JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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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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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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eigonosensei
"cheaper going to soapland"
Cheapest is having a high school girlfriend. ;p
Posted in: High school employee arrested for paying girl for sex
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eigonosensei
"Why would you not use a picture of Tarantino in this article?"
Moderator: Because the commercial hasn't been finished yet.
The commercial doesn't need to be finished in order to show (any) photo of Tarantino.
Moderator: Well, then, since we already used a photo of him in the previous Entertainment story this morning (with Brad Pitt), we thought it would be better to use a different photo for this story.
Posted in: 'Uncle' Tarantino becomes newest member of Softbank's 'White Family'
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eigonosensei
SMAP is short for pap smear. As in, "my girlfriend is getting her smap done this morning."
Posted in: Pitt and Tarantino to be guests on 'Bistro SMAP'
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eigonosensei
They should have used him for sniper practice. Practical karma. ^ ^
Posted in: DC sniper John Allen Muhammad executed in Virginia
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eigonosensei
"Japan certainly doesn't have a monopoly on clueless/impolite travellers...."
I've heard that the French are the worst.
Posted in: Veteran tour escort relates travelers' lack of decorum
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eigonosensei
"I feel sorry for the Japanese as they almost never have genuine cultural experiences while overseas."
Just looking at stuff is a cultural experience for most Japanese. Photos at the post-card-image sites and then off to the shops! I'm constantly trying to get my J-gf to go off the beaten path when we travel. If we go to California we go to the outlet. New York, outlet. Florence Italy, outlet... When we went to Hawaii I wanted to rent a car and drive to the North Shore of Oahu, it was like pulling teeth trying to get her away from the Duty Free shops. Hitchhiking in the back of a pickup in Saipan when returning from the beach was a frightening Indiana Jones adventure to her.
I would say that Japanese need to get out more, but they DO. They just need to internalize and personalize their experiences more when they do get out, I think. Visiting another country should not be like visiting a museum (with most of the time spent in the museum gift shop). Other cultures are alive and inviting, not dead and simply on display.
Anyway, if Japanese did truly feel deeply that they were immersed in another country they may watch their manners more. It's easy to be an ass to people you think are just on display for your pleasure.
Posted in: Veteran tour escort relates travelers' lack of decorum
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eigonosensei
"drinking with a group of about 10 people in a Thai restaurant at around 9 a.m."
Kinda early for a drink, ain't it?
Posted in: Ex-gangster held after beating customer to death in Thai restaurant in Tokyo
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eigonosensei
Justuju- "...he is condemned even before a 'fair' trial."
Because the Patriot Act has replaced the U.S. Constitution all U.S. citizens are stripped of their right to a fair trial in cases of "domestic terrorism."
Posted in: Lawyer asks investigators not to question Hasan
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eigonosensei
Manchurian Candidate
Posted in: Lieberman to start Senate investigation into Fort Hood shooting
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eigonosensei
“The best way to avoid war is preparing for it,” Chavez told military officers..."
"You Cannot Simultaneously Prevent And Prepare For War" -Albert Einstein
Posted in: Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia
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eigonosensei
It goes both ways. I've heard about taxi drivers taking their passenger to an out of the way place, murdering them and then taking their money, too.
Posted in: Taxi driver found stabbed to death in Niigata
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eigonosensei
All this fuss about a Buddhist temple.. Isn't life all an illusion to Buddhists, anyway? Perhaps the boy is an incarnation of the Buddha and this is his comment on materialist spirituality. I think a little boy burning down a temple is beautiful (as long as nobody gets hurt).
Posted in: 10-year-old boy detained for torching Nagoya temple
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eigonosensei
Omori left her because one of her eyes is bigger than the other, botched eye operation.
Posted in: PUFFY’s Yumi Yoshimura back on the single scene
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eigonosensei
"“I get told by the older women around my neighborhood, ‘I’m glad I got to see someone who’s on TV before I die.’”
What sad, pathetic lives these women have.
Posted in: Junpei Mizobata named 'Face of the Year'
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eigonosensei
"..government maintained the crucifix is a symbol of Italian...history and tradition.."
OK, then have a statue of Jupiter in each classroom, too.
Posted in: European court: No crucifixes in Italian schools
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eigonosensei
Been in Japan for over 4 years. Never been to a hostess bar, never been to a club, never been to Roppongi... but I'm having a great time!
Posted in: The rules of hostessing
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eigonosensei
Japanese TV entertainment 2009 is American TV entertainment 1969. All the comedian duos are a rip-off of Martin and Lewis.
Posted in: Mino Monta kissed by pair of sexy ladies in new Lotte commercial
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eigonosensei
"..we hope it is accepted as a DS that is left on the kitchen table.."
Yeah, because families don't use kitchen tables for family meals anymore.
Posted in: New portable Nintendo DS console meant for groups
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eigonosensei
"This would be a dramatic change—gaming on portable consoles... has until now been a private affair."
The Japanese don't like to do anything alone... well, except maybe commit suicide.
Posted in: New portable Nintendo DS console meant for groups
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eigonosensei
How do we know the woman didn't kill her husband and try to kill her son? And then cut herself and called the police?
Posted in: Man dies after stabbing himself, wife and 6-month-old baby in Aichi