JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Core Developer - コアディベロッパー
- Midokura Japan K.K. - ミドクラジャパン株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M ~ ¥10.0M / Year Negotiable
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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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- 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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hakujinsensei
His murder was a crime. and I hope the murderer is punished accordingly. There is no place in the christian theology that accepts this kind of behavior and anyone that thinks differently needs to carefully read the words of Jesus as recorded in the new testament.
That being said, Mr. Tiller was no hero, nor was he brave and courageous. He was a murderer in his own right, routinely taking the lives of perfectly viable babies due to the weak and anemic laws of america that fail to protect our most vulnerable members. It is the height of hypocrisy when a society charges the murderer of an unborn baby with 2 murders and allows men like Mr. Tiller to snuff those lights out with impunity.
Posted in: Kansas abortion doctor killed in church
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hakujinsensei
1 I dont know where Bill lives but Kansai is full of quaint little villages and sight seeing spots so going for a drive in the country here makes a wonderful date. Electric wires? got them in every country I have ever been in...
2 You can get a license by having your license from back home translated, taking the simple written test and then taking the driving test. They are ridiculously hard on people that 'did not go to school' so you may have to take it a couple times, but you can get some time on the actual course with an instructor for just a few thousand yens to practice. You can drive on an international license for 1 year.
3 Yes the truck drivers are insane, especially dump truck drivers. Give them plenty of room and dont provoke them. That being said, ever drive in Mexico?
4 I have not really noticed that many people exhibiting that behavior, I will look more closely.
5 hahaha, after driving millions of miles in america, I am a noobie driver and have to pay the noobie driving tax. Had I thought about the insurance, I would have married an older girl ; ) Our second car is not excessively expensive.
6 Shaken, yes it is expensive, driving in japan is expensive. The same Honda here cost way more than back home... go figure. gas, insurance, shaken... At first it really rankled me but I did my shaken myself, and I am thankful that every dink can not afford a car. If it were as cheap to drive here as back home, there would be no parking and the traffic would be unbearable.
7 Parking, big problem, and expensive... see 6
8 Being american, freedom means everything to me. And freedom = FREE so I hated tolls. After struggling on the low roads for 6 months, I finally decided my sanity had a value as well and started using the kousoku toll roads. Now, I appreciate the tolls. Tolls = choice. When I really need to get there soon, they are available at a price, if I have the time and patience taking the roads more traveled can be fun as well. HOWEVER, Commander Aso really messed up with the 1000 yen max on weekends. First, that money is not free and I have to pay for it in my taxes because NEXCO wants their cut and Aso kun is covering all that discount out of the public coffers. Idiot. Plus of course, it means that the kousoku roads are one giant traffic jam from saturday morning to sunday night. Aso's stupidity = no choice on weekends. How can we get rid of this guy?
9,10 Speed traps are part of the game. Just remember the speed limits here are unreasonable slow in many places. Ever drive in Mexico? ; ) Old = hazard in any language.
Posted in: Why I hate driving in Japan
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hakujinsensei
How dare those North Koreans do what America, France, Russia, China........ have done.
Even Pollyanna would not believe that we could stop the march of nuclear proliferation, of which by the way America is the largest profiteer.
It is time to take our heads out of the sand and spend our energy dealing with loons with nukes rather than waste our time on the impossible task of keeping nukes from loons.
Posted in: NKorea test-fires another missile; slams Security Council
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hakujinsensei
who really believes that even the creation of a palestine state will result in peace?
hamas' stated goals include primarily the creation of a palestinian state in place of israel. as long as the palestinians allow hamas to dictate their future, they are choosing a future of violence.
Obaby would have better luck negotiating an expansion on guantanamo bay with the big C.
Posted in: Obama presses Israel, Palestinians for peace talks
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hakujinsensei
its all just calculus...
for every truth there is lie,
and as the lie approaches truth,
the difference between lie and truth approaches zero,
so that we can assume that truth and lie are the same.
there is your proof
Posted in: How can you tell if someone is lying to you?
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hakujinsensei
mindovermatter: do you think that people, companies or countries play fair? its all about number one baby and as far as japan is concerned, getting the GNP is the most important thing. and part of that is the GDP. there was this book, Pollyanna...
Posted in: Japan reports surprise trade surplus of Y69 billion in April
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hakujinsensei
sailwind, you might feel different if you lived in say... afghanistan? iraq? vietnam? nicaragua?...
Posted in: How much of a military threat is North Korea to Japan?
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hakujinsensei
this is a sad story about two people trying to do their best to get what they want out of life and having a difficult time attaining it.I think people should quit pointing fingers and just morn. worked out bad for both of them. feel sorry for them both.
