JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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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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fishy
ever thought he might speak japanese?????? just a thought..
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fishy
wasnt funny at all.. it was simply disgusting.
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fishy
I'm with Jonnydesu and Zenny here.. These people probably went to other shrines with their families on the New Year's Day to pray for the families' happiness and they probably brought their Omamori (charms) that they bought last year to the shrines to give them back to while thanking for protecting them and their families.
See these people all seem like business people?? That is because they are at the shrine that's famous for commerce and industry.
Makes me sad when I see comments that automatically bash Japan and its people without second thoughts.
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fishy
According to Yomiuri, it says that the police officer who rushed to the scene in the morning was conducting investigation with consent of the party concerned -- Nin-I Sousa (任意捜査）which makes me believe that the officer didn't just leave the men to go home... the men were free after a short period of time (probably had to pay fine and for the damage of the rice field) but it wouldn't surprise me that they were not put in prison or detained as they only damaged property as a result, and although I am not a big fan of Japanese police, I wouldn't call them idiots based on this incident... the real idiots are the men who drunk and drove TWICE (geez...).. I'm glad no one was hurt this time, and I hope they will charge them TWICE as they did it twice!!
Posted in: Drunken driver crashes car; back behind wheel 4 hours later
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fishy
ok, i should have said that i read Japanese news.
Posted in: Drunken driver crashes car; back behind wheel 4 hours later
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fishy
professional translator usually has his or her own field. just because you speak two languages, that does not mean you can be a professional translator. i've worked as a translator (japanese and french) and i had my own field of study, and being a translator was a constant studying in both languages.
in many fields in many countries, documents and reports are edited by professional editors and then being translated, it's not only in japan, but in military, technology, politics and many other fields in many other countries.
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fishy
mmm... they were both sent home WITH A POLICE OFFICER so that the police officer could do investigation.
while i think they should have been sent to the police station, not home, but just to give some credits to the police, they didn't just let them go home by themselves.
FYI, the guy sitting in the passenger seat WAS charged as well.
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ShizuokaMorley-
whatever she looked before, she wasn't THAT bad, besides, if the guy loved her for who she is, then I don't see any problem her being so pretty or not pretty.. They got along and decided that they wanted to be together, I'd just be happy for them ;)
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fishy
One careless mistake, one accident can ruin so many people's lives.. it is scary and even if you are being careful, there's a chance that you might get involved in an accident.. My son loves cars and motorcycles, and even though there are years before he can even get a license, I've got to keep telling him every time we're in a car how dangerous cars can be and it is definitely not cool to drive fast just because you can..
Posted in: Car mounts sidewalk, killing 9-year-old boy and injuring 3 others
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fishy
Tessa- thanks for saying what you've said :) (hugs):)
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bicultural-
I agree.. there ARE lots of responsible parents here and they make sure that their kids are safe in their cars. It's just that whenever we see those who don't use car seats or don't buckle their kids up stand out and gives us an impression that no Japanese parents pay any attention to child safety while driving... but then again, good/responsible parents do not stand out.. so.
I've handed down a used car seat (infant car seat) to one of my co-workers last year as my little one doesn't fit in the infant car seat anymore.. Now I see every day that the infant car seat is in my co-worker's car and when I see her with her baby, the baby is always in the car seat (Zzzzz... comfortably sleeping :) And just FYI, this co-worker is Japanese.
Posted in: How much attention do you think drivers in Japan pay to child safety seats or making sure their kids wear seat belts when they are in cars?
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koriyamaboy-
Every day I go drop off and pick up my little one at a local daycare and I have never seen a car with no car seat. I HAVE seen car seats installed in the passenger seat (sigh..) and I HAVE seen older kids jumping around in a big van, but it is just so hard to believe you have not seen ANY child being put in a car seat or using seat belt? Most of my mama-friends drive and I don't know anyone with small kids and have no car seats installed... Again, I DO know some people who don't always use car seat, though... Just trying to say that NONE sounds hard to believe as I'm in the same country as you are...
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stevecpfc-
that's exactly what i was going to say, too.. Tessa - what's your problem? people wherever they are and wherever they are from, doesn't matter.. they are doing something good and since those people live in japan now, to me it seems like an excellent idea to contribule within japan, and they're working together with japanese people and i don't see any negatives while i see lots of positives.
you don't know what they are doing in their own countries, so i'd refrain from making a comment like yours..
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JKanda-
When you go to many child welfare facilities/ group homes, there are actually lots of kids who have at least one parent but cannot live with the parent because of certain reasons like abuse or/and financial reasons and etc.. There are not many orphanages that only take orphans. Many of those facilities have kids who have families that they cannot come back to. There are also facilities that ONLY take those children who have parent(s) but were severely abused and have mental problems because of that -- sad.
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Miamum-
A lot of orphanages actually appreciate it if someone came to teach the kids English!! Smaller kids would enjoy singing and dancing (and you can bring your own kids to join them, too!) and older kids would enjoy practicing/learning simple English conversations and etc. You can search for 児童福祉施設 (child welfare facilities) in your city/town, just google and there should be a list of those facilities.
One thing I have been told by several orphanages is that if you've decided to do something with the orphans, you should not just do it one time and quit.. you should do it on a regular basis so that the kids can expect you to return, and that's so important to let them know that YOU are going to return to them.
