JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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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
next time someone tries to suggest that suicide is a "noble" or "beautiful" thing to do, please point them in the direction of this news article
Posted in: Father dies trying to stop son's hydrogen sulfide gas suicide
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griff
socially it's killing japan. economically it's one of the major reasons for the "economic miracle"
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griff
why be surprised? suicide and bullying are two of the most popular pastimes in japan
Posted in: Bullying blamed after two 13-yr-old girls jump to their deaths
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griff
i think the route of this problem links to the japanese social/psychological inability to connect with people that do not look like themselves. don't get me wrong, this is a disease of the human race, but it seems to me that next to nothing is done in japan to combat this tendency, which is strongly at odds with the way people live in the 21st century: if every foreign face you ever see is either a beautiful, strong, super confident movie star, or a geeky advertising caricature then neither of these does anything to improve your ability to see people that do not look like you as just normal people just like yourself. the average japanese has a grand total of ZERO contact with westerners, and if the only representations of them that they see are brad pitt or mr james then how are they supposed to learn how to treat white westerners "naturally"? it's funny that programs like JET and jnr high alts have intentions to teach japanese kids how to interact with westerners, but due to the existing and overriding stereotypes, they quite frequently end up reinforcing the very stereotypes that they might be hoped to break
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griff
that's because of the awesome ambivalence that a lot of japan feels towards the west (or even countries other than its direct asian neighbours); they are fascinated by it, seduced by it, but also uncomfortable/incapable of admitting this fairly harmless fact to themselves or those around them. as a result they end up painting themselves into corners. wake up. if resting on ones laurels was human nature then we'd all still be living in caves
Posted in: Marie gives the lowdown on being 'half'
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griff
errr.... that's pretty tacky
Posted in: Reach for the Universe
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griff
to me, the photo exhibits desperation, not devotion
Posted in: Praying for a hubby
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griff
for each of the high-profile cases you mention there are a score more poor kids bought from their parents so they can be brainwashed with promises of heaven and have bombs strapped to them in iraq, israel or oher parts of the middle east. attacks that affect the west are inevitably different in character. at its heart (jihadist) islam is just like any large organised religion: a political movement with superstitious pretensions. the best solution is to get to root of the politics
Posted in: Mumbai gunman describes indoctrination in Pakistan
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griff
ha! so true
Posted in: Praying for a hubby
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griff
simply put, being a native english speaker (unfortunately) disincentivises learning a foreign language
Posted in: Unraveling how children become bilingual so easily
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griff
Jihadism mostly feeds on poverty, it would seem. take poverty out of the equation and people have a lot less motivation to put themselves in harm's way
Posted in: Mumbai gunman describes indoctrination in Pakistan
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griff
NICE SUITS!
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griff
so you don't think their time and energies might be better spent doing something like... i dunno... building a good life for themselves, irrespective of marriage?
Posted in: Praying for a hubby
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griff
it means that they will anyway, but asking is tatemae for the illusion that they give a damn about retired drones
Posted in: The shock was huge. In the beginning, JAL even didn’t want to hold meetings to explain it.
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griff
most of them, yes, but some of them surely have deeply repressed intellect
Posted in: Praying for a hubby
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griff
this is a very western view. japanese crave dependence
Posted in: Praying for a hubby
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griff
...and i should add that perhaps some of these women don't really want to marry, but the unending pressure from parents and grandparents, as well as society at large, means they'd happily marry anyone
Posted in: Praying for a hubby
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griff
what a shame that women don't feel they have any other options. one of these might find a cure for cancer...
Posted in: Praying for a hubby
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griff
which implies that languages belong to a group of people, and that language is a badge of identity/allegiance to a group. yet more dated, multiculturalist clap-trap
Posted in: Unraveling how children become bilingual so easily
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griff
this, as well as thinly-disguised arrogance/insecurity about the supposed superiority of the japanese language
Posted in: Unraveling how children become bilingual so easily