Posted in: Man arrested for murder of woman in Nagano love hotel
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hakujinsensei
I didnt think of that!
Good call Jcops. Now enforce this at the supermarket so that fish monger will shutto appu! and I can shop in peace.
This should be a national law! No more irrashamase! would be heaven on earth.
Posted in: Cleanup
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hakujinsensei
of course deriheru services flourish. everyman on the planet has a sex drive, some lie and put up with nonsense(much more so with a jgirl) to get it, and some pay for it.
standard practice is to say the 8000 yen for the hour was just to hang out and watch tv. 'now where is my beer ketchi ossan???'
bad day looking for temp work, he just snapped. sad all around.
Posted in: Man arrested for murder of woman in Nagano love hotel
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hakujinsensei
Who cares if the figures are meaningless!!
They will fool plenty of people to get things rolling.
pollyannna was right! revel in the new reality!
yeah! go japan! nippon daiichi!!
my life would be so boring if I did not live here.
and it would be even more had I not learned to read japanese to get the more ridiculous news off the jsites.
Posted in: Japan reports surprise trade surplus of Y69 billion in April
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hakujinsensei
been posted a bunch of times here.
Dont like the action in Roppongi, go somewhere else...
I havent seen a single nigerian tout in my neck of the woods. why not try going some place with some class for a change?
Posted in: Cleanup
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hakujinsensei
How do you even comment on this?
10 year old the queen of her castle?
This guy goes to all the trouble to dress up as an employee of the water co.?
He obviously did not read the other post today, he could have saved the trouble n just perused the park.
Seriously, 10 year olds are not supposed to be home alone.
Posted in: Man breaks into elementary school pupil's home in Himeji
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hakujinsensei
Threat?
Little country, no friends, frowned upon idealogy, few raw materials....
The only thing they have going for them is if they get this technology workable so they can bargain their way to providing enough money to run those collectives.
Good call in my book. Lets see, Ethiopia is in a similar situation and is doing nothing to shake things up and the world is racing to bring them into the developed world...
As for the kettle calling the pot black... America and the rest of the developed world stopped research and development on weapons when? 1944? Dont make me laugh.
How many countries has NK invaded in the last 40 years? America? 1, 2, 3, oh, the count goes on.
The most dangerous country on the planet? America by far.
Posted in: How much of a military threat is North Korea to Japan?
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hakujinsensei
my gut tells me that bamboohat is right. this guy is probably talking big knowing that he can not be connected to any other crimes. just another incredibly lonely social misfit frustrated to the point of acting out.... just speculation though ; )
Posted in: Man admits to assaulting girls 'about 70 times'
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hakujinsensei
people making a living, so they are a bit annoying but success goes to the annoying.
live n let live. if you dont like it, there are many others places to go besides roppongi.
are all touts nigerian? sounds a bit racist. are all bars owned by the yakuza? doubt it.
whiners, get a life
Posted in: Cleanup
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hakujinsensei
oh, and studebaker, it makes no difference where the child is born or how many passports as long as it is registered in the womans family registry.
A woman can start her own registry, but a foreign national may not. He is listed on her registry as a note; married to american national Bob Tom. And dont get me started as to why my child spawned with my Japanese partner can not have a middle name.
Most children have 'japanese' names on their passport, and foreign names on their foreign passport.
like sakura anne kline, will have a japanse passport that says something such as Sakura Nomura in kanji and kana of course. NO MIDDLE NAMES! You would think that they could just put it on and ignore it but the law says that only the tennou has the right to have more than two monikers；）You could name her SakuraAnne but then she will be called SakuraAnne because.... WE HAVE TO ; )
bottom line, as soon as they are listed in the that registry, they are property primarily of japan and secondarily of the mother and thirdly of her parents or relatives. Her father is irrelevant.
bottom line, if you marry a japanese national, and you love your children, divorce is NOT an option unless you want to just walk away.
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hakujinsensei
good article, when japan washes it own hands it can start whining about NK etc.
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hakujinsensei
in the end, she is being nice to people. honorable in my book. anna has nor should she have anything to regret unless there are a bunch of people sitting around telling her she is wrong for not fitting in their social and moral mold.
Posted in: Maid in Akihabara
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hakujinsensei
Well, she will learn more about Japan in a week at the Maid Cafe than by working a year at NOVA ; ) And why would she not grow thru this experience of dealing daily with customers, management and other staff? She would grow more by getting coffee for the salarymen at OOO KK? What is with the professional prejudice?
Posted in: Maid in Akihabara