I know someone (a Japanese guy) who goes to a few orphanages outside of Tokyo several times a year to fix their bicycles and teach small kids how to ride a bicycle. He's busy so he can't visit often but he goes back to the same orphanages several times a year and been doing it for like 5 years, and so kids know him and they enjoy the time with him so much.
I also know a woman who tutor at an orphanage.. she teaches junior-high, high-school-age kids after school. Facilities usually don't have enough money for those teenagers to go to juku so she goes there to help out with home-work or prepare for exams and etc.
The key is --- to continue... Doesn't have to be every week or every month, but once you promise you return, you have to.
Money donation is great and they need it, but they also love it when the same people come visit and enjoy the time with them :)
There's also a system that you get to bring an orphan to your home during summer/winter break or some weekends AFTER you visiting the orphanage for several months on a regular basis so that the orphan and you build trust. This system is for orphans to experience family, and instead of those orphans going to different families each time, they connect one family and one orphan and the child spends weekends/holidays with the same family until they are older. This, is a commitment, you are not a foster family, you are not adopting the child, but you become his/her family in certain ways. In Tokyo, this system is called Friend Home System (フレンドホーム制度), and many other prefectures have the same or similar system, just different name. I couldn't find Friend Home system website in English but if you're interested, google フレンドホーム制度 if you have someone who can translate for you...
Anyways.. There are many ways you can contribute other than donating money. Of course, donating money is excellent but it's not all you can do :)
This article made me happy.
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fishy
Agree.. Actually, when you renew your driver's license (if you don't have a gold license), I thought you'd have to see a safety video and that actually include a video of car seat and seat belt safety.. My license has a blue line on it :( and I had to see the safety video...
and they DO actually give out tickets if you are not wearing a seat belt and you are also supposed to get a ticket if your small child isn't in a car seat. The problem is ---- POLICE OFFICERS DO NOT STOP THEM TO GIVE TICKETS --- Instead of stopping bicycles, they should stop more CARS randomely to inspect to see whether there are kids in the car and whether car seats are installed and etc..
I would love to see police officers stopping cars with kids to ensure the safety of the kids (and the driver), and No, not 7000yen, I'd personally think it is an EXCELLENT idea to fine people who don't put their kids in a car seat like 20,000yen per child/baby or could be more.. I would like to see the current government suggest THAT and see how people would react to it.
Educate people and then fine/punish them if they can't follow the rule. Number of drunk drivers have significantly dropped once the J-government decided to give them more strict punishment (more money from them), so why not give people more strict punishment if they can't put kids in car seat??
Someone mentioned the price of car seat... but actually, if you bring the receipt to your local ward/city office, you can get some of the money reinbursed. so.. J-government IS doing something to help people make sure their kids are safe, but THEY NEED TO DO MORE!!
Posted in: How much attention do you think drivers in Japan pay to child safety seats or making sure their kids wear seat belts when they are in cars?
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dolphingirl-
That's exactly my point, too!! Japanese people need to be more aware as it is relatively NEW to Japan/Japanese. They're not trying to put their kids in danger on purpose, many people are just NOT aware, and while some people say it is common sense (yes, it actually IS common sense, but when older people even didn't know what car seat was or had never used it before, it is not so surprising why they don't use them), so it'd be nice to see J-government to REALLY try to educate its citizens and make sure that everyone is aware of the safety issues and what child car seat CAN do to protect our own children!!
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illsayit-
Sure it is our private space, but isn't it the parents' responsibility to ensure that the kids are safe in your private space? And I don't think the government of Japan believes they should not step in someone's space, IT IS A FACT that the government of Japan strongly recommend people to install car seats when having children/babies and the law requires it (although the police doesn't do a very good job of making sure they give tickets to people who don't use car seats). The important thing is to educate people and let people know why it is important to have your child in a car seat -- I personally think it would be nice if every kindergarten/hoikuen talked to parents of the kids about the car seat and safety rules while driving with kids.
Kids not sitting in a car seat, not wearing a seat belt can be very dangerous to the kids, but it is also dangerous to everyone else including a driver. If my kids were jumping around in my car while driving, I would be really distracted. I can keep driving with my little one is screaming to get out of the car seat but I CANNOT keep driving IF my little one jumped out and started playing around.
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Illsayit-
It's funny that I still remember you saying you refuse to wear a seatbelt yourself.. that was a very long ago but I think it was you.. I wouldn't be surprised you say all you've said on this thread because you are a firm believer of not wearing seatbelt yourself.
Posted in: How much attention do you think drivers in Japan pay to child safety seats or making sure their kids wear seat belts when they are in cars?
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fishy
for people who say that Japanese parents pay ZERO attention to child safety seats and etc -- I would like to say... I, too, see many people installing car seats on the passenger seat, I, too, see kids not wearing seat belts, and it makes me really worry, but like some posters said, there are also many Japanese parents who make sure that their kids are safe in the car and wear seat belts, do not ride in friends' car if car seat isn't installed and etc.. so saying all Japanese parents don't care about child safety is too much.. because it is simply not true.
the problem is that the concept of installing car seat in your car is pretty recently introduced.. When I was a child, I had never sat in a car seat and I had never even seen a car seat. I think I was already a teenager when I first even heard of a car seat. So, a lot of older people don't really have the concept of putting a child in a car seat. It is the government's job to educate those people and making sure that the police officers check to see if there are car seats installed in people's car while they are on the road, and make sure that they give out tickets when they find a car with kids inside and no car seats for them.
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