JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Financial Advisor
- Select Asset Management KK, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥100,000 ~ ¥999,999 Paid Training Commission Based
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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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gaijintraveller
When I changed my mobile in Japan, I was offered phones that worked overseas.
"Where do you put the SIM card?" I asked. "What is a SIM card?" was the reply.
I have a phone I use overseas. I purchased a used one. When I go to a foreign country, I purchase a SIM card for less around 500 yen. It works well in that country. The only thing that doesn't work is sending SMS text messages to Japanese phones such as Au's, but that is not because my cheap overseas phone does not work. It is because many Japanese phones cannot receive or, for that matter, send SMS messages.
Forget roaming. Buying a phone that works in other countries is a much better option. Roaming is just a huge rip-off.
Posted in: Want cell service abroad? Try a cheap local phone
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gaijintraveller
Maybe the kanji for fish names are different in North America, too. Many overseas sushi shops are run by Chinese or Koreans, not Japanese, which could explain this.
Posted in: Sustainable Sushi
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gaijintraveller
August 12th Katsuura fireworks.
Posted in: Katsuura: Sun and surf without crowds in eastern Chiba
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gaijintraveller
Follow routes 409 and 297. These directions are not so clear. Which way do you go when you come to a crossroads where route 409 crosses route 409?
Chiba has an extremely confusing road system.
Posted in: Katsuura: Sun and surf without crowds in eastern Chiba
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gaijintraveller
I won't argue about the surf, but there has not been much sun this summer.
Last time I passed Hebara, my girlfriend translated a Japanese sign for me. No swimming. Still I suppose foreigners who cannot read Japanese and some who can will happily ignore the rules.
Personally, I think Onjuku has a much better beach. Katsuura is more a fishing port than a beach resort. Some other places that are hard to get to by train have nice beaches, too. Unfortunately, political greed has destroyed much of the Boso coastline by decorating it with ugly tetrapods in return for political support.
Posted in: Katsuura: Sun and surf without crowds in eastern Chiba
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gaijintraveller
Possession is nine tenths of the law. If you have paid your rent up to the day you move out, it is much harder to get your deposit back. If you withhold the last month or two rent and tell the landlord it will be paid when you get your deposit back, you are much more likely to get it back.
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gaijintraveller
If the student said he did not mind, he was openly challenging the teacher's authority. That challenge invited the response which he got. He should have blamed himself for being stupid, not the teacher for asserting his authority.
It is the teacher's job to teach the class. Sometimes it is necessary to silence an individual who disturbs the class so that others may receive the lesson that they want to have.
Posted in: Teacher gets pay cut for putting chalk in yawning student’s mouth
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gaijintraveller
So isn't the reporter even going to tell us where it is? "Deepest Chiba" is not really geographically informative. The reporter claims to have gone there and had lunch there, so this is information he should have.
Also, I would have thought a photograph of cars would have been more appropriate than a photo of computers.
Posted in: Going, going, sold! - A glimpse into world of car auctions
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gaijintraveller
Sounds a bit like what happened in the US. The difference is in her case her company was not bailed out by the government.
Posted in: High-flying FX trader comes down with a thud
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gaijintraveller
The taste of tap water seems to vary according to area, maybe even building. Many buildings have tanks on the roof, some of which are not cleaned for a long time. I think this explains why Tokyo tap water often tastes disgusting and even undrinkable. Mind you one brand of tap water produced by a famous American soft drink company doesn't taste much better.
I drink filtered water using a decent-sized triple filter which I purchased overseas for less than the price of the pretty useless small toy filters sold over here that need replacing every couple of months.
Posted in: Do you prefer tap water or bottled water for drinking?
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gaijintraveller
There is no mention of traffic lights or a pedestrian crossing. May we assume that they did not cross the road at a crossing or at lights? In that case it would have been sensible to look to see if a car was coming.
