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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jaybeeb
There's not much news worthy or notable here. Is this an attempt to export nuclear technology under the guise of alternative energy?
As with, kyoken, I'd like to see something innovative in terms of energy sources, but it won't come from Japan unfortunately.
Now, the means of power generation in Iceland is truly remarkable.
Posted in: Japan looking to sell 'smart' cities to the world
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jaybeeb
yes, and the itunes store is the same. I won't buy anything from the itunes store until they fix their pricing.
I think with exchange rates the way they are, many will wait until they go overseas to buy.
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jaybeeb
And where will hydrogen come from smarty pants?
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jaybeeb
cleo, very good point. Local food systems need to more attention. I agree that importing organic food from other counties negates the positive impacts that organic farming provides. If this entrepreneur was serious about ecology, he'd be working with local growers and developing local systems. It's too easy to look outside Japan for suppliers and make a profit by importing and selling for 2 or 3 times the price, but this sort of nonsense cannot continue forever.
pawatan, you are mistaken. Organic does not neccessarily mean lower yields. I highly doubt you have reputable data to back that up. In fact, small organic farms actually have greater yields. The dominance of industrial agriculture has everything to do with reducing labor, selling farm chemicals and machinery, and very little to do with yields.
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jaybeeb
They don't make a bad shot of espresso - but it's not great either. The problem is that you are stuck buying their proprietary 'espresso capsules'. If you get your hands on some freshly roasted espresso beans, you can't use them. The fact that you also have to dispose of these small plastic capsules after brewing every shot is not exactly environmentally friendly either. I'm sure it will be a hit in Japan though, where excess packaging seems to be a requirement and espresso coffee is sold in cans.
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jaybeeb
waste of time and money.
Posted in: Human-looking robot smiles in Japan classroom
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jaybeeb
How a about some serious lobbying to end shakken? One of the top sources of waste. Such controls deliberately encourage the purchase of new automobiles as frequently as possible using massive amounts of resources and energy to sustain.
Next, how about some strong campaigning to educate consumers that each individual produce item does not need to be packaged in plastic? What's the point of using a cloth bag to carry your groceries home, when every single item in your bag is individually packaged?
Moderator: Readers, "shakken" is not relevant to this discussion.
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jaybeeb
people READING their phones while walking/running/riding a bicycle. Can't tell you how many times I've had to make awkward maneuvers in order to avoid hitting such people.
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jaybeeb
Betzee - is this a rule you made up? Probably depends on the airline, but JAL, as of last month, still allows infants under 2 on the parents lap.
TJrandom - what are you talking about? Happens in English as well, probably with other languages too. Maybe you'd recognize one that's been all over the news of late, "gitmo".
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jaybeeb
No doubt there are some industrial processes, such as automakers, that could use this type of technology. The way things are heading though, in terms of the economy, I wouldn't be investing in this technology. Far better to be investing in and developing clean tech.
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jaybeeb
Could we please cut the crap with this ridiculous US election commentary. It's totally irrelevant who gets elected.
Posted in: Bank of Japan injects Y2.5 tril into markets as Lehman Japan also files for bankruptcy
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jaybeeb
helloklitty, fascist might be a more accurate description.
'Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.' -Benito Mussolini
motytrah, the blame rests equally on those people who bought into the delusion. I have no pity for greedy people - be that the CEO or the McMansion owner.
MPNiea, smoke and mirrors my friend.
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jaybeeb
Well done ReikiZen. I couldn't agree more.
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jaybeeb
This debate and the presidency in general will change nothing. Merely a distraction from the real issues and current events. It reminds me of an episode of American Idol that I regrettably saw one time.
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jaybeeb
I agree with escape_artist. A company with such a dubious history cannot be trusted.
The documentary mentioned is also on youtube here: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=CMleWZXhi6s
Someone should get this translated into Japanese.
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jaybeeb
Agreed. Couldn't they have come up with something... new?
Posted in: Japan Post opens 1st directly run convenience store
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jaybeeb
@frontandcentre - There are no alternatives to oil for the forseeable future. The other energy sources you mention (hydrogen fuel cells are energy carriers) do not have an adequate EROI to replace oil at our current level of industrialization.
http://www.sustainablescale.org/images/uploaded/EROI%20graph.jpg
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jaybeeb
Prices will likely not ever go down because the world's oil reserves are finite, we've already used close to half the total recoverable oil on the planet, we've pumped more oil than we've discovered every year since 1964, production at most currently producing oil fields is declining, new fields and alternative sources such as tar sands are terribly inefficient, and finally, the most obvious: demand is increasing.
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jaybeeb
Anthropogenic greenhouse gases from water vapor? I think there are greater concerns. For example, where and how the hydrogen is produced. Hyrdogen itself is only an energy carrier, so if the cars are plugged into a grid that is coal fired, what's the point?
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