JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Full-time English Teacher - Osaka
- Epion English Language Schools, Osaka
- Salary: ¥200,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month Depending on your ability and experience
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- Part-time English Teacher - Osaka
- Epion English Language Schools, Osaka
- Salary: ¥10,000 ~ ¥15,000 / Day Depending on how many days a week are worked
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- Core Developer - コアディベロッパー
- Midokura Japan K.K. - ミドクラジャパン株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M ~ ¥10.0M / Year Negotiable
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Doing it fast before the figure fades.
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Maybe Hosono wanted to solve not only the debris problem, but also the problem of the aging of the Japanese society by reducing the average live span.
Posted in: Hosono asks 43 prefectures to take debris from Tohoku
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By the way, what is the meaning of an energy-saving sensor?
Does it detect, oh there is a person in the room saving energy by doing exactly what?
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Maybe Ozawa made sure that the evidence of his wrongdoings is well hidden and difficult to find.
However, if this were not a democracy, but a country nearby like China, probably it would mean "kubi" as happened recently.
Posted in: Ozawa says aides' convictions 'unbelievable' in a democracy
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Citing the Hague convention Article 46 will not help so much either. Because there is article 52.
** Requisitions in kind and services shall not be demanded from municipalities or inhabitants except for the needs of the army of occupation **.
In other words, the occupying army can take even from inhabitants, if is it regarded as necessary.
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This is a sad announcement. When I had a business in Tokyo I tried to buy something nice in National Azabu supermarket for me and my family.
Posted in: After a half-century in Hiroo, National Azabu to close Oct 31
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Joel:
Probably you should never watch a variety quiz show in Japan, where the candidates are in 2 groups and have to answer knowledge and Kanji questions. Either they are in a tunnel, and when giving a wrong answer, the floor opens, and they fall to a virtual death. Or they are climbing an increasing slope and finally some of them are falling deep down. Or they are standing at a wall and are pushed to jump by squares filling the space provided to them before.
In other words, the virtual jump to death (e.g. game over) is very present in Japanese daily life, and widely accepted even for a TV programs watched by kids.
Basically by watching these kind of shows, viewers are endorsing this kind of virtual deaths.
And now the conclusion:
Imagine the shaft imagined before is still 20 m deep, but at a level of already 3 meters (as in the TV show mentioned above) there is an arrangement of soft boxes, which stops the fall of the person trying to commit suicide. The person does not know this in advance. This is important. Then the person can be caught in a safe way and be brought to specialized treatment.
No need to clean up - because there is only a virtual death, not a real one. Nobody hurt.
Then - after many people really realize that suicide is no way out, one can close this shaft and fill it with concrete to prevent real accidents.
Thank you for your understanding.
Posted in: Shin-Koiwa station struggles to avoid status of 'suicide spot'
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Joel and Paul:
I am definitely not against giving help to persons who need help. And if they can be saved, even better.
It seems Human Target got my point. Sometimes it is necessary to exaggerate to make people think again about their actions.
Posted in: Shin-Koiwa station struggles to avoid status of 'suicide spot'
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Sounds like they copied the text from the Perry Rhodan science fiction series.
Posted in: Swiss, Nissan research car that reads driver's thoughts
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As Borscht says, instead of firing, try to start with "outplacement" - a process, which can take between several months up to a year depending on the skill of the person and the market conditions.
Actually nothing new, big corporations (for example in Germany ) are already practicing this.
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Paul:
After a stroke my grandmother had to suffer for 13 years. Her husband and our family tried to take care of her as best as we could. When her end was near, she told us how happy she would be, if her live would be over earlier.
Posted in: Shin-Koiwa station struggles to avoid status of 'suicide spot'
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For me personally, suicide is not an option. But there are others who already have decided this for themselves. Then I prefer they do it in a way that does not potentially bring my life or the lives of others into danger.
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Some persons really want to die. For example when they have a terminal illness that can not be cured but gives them terrible pain. Now, in Switzerland, people have the option to go to a doctor, who can provide them access to a special type of poison. The doctor will not give it directly to them, they have to take it themselves.
I agree with your idea that "a human live is worth saving", but it is not always possible.
And, if you are successful in eliminating Shin-Koiwa station, people will find another place. This is independent of what you and I are thinking about it.
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Joel:
You know, in Japan about 30000 person each year commit suicide. If councelling helps to reduce this number, I am all for it. But there are some, where obviously nothing does help to stop them from following their plan. Why not providing them with a way to end their life that does not inflict so much unnecessary harm on innocent bystanders?
And, from ancient time, Japan is a society, which regarded suicide, if done the right way, as a honorful way. Now that swords are banned, another way might be necessary.
Probably you also know that there exist several DIY manuals in Japan, how to end your life. It seems they are selling well. Finally, there are already several mountain places and also steep cliffs near the ocean, where persons did commit suicide and which are (un-)famous for it.
Posted in: Shin-Koiwa station struggles to avoid status of 'suicide spot'
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The government should offer a place to go for these suicidal persons, where they first get some counceling. If this counceling does not help, they can go to a special place. An unused open elevator shaft, more than 20 m deep will probably work. No need to clean up. Just fill up with concrete, if it becomes too full.
Posted in: Shin-Koiwa station struggles to avoid status of 'suicide spot'
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Did he publish his "accomplishments"?
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Seems the sunshine is too strong.
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And my children like You-tube, which they can access directly from the Sony TV. The oldest one (6 years old); knows how to.
Posted in: Miramax signs agreement to bring its films to Hulu subscribers in Japan
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Now that the Japanese Red Cross already has spend some money on TV sets, where will this money finally go?
Posted in: Y10 mil 'for Tohoku' left in bag in Saitama municipal bldg restroom
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It seems it has its own battery, which is charged first. Then the internal battery is used to charge the Phone or Ipod connected by the built-in connector.
Posted in: Smartphone battery charger with built-in adaptors unveiled at CEATEC JAPAN