JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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jonnyboy
there must surely have been more to it. i'm no doctor, but surely something like this cannot happen randomly
Posted in: Koakuma Ageha model Sumire dead at 21
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jonnyboy
anyway, here are some simple maths:
current private premiums = cost of cover + cost of administration + private insurer profit
therefore;
cost of public health care = current private premiums - insurer profit
it confounds me how many people don't seem to be able to see this. take the profit of private insurers out of the equation and the cost of care can go nowhere but down. and don't fob me off about the "administrative blackhole" that a socialised system would be: how on earth anyone thinks it would be more expensive to administer for a single health care system, with a single set of costs, terms and conditions, vs. a system with numerous private insurers with a plethora of terms, contracts, conditions, costs, phone numbers, addresses etc. etc.
but i suppose at the end of the day if you use the prefix social~ most americans will be running for the hills before you have a chance to make any points about how a system would benefit them... it comes down to the fact that in america, private profit is everything, regardless of the damage it does in wider terms
Posted in: Obama warns U.S. will go broke if it rejects health care reform
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jonnyboy
america doesn't have a health care system
Posted in: Obama warns U.S. will go broke if it rejects health care reform
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jonnyboy
how any "democracy" can ever justify having private inquiries regarding anything other than strictly internal matters is beyond me. as soon as a member of the public becomes involved, a public inquiry should be mandatory
needless to say i wasn't surprised by the news, although the anarchist in me wanted to see the plot of The Trial of Tony Blair acted out in real life
Posted in: Britain to conduct long-awaited Iraq war inquiry
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jonnyboy
at least they have a hobby. shame that it's not considered acceptable to have one until such a time as The Company no longer has a need for you and you are knocking on heaven's door, however
Posted in: Photo ops
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jonnyboy
in a country so prone to earthquakes, to some extent it is understandable that buildings aren't thought of as permanent parts of the landscape. that said there is so much ugly, utilitarian architecture. legislation is desperately needed to start turning japan into an environment that's pleasant to live in
Posted in: Tokyo's iconic buildings being lost to zoning laws
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jonnyboy
you have to hand it to him, he held on strong to those capitalisation rules for 10 years
Posted in: Gackt becomes GACKT to celebrate 10th anniversary
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jonnyboy
robots are great, but can we have them as a substitute for human labour, not human relationships, please?
Posted in: Nowadays, almost every family has a car. In the near future, every family would be having a humanoid robot that can help out various things at home.
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jonnyboy
more generally, there is definitely something wrong with the "developed" world. concepts like "the economy" and "industry" are supposed to be a means to end, not ends in themselves
Posted in: New graduates show lack of zeal for jobs and job-hunting
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jonnyboy
wow. hell of a story
Posted in: Woman who missed doomed Air France flight killed in car crash
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jonnyboy
possibly. i think it can be summarised as a disease of affluence, however. previous post war generations did the 80 hour weeks, but at least they could see real, tangible changes during the post-war recovery. now that japan has reached a high level of material affluence, the question should be asked; what are we working for now? why has japan gained all the material trappings of modernity but still requires its people to be slaves to the social models of the past?
i think a lot of young people realise this, if unconsciously. they aren't a different species to the older generations, they have just grown up in a very different mental and material environment
Posted in: New graduates show lack of zeal for jobs and job-hunting
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jonnyboy
quite true. too much obligation and formality getting in the way of people actually forming relationships with each other. after my time in this country i have come to believe that japanese social dynamics are based on the assumption that people can't get along, thus it is best to build as many obstacles to real human interaction as possible
Posted in: People are proud and they don't want to tell their partner that they do not have many friends.
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jonnyboy
why would you want to work for anyone who would replace you with a robot, given the choice?
Posted in: New graduates show lack of zeal for jobs and job-hunting
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jonnyboy
alcohol in causing death shocker. hold the front page
Posted in: Drunken man drowns after falling into river during barbecue
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jonnyboy
i suppose he feels his innings is coming to a close and fancied going out in a blaze of "glory"
Posted in: 88-year-old gunman kills guard at U.S. Holocaust Museum
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jonnyboy
..and just because there are others doing it, doesn't make it right. to me, excessive make-up screams insecurity and lack of self-esteem
Posted in: Tsubasa Masuwaka puts her face to cell phone photo album service 'Chu-me'
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jonnyboy
far too much make-up. at least she will succeed in selling more make-up, seeing as she is setting a standard for wearing a higher quantity of it at any one time. more generally a little bit of make-up is nice to enhance beauty, but it's a pretty fine line before it becomes a barrier
Posted in: Tsubasa Masuwaka puts her face to cell phone photo album service 'Chu-me'
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jonnyboy
american companies suffer due to the individual greed within the system. look at the automakers. japanese companies might lack flair but at least they pull in the same direction
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jonnyboy
i thought everyone who was a little dark-skinned was a terrorist suspect these days
Posted in: Sub helps in hunt for Air France black boxes; 2 terror suspects reported on flight
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jonnyboy
your powers of observation would be the envy of scotland yard! time for a career change?
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