JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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jpdrag0n
alladin - you act like you know jake personally. i don't think you have the right to say that kind of stuff. take away his ukulele and he's just a wimpy kid? well i can take away your job and you're just a wimpy homeless guy. what kind of logic is that? i'm from hawaii and i'm proud of this guy. at least he's doing something...unlike my friends still stuck on the rock.
Posted in: Jake Shimabukuro speaks to generations through the ukulele
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jpdrag0n
Smoking causes pollution? On a scale equivalent to maybe...say cars? I think you're blowing it out of proportion. I think everyone in the world knows that second hand smoke is bad...you don't need to repeat the same thing like a politician. There is evidence that it causes harmful side effects but as the author and others have said, where will this stop? This is all about cause and effects. Since smoking is bad for you, we're gonna make you stop. The we in that sentence being people like you realist. Then are you going to ban alcohol because it leads to dumb decisions and alcoholism? Are you going to ban cars because it pollutes the air just like smoking...like you said? There has to be a line...and people are crossing it right now by banning an person's individual decision. To defend myself, I have never smoked in the presence of children. I at least understand that much.
Posted in: Anti-smoking 'monsters' have smokers on the run
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jpdrag0n
well they mentioned that an FBI agent had infiltrated their organization. so i assume that agent gathered information on the group. besides, the FBI has been following this group for years and its no surprise that if they planned to attack police officers in april...the government would feel responsible to take action now.
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jpdrag0n
Since when has dolphin hunting been illegal? The Japanese are hunting in their own waters, I think this is an issue of sovereignty. If the meat is toxic, then the Japanese government needs to investigate, not some self-appointed Western activists who think they have the moral high ground on everything. You might have a point on how MAYBE the whale hunting is illegal, but saying that the dolphin hunt needs to stop? Thats taking it too far. They're hunting in their own waters, dolphins are not going extinct, I think this issue is done.
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jpdrag0n
So you advocate killing a Japanese whaler in the name of saving whales? Wow...nice ideology there. Then the Japanese should just ram all of the SS ships into the sea. There...you have escalation
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jpdrag0n
maybe it is sad but whats more sad is that the Aussies resort to eco-terrorism. so tell me, who's winning this "moral" battle?
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jpdrag0n
Ok maybe Japan should. If its a lie then why doesn't the IWC stop it right now? Must not be that bad of a lie because they're still hunting. And why do you people care so much if Japan is hunting whales that aren't endangered?
Like I said earlier, its just the West trying to dictate their "righteous" ethical views on the rest of the world. You are beginning to find out that people don't care about you anymore. The U.S., let alone Australia (wow...big political clout...) can't boss around people anymore. If Japan wants to hunt whales, I think it should be able to. Since when did Australia own Antarctica? You can't reserve the whole bottom half of the world as a sanctuary.
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jpdrag0n
Japan has been whaling for decades now...just like they have been hunting dolphins. Why is it all of a sudden its a problem? Its because some pompous, righteous Americans/Aussies/NZ people thought it was unethical to hunt these "beautiful" animals. Well its up to your interpretation. I can call cows beautiful animals too but thousands are slaughtered everyday and I don't care.
I also think other countries don't have the right to dictate another country's policies. If there's a loophole in the IWC mandate, then fix it. But wait...you anti-whalers haven't...well then quit complaining that whales are getting killed.
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jpdrag0n
Obama is offering a tax-cut for people who make less than $250,000 a year. I can bet thats a pretty big chunk of the US population as some of us aren't so fortunate to drive around in nice little benz coupes. My friend told me today that his dad is supporting McCain because he said Obama would raise taxes on the rich. His dad makes over a half million a year and I'm sitting there shaking my head...
Posted in: McCain dismisses poll numbers; insists he will win
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jpdrag0n
rjdsr, I really hope you're being sarcastic. She lost, only the Republicans who have their heads up their bottoms are saying otherwise.
When conservatives before the debate say the only thing Palin needed to do was not mess up and "survive", theres something fundamentally wrong with that statement. Why would anybody supposedly qualified for VP need to just survive a debate? And why did she talk about taxes when that issue wasn't raised by the moderator? Its because she only has prepared statements that she has drilled into her head. What I found most concerning was that she stated she wanted to expand the VP's powers when that is definitely not necessary after the havoc Cheney brought. And basically at the end she said she wasn't going to bow into mainstream media pressure, she wasn't going to give any more interviews, she was going to ride the "Straight Talk Express"...why is that???? Because as her interview with Katie Couric showed, she is just plain not qualified for something as important as VP.
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jpdrag0n
why do people feel the need to bring race into everything? as a japanese-american, the only japanese people that scare me are the yakuza. so having normal japanese 'bodyguards' wouldn't cut it for me. thats why they got a couple black guys to be oto-sans bodyguards...pretty scary guys...
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jpdrag0n
oh great, here come the barrage of "where were the parents" trolls on JT. lets blame the parents for not watching their kids 24/7. i played unsupervised when i was 5 or so...i didnt die. she unfortunately wasnt so lucky.
Posted in: 4-year-old girl drowns in sewage drain in Tottori
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jpdrag0n
Good for Obama. He has stayed courteous and respectful throughout the campaign. Of course you can leave it to the Republicans to launch slanderous campaigns against their opponents. Wearing a flag pin? He supposedly didn't put his hand on his chest during the Pledge of Allegiance? Fox News said he got sworn in as a senator with a Quran? We all know these are all baseless and petty attempts to degrade Obama's character. I hope Americans choose wisely, not based on one's color or religious upbringing.
Posted in: Obama vows not to question anyone's patriotism
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jpdrag0n
agreed. alot of my