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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afroengineer..sorry my bad. Africa is one big opportunity but the Africans have to do it themselves without relying too much on others.
Posted in: Some 200 women gang-raped near Congo U.N. base
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afroengineer...Nice, blame it on the CIA and not the Africans themselves or the Soviets whom they went to ask for help. Congo has been independent for 50 years and it still cannot straighten itself out.
Posted in: Some 200 women gang-raped near Congo U.N. base
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MistWizard...
Sounds like no one has ever died panfully in your family or you are able to get over it quickly.
Posted in: Some Muslims question mosque near ground zero
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Motogaijin...this doesn't have anything to do with black or white. This is 65% of Americans which includes: Muslims, Catholics, Protestants, White, Black, Green, etc..
It's like shouting "Fire, Fire" in a crowded theater when there is no fire. You can do it since it is protected by the first amendment but if anyone gets hurt, your going to jail.
Sure, Americans/permanent residents can build their Mosque anywhere they like according to the law and zoning ordinances but when the greatest foreign attack on the U.S. is directly or indirectly attributed to Muslims, freedom of speech may not go as far as they like.
A few years ago, someone desecrated the American flag in Ohio. Another individual assault and battered the person who desecrated the flag. The person was charged with assault and battery and was fined $1 and let go.
Previous members of the Supreme Court have said that, "the Constitution is not a suicide pack."
Posted in: Some Muslims question mosque near ground zero
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tkoind2..
I don't consider 65% or more of the American people who disagree with this idea a small collection of dissenters.
When New York has over 50 mosques and is estimated to have more like 100+ mosques, why do you have to build it there? There are other options:
Why there, when you have people whose relatives died in 9/11 and feel animosity towards the mosque/center? Even if only one person objected, that person’s relative died because a Muslim belief.
Posted in: Some Muslims question mosque near ground zero
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Has anyone every heard of a "hafu" Brit, Canadian or American? Do we call President Obama a "hafu" American?
My mother is from Vietnam and my father is an American. I don't recall ever being called a "hafu/half" American in America. I am an American - period. So why are people so wrapped up about "hafu" Japanese.
As the Amerasian school in Okinawa expresses, Japanese children are not halfs but should be considered doubles. Doubles such as having 2 cultures and languages that they maybe required to speak and learn.
Posted in: The Hafu Project: Exploring the question of what it means to be Japanese
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Well this long time expat still knows that I am a lucky man to have my Japanese wife (I guess I am the obligatory American husband) and that the author is a racist for calling my children mixed-race. My children are doubles, they have dual citizenships, dual passports and speak two languages fluently.
Posted in: If a longtime expat starts offering you advice, walk the other way
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Its proxies have.
Posted in: Ex-CIA chief: Strike on Iran seems more likely now
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Frugy, it seems you are in touch with Japan. You can tell those who do not understand the school system by using words such as "In my country, in America, not in a western country." Like you said, "3. Making teachers responsible for discipline without any actual power to administer discipline." This is the great problem that I see facing the Japanese education system.
In Japan, as anyone in the Japanese school system knows, the schools must allow students to attend school through the 9th grade. It is a right which cannot be taken away even due to disciplinary actions.
Posted in: Parents of bullied student file damages suit in Gifu
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Anyone ever heard of the ebay japan? It sank like a rock. If flutter ever gets up and running, I can see yahoo.co.jp switch their site for English buyers also.
Posted in: Online marketplace takes off
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None of us were there, and we dont know the full extent of the story. There seems to be so much rage in the expat community when so many posters are assulting the teacher/principal on 4 1/2 paragraphs of print.
Posted in: Principal fails in cover-up after student's rib fractured by teacher
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KinuyeOshiro...nice comments. My thoughts as well.
Posted in: Futenma commander defends Marine base
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ElJeffe...Actually the JSDF would not have a say. As per the SOFA agreement, when the US leaves a base, the land has to be razed. Actually, there are no bases in Okinawa that I can think of in the last 30 years that has been turned into a JSDF base if it was not already JSDF. Makiminato turned into a second Naha, the helobase across from Camp Lester turned into Mihama, most of Camp Lester has turned into Chataan city office, Ginowan City office has a static display of what Futenma will look like after the turn over, the bear-cage in Yomitan has turned into housing plots, Awase golf course will turn into the largest Jusco in Okinawa ... I could go on.
Posted in: Japan balks at $2 billion bill to host U.S. troops
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KinuyeOshiro ... Nice comment.
Posted in: Japan balks at $2 billion bill to host U.S. troops
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Does the U.S. need to have military bases anywhere in Japan? - No...but Asia does. Though Japan has moved to a more modern society, many of the old people (especially those in J-gov) tend to be Oji-tarians(Old men doing only what they want to do without thought of those around them). This is not to say that the Japanese people are mean spirited but they tend to not be able to see past their noses.
So, to ensure that a military buildup does not happen in Asia (which Japan would aggrevate unintentionally), the U.S. is the best balancer and best credible powerbroker. Of course, we know, that Joe E-1 Marine is not the best diplomat and face of America but the total American military forces in Japan is diplomatically and respectfully of its host.
Posted in: Does the U.S. need to have military bases anywhere in Japan?
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With gas expensive in Japan and only getting more expensive, why would someone want a Chrysler? Some of the Chrysler cars are smart and good looking but the days of free-for-all in gas spending is over. Cars of the future will be the electric (GM-Volt) or LP gas (Honda-Civic) and worst case senerio diesel cars which can be ran on biofuel and not have to rely on the Middle East. If I want the prestige look of a +$50,000 car, why buy a 300c (in Japan) when a mercedes says +$50,000 better.
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