JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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hokeydokey
Really ? Down to one now ? Hell if you'd have read Japantoday for the past 6-7 years you woulda sworn that it was only the Americans in Iraq... 38 other countries ? Ya don't say ! Seems to me that George Bush has taken a lot of heat for 37 other nations, now how unfair is that ? I'm still waiting for the Brits response... after all, they had 2 Prime Ministers tagging along.
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hokeydokey
"shawnth, read xrc's post, s/he makes an excellent point. it is rather odd to compare western food in Japan to western food in western countries, and then base one's argument about how livable Tokyo is on this ridiculous comparison."
Ok, so lets just focus on the daily life of the typical J salaryman !
Starts the day with a newspaper... 130-140 yen, or about $1.45 ! Hmm, the last time I checked the ol "Times" back home it was 35 cents !
Well maybe our salryman can find some comfort in his morning rice bowl... not ! Japanese pay, on average 8-10 times the world price for rice !
OK, how about that morning commute ? I think not... Mine costs me more than 650 yen one way here in Japan($6.55 US). I found prices at one of Americas most averaged sized cities with a light rail system to be charging $5 for a "day pass" !!! Moving along, after a day of paying through the nose for this and that... lets settle down to a beer ! Hah, only if yer livin high off the hog ! A beer in Tokyo goes for better than $2.00 bucks a can ! About 3x's the price I pay stateside. Well, lets forget the beer and just head to a movie... yep, that'll set ya back $18-$20 bucks ! No where near the $3-$5 I pay on tightwad tuesday in the US. Face it folks... Japan is the most expensive country on the planet. Due mainly to closed and heavily controlled markets... anyone tries to tell you otherwise is lying ! As for liveability ? Hmm, the crowds, dirt, grime, weather, crime, prices, dark dreary faces, high suicide rates... I think not !
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