JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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herefornow
Sorry, but this comparison is foolish, IMO. Respectfully, samurai were brave men of honor and self-respect and personal responsibility. There is nothing honorable in not farming land because a perverted farm policy pushed into effect by the farm lobby makes it more attractive to do so. Nor is their real self-respect or personal responsibility in hiding behind 700% tariffs, sky-high subsidies and other measures to protect yourself from competition. Samurai never ran from a fight, why are Japanese farmers? Especially if their product is so superior, as the author claims. Or do they realize that the world is not clamoring for $1.50 apples?
Posted in: Farmers - last of the modern-day samurai
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herefornow
May she rest in peace and sincere condolences and best wishes to Mao. Hopefully she can come back mentally from this, and even manage to find additional strength. Twenty-one years old is much too young to lose one's parent, especially when she's so much in the public eye and has constant demands on her.
Posted in: Mao Asada's mother dies while daughter on her way back from Canada
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herefornow
Great, Japan now has another export -- groping. And just like in Japan, the guy will get away with it. Wonderful example of real moral leadership.
Posted in: Japan's ambassador to Croatia to be transferred after sexual harassment allegation
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herefornow
Wow, cannot think of a worse PR move by Japan than this. If they think they are going to find a sympathetic court in the U.S., especially in Seattle, one of the most beautiful/natural/environmentally-concerned cities in the country, if not the world, it clearly shows how isolated Japan is from international politics and culture. The U.S. environmental lobby will have a field-day with this and Japan, even if it should somehow get its day in court, will wind up losing BIG TIME in the court of public opinion. What idiot approved this?
Posted in: Japan whaling authorities sue Sea Shepherd in U.S.
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herefornow
tokyokawasaki -- brilliant post. Unfortunately Japan's political system and its politicians are a significant, if not insurmountable, obstacle to it regaining its mojo, and becoming great again. Forcing one to ask if the expression that people get the government they deserve is true.
Posted in: Two cabinet ministers censured in Diet in blow to Noda
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herefornow
zichi -- agreed. Why not just save the time and admit the obvious? TEPCO, enabled by regulators set on protecting the nuclear industry, rather than the public, and politicians too busy with playing politics rather than actually serving the public. No mystery here.
Posted in: Gov't panel to investigate cause of Fukushima crisis launched
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herefornow
Pretty ironic that the country that before March 11th was trying to portray itself as the leader in environmental protection has now become the poster-child for environmental disaster. And all because, as is most often the case with Japan, they were all talk and no action. They ignored safety issues in relation to Fukushima for at least two decades -- most noticably in regards to adequate protection from a potential tsunami. Then they had a completely inadequate crisis response plan -- likely causing the near-complete meltdowns and release of radioactive gases. And, finally, they have demonstrated complete incompetence and disregard for the environment in trying to control the damage. Too typical of Japan.
Posted in: TEPCO considers dumping more tainted water into sea
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herefornow
Says all you need to know about Japan's ability to look itself squarely in the eye and come to terms with its past. And from someone who lost relatives in the war in the Pacific and had others as Japanese POW's, Gemba can keep his meaningless "Deep Emotion". It is as worthless as any other Japanese pronouncement, because it lacks any true moral under-pinning and real support by the populace.
Posted in: Gemba says he feels 'deep emotion' about Pearl Harbor
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herefornow
Pretty horrible month or so for Japan's image. First an outsider from England exposes Olympus' fraud and shows corporate governance to be a joke. Then TEPCO has to come clean and admit tons of radioactive water has leaked into the Pacific, on the same day Meiji had to announce some citizens had found their milk was contaminated, and, now, of all people, Greenpeace discovers they diverted funds to protect the whalers. If it weren't so incredibly sad, it would be hilarious.
