepard and in the end they said: pretty soon we can't even "kill" plants anymore for plants are living things as well. Go figure. I doubt we will be seeing anything on tv here mentioning this bribing by Japanese officials, using (probably) tax payers money.
Posted in: Japan bribed small nations with cash, call girls to get whaling vote: Sunday Times
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Of course it comes up in times like this, seems there is an important vote coming up this month. But it's only bribing, so what. As long as it's not your own money of course, hm Zenny. You can also donate whatever you can spare. Show some spirit. They should check where this money comes from. I can't imagine that ordinary Japanese folks would be happy to hear that their hard payed taxes are used to bribe people in order to maintain something they are already forking out money for and have little interest in.
Posted in: Japan bribed small nations with cash, call girls to get whaling vote: Sunday Times
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You people are forgetting that he still has (or had) to propose to this woman regularly.
Posted in: Uno Kanda announces separation from husband
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How about the Chinese made iPed. Have been on sale for a while. Looks exactly the same as the iPad, same functions, it works, but sells for less than 10.000 yen. Maybe somebody skimmed a load of these things from the factory where they make the Apple one and applied a different sticker.
Posted in: Waiting for iPad
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It's a perfect outfit if you are or aspire to be a geinoujin.
Posted in: Hatoyama's flamboyant shirt inspires copies
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Well, from what they showed on tv, if they would put these speakers in the middle of Tokyo, you'd be able to hear it as far away as Tokyo Disney Land.
Posted in: Seoul resumes psychological warfare with Pyongyang
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Didn't they have a similar incident last week? Burned out taxi + driver inside. Think it was near Hiratsuka. Which is not too far from Fujisawa. Could be somebody with a rather brutal mo.
Posted in: Body found in burned-out taxi
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Well, it certainly looks like it. Political posturing in front of the Okinawan electorate. They have been strung along for many years now from what I've been reading. The Okinawan authorities and the central government could have saved everybody a lot of time by just saying 'we do this for that amount of money'.
Posted in: Hatoyama apologizes for plan to move Futenma base within Okinawa
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The remnants of the torpedo found at the location of the sunken South Korean ship match a torpedo in a North Korean "sales brochure", a type imported from China. They found Hangul lettering on some parts and this torpedo is and was never in the South Korean arsenal. Kim abruptly cut his recent trip to China short, apparently due to China not willing to hand out food, or whatever, outside that what the UN provides. Maybe there were other things China was not too happy about.
Posted in: N Korea warns of war if it is punished for S Korean ship sinking
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Apart from a shouting brawl in a bar in Yokohama China Town, in the early 80's, I have since not once seen a foreigner shouting, but then I am not frequenting bars anymore. I do have since seen many Japanese, men and women alike, shouting and otherwise misbehaving in public. Which would be statistically correct, since there are proportionally more Japanese than foreigners in Japan. I do trust that the actions of one person does not stigmatize the average foreigner here. Write an article when it's a common occurrence.
Posted in: Dear Angry Western Guy
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Sometimes they ask me why Kitano get's these awards overseas, but I wouldn't know it either. In a TV interview he mentioned once that he didn't want to make violent movies a la Clint Eastwood, but I have seen a couple of his movies and I found them pretty violent. But maybe his movies have some sort of message, what, I haven't a clue. In his latest movie Outrage, he utters 'bakayarou', like a chinpira, a good many of times, so guess it's some sort of yakuza movie.
Posted in: Takeshi to appear for 1st time on 'Detective! Knight Scoop'