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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griff
what's wrong with this picture?
Posted in: Momoe Yamaguchi's songs to become ringtones
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griff
a lot of nails getting hit on the head in this discussion. my 2c:
it's a problem pretty much everywhere on this planet, especially industrialised nations, but especially so in japan: people don't learn to live. they're taught to fit into a social role but they're never taught how to actually live a life, or rather pointed in the direction whereby they can learn it for themselves. so it's no surprise that people don't know how to enjoy the simple things in life (sex, for example). to do that would detract from their proscribed social role
but, as i said, this is not only japan, but seems to be a particularly developed affliction there
Posted in: Sexless in Japan
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griff
this is inevitably going to turn into a fairly ugly PR incident for japan
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griff
that's a fine lady right there
Posted in: Alicia Keys
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griff
so she'd have to be entirely horizontal? i think that was their intent anyway
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griff
perhaps the publishers are hoping that you think you will
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griff
can someone please remind me of the nihongo word for this kind of thing: translates a bit like "keeping up appearances", begins with 見, i believe. i read about it in a book some time ago and forgot the word. it explains (or at least accounts for) much of this bizarre behaviour
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griff
filthy lucre
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griff
don't be silly. police is in the international lexicon with words like ok, yes & no. police in many countries use the english unless it's languages where the native word is more or less the same
makes perfect sense
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griff
i'm dubious about google moving into hardware. with them with the software, though
Posted in: Google to sell Nexus One, a 'super' mobile phone
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griff
yes... this is certainly a cultural tendency with a very marked upside and downside
Posted in: Burn away the old
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griff
america became unattractive when it decided to stop welcoming outsiders for the talent they could bring, in favour of protecting against the "danger" that they might bring... this change of focus will be its inevitable downfall
Posted in: More students hoping to improve their skills in English opt for Canada or Australia because they want to enjoy the laid-back lifestyle those countries advertise.
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griff
well if you must just go with the herd, don't be surprised if the experience is a little less than fulfilling!
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griff
a little bit too alive, it seems
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griff
seems all that 8 years of "heightened" security has achieved is unhappy and violated travelers, power crazed staff and 0% increased safety
Posted in: Obama: U.S. intel had info ahead of airliner attack
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griff
watch the video again, you can practically see the dollar signs flashing in front of cowell's eyes
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griff
regarding this case, for once i'm on microsoft's side
Posted in: Court bans sale of Word; Microsoft has fix ready
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griff
i'm sure she put out like a trooper back in the day. now, however, i'm sure she has the kekkon hunting plague like your wouldn't believe
unless, of course, she's just living her life, in which case i'm in search of her phone number
Posted in: Aki Hoshino retires from the races
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griff
i suppose in japan she'll be known as SuBo.
oh, hang on, that's what she gets called in the uk :/
Posted in: Susan Boyle to appear on 'Kohaku'
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griff
such a shame that air pollution so often obstructs views in the tokyo area. on a clear winter's day, the flatness of the kanto plain allows for wonderful views of the surrounding mountains if you can get up a little from street level
i always hoped to be up the tocho on a particularly clear day but was never lucky enough, unfortunately
Posted in: Tokyo sunset