fireant said...

fireant at 03:29 PM JST - 15th April

There are secretaries in Los Angeles that speak three or four languages. They don't have the necessary skills, like Ultradude said, to be managerial level, but they are indispensable when it comes to customer care.

Posted in Trilingual ability lowers hurdles at 03:29 PM JST - 15th April
fireant at 01:21 PM JST - 15th April

Poor kid.

Posted in 1-year-old boy dies after being left in car by pachinko-playing mother in Kagoshima at 01:21 PM JST - 15th April
fireant at 01:40 PM JST - 14th April

skipthesong, Carter had great support among blacks when he ran for governor and president precisely because he could talk to the Black Panther-ish and the KKK. He helped Georgia (and Atlanta) become more racially tolerant while he was governor than most others. However, this news item isn't about racism in…

Posted in Carter defends plan to meet Hamas leader at 01:40 PM JST - 14th April
fireant at 11:19 AM JST - 14th April

spirit of fortitude? or lack of knowledge about food-borne diseases and a spirit of 'he told me to do it' which every employer is looking for: dumb and loyal.

Posted in The salmon is cooked rare to make it rather unpalatable ... However, if they do eat it all up, without leaving a scrap, it tells us they have a spirit of fortitude. at 11:19 AM JST - 14th April
fireant at 11:08 AM JST - 12th April

This is an interesting idea: mandating free time from above. It just might work. Except for those poor workers in the Balance Life Committee that have to work overtime insuring that all the other workers take their vacation days and stop working at 5:00. (unless it's easier to change the…

Posted in Gov't picks 10 model companies to improve work-life balance in Japan at 11:08 AM JST - 12th April
fireant at 10:03 PM JST - 11th April

Every time I read one of these 'factual and investigative' articles from the vernacular tabloids I'm reminded of both the Penthouse Forum, as Alphaape mentioned, and American tabloids ("Elvis spotted on Mars!"). I'm pretty sure the authenticity of articles like these are dubious at best and that they have been…

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fireant at 12:19 PM JST - 11th April

Japan's penal system does a pretty good in convincing people to obey the law.

If the penal system were to disappear, the people would riot and run amok? Scary place then. Better execute every lawbreaker then. Then the place would be, on this logic, safe enough to let alcoholic, selfish…

Posted in Four death row inmates hanged at 12:19 PM JST - 11th April
fireant at 12:11 PM JST - 11th April

if he was jaywalking he put his own life at risk and suffered the consequences.

Personally I don't agree that the death penalty should be invoked for jaywalking. Condolences to his family and children, if any. A sad day for them.

Posted in Man dies after being hit by two cars on Ibaraki street at 12:11 PM JST - 11th April
fireant at 12:09 PM JST - 11th April

Nice camera.

greenteaonsens, a long time ago a weather man in the US got in trouble and fired because he said he had a PhD in metereology but didn't. He got fired for lying. In his own defense he said he really wanted the job and lied about the PhD…

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fireant at 12:01 PM JST - 11th April

When will we have a true democracy?

When you vote for one.

Posted in Do you think the U.S. military in Japan is doing all it can to prevent crimes by its personnel? at 12:01 PM JST - 11th April