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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ilcub76
And will more than likely stir a LOT of debate on JT. To each his own.
Posted in: What is hell? Book stirs debate about afterlife
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ilcub76
And now there is white smoke coming from the No. 3 reactor. I really hope something can be done to stop all of this.
Posted in: Fukushima No. 3 reactor's container feared damaged
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ilcub76
Nissin is doing what is only natural in a time of crisis. I saw on TV today that supermarkets are still charging people for goods. They should be handing them out, then charging the government for them. People should not be expected to use their own money in a time like this.
Posted in: Nissin donates 1 million packs of noodles for quake victims
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ilcub76
@himehenti--
Kyushu, Hokkaido, and Kansai are not part of TEPCO. That's why there will be no blackouts in those areas.
Posted in: Kan calls quake worst crisis since World War II; OKs power outages
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ilcub76
And NHK is reporting no other news than this. It seems that Japanese (state) media have no concern for people of other countries, especially those of native (NZ) citizenship. Shame on NHK and other TV stations that are reporting on nothing other than the Japanese victims.
Posted in: New Zealand earthquake toll at 145 dead
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ilcub76
haruka--
he's paying his "supporters" and bringing in militiamen from other countries. They don't feel bad about killing civilians, as they are not their countrymen.
Posted in: Protesters hit by hail of gunfire in Libya; U.S. freezes Gadhafi assets
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ilcub76
Unions are the reason that wages in the US are as high as they are today. Without unions fighting for the rights of workers and higher wages in the past, the US would still be a third-world country.
Republicans are crying "class warfare", but are really wanting to create a country of the "haves" and "have-nots". The rich will continue to get richer, while the common man will become the equivalent of a slave. Talking about stoking class warfare -- the Repubs are masters of it.
Posted in: Wisconsin Assembly passes bill taking away union rights
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ilcub76
Libya -- North Korea with oil.
This nut is no better than Kim Jong Il. Check it out on the net.
Posted in: Gadhafi forces, foreign mercenaries strike back at revolt near Tripoli
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ilcub76
And what happens to this factory when a big earthquake hits the New Madrid fault system? Some say that when it happens, downtown Memphis will slide into the Mississippi River.
Posted in: Mitsubishi gets $34 million incentive for Memphis factory
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ilcub76
How can liability insurance have a cap on it? If the medical treatment for injuries caused by the policyholder come to more than that amount, who pays? Getting said policyholder to pay would probably take years in court with millions (in yen) in attorney fees.
Posted in: Extra insurance advisable for leisure activities
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ilcub76
No, just people with the intelligence of a five-year-old.
Posted in: Pandamonium
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ilcub76
My invitation for a state vist should be arriving any day now.....
Posted in: Obama to make state visit to Britain in May; stay at Buckingham Palace
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ilcub76
This is not unique to Tokyo.
Here in Kyushu, it is not unusual to see truck drivers with their feet up in the dashboard taking a nap during the day, or the roving salesman in his kei car with his seat fully reclined and sawing off a few logs. Even school teachers will put their heads down on the desks for half an hour or so.
Japanese people always talk about how hard they work, but an article like this and my experience lead me to think otherwise.
Posted in: Tokyo's catnap culture
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ilcub76
SolidariTea at 07:39 AM JST - 9th February
It doesn't have to stop at every little Mayberry between to population centers.
Take a Chicago-St. Louis route, for example. It could basically follow the route of Interstate 55 and stop in Springfield (capital of Illinois) on the way. High-speed rail is meant to cover vast distances in minimal time, not be the local JR line.
Posted in: Obama calls for $53 bil for high-speed rail
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ilcub76
Is this really necessary between Tokyo and Seoul? It's what, a 2-hour flight?
Perks like these are great for long-haul flights, but a little too much for hopping over the Sea of Japan, I believe.
Posted in: Korean Air to launch A380 flights to Tokyo, Hong Kong
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ilcub76
Blaming it on the strong yen (weak dollar)? How long has the dollar been weak? Can't a "global" company like Toyota figure that in to their corporate planning? Just sounds like more whining to me.
Posted in: Toyota's quarterly profit slides 39% as strong yen bites
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ilcub76
The thieves were merely trying to help Japan's falling birthrate. If those condoms had reached Japan, God only knows how many children would have been prevented from being conceived.
Posted in: Thieves in Malaysia steal $1.5 mil worth of condoms from Japanese company
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ilcub76
And that all went out the window when I became prime minister.
Posted in: Kan, referring to Japan's debt rating cut, says fiscal discipline vital
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ilcub76
I remember well where I was when Challenger exploded. I was sitting in my 4th grade classroom when the PE teacher came in. When my teacher asked her about the space shuttle (because of McAuliffe), she just started crying and said, "It blew up."
It's sad that things like this happen, but many lessons have been learned because of this tragedy. Humans are not perfect, and there will be mistakes in judgement and technology. But that doesn't mean we should stop trying to go further, explore more places.
Posted in: Challenger: 25 years later, a still painful wound
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ilcub76
Just call the police, report abuse, and let them handle it.
Getting involved personally could spell trouble down the line, especially being a foreigner. The parent could claim that he/she was assaulted, or that the "big, bad foreigner" was attempting to kidnap their child.
Posted in: If you saw an adult hitting or roughly handling a child in public, would you intervene or just mind your business and assume it was a parent disciplining his/her child?