JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Full-time English Teacher - Osaka
- Epion English Language Schools, Osaka
- Salary: ¥200,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month Depending on your ability and experience
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- Part-time English Teacher - Osaka
- Epion English Language Schools, Osaka
- Salary: ¥10,000 ~ ¥15,000 / Day Depending on how many days a week are worked
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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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helloklitty
Even an underage girl or boy who takes pictures of themselves and sells them is guilty of child pornography.
Posted in: Ex-'juku' instructor charged with enlisting student to photograph classmates in changing room
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helloklitty
I like her, but she reminds me of the "Goon" from Popeye.
Posted in: Jankovic advances to Pan Pacific Open quarters
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helloklitty
Another one where the hero swindled some crooked judges and then his girlfriend swindled him. Why? After all they had gone through together, you'd think she'd stay with the hero. It surprised me, but not in a pleasant way.
Posted in: John Grisham has no shortage of book ideas
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helloklitty
From a Nov. 2007 investment newsletter:
Peter Churchouse has once again turned his attention to Japanese real estate stocks...
In his e-mail to me, he listed reason after reason why Japanese real estate is a great place for our money...
• Japanese real estate investment trusts (REITs) are a great bargain, down 29% since June 1. • Dividend yields are the highest income plays in Japan, in the 4% range. • There's a huge incentive to borrow and buy real estate, as "cap rates" (essentially the rent minus the costs of upkeep) are 4%-6%, while the cost of borrowing money is only 1.5%. • Rents in Tokyo are up 30% in the past two years. • The city is crawling with investment bankers looking to buy properties... companies like Goldman Sachs, which has already spent billions investing in Tokyo real estate. • There is no supply... vacancy rates in Tokyo real estate are tight at 2.6% and there isn't much new building taking place. Peter is right... the opportunity is enormous. Japanese real estate is literally selling at 1980s prices. It's unbelievable.
Japanese real estate stocks may turn out to be the very best investment you can possibly make over the next five years.
I suggest you find a way to get in soon.
Good investing,
Steve (Sjuggerud)
Posted in: Japan's housing market weathers subprime crisis
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helloklitty
"emerged" (sic) - immersed
Once again, statistics in Japan are so lacking. In the U.S., they would break the prices down by region or even by city. Here, we get "Japan". What does that mean to someone in Kyushu? Nothing.
Posted in: Japan's housing market weathers subprime crisis
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helloklitty
Americans are definitely going back to the 70s: high interest rates, high inflation.
Posted in: Lehman declares bankruptcy; Bank of America buys Merrill Lynch
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helloklitty
What about staying in business? Is that a scam, too?
I suppose for some people who are inexperienced travelers, the numerous extra fees come as quite a surprise and cause some disappointment. After a few trips, you learn to ask a few questions and find out the full price.
Poor ultradodgy. The overcharge amounted to about 15,000 yen per passenger.
Posted in: JAL, ANA admit overcharging for fuel tax
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helloklitty
How does the U.S. take over a private enterprise (AIG) without approval of the shareholders? Why do they only take over sick companies? Can't they take over healthy ones? Comrade Bernanke seems to have finally drawn a line in the sand over Lehman. Why?
Posted in: What do you think of the recent financial upheavals in the U.S. that have seen Lehman Brothers file for bankruptcy, Bank of America buy Merrill Lynch, the collapse of Bear Stearns and the U.S. government take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
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helloklitty
Obama's solution to America's problems: higher taxes and more interventionism, the kind of economic idiocy that the economically illiterate Thomas Franks of the Wall Street Journal self-righteously recommends.
The first thing to note about taxes is that they divert spending from those who originally earned the money to politicians and bureaucrats. Now I am no anarchist: I do believe government is necessary to maintain civilisation. But like the classical economists I know there is a point where taxation becomes hazardous to a country's economic, political and social welfare.
Posted in: Obama, McCain blame economic woes on greed, policy
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helloklitty
How many times have we seen stories on Japan Today: Consumer Confidence Down, and then some "expert" saying we consumers need to consume more? That has been the problem for the U.S., a nation of consumers who produce very little of what the rest of the world wants. American GDP growth from the Clinton era onwards has been an illusion created by the FED. Stop investing in the U.S. and life will be just fine. And if you want to buy a house, make sure the payments are 30% or less of your income.
Posted in: What do you think of the recent financial upheavals in the U.S. that have seen Lehman Brothers file for bankruptcy, Bank of America buy Merrill Lynch, the collapse of Bear Stearns and the U.S. government take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
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helloklitty
In September 2000, former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori announced he would make Japan the world's most advanced country in the area of IT within five years.
http://sugita.us/Japan%20Today%20-%20Japan%20still%20too%20slow%20on%20Internet%20usage.pdf
Posted in: For quality broadband, it's Japan by a mile
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helloklitty
And all the credit goes to the "divine" former Prime Minister Mori, believe it or not.
Posted in: For quality broadband, it's Japan by a mile
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helloklitty
I think it was the dialogue which won over the viewers.
Posted in: Up and Downey
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helloklitty
What capitalist system? The U.S. has become a socialist country. That's why we're in this mess. if the U.S. government would just completely butt out ...
Posted in: What do you think of the recent financial upheavals in the U.S. that have seen Lehman Brothers file for bankruptcy, Bank of America buy Merrill Lynch, the collapse of Bear Stearns and the U.S. government take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
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helloklitty
this goes all the way back to the dot.com bubble bursting. the govt. intervened just like they are intervening again. we didn't take our lumps back then, so we're taking them twofold now. the u.s. has to realize it's becoming a socialist country. this is why the bankers took all these stupid risks - they know they'll be bailed out. if we were truly capitalist, bankers would have been a lot more careful about managing risk and we wouldn't be in this mess
finally, no bailout for lehman bros. - that's the way it should be
Posted in: Bank of Japan injects Y2.5 tril into markets as Lehman Japan also files for bankruptcy
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helloklitty
as in, "sitting in the onsen feels good" ? Ha! Ha!
Where do I apply?
Posted in: Ex-Nova teachers finding work at onsens
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helloklitty
sounds like they'd have a light schedule especially compared to what they were doing at nova
Posted in: Ex-Nova teachers finding work at onsens
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helloklitty
What may be common knowledge to you is not common knowledge to everyone. These company's who exploit workers need to be exposed and shamed. Do you have something against that? If so, why?
Posted in: Questions rise about temps, overwork at Toyota
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helloklitty
I call it J-poop
Posted in: What do you think of Japanese pop and rock music? Heard anything you like?
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helloklitty
The inventor of Lasik doesn't even go for the Lasik. It's history is too short he says. He's waiting to find out if it's actually safe.
Moderator: Stay on topic please.
Posted in: Palin's glasses give boost to Japanese company's sales