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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ebisen
ilcub, do you seriously and really believe that 500 in vouchers is worth 500 in cash?
Posted in: How much would you take not to fly? Delta wants to know
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ebisen
Miamum has a very good point, asI know from personal experience how difficult can it be to read the temperature from a 2 year old...
Posted in: Mirror thermometer
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ebisen
This even hurt me, just by looking... ouch...
Posted in: Two heads are better than one
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ebisen
60 is not old, I know many still alive and kicking a*s at that age... If different, they seem more genki than nowadays "under-30" keitai addicted drones...
Posted in: Second life begins at 60
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ebisen
A 5 year old can not normally use the seatbelt without proper support (height raising special pillow or seat). Also, even if properly fastened by the mother, they can easily unfasten the belts (while playing) and get into trouble.
In my opinion, the best way to teach children the importance of belts is to scare them by braking the car to the limit (activate the ABS). Nothing will happen but they will slam in the from seats (harmless but very scary for a child). It's surely an experience to be remembered, and they will hopefully think twice before trying to unfasten the belts next time...
RIP little girls and condolences to the family..
Posted in: 5-yr-old girl dies after falling out of car and being run over in driveway at Tochigi home
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ebisen
bengoshi-san, well, you're quite wrong there - now that the yen is extremely strong, and considering Japan has huge debt itself, it is the time to use some of the reserves outside (money sitting are not worth the paper they are printed onto, they should be rolling)... If even one country in Europe is in big(ger) trouble, the whole EU economy (and the world's) could come crashing down, and Lehman shock would be nothing compared...
Posted in: Japan to help finance European bailouts
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meloveulongtime: LOLLOL may we suggest a diet based on fibres and to stop hitting those burritos for a while ? Perhaps you can become competition for this guy otherwise..
Posted in: What a scream
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ebisen
I'm not a Micro$oft fan, but it's probably a good decision not entering this messy market soon anyway. They do very good without this (just look at the kinect sales).
For having a more realistic view and understanding Micro$oft's true position on the market, I recommend googling "Microsoft by the numbers".. it's a very good read...
Posted in: Microsoft's answer to the iPad is still in pieces
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ebisen
Well, Steve "It's a miracle" Jobs does not need an alarm clock in the first day of the year, so why would any other user need one?
Posted in: 2011 starts with a glitch for some iPhone users
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ebisen
The lunatic pyromaniacs - one finds them everywhere... Horrible way to die...
Posted in: Saitama woman held for murder after setting fire to husband
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ebisen
According to him we will all burn in hell...
Posted in: Waiting for a sign
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ebisen
absolutely zero. My Japanese wife though will not even take a cab, or accept a ride in a friend's car without a baby seat...Working in automotive, I know that even at 30km/h an accident can easily get fatal for a baby held in arms...
Japan is a third world country from this point of view, with no driving safety culture and uneducated people.
What irks me most and the egoistic parents (mostly housewifes), driving with seatbelts on and babies playing between the seats... the idiots survive small crashes while their children are killed (or mutilated)...
Posted in: How much attention do you think drivers in Japan pay to child safety seats or making sure their kids wear seat belts when they are in cars?
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ebisen
rainman, it creates no disconfort if I place a second bag under the seat in front of me, except for myself...Sometimes I need to have a piece of hand luggage, and no, I can't check-in the at least 40.000 EUR worth of equipment I sometimes might have with me either, so that also has to come into the cabin...
Posted in: Airline wars: The battle for overhead bins
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ebisen
Never had any problems, using Lufthansa most of the time. They never weight my hand luggage (and I'm sure I am always over their 8 kg limit, perhaps close to the 15-17 kg zone, but I'm always sure to have maximum two pieces of hand luggage). In the worst case I can place my computer bag under the seat in front and rest my legs on it(thank you Panasonic Toughbook :)) )
Posted in: Airline wars: The battle for overhead bins
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ebisen
smartacus - seeing something you liked being replaced strongly means that you were in minority... I like the way European companies stick to the brand and the product as opposed to CocaCola's actions...
Posted in: Drinks all round
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ebisen
it just looks nasty, not burlesque, imho
Posted in: Girls' night out
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ebisen
Well, it does sound like a very good movie, and I want to see it and form an opinnion myself...
Posted in: Aguilera caps topsy-turvy year with 'Burlesque'
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ebisen
You know the taste of stalled beer (one that's left too much to lose all it's gas)? Well, that's the taste the last episodes of FlashForward left in my mouth.
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ebisen
I'm sure the moderator will remove my message if I dare describe the strangest gift I got for Christmas...
Posted in: What is the most unusual Christmas gift you have received?
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ebisen
RIP poor girl...
I'm waiting for the report of this happening at my Japanese university as well. I never drank as much alcohol as during taking the uni courses in Japan.
Many of my classmates were under aged and actually having their first drink there and then. I can say I'm lucky laws weren't that strict in my country when I was 16 :) - as this allows one's body to get used to the poison and limits the shock(a bit).
Posted in: 18-year-old female university student dies of alcohol poisoning