JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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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jonnyboy
tkoind2, fantastic post
Posted in: Are you in favor of same-sex marriages?
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jonnyboy
yes, but it's better not to use the word marriage itself. it's FAR too loaded
Posted in: Are you in favor of same-sex marriages?
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jonnyboy
if the suspect has valuable information then i believe that torture can be used to extract it... however, if the suspect does not have information but believes that giving false information will end the torture then he is liable to do just that. since the interrogators have no way of knowing whether or not the suspect has useful information (otherwise why torture at all?) the whole process becomes compromised
Posted in: Unresolved debate: Does torture work?
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jonnyboy
you get what you pay for. the computer market seems to be the only one in the world where people forget the fact that cheap has negative as well as positive connotations. a product purchased is not a "bargain" if it does not perform well enough to justify the money saved. but the pc market has people forgetting that companies will always have to cut corners in order to achieve cheaper prices than their competitors
Posted in: Behind the scenes with Windows 7
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jonnyboy
not sure how vomiting on crowded trains factors into this. do the japanese vomit on their relations?
Posted in: There has been little change in basic public attitudes toward alcoholism during the past couple of decades with most Japanese seeing it as a social problem rather than a disease requiring treatment.
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jonnyboy
neverknow2 - how dare you. don't you know that old people are always right?
Posted in: Politicians pay more attention to the elderly because they vote.
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jonnyboy
rubbish. capitalism is horribly wasteful.
Posted in: Communist party surges as Japan's economy withers
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jonnyboy
the problem with communism is its worrying tendency to slide into dictatorship. at best you get a hellish bureaucracy. in truth, it seems that most communist states seem to be more founded on Leninism; Lenin hated the proletariat. he saw them as just a means to an end
Posted in: Communist party surges as Japan's economy withers
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jonnyboy
simple songs with universally applicable, generally very positive content. obviously must have been very appealing in post-war japan
Posted in: Beatles remain popular in Japan
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jonnyboy
Posted in: We need to prepare full-time instructors if we accept Indonesian caregivers -- one to teach Japanese and another to train them. That's very difficult when we're suffering from staff shortages.
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jonnyboy
i can certainly understand nissan wanting to tailor its products to an ageing demographic, but i think it's high time the government stepped in and started clamping down on over-age drivers drivers for the sake of safety on the roads. i hope it happens soon. so i agree with sydeham, but i worry that there's a certain arrogance in the elderly which with exacerbate the problem
Posted in: Nissan designers seek to appeal to aging Japan
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jonnyboy
is it going to fight ultraman?
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jonnyboy
how can i get one?
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jonnyboy
i'm no expert but in order to actually design a dress a certain amount of training must be required. after all, even if you can draw a nice picture of something you need to have some appreciation of the manufacturing and fitting processes. i'm sure GW & wanderlust are correct. i wonder if there is any legal matter or technicality that must be seen to in order to permit this? surely otherwise it is false advertising to say that the dresses are designed by her.
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jonnyboy
japanese women don't seem to see any issue seeing themselves as little dolls... in fact it seems to be looked up to. dress is alright, though
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jonnyboy
i hope it goes to brazil. the BRICs countries deserve their rightful place in the spotlight these days
Posted in: Would you like to see Tokyo get the 2016 Olympics? If your answer is no, then why not?
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jonnyboy
how modest of him
Posted in: George Tokoro indifferent about embezzled Y50 million
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jonnyboy
i'm usually quite the bleeding-heart liberal, but i'm afraid that when it comes to the obese i'm in the the "why not lay off the cakes?" camp
Posted in: United Airlines to charge obese passengers double on full flights
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jonnyboy
do you really think afghanistan is still about bin laden? or ever was? wake up and smell the coffee, my friend. afghanistan is all about strategic regional influence, nothing else
Posted in: 300 Afghan women attacked for protesting new marriage law
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jonnyboy
lots of people are descending it discussions of the relative violence of islam vs. christianity. however, this discussion is supposed to be about the ability of the west and islam to co-exist. seeing as we are discussing violence, would it be right to assume that you all believe this is impossible? seeing as the two cultures are both so violent, n'all?
ps. it is interesting to note that the topic is islam vs. "the west" whereas it seems to me that "can islam and the rest of the world coexist?" would be an equally pertinent question.
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