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
medievaltimes - oh - it runs into trillions - it would have been enough to significantly raise the life quality for a big proportion of the USA population - something to think about before starting the next one...
Posted in: U.S. troops unlikely to resume combat duties in Iraq
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ebisen
I seldom drink whiskey - but many judge the Japanese ones among the best (if not the best) in the world
Posted in: U.S. consumers pushing beyond sake to Japanese whiskies
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ebisen
Puckey2 -
you really have no idea don't you!?! I recommend you the movie "Our daily bread" (in Japanese "命の食べ方"). I admit I had no idea myself but this was an eye opener. 99% of the beef reaching the consumer's plates never sees any pasture and green grass...
Also if you would have to choose between a punch in you face once or twice a year or getting "humanely" killed in an instant what would you choose?
Posted in: A lot of bull
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ebisen
Even if it's not illegal, it must be very clearly specified in a dress-code rule (ex: wear a suit with necktie and appropriate attire, trim hair and beard and leave it at it's natural colour). If not specified the boss has no damn business making any comments - and yes, I lived here for almost a decade, so I know what I'm talking about, mm'kay?
Posted in: If a longtime expat starts offering you advice, walk the other way
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ebisen
I'm sure his job is not that good to make his business partners care about his blonde highlights and I think it's actually illegal in Japan to comment on the way one looks during work (please contradict if I'm wrong).
Now - there are jobs in Japan where one must look absolutely impeccable, and this means classy hair, suit, hand watch and shoes (among many others), and nope, no blonde, pink, green etc highlights. People out of those standards don't survive too long, even if the reason for firing them will not be "wears blonde highlights".
Posted in: If a longtime expat starts offering you advice, walk the other way
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ebisen
amannin - there are quite a lot of floats (guestimate of around 25-30?), all different and with very interesting designs - like a 3D Japanese traditional drawing. The flats are VERY mobile sometimes, being moved by tens of persons pushing them (and forming a team).
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ebisen
Even better if seen in real life - absolutely the best festival in Japan. Been there once and longing ever since to go and see it again...
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ebisen
It looks like a lovely family - welcome to Japan..
Posted in: A pinch of Salt
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ebisen
it's only a mater of good hydration - drink lots of liquids, wear clothes that allow sweating and cooling and absolutely wear a white hat (many accidents come from head overheating)
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ebisen
It is gorgeous... and appropriate for someone like her... this costume would look so out of place on many ladies, but it looks so good when worn by a Miss... nice job...
Posted in: Reaching for the universe
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ebisen
Comparison with North Korea is all fine, but the Romania of the 80's (especially after '85) was probably a much worse place to live than nowadays NK. The economy simply collapsed and the lack of everything would have been awful...
Posted in: Remains of ex-Romanian dictator Ceausescu and wife exhumed
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ebisen
alladin - trust me, the beer smell is the least of your worries during a long flight, and some other smells humans naturally generate when crowded in a very confined space will probably cover it anyway...
Posted in: ANA becomes 1st airline to make draft beer available in-flight
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ebisen
On most European airlines you can get it canned and free and probably tasting better, even in economy class...
Posted in: ANA becomes 1st airline to make draft beer available in-flight
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ebisen
The girls are probably required to wear unbuttoned pants... They could look much better wearing traditional Bavarian beer servants costumes though :))
Posted in: Cheers
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ebisen
That beer look seriously mazuuui... (stall and bad tasting), which is a disgrace considering the price charged for it... How about paying attention to such details as well as not everybody wants to look at some chick's panties while drinking a beer...
Posted in: Cheers
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ebisen
Would you guys be interested into portin git to Android? I would like to help, and I'm a software developer myself and I really like the idea of rikaichan
Posted in: New iPad browser app makes reading Japanese websites easier
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ebisen
Well the book launched in 2003 is the only Japan guide I ever had. Did I do something wrong? :)
I can tell you, Japan newcommers, that it's even better than described there... Who cares abou the white women when I can be "an isle of manhood" at a "Japanese ladies only" party :)?
Posted in: The return of Charisma Man
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ebisen
I read this article TWO times (which took 10 minutes of my time, far more than it deserves)... and still have big problems seeing the point it tries to make,,
So which is it:
1 - Tall building somehow curse the countries that build them, causing economic collapses (a truckload of BS)
2 - Tall buildings are signs of arrogance? The persons saying this shows that he/she really has no clue. For ex. the Skytree is a sign of progress, being built out of necessity to support the upcoming digital broadcasting technologies - and one can not compare it with other far more useless projects.
3 - Other hidden messages, my humble mind can not see?!?
Posted in: Will Tokyo Sky Tree's completion bring down 'skyscraper curse' on Japan?
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ebisen
GO GRANNY!! - I totally support this kind of violence. Maybe the idiotic punk learned something in the process. Hopefully she'll be out in no-time :)
I'm always amazed by the number of poor pregnant young Japanese MALES taking the train and having to seat on the priority seats...
Posted in: Elderly woman arrested for beating youth sitting in priority seat of bus
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ebisen
My eyes were burned by looking the faces of these radioactive persons. JT, don't let the publishing standards drop THIS low (although it seems that the lightning there may be fault the color can be fixed in 30-50 seconds by a skilled Photoshopper)
Posted in: Last Airbender