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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furuigakko
She will face racism by both in the small town, ignorant southerners and the Japanese community in the same small town. Hope she doesn't have this idea that Maryville, TN is L.A., NC or Seattle as she may have seen on all the TV and movies
Agreed!
Posted in: Japanese widow, son of Marine closer to immigrating to U.S.
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furuigakko
Had a friend visit, lactose intolerant. No Starbucks to be found, went to Excelsior. Soy latte in menu board, asked for a soy mocha. No can do from clerk, no can do from manager. Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors, like the Banana Royale, instead of fudge topping prefer strawberry topping. Again no can do, mind you this is in Nishi Azabu/Hiro-o, gaijin central. McDonald's like tartar sauce with fries, willing to pay extra. Again, no can do. Made 10,000 JPY bets with colleagues both Japanese and gaijin to score tartar sauce as a n extra condiment. All confidant they can do it, all end up losing bet.
Posted in: In Japan, the customer is not king
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furuigakko
In Japan, service industry people are robots. Situation A, dictates reply D, situation B, dictates reply C. Situation X, what?!? no canned reply? What am I to do? Service is decent if you don't do outside the box.
Example one: My friend came to visit and he is lactose intolerant, we go to Excelsior Coffee 'cause we could not locate a Starbucks or Tully's. He asked me to order a soy latte, I am thinking no problem. They have soy mocha on the menu board. So I go and order a soy latte, guess what? It's not on a menu board. I ask the counter girl if they can make a soy mocha, she confirmed yes. So why can you not make a soy latte? Calls out the manager, scratches his head and confirms they can make a soy latte. WTF is the difference btw a soy latte and a soy mocha?
Example two: We go to Baskin Robbins 31, I order a Banana Royale. I like strawberry with my ice cream and not the standard fudge that comes with a Banana Royale. Ask the staff to switch it out, guess what? It can not be done because the Banana Royale comes with fudge. But you do have strawberry topping, right, I ask. Again, manager comes out! Guess what topping I am stuck with?
Example three: I will pay anyone 10,000 JPY on J-Today if they can score tartar sauce to compliment their fries. My friends took me up on it thinking they can make a quick 10,000 JPY. I told them, if you can't score tartar sauce you don't owe me a dime. Each and everyone of them confidant they can score and each and everyone of them got turned away.
Never been to Burger King in Japan, but can you really get it your way?
Posted in: What are some differences you have observed between waiters and waitresses in restaurants and cafes in Japan and other countries and also the way in which customers treat them?
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furuigakko
I reminds me of the movie Grave of the Firefly where the older brother was too proud to ask for help. In the end the little sister died.
Children are too precious and the parents should have done everything in their powers to make it through the tough times. Lean on a family member, apply/ask for social services.
Posted in: Child's body found in car of couple caught stealing at supermarket
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furuigakko
Just like every event in Japan you and 500,000 of your closest friends jocking for position with a blue tarp. No thank you!
Posted in: Night out
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furuigakko
I applaud her achievements, it is not easy to become an astronaut. However, I wonder if a person from a hard working immigrant family in Japan has the opportunity like Ms. Yamazaki? If there were, that truly would be diversity.
Posted in: Discovery
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furuigakko
We recently relocated back to Orange County, CA and where we live there are many Japanese companies and their family members. The Japanese kids in my daughter's school and district look much happier. Lots of parks with green GRASS and play grounds, ESL programs, recreation programs with the city......
A quite a few mothers my wife has met are not looking forward to returning to Japan after their husband's 3-4 year term is complete.
America has it's own educational problems but hopefully these parents can take the positive experiences they had here and try to implement them back home in Japan. But for some reason I doubt they will.
Posted in: Principal fails in cover-up after student's rib fractured by teacher
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furuigakko
So true! Right on Smash you called it like it is!!
Posted in: 'The Cove' wins Oscar for Best Documentary
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furuigakko
very sad, but parents should be less selfish and avoid travel while their child is that young and weak. Lesson to all...
What are you talking about? It's an unfortunate situation and has nothing to do with selfish parents. If children should not fly at one year old the airlines would not allow it.
Posted in: 1-year-old Japanese boy dies on flight to Hawaii
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furuigakko
Is that a fact or are you quoting Pulp Fiction? How about a Royale with cheese?
Posted in: Quarter Pounder back for seconds
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furuigakko
Interesting, I was talking to J friend tonight and she said they are standing in line to win the lottery. If one of them get a seat in turn they would sell it to a media outlet for like 100,000+ JPY.
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furuigakko
I am a believer now, J-Peeps love to stand in lines, Krispy Kremes, Ginza H&M....
Like the tune from Styx, too much time on my hands....and it's ticking away!
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furuigakko
I like Sanada, first saw him in Twilight Samurai. Last season of Lost will be interesting, looking forward to it!
Posted in: Hiroyuki Sanada to appear in final season of 'Lost'
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furuigakko
Will still be here in Japan long after we become ash or six feet under!
Posted in: Home away from home
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furuigakko
Oh one more thing, as Rodney King so eloquently put it, "Can we all just get along?"
Posted in: Which words or expressions annoy you the most when you hear them repeatedly used by other people in conversation?
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furuigakko
People need to chill, there seems to be a lot of haters posting. Come on now, don't hate appreciate!
Posted in: Which words or expressions annoy you the most when you hear them repeatedly used by other people in conversation?
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furuigakko
"I wonder what Suzuki will think of me if I don't come in to the office by 9AM"
"I need to get to the office so I don't burden Tanaka with my work"
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furuigakko
Lemmings.
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furuigakko
> It is good that Latin America can organize the Olympics for the first time
Mexico City hosted in '68
Posted in: Ishihara blames Tokyo 2016 failure on behind-the-scenes deals
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furuigakko
Someone please offer Ishihara some cheese to go with his whine.
Posted in: Ishihara blames Tokyo 2016 failure on behind-the-scenes deals