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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davidattokyo - "as a neutral observer to this discussion I have to let you know that you lost the argument"
Interesting that this first statement this time is a misrepresentation. Explain your blog and multiple contributions to simuilar articles here and elswhere purporting to provide Japans perspective on whaling?
Japans misrepresentation of its motives and research results have lost it the argument. All we have from the whalers, albeit with a depleted fleet, is the annual display of stubbornness and prevarication that draws Japans reputation as an honest business partner further into disrepute.
Every whale Sea Shepherd prevents from being taken is a win. Every whale the whalers take in the now farcical research programme is another nail in the coffin of Japans whalers.
Posted in: Japanese whalers, activists clash off Antarctica
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Zenny, didnt say youre defending him for the kidnapping, just think its a mistake to criticise people for making assumptions by making one yourself.
Posted in: Unemployed 30-yr-old man arrested for kidnapping 5-yr-old girl in Chiba
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Zenny11
As far as I can see no-one has outright called the guy a paedophile either. What seems to be demonstrable is that he's admitted taking a small child without permission. No-one deserves castration, but this guy deserves little by way of your defense. He's a wrong un.
Posted in: Unemployed 30-yr-old man arrested for kidnapping 5-yr-old girl in Chiba
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Tacit recognition of the sensitivity attached to whaling.
Posted in: Fisheries agency warned not to accept whale meat gifts
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"plus an appearance by the film’s Canadian director, Albert Nerenberg"
They should rename the event the Albert Rally.......or have I got that wrong??
Posted in: Tokyo to host international laughter competition
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mikehuntez - Seems to me the article is referring to those that want to get away from the UK. Youve pointed out many times the Brits dont need snow to be up for a bit of argy bargy.
Posted in: Winter disruptions turn travel bitter and chaotic
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"they stopped calling it "global warming" when the cooling became too obvious."
So how much has the globe cooled this year? I'st interesting when people get localised changes against the trend the short sighted simply forget the last thirty years.
Posted in: Heavy snow continues to disrupt travel across Europe
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frungy - "the police can't actually prove any crime committed then it strikes me as a bit insane to just shut them down because they suspect something might be going on. There's a global economic recession and people are desperate for work"
Youre being naive matey. These businesses launder gang money gained from their criminal activity. That criminal activity is huge and holds the legit economy back. If the police can suceed in restricting gang money being turned into legit money it effectively makes their illegal works less profitable.
Posted in: The dismay of discovering you're working for organized crime
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"who cares if I were to listen to Slayer and wear an SS jacket, as long as I'm not going around gassing people, others should just leave me be"
Of course you'd love to just do as you please, we all would. Unfortunatly our actions arent independant of each other, what we say and do impacts other people. The behaviour you describe makes light of one of the darkest periods of history and memories are still fresh and very raw. Presenting yourself in Nazi symbols isnt leaving other people be.
Posted in: Retailer Don Quijote pulls Nazi outfit after complaint
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"Wilma, I promise you; whatever scum did this, not one man on this force will rest one minute until he's behind bars. Now, let's grab a bite to eat."
Enjoy your doughnuts fella.
Posted in: 'Naked Gun,' 'Airplane' star Leslie Nielsen dies at 84
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The UK is asking for nothing from anyone but those that want to live in the UK. Its not ciltural imperialism, it's common sense. To speak the language of the country you want to spend your life in will help keep people from being isolated from mainstream society. UK local authorities even provide free language, basic literacy and maths classes for newcomers.
Posted in: UK imposes new permanent immigration quota
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"I would love to be friends with her, it's unfortunate we can't!"
Nah, Lizzy'd be getting poked all the time. She cant be doing with all that.
Posted in: Queen Elizabeth joins Facebook
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I think imomofo's right, the world would love to see what a China considers a deserving peace prize winner.
Posted in: Beijing denounces Nobel prize as a Western tool
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smithinjapan - "And yet when the facts were presented, BP denied and denied and denied"
Really? As far as I can see BP's own investigation report said there were multiple failures by multiple parties, including their own.
The results of the various investigations, esp of the NAE/NRC commitee, havent been reported yet, so right now there are no facts, just supposition like yours.
Posted in: BP CEO hits back at media and politicians over Gulf spill
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"No mention of Britain cutting the budget of its Big Brother surveillance state"
No fella, instead a big increase in funds to the intelligence services.
Posted in: Economists: Britain's austerity plan to hit poor
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mikehuntez, the death penalty may have been the easy way out for this man. The guy will get to live his lifestyle choice for at least the next 20 years (no guarantee of parole at that point). I suspect he's about to find out what its like to be repeatedly raped, beaten and made subserviant.
Posted in: Saudi prince in lurid murder case jailed in Britain
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Molenir - "And statements like this one... are what precisely?"
MisterCreosote feels a distrust of large retailers is akin to Naziism. I pointed out the real reason behind Nazi Germany's dislike of certain retailers in order to refute his link and clear up any misunderstanding.
Moderator: Back on topic please.
Posted in: Anti-austerity protests sweep across Europe
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"I never knew Ireland was famous for its rabbits". Me neither but they seem to have done something to upset GJDailleult.
Posted in: Europe debt crisis rolls on as Irish bailouts grow
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MisterCreosote - "Ever notice how much the Nazi Party hated large retailers? There is a precedent for your line of thought, and it aint pretty, or democratic, or sane".
Smoke and mirrors fella. The Nazis hated Jews (or more accurately needed a scapegoat for the then high levels of German poverty), their occupation was irrelevent. It so happened that several notable German Jewish families were large retailers in the 1930s.
TheRat and tkoind2 are advocating economic democracy. As front runners in the race to the bottom, Walmart should be encouraged to promote local jobs. There may well be a good profit for shareholders in offshoring all the production, but theres little economic security and the only social benefit comes from low value retail jobs.
I wouldnt advocate completely boycotting businesses but I do think that people that can afford to, should choose locally made products where they can even if they cost a little more. Walmart would then have to stock more, stimulating greater local production and retaining more of the economic benefits locally.
Posted in: Anti-austerity protests sweep across Europe
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sailwind, a fair bit of your own propaganda there I think.
The protesters are in general hard working people who see the rolling back of hard won benefits as unjust. Bankers are seen to be gaining from government bailouts and cheap money, increasing margins and restricting money supply to small and medium size businesses. No-one believes government borrowing to pay for welfare and pensions is sustainable, but the situation has come about by the failure of revenues from working people and businesses starved of work and operating cash. Why? Because the so called wealth creators as you call them have pissed the wealth up the wall.
The arguments seem to be that punishing the banks by taking levies and forcing more regulation would mean banks move to other more liberal territories. Frankly most developed economies can survive the loss of the gamblers. They cant survive a collapse of faith of their working populations.
Posted in: Anti-austerity protests sweep across Europe