JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- 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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herefornow
j4p4 -- does that include the years of neglecting safety concerns so Japan could enjoy cheap power? Which is, according to most objective experts, a principal reason Fukushima experienced the severe damage it did, and why Japan is now facing a nuclear crisis and years of re-building. What's the difference?
Posted in: Kyushu Electric execs under fire for not resigning over fake email scandal
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herefornow
No surprise/news here. Move on. Japanese electric companies have been ignoring almost all findings they don't like for decades. With a wink from the government, because the politicians, bureaucrats and business leaders all felt it was best for Japan Inc. Until that unhealthy three- way alliance is broken once and for all in Japan, the country will never prosper again, and the citizens will always be paying for this kind of nonsense.
Posted in: Kyushu Electric execs under fire for not resigning over fake email scandal
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issa1 -- really? I think not. The reason Carlos Chosn is CEO of Nissan, and has been for so long, is due to two factors. First, Renault bailed Nissan's failed Japan-led management out, and insisted on appointing him as part of the deal. Second, he has been highly successful, in great part by doing what this guy was doing -- short-cutting much of the un-necessary Japanese bureaucracy and worthless process. And, having worked with Nissan in Japan, I can tell you that the domestic Japan managers would still dump him if they could and go back to running Nissan the old way, despite the fact that he saved their jobs. Not sure if that makes them racist. But is sure makes them ignorent.
Posted in: Olympus ousts British CEO after 6 months due to conflicts
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herefornow
LOL. This is an oxymoron -- a HUGE one. There is no such thing as a "Japanese style of global management " , or at least very, very few examples. The global economy moves much too fast, and individual market conditions vary too much for the centralized, bureaucratic, concensus-building, tedious, Japan-focused style to work. Especially since many, if not most of the top managers/directors have never worked overseas, and have no foreign langauge skills. Toyota is having its problems due to this, and Sony got blown out of the market by companies like Apple for these same reasons. The slide will continue.
Posted in: Olympus ousts British CEO after 6 months due to conflicts
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herefornow
zichi -- wonderful analysis, but it ignores the biggest issue -- the 700% tariff of rice imports that Japan imposes. If that didn't exist, the economics of the one hectacre farms would disppear, because they would be forced tocombine/rationalize. Which is the whole point. Japan continuing to support a feudal system is foolish. But, please, answer my basic question -- if SK, which faced the same ecomomics, could restructure their agriculture, why can't Japan? Why can't you just admit the obvious? It has nothing to do with economics or sustainability, but everything to do with entrenched interests like the JA and the Agriculture Ministry and the disproportionate voting power they control. And, cleo, as usual, a red-herring argument thrown in the direction of the U.S. which has no value to this discussion. But, more power to you that you feel committed to paying ridiculous prices for agricultural products so Japan can maintain its "island mentality". Let's hope the industries that supply most of Japan's jobs, can somehow manage to flourish in this environment and provide jobs for your kids, so they can pay the same prices for the rest of their lives.
Posted in: Japan to decide on joining TPP by next month
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LFRAgain -- I doubt that. Since you know so much about food/diet, I presume you know that most experts agree that people should consume large daily quantities of fresh fruits and vegtables -- for a healthy heart, fighting cancer, etc. But these are the things most expensive in Japan. So you willingly pay over $5.00 for a bag of 5 apples? Or similarly high prices for most green leafy vegtables? And that, you believe, is a good "quality of life"? Sorry, but IMO, it isn't. And potentially short-changing someone's health to protect a few rice farmers who live off taxpayers money isn't the long-term solution.
Posted in: Japan to decide on joining TPP by next month
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herefornow
It appears many posters here don't keep up with events outside of Japan, so, it is worth noting that the U.S. Congress just approved an FTA with SK. How come SK, which faces many of the same issues regarding agriculture/sustainablility, could manage to see the big picture and restructure its agricultural community to address the changing world, and Japan cannot? Japan continues to be its own worst enemy, and I'm just glad I'm no longer wasting hundreds of dollars a month for food there so the country can continue to bury its head in the sand.
Posted in: Japan to decide on joining TPP by next month
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kaketama -- please explain your thinking to me. Less than 3% of Japan's GDP comes from agriculture and the families employed in it. And, the business leaders of Japan are all in favor of the TPP, since they know it will help make the industries that do drive Japan's economy more competitive. So why is the tail wagging the dog?
Posted in: Japan to decide on joining TPP by next month
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herefornow
yum, yum. Five times the world price, and no radiation, according to the prefectural government. Who could want more?
Posted in: Fukushima rice given all-clear after radiation tests
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herefornow
This shows just how close Japan came to a catostrophic disaster, rather than just a major one. If the wind had been blowing more in the direction of Tokyo when the plants blew up, Japan would have ceased to exist as we know it. Scary thought.
Posted in: Stringent tests planned to map radiation spread after hotspot found in Setagaya
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655321 -- encouraging isn't it. Only like seven months after the Tohoku disaster and Japan has already completely "recovered" to its pre-quake level of silliness and materialism. Gives one hope for the future.
Posted in: Best dressed eyes
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herefornow
That's a nice thought, but a little optimistic. One deal does not a trend make. If Japan truly wants to attract foreign investors it needs to make some serious structural reforms and not just have companies like Bain come in and buy-up turnaround targets.
Posted in: U.S. investment firm Bain to buy Skylark restaurant chain: reports
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zichi -- well bully for you, but, unfortunately, since Japan can only provide 40% of its caloric needs, the other 99.9999% of the population does. Or does that not matter?
Posted in: Noda says Japan must decide soon on trans-Pacific trade agreement
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herefornow
Wonder if we'll see her on next year's Project Runway.
Posted in: Marie enrolled in Parsons The New School for Design
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herefornow
Wow, the hallowing-out of Japan must be a much bigger threat than imagined if the Ministry is acknowleding it. And, tkoind2, while your post makes a lot of sense, it ignores the fact that Japanese domestic consumption is weak, and likely to weaken further in light of all the upcoming planned tax increases. Plus, if Japan does lose jobs to overseas locations there will be even less disposable income to spend here.
Posted in: The worst case is, a greater percentage of business will be done overseas. And that will lead to big, big problems for small and medium-size companies. They have two options. Either they follow suit and move overseas, or they go out of business.
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herefornow
zichi -- so? Japanese farmers get HUGE subsidies, as well as protection from tarriffs as high as 700% and regulations designed to keep out foreign agricultural products. Wouldn't we all be better of if, as gonemad suggests, these all be lowered or done away with entirely in negotiations? Or do you like paying 500% or more the world price for your food? But, more importantly, Japan cannot hope to get its fair share of global trade in the 21st century unless it restructures its agriculture. SK did it, why can't Japan?
Posted in: Noda says Japan must decide soon on trans-Pacific trade agreement
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100 million -- completely correct. The JA, especially in the wake of the Tohoku disaster, is much too powerful to let Japan participate in this deal, although they need to desperately. An FTA between the U.S. and SK is about to be passed by Congress here. Japan is simply falling further and further behind by standing still. Doing nothing is no longer a viable strategy,
Posted in: Noda says Japan must decide soon on trans-Pacific trade agreement
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Good on Toyota. The only way for Japan to prosper in the 21st century, as opposed to stagnate like it has for the past two decades, is to have truly global-thinking companies, not simply Japanese ones doing business in other countries. And this is recognizing that. Hat's off to Toyota. Hope more companies follow suit.
Posted in: Toyota to offer study-abroad program for job-offer recipients
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ExportExpert -- agree. Just add criminal to your list.
Posted in: We are concentrating our manpower on compensation payment procedures and efforts to bring the crippled nuclear power station under control.
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herefornow
Let it go Italy. Your justice system failed miserably by allowing the prosecutor to turn this into a side-show based on character asssination, rather than hard evidence. And then, when embarrassed by independent experts hired by the court, they simply turned up the level of nonsense. Turn your attention towards the prosecutor and your system that allowed this to happen, not Amanda Knox. Becuase if she was guilty, it is your fault she walked, not her's.
Posted in: Italian judge: Knox may know 'real truth' in case