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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jamplass
"down tools"? "production is set to seize"? Come on JT. Let's use language that we all understand.
Posted in: Dutch workers down tools at Mitsubishi plant
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jamplass
Considering they get no tips I think they generally are pretty hard-working and efficient. Some could smile once in a while for regular customers, though.
Posted in: What do you think of the quality of waiters in Japanese restaurants?
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jamplass
Why doesn't someone just vomit into the rice cooker? I'm sure the result will be the same.
Posted in: Try cooking a Big Mac in rice cooker
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jamplass
My top 3: 1. The transportation system-You can get practically anywhere without having to rely on an automobile. 2. The food-generally is very good. And in the larger cities you can get good variety of "ethnic" food as well. 3. Environment-generally safe and clean (well that's two). There are few "bad" neighborhoods in Japan where you might fear for your safety.
Posted in: What are some of the things you like most about living in Japan?
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jamplass
Isn't "kizuna" also supposed to be the kanji/word of 2011? So the defectors/leaders think it's a trendy catch-phrase that will encourage others to blindly join the party, regardless of what their platform is. The Japanese people are probably smarter than that.
Posted in: What do you think of the name Kizuna, which nine DPJ defectors have chosen to call their new party?
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jamplass
Get outside and take a long walk. I would be up for some carolling if there were others interested!
Posted in: What are some tips to avoid getting bloated or too drunk during the Christmas-New Year party season?
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jamplass
It was a tragic accident. 7 years of incarceration is enough. This man will spend the rest of his life trying to make amends to the families of these kids.
Posted in: Epileptic crane driver gets 7 years for deaths of 6 children in Tochigi
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jamplass
All of these examples are different. I hold the door open for people in general, and women especially I suppose, but not all of the time. I probably wouldn't go out of my way to do any of this for strangers. If the woman is elderly and/or pregnant, then yes, of course I will give her my seat on the train. I remember being scolded by my own mother that I should let the woman walk on the inside (furtherest from the street) I didn't quite understand why, but that is part of the manners I learned growing up. It's interesting to watch shows like Mad Men, where yes, the men from yesterday mind their P's and Q's toward women but also look down upon them and treat them as inferior.
Posted in: Do you think that a man giving up his seat on a bus or train to a woman, holding a door open for her or holding her chair as she sits down are outmoded?
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jamplass
I look at labels of everything I buy. I won't knowingly buy anything from Fukushima prefecture and I try to buy Hokkaido or Kyushu products. What's tough is meat, since it often just says "domestic" and nothing else.
Posted in: How has the ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis changed your food product buying habits in Japan?
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jamplass
I'm missing similar items to what's already been written here: turkey, cheap micro-brew and cheese, licorice, decent mexican food, and reuben sandwiches!
Posted in: Living in Japan, which food or drink item do you miss most from your home country?
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jamplass
Is this question in general or for Japan? Japan is already one of the safest countries on the planet, so I for one, would like Big Brother's eyes to look elsewhere.
Posted in: Do surveillance cameras in buildings, stations and on streets make you feel safer?
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jamplass
I have been stopped a few times on my bicycle and asked to show proof of registration. I was stopped in Shinjuku station and asked to show my alien registration card. I refused because the officer didn't provide any reason for the request. Personally, I have heard so many horror stories like the above that I have a general mistrust of Japanese police force to the extent that if I witnessed a crime I would probably not get involved for fear that as a foreigner I would be somehow implicated.
Posted in: Tell us about any encounters, either good or bad, you have had with Japanese police.
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jamplass
Pretty, but how traditional is this? Looks like an ecological nightmare.
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jamplass
People who abuse children should never be allowed to have them again. Yes, human castration should be the punishment.
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jamplass
I have met many youthful native English speakers who seem to be incapable of uttering a complete sentence without at least 2 or 3 "like"s. The thing is, most of them have no idea how idiotic they sound.
Posted in: Which words or expressions annoy you the most when you hear them repeatedly used by other people in conversation?
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jamplass
Recently the line isn't more than 10 or 20 minutes long. KK is not an exclusive brand as it once was.
Posted in: A Krispy Kreme autumn