I may sound unsympathetic, but I drive a car and have seen many suicidal morons riding bicycles in this country. Headphones are still popular amongst cyclists, and lights at night or still unpopular.
On several occasions I have forced cyclists to stop and given them a lecture on safety after they did something stupid like swerve off a pavement or doing a u-turn in front of my car without looking.
If you jump in front of a train, you are wrong and your family must pay JR. If you ride a bike in front of a car, the driver is wrong and must pay.
Unfortunately, cyclists require no licence so they cannot effectively be banned from riding. Perhaps they should be licensed. Even if a test were not required to get the licence, it would be possible to ban the irresponsible from riding.
Posted in: 2 girls riding a bike hit by car in Chiba; one dies
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gaijintraveller
Does "disable the problematic part of its software" mean disable Internet Explorer completely? That seems like the best solution. However, Microsoft just recommends deactivating video ActiveX. It seems ActiveX always has been and probably always will be a security hole.
Use Firefox or Opera.
Posted in: Microsoft warns of serious computer security hole
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gaijintraveller
Please, not a recorded message. "Be careful, there is a silent car approaching. (Short pause.) Be careful, there is a silent car approaching, (Short pause followed by endless repeats.)"
Posted in: Gov't may add noise-making device to quiet hybrid cars for safety
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gaijintraveller
I thought the image was yakuza and they were often bought by illegal entities.
The desire for LHD hangs over from when imported cars were rare and considered a status symbol. British cars, which are by nature RHD, used to be imported in LHD form because that is what customers wanted, a foreign car that looked foreign.
Posted in: Premium wheels
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gaijintraveller
Are the nurses working there real qualified nurses or are they in fact more like the girls in some bars, just wearing nurse costumes? What about the doctors? Are they qualified? If they are, they should be performing medically desirable treatment, not providing any treatment that will relieve the patient (customer might be a better term) of their money.
Most importantly, are the needles used new or properly sterilised? At this price they should certainly be new, but that doesn't mean that they are.
A tingling feeling in the toes and fingers can also be obtained, I have heard, by an overdose of fugu.
Posted in: Tokyo’s latest health craze goes straight for the jugular
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gaijintraveller
Clouseau portrayed by Peter Sellars
Posted in: Who are your favorite fictional detectives of literature, film or TV?
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gaijintraveller
When a person repeats a lie often enough, they often believe it themselves. If the person has convinced himself the lie is true, you cannot tell.
Ask someone if Dick Cheney is a nice guy. Answer: No. Waterboard or cattle-prod him. Answer: No. Repeat waterboarding or cattle-prod. Answer: Yes.
This demonstrates how waterboarding or a cattle-prod do not guarantee the truth, but are more likely to provide the answer the torturer desires.
Posted in: How can you tell if someone is lying to you?
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gaijintraveller
The only really new thing about this seems to be a price approaching 4,000 yen. I suppose you could say a power cable to trip over instead of a battery is a feature.
Posted in: 'Buzz off' never sounded better
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gaijintraveller
If annoying noise could act as a repellent, nobody would shop at places like Yodobashi or BIC, use JR or escalators. This will not work in Japan because Japanese people accept annoying noises as a natural part of the environment. I have been told that this is because they have heard these sounds since birth and grown up with noise.
Posted in: 'Teen repellent' in Adachi park spurs flood of inquiries
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gaijintraveller
Cats are excellent at reducing the population of rodents such as rats and mice. They are a natural part of the environment. The problem is so many people mistreat them and teach them to fear humans or even be aggressive. If they are treated with kindness, they will respond with friendliness.
A large cause of the problem is the reluctance of many people to neuter their cats (and dogs, for that matter) as doing so is expensive in Japan. Their cats have kittens. The kittens are then dumped near a school or playground.
I have had several cats in Japan which had been dumped.
What is really needed is action against people who mistreat or dump animals. It is mistreatment that makes dogs and cats aggressive or fearful of humans.
Posted in: NPO provides unusual solution to Japan’s feral cat problem