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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hworta269
Is it me or do governments always say the only way to fix anything, from global warming to unsafe driving to obesity, is to give the government more money? I mean another huge tax code for sugar? This is almost USSR crap here. ooh yeah loud noises are bad, tax people!
Posted in: Time to tax sugar to combat health crisis: experts
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hworta269
@WurthingtonJan----Good point about the Pentagon's massive repository of contingency plans.
Posted in: Ex-U.S. diplomat Maher pulls no punches on Japan
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hworta269
The US Navy did not have to put all the ships at Yokosuka out to sea to avoid radiation. Whoever printed that information in the first place were telling outright lies. Most the Ships at Yokosuka during the tsunami left to help with the clean up and stabilizing the nuclear power plant.
Posted in: Ex-U.S. diplomat Maher pulls no punches on Japan
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hworta269
ooh its a good thing the art will be safe, cant stop to worry about people now can we?
Posted in: No radiation fears in Fukushima for Louvre artworks
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hworta269
So ha hated the boy? Who does things like this anyways. I just hope they dont start outlawing batteries over this.
Posted in: 5-yr-old boy may lose sight after man adds battery acid to eye drops
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hworta269
My previous post I meant my wife's mom and dad dont speak hardly any English and I am learning Japanese bit by bit lol
Posted in: How foreigners’ daily lives change when they live in Japan
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hworta269
I agree with Cleo, I hear all these kind of things yet in real life I have never come across it. All most everyone my wife knows is a little jealous of her for having an American or foreigner Husband. Her mom and dad dont speak hardly any Japanese so I learn little by little and they try to learn English. Thats the real secret, if they think you are trying to meet them in the middle, it's been my experience that Japanese people will also work on meeting you in the middle. But to go to another country and expect everyone to learn the foreign language, is that not a bit rude? I have always encouraged my wife to go and visit with her parents as often as she can, because you never know when the last time you see someone will be the last time. The close family values and closeness of relatives is something I strongly admire about not just Japanese but most Asian cultures, it is something I think Americans should emulate, like we used to. But to marry a Japanese woman and then to turn their back on the tight knit family it throwing away the best aspect of marrying a Japanese woman, in my humble opinion.
Posted in: How foreigners’ daily lives change when they live in Japan
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hworta269
I like raising my kid in Japan because I think its a far superior environment to most the big cities in the states for families. I like and prefer the shower rooms and the separation of the shower and toilets. I like the bidets. My daily life did not change so much. The much larger change in my daily life came from me moving from rural Texas to big honking Wiesbaden Germany.
Posted in: How foreigners’ daily lives change when they live in Japan
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hworta269
Samantha I am America and I have no problems with women breast feeding!
Americanforeigner You married a Japanese woman, had kids with her and refuse to let your kids spend time with her family because you dont know what the kids are saying? There is a less drastic solution to that issue, kids are easier to understand then adults, just learn some Japanese. A total unwillingness to compromise. I find it extremely odd you chose to marry a woman when you dont trust anyone in the country to including kids.
Posted in: How foreigners’ daily lives change when they live in Japan
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hworta269
These comments just proves that many of you are either not from America or dont live there or are out of touch. None of these republican candidates could or would do worse then we have now. Remember the media said all this bad crap about Regan and praised Cater at that time. People have to chose, they either want all companies to go out of business and live with the high unemployment or vote in some pro business people. Anyone that thinks the democrats are not responsible for America's impending economic collapse are delusional at worst or naive at best.
Posted in: Gingrich attacks Obama in South Carolina victory speech
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hworta269
It's not the Iranian people that are at odds wit everyone else, its their illegitimate government. I wondeer howwmy o those Iranians asked for asylum?
Posted in: Iran welcomes U.S. rescue of nationals from pirates
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hworta269
Yeah Romney won after to counties votes got lost and were found, I smell an Acorn style election result here. Most the registered republicans voted for Santorum. Romneys status was not cemented in any way shape or form. A lor of Romney and Raun Paul primary votes were registered democtrats, Iowa and NH allows anyone to vote in the primaries.
Posted in: Romney wins Iowa contest by eight votes
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hworta269
@Nicaraguan In Japan the fathers dont do much with the kids so when there is a divorce the mom gets the kids most of the time. Unfortunately many people marry people from different cultures without trying to find out whats different about each other. My Japanese wife liked me because she felt I would have been a larger part of the family life.
Posted in: Girl reunited with father in U.S. 4 years after being taken to Japan by mother
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hworta269
@Mabo said that he hoped the father would let the girl see her mom and mom's family, in another news story he said publicly that was his wish. Pretty stand up guy if you ask me.
Posted in: Girl reunited with father in U.S. 4 years after being taken to Japan by mother
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hworta269
Honda's website claims the car gets 44 MPG. I think the lady is confusing another standard that was set upon the auto industry.
Posted in: LA woman takes unique road to sue Honda over mileage
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hworta269
The lawyer told the reporter the trial lawyers are not in it for the money, I smell something there and is smells like it should be in a diaper. Obvious lie.
Posted in: LA woman takes unique road to sue Honda over mileage
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hworta269
@paulinusa I think you are right on the money there!
Posted in: Iran threatens U.S. navy
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hworta269
Drunk and carried away?
Posted in: Chunichi reporter arrested for allegedly molesting woman on train
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hworta269
Ooh no the North Korean government said something bad about Japanese leaders! Everyone do something!
It's when the genocidal dictators start liking your politicians that you have to worry about things.
Posted in: N Korea says Noda, Fujimura lack morals for not sending condolences on Kim's death
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hworta269
Yeah, the media is pretty good about not reporting things when its the terrorists killing Israelis.
Posted in: Israel says it killed senior jihadist in Gaza strike