JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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Why so hard on people who like game centers? If they enjoy it, what's the problem?
Posted in: We're bored. We have nothing to do. I don't have anything to say to my husband anymore. It's much better to come here than just sit in the house watching TV all day. We need some excitement, too.
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They think this will help their exports, because with a devalued yen their products will be cheaper in other currencies. But then again, the raw materials they buy, since Japan has few natural resources, will be more expensive, because the yen is weaker. So eventually the prices of their exports will creep back up, leaving them right where they started, but with inflated prices inside Japan. This is clearly a move that can only work in the short term, so it seems to be politically motivated, rather than by any sound economic reasons.
Posted in: Yen weakens as BOJ eases monetary policy
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Well, if you don't enjoy being a mother, then sure, strangling it is always an option. I just hope you like hanging out in jail, or being unemployed the rest of your life.
Posted in: Woman arrested over murder of 5-month-old son in Kobe
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Politically motivated tariffs and trade barriers. This is the main reason U.S. lawmakers DO NOT want Japan to join the TPP. They'll just clutter up the negotiations with protectionist demands.
Posted in: What do you think are the main reasons why U.S. car sales are so low in Japan?
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I hope they both spend time in jail. A long time.
Posted in: Japanese star charged over Taiwan taxi driver assault
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Why so shy with the pearly whites, Asada-san?
Posted in: Ice queens
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Argument FAIL. If it's only because of consumer tastes, and not effective trade barriers, then where are all the Korean cars, which are just as small, cost efficient, and fuel efficient as Japanese cars?
Posted in: U.S. cars do not fit Japan's market or Japanese consumers' requirements because of size, high fuel consumption and higher prices. They need to have a line-up that suits Japanese consumers' preferences.
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That monkey looks like he's peeing in the pool.
Posted in: Getting warm
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the yen isn't safe, traders don't "scurry," and traders/speculators don't move prices. They only anticipate future moves and hasten their arrival.
Posted in: Japan's current account surplus smallest in 15 years
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How can that possibly be? They are about every twenty meters in larger cities. That being said, they have the best toilets around. So if you've got to go, head on in to the pachinko house.
Posted in: Pachinko addiction a growing problem for Japanese women
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Wow. Spoiled Japanese (grown) children. I hope the taxi driver recovers. And both of them deserve jail time. I hope their careers are over.
Posted in: Taiwanese-Japanese star implicated in beating of taxi driver in Taipei
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Was there ever any doubt? Never trust politicians. From any country.
Posted in: Okinawa fears revised plan may leave Futenma where it is
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Go get 'em Israel, I'm with you.
Posted in: Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran
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Those dudes who crashed into the world trade center were a pretty loyal bunch.
People in the U.S. who you think aren't loyal to one company may indeed be more loyal to their families, as they are always looking out for the best financial deal for themselves, unlike Japanese who get on the treadmill and never get off.
Yea, right. That's why things like religion never took much hold in ancient societies.
Incorrect reasoning. If they were truly loyal, and not forced on pain of death to take on those missions,(thereby removing any romantic notion of chosen loyalty) they would have flown with a full tank so as to cause more damage.
Posted in: Honor and loyalty
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Silly government. How will they ever tax this? Anything that contains high fructose corn syrup? Manufacturers will just switch to something else even more harmful.
Posted in: Time to tax sugar to combat health crisis: experts
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Like others have said, go where the money is. If you are entrepreneur, you need venture capital, and an environment that doesn't look negatively on past business failures, as well as a business climate that isn't choked by regulations and taxes. Japan fails on all three, but at least California has got 2/3 of the equation. The business climate in California, both with taxes and regulation, is pretty horrible these days.
Luckily, you can operate a tech company in California, and outsource most of your labor (AKA Apple).
Posted in: Japanese entrepreneurs aim for Silicon Valley
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It all started with the betamax
Posted in: Sony is forecasting a 220 billion yen loss for fiscal 2011, its 4th straight year of red ink despite massive cost cuts and restructuring efforts in recent years. What do you think are the main reasons for Sony's decline?
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This is troubling. Not because they have shrinking profits, but because they list "demand deterioration" as the least of their problems, when in fact, its the only problem. Any company that blames it's sinking profits on things outside of it's control doesn't stand much of a chance on the free market. Plenty of other companies are making profits despite tsunamis and floods and exchange rates.
Posted in: Toshiba profit dives 70%
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This is absolutely ridiculous.
Posted in: Fraudster confesses to stealing over Y32 million by posing as victim's son
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Like between what's operating in the real world, and the world of history books.
As long as their has been civilization, government (the non-producing elites) have always brought about it's downfall.
Always.
Posted in: Three questions facing capitalism