Posted in: Japan using quake disaster budget for whaling aid
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herefornow
gauloa -- huh? How does bowing make one bit of a difference? Has it changed anything? No, it hasn't, as you yourself admit by lumping Japan in with other "corrupted countries". In fact, one could argue that bowing and saying "gomenasai" is meaningless and is done simply to quiet any public outrage, so that nothing -- no meaningful changes at least -- will be made.
Posted in: Olympus promises to go after execs involved in covering up losses
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herefornow
Serrano -- wonderful. Thanks for the laugh.
Posted in: Shark sighting causes jitters ahead of World Sailing Championships off Western Australia
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herefornow
The most succinct description of the cancer that has contaminated Japan Inc. and will ultimately lead to the country's continued decline unless addressed head-on. Rationalizationing that the "ends", like full-employment/stability, justify the means, has screwed up all sense of right and wrong in corporate Japan. And in a global financial world, where Japanese companies must compete for capital, real corporate governance and a strong sense of fiduciary responsibility is a prerequisite.
Posted in: Olympus promises to go after execs involved in covering up losses
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herefornow
Kwat -- please. I think most children would see the videos of Japan slaughtering the mother whale and her off-spring as un-necessary violence, and what SS is doing as nothing worse than a prank.
Posted in: Australia refuses to protect Japanese whalers
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herefornow
Good on you mates!!!!!
Posted in: Australia refuses to protect Japanese whalers
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herefornow
But Edano keeps claiming that Japanese governance is on a par with the U.S. -- hah. The truth is that Olympus is more the rule rather than the exception in Japan, as anyone who has worked in a Japanese company knows. Shacho's are not questioned in Japan and treated like royalty by the employees, including the members of the board, who all are subservient to him, rather than the share holders. But the real question is now that this problem has been identified, will Japan do anything to correct it? For those posters who love to point to Enron as a failure of U.S. governance, that was ten years ago. And strict new laws, like Sarbanes-Oxley have been passed to try to keep such an occurrance from happening again. Will Japan do the same, or simply pretend Olympus is a one-off and continue to bury its head in the sand?
Posted in: Olympus top management was 'rotten': 3rd-party panel
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herefornow
Bad couple of days for U.S. foreign relations. First they kill two dozen Pakastani troops, making an already strained relationship even worse. And then Iran shoots down one of their drones. Clinton is certainly earning her keep.
Posted in: Afghanistan to need financial support until 2024
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herefornow
pawatan -- no, really, actually strong words? My gosh, what is Japan coming to? I mean a preventable disaster brought on by decades of corporate greed and lax oversight, which has poisoned a large part of the Tohoku area as well as the Pacific Ocean, has actually got "people saying strong words". Are they different from the millions simply mumbling "shoganai" all the time?
Not in any significant way or in any reasonable timeframe. Because as soon as the prosectutors would go after the officials at TEPCO, they would break out years of letters, memos and emails from bureaucrats and politicians praising TEPCO for the wonderful job they were doing, as well as all the records regarding the millions of yen they gave to various campaigns. And that would bring Japan Inc. to its knees as the 3-headed monster that is ruining Japan -- corporations, bureaucrats, politicians -- would be be exposed once and for all for all to see.
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Posted in: TEPCO reveals new contaminated water leak at Fukushima plant
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herefornow
Worked for four years or so at a company with their offices right near this spot. Always looked forward to this time of year and walked over there as often as I could at lunch to see these trees. One of the truly "naturally" beautiful sights in Tokyo.
Posted in: Golden ginkgos
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herefornow
pawatan -- as usual, you missed the point. Whether or not it is the same agency is irrelevant (by the way, since you know so much, which agency is that?). My point was that JT had picked this as "commercial of the week", when all it is is a copy of at least a year-old American campaign.
Posted in: TV commercial of the week: Snickers and Erika Sawajiri
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herefornow
This campaign has been running for well over a year in the U.S. featuring folks like Joe Pesci. All the Japanese agency did is copy it.
Posted in: TV commercial of the week: Snickers and Erika Sawajiri