JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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funkymofo
Yes please- Surfing, skateboarding, soccer, cricket.
No thanks- Gridiron, baseball, golf and most of the olympics except boxing.
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funkymofo
I tried one of these, tasted like crap- still, not as bad as the shiso pepsi though.
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funkymofo
I think it's a great start- I think gen2 or 3 will really see the device mature and settle into its niche. As others have said, it needs more stuff. Have a look at the first ipods, and look at them now. It has a way to go yet.
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funkymofo
Mikehuntez,
Well, I checked the articles I could, you can just google it yourself, and there's mention of filming. I haven't seen it, but it'd be a giggle to watch. If I find it, I'll let you know. The original article is here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7149091.ece
Concerning filming-
Posted in: Japan bribed small nations with cash, call girls to get whaling vote: Sunday Times
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funkymofo
mikehuntz, The individuals in question were filmed. Are you suggesting the Times (a trusted newspaper, not a tabloid as some have tried to imply) fabricated the footage?
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funkymofo
Are you for real? More pathetic justifications. At this point, all you have is a vague 'he did it first' schoolboy argument and 'Yeah, sure we bribed them, but they decided how they'd spend the cash'.
Posted in: Japan bribed small nations with cash, call girls to get whaling vote: Sunday Times
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funkymofo
Sarcasm,
Surprised? Me either.
commanteer,
Thank you for telling me why I'm upset. You see, all along I thought I was peeved at the J Govt. for using who knows how much taxpayers money on bribes, hookers, 'aid packages' and so on to systematically subvert voting at the IWC. Silly me. You may not like the wording I used but the facts remain, Japan's dirty little secret (yes, Japan is still denying it, so the J govt. at least thinks it's still a secret) is out.
Do you mean the IWC? So you're saying it's OK for Japan to bribe other countries' bureaucrats with lavish trips, first class travel spending money, aid packages, hookers and whatnot, because you're sick of funding lavish trips, bloated bureaucracies and first class travel. Clever.
Ummm okayyy, and congratulations.
Indeed.
Posted in: Japan bribed small nations with cash, call girls to get whaling vote: Sunday Times
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funkymofo
That was the most cogent and relevant part of your post! The rest was just calling someone a peanut that lives in a wood pile lol. Did I miss something?
Seriously though, I didn't change the context of your quote at all- the problem you have here is that it's an inconvenient time for these revelations to come into the public arena. But you must understand, that's exactly what makes it a good story, and one that needs to be aired. You don't need conspiracies, you just need interest, and there is obviously plenty of interest about this issue. If the Japanese Govt. is buying votes, it's really their bad luck if the truth is outed at a time that doesn't suit them.
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funkymofo
zenny,
What, you mean like after they paid for the bribes and hookers, but before the voting starts? How rude!
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funkymofo
Zenny
Yeah yeah, it was the Queen's idea, right? Time to make a new tinfoil hat, I think the signals might be getting through.
There is a meeting of the IWC coming, the Japanese Govt. are trying to manipulate voting there, using cash and prostitutes. Why is this not news?
Would you rather proof of corruption and vote buying was prevented from being exposed until after the meeting, perhaps?
There have been many allegations of this type of corruption- being caught red-handed embarrasses the guilty, and reminds the rest of us of the lengths the Japanese Govt. is willing to go to- using our taxes no less.
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funkymofo
Zenny and gaijinfo- so the Japanese govt. gets busted for bribery- and your response is that it's a plot by the evil Commonwealth. Beautiful!
Posted in: Japan bribed small nations with cash, call girls to get whaling vote: Sunday Times
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funkymofo
commanteer,
These 'perks' you're talking about are bribes to buy votes to circumvent international democratic process with taxpayers money. Maybe others in other organisations do the same thing, but that is an irrelevant and juvenile attempt to defend the indefensible.
Posted in: Japan bribed small nations with cash, call girls to get whaling vote: Sunday Times
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funkymofo
Thanks, I'll call it what it is- the Japanese Government's systematic attempts to illegally buy votes at an upcoming International Whaling Commission meeting. Whether or not this kind of thing occurs in private enterprise, and whether or not you got to touch a stripper, is irrelevant. This is an international commission that is charged with the conservation of endangered species, not someone shilling software.
So again, yes it is news.
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funkymofo
Because it's illegal.
No it's not, it's called bribery.
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funkymofo
Debucho, It's the biggest single sporting event in the world, the most popular sport in the world. It's you who doesn't get it, the rest of the world does.
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funkymofo
Care to explain to us the inaccuracies and bias?
Posted in: Dolphin hunt film canceled in Tokyo after protests
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funkymofo
Testing showed the fin whale meat likely came from the same whale offered for sale at a Japanese market in 2007, which the scientists also tested.
The study also detailed DNA testing of whale meat that led The Hump sushi restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., to close last month. "Since the international moratorium, it has been assumed that there is no international trade in whale products," said Scott Baker, associate director of OSU's Marine Mammal Institute and lead author of the study, in a written statement. "But when products from the same whale are sold in Japan in 2007 and in Korea in 2009, it suggests that international trade, though illegal, is still an issue."
The study looked at 13 pieces of mixed whale meat sashimi purchased from an unnamed restaurant in Seoul, South Korea last year. Four were from an Antarctic minke whale, four from a sei whale, three from a North Pacific minke whale, one from a fin whale and one from a Risso's dolphin. From AP.
Posted in: Australia to take Japan to int'l court over whaling
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funkymofo
davidattokyo, I too look forward to Japan's comical attempts to justify the slaughter of a thousand or so whales per year, with the IWC having repeatedly asked them to stop. This number is patently ridiculous and I trust the verdict will be a reflection of that.
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funkymofo
The legal case isn't about sustainable whaling- it will likely be based on the argument that Japan kills far more whales per year than are necessary for 'research', making it a de facto commercial enterprise and thus not permissible under IWC rules.
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funkymofo
haha, nice.
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