JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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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electric2004
I should add something. Does anyone here know the german band BAP? Approximately 30 years ago, when I was a teenager, this band from the city of cologne came to our school (they were starting to get famous) and I belonged to the student group, who was organizing the venue. I asked the group, if it was OK to record their performance on tape.
And they did not only agree, they connected one output of their mixer to my tape recorder. And they said, it is OK, if I distribute some tape copies free of charge to friends at school, as long as I send them one tape copy, too.
This band knows - the persons who have listened to the live acts and even the bootlegs will buy their studio recorded CDs.
For them this business model worked - they are still famous.
Posted in: After The Beatles, who remains an iTunes holdout?
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electric2004
And lets not forget, in the olden golden times, people were listening to music on the radio and recording the top 10 charts with their tape recorders. Actually, there is not so much difference between radio (and nowadays net radio) and distributions of sound files by file sharing.
Well, one can say, the radio stations pay for it. Actually, the stations financed by schemes like NHK or by tax money this way do some kind of file sharing financed by the public or the tax payer.
With this in mind, it is quite a gray zone between radio (internet radio) and file sharing. Listening to radio is legal and recording for personal purpose also. But - getting the same music with the same PC from file sharing is called "stealing". I understand, it is a different distribution way. But basically, if someone is against filesharing (which might be illegal depending on the contents - sharing linux distries is often recommended), then one has to think about the position related to radio (or internet radio) broadcasting.
Posted in: After The Beatles, who remains an iTunes holdout?
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electric2004
AS far as I understand, making a copy of a CD for private use is OK? If I out a CD into my car navigation it starts playing and automatically copies the CD content onto the navi's harddisk for listening later.
Same with itunes. Putting a CD into the PC and Itunes adds the songs to the library.
Such kind of copying for personal use is OK.
Posted in: After The Beatles, who remains an iTunes holdout?
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electric2004
And they take up a lot of space. After one or two days the first parts break off. And if it is this big, at least my youngest will try to walk on it.
Posted in: Transformer cars
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electric2004
well for this purpose scandinavia offers economy extra seats. costs 50 percent more, and more space. And still a lot cheaper than business.
Posted in: How should airlines handle obese passengers?
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electric2004
mrskit:
And I wonder, if she has to go to the restroom, maybe she needs to be very careful not to hurt sensible parts of her body when whiping and cleaning.
Posted in: Kumi Koda wins outstanding achievement award for nails
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electric2004
Actually looks like a copy of the SMART.
Posted in: Nissan shows tiny electric concept vehicle
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electric2004
Tracy Stewart is writing like a school teacher talking to little kids.
Is this really the way to write if you want to talk to adults?
And - security regulations are not pretty much standard. At London Heathrow it is necessary to take off shoes and belt, when travelling between Japan and Germany, but not in Narita or Copenhagen, or Frankfurt or Duesseldorf.
About "Clapping upon landing" - this is quite common for holiday chartered flights to Spanish Islands. This tells, that the holiday really starts and the party begins.
About "Kicking". Sensible airplanes put small children at the bulkhead places. Then kicking is not a problem, because it is just the toilet.
However, I got somewhat angry, when the luggage rules where changed basically overnight in October for Scandinavian airlines. On the outbound flight, it was still the weight rule (20 kg per person), and on the return trip one week later, it was the piece rule (one piece per person).
The things I had arranged where in total not over the limit, but the number of bags I had used on the outbound flight (3) was no longer good for the return flight (only 2).
Posted in: 10 ways to stop being an annoying airline passenger
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electric2004
I notice that deai-cafe is not on the list, so I wonder if it is popular with the guys and the ladies.
Then the date going out drinking is maybe more like a business meeting going drinking with your boss and company, but hey, we are in Japan.
Posted in: What date spots do you really hate?
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electric2004
According to them, politics is more dirty. Well then ladys, time to clean up your parts.
Posted in: Kano sisters keep it behind closed doors
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electric2004
She is looking as if she is suffering from athletes foot. She will need different medicine.
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electric2004
I like mini-skirt police more.
Posted in: 'Nippon Civilian Police' skirts a fine line between vigilance and vigilantism
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electric2004
KinuyeOshiro:
In Germany, we had military bases from both the west and the east.
Yes, the eastern bases did not contribute much to the economy, actually they had to be supported almost free of charge. (Socialist brothers in arms).
However, the western bases did contribute to the economy. There was some noise from airplanes (I lived in approx. 15 km distance from a base), but this was only once or twice a day.
Once you know the difference, believe me, Okinawans will prefer to have US bases on the territory, and not Chinese bases.
Posted in: Stop negotiating this nonsense on Futenma
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electric2004
Shimoji's arguments lack deeper insight. When he argues that North Korea might have 12 Millions troops - how does he expect them to come to Japan's shores?
By ship? Does North Korea have enough ships? No.
So maybe North Korean Soldiers might arrive swimming? Don't forget your backpack when diving into the ocean.
Taking this into account, the Marines can deter North Korea from attacking Japan.
Same for China. China might have 16 Million troops. But can they be deployed across the sea?
This is the point - to be able to use such a large number of troops, one needs logistics to transport them.
One the other hand, the Marines stationed in Okinawa have the means to disrupt this transport.
Shimoji's last sentence basically claims that "... the Marine ... design ... has completely failed."
What kind of nonsense is this?
Japan was protected from war for this approximately 65 year period. I would call this "mission accomplished".
Posted in: Stop negotiating this nonsense on Futenma
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electric2004
Is premium Economy with Qantas below Business or is it just another name for Business class?
By the way, Economy extra, which is between Business and Economy is offered by SAS for quite a long time. Nothing new there.
Posted in: Qantas to launch Premium Economy on Japan/Germany routes
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electric2004
There is a solution for this in the future:
All main parts of a car will contain a unique small RFID chip. Then even if disassembled, the ownership can be proven and traced. Also this way fake replacement parts can be detected.
Posted in: Where, oh where has my little car gone?
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electric2004
Jkanda:
About the too low chair, I mean it. I once was in a more expensive western style restaurant in Yokohama with my family. And the waiter of the restaurant explained to me, that they had imported the pluschy chairs from France and then cut the legs of the chairs, because some japanese customers expect the chairs being too low as normal. Gaman!
Posted in: Meeting of minds
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electric2004
The left chair is intentionally too low. (Japanese are expected to have short legs?) Probably very uncomfortable.
Posted in: Meeting of minds
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electric2004
Watch out for transformers!
Posted in: Idle days
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electric2004
Well, I told our kids: You have a good looking Japanese mother and an intelligent German father. So you are not only kawaii, you also have a chance for a good start. I am trying to teach a little to our 5 year old son (German language, some engineering practice), now he is teaching his 3 year old sister. And she start teaching and explaining to our 1 year old boy.
Posted in: The Hafu Project: Exploring the question of what it means to be Japanese