JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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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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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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herefornow
risingfro ... fair enough. Although you must not believe in the old expression "You need a cushion for pushin." I just find nothing particularly "hot" about skinny women with no real shape -- especially ones modeling swim wear. Particularly since many of them are actually somewhat flabby relative to their size/weight, especially their upper arms, legs, and what butt they have. Give me a shapely, athletic gal over this anytime.
Posted in: Swimsuit campaign girl
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herefornow
risingfro ...Only if you like: 1) A cups 2) Everything being "Kawaii" and 3) Flat butts with no real shape.
Posted in: Swimsuit campaign girl
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herefornow
I've lived here well over five years, and can count on one hand the number of times I saw a J-guy give up his seat. But, I probably do it onec or twice a month, at least. My motivation is simply to make J-women, particularly the older ones, realize that all foreigners are not "bad", and, actually, compared to their own clods, are more often than not, quite considerate.
Posted in: Is chivalry dead on Tokyo trains?
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herefornow
This has all the makings of a great made-for-TV movie/mini-series. Maybe she'll get out in time to play herself.
Posted in: Noriko Sakai's yakuza upbringing in spotlight
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herefornow
I almost feel sorry for Obama, having to try to deal with this mess. But, he staked his reputation on Afghaniston, so now he's stuck with it.
Posted in: Afghan recount ordered because of fraud charges
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herefornow
Beautiful and talented and truly and actress. Not like the flavor of the week J-"model turned actress" that normally fill this spot.
Posted in: Chanel No. 2
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herefornow
This is a society that has numerous glaring contradictions/hypocracies, and this is one. Society winks at these business establishments, knowing that they are skirting the laws, and also knowing that they are likely to attract a certain percentage of nut jobs as clients, but then hide behind hideously weak anti-stalking laws. If J-men are having an increasingly difficult time having real relationships, and these kinds of cases are becoming more common, then the laws, and the way they are enforced need to be changed. Critisizing the gals, and not addressing the underlying social issue, is crap.
Posted in: Woman dies one month after being stabbed by stalker
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herefornow
If by "big brands" you mean Ritz-Carlton, Hyatt Grand, Peninsula, Hilton, Westin and Shangri-La, the answer is no. But, of course, the GM at The Imperial is Japanese.
Posted in: The Ritz experience
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herefornow
Deplorable. I can accept it when a small restaurant had "hushed beef" on its menu. At least it was trying to accomodate English speakers. But, when major companies like JTB, JR, etc, as well as many multi-nationals use pig-English, that is simply laziness, and only worsens the poor langauge skills of J-kids.
Posted in: What do you think about the way English is used in the branding and marketing of products in Japan?
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herefornow
societymike -- that's crap and you know it. It is not Japan's "culture" to demean women and treat them as sexual objects no matter what their age. It is nothing more than an acceptable societal norm which has emerged over the past 50 years or so, as J-men have become increasingly unable to manage real relationships with women. And, whether someone is simply a visitor here, or a long-term resident like myself, they have every right to comment. Because that view of women is unhealthy and is keeping Japan from truly competing on a global level. You can't relegate over 50% of the population to sex object status and expect to compete with the EU countries, the U.S., etc.
Posted in: MSDF member arrested for having sex with 13-year-old girl
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herefornow
Simply a crutch for millions of J-guys not eating well or living a healthy lifestyle. If they didn't spend so much time strapped to their desks, leaving only for smoking breaks, and grab their breakfast, lunch and dinner at convenience stores, they wouldn't need this stuff. No substitute for eating right, getting some exercise, and enough sleep.
Posted in: What do you think of so-called energy drinks?
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herefornow
womanforwomen -- you're kidding, right? We can see "nice Jladies" every day on the streets of Tokyo. And, guess what, they all look the same. About time to see a real, non-barbie-doll woman, who truly is sexy, not just trying to look sexy.
Posted in: Dita Von Teese
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herefornow
ptolemy -- spot on. Bet none of the folks bashing the dad ever raised a teenage boy. I did, and can only find complete sadness in my heart for both these unfortunate victims -- actually three, including the mom.
Posted in: Father dies trying to stop son's hydrogen sulfide gas suicide
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herefornow
"From trash to trash". Hope the door doesn't hit these bums on the way out. Maybe if they spent less time being politicians, and more time being legislators, they might still have jobs.
Posted in: Moving out
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herefornow
Great idea -- Never happen. To Japan's detriment.
Posted in: DPJ leader Yukio Hatoyama wants to remove power from the hands of bureaucrats. Can he do it? And is it a good idea?
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herefornow
No surprise here. Anyone who has been in Japan longer than a week or so sees this first-hand every day. Japan is very-much third-world in thinking in many ways. This being just one. Hopefully a DPJ-led government can start to correct this problem.
Posted in: Women's poverty often an overlooked issue in Japan
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herefornow
JT -- you run a picture of these guys at least once every six months or so. Isn't there anything more newsworthy than this bunch of over-the-hill, skinny guys, crying for attention every weekend?
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Posted in: Rockabilly
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herefornow
WhiteHawk -- Must be wonderful to be so self-rightous, and know that unlike Ted Kennedy, you yourself, and the folks you support, have no human failings or have ever fallen short of your "dreams". ( I guess "Mission Accomplished" was just an aberration, right?) However, since you want folks to "prove your points wrong", I will do just that. Fact is Kennedy had no "sailing waters". In fact, a members of my family have sailed many times in races and regattas around the Cape and the Islands that Kennedy participated in, and have pictures of him and his sail boat in the waters of Hyannis. Please stop showing your ideology-fed ignorence. Kennedy was wealthy, no doubt, but, more than any of your heroes, he was a man of the people.
Posted in: Kennedy remembered for 'dream he kept alive'
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herefornow
presto345 -- please come out of your stupor, no doubt brought on by your 40 years here. The LDP model of relying on exports and heavy borrowing to pave roads hit the fan at least fifteen years ago, when China, India, Vietnam, etc., etc., started to grow and steal and render Japan's reliance on exports obsolete. (Compare Japan's % of GDP from exports to the U.S.'s.) The declining birthrate IS a real issue, since there are not enough wage earners to shoulder the huge public debt -- twice the GDP -- or pay the pensions, or, build a solid domestic-demand-led economy. Really, you need to master Econ 101 before you go to the LDP's defense. Not the LDP version of economics.
Posted in: Record jobless rate hits Aso gov't ahead of Sunday's election
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herefornow
What is all the "Roppongi is dangerous" crap? Sure, some drunk guys got rolled for some big tabs, but that's not "dangerous". Dangerous is concern over your physical well-being, and I can't remember a gaijin being killed in Roppongi since I've lived here -- in Roppongi -- for over 5 years. Does Roppongi have ruthless and some unsavory elements to it? Sure. But the yaks would never let it become dangerous, as they would lose all their business.
Posted in: Is Kabukicho dangerous? Mizoguchi's new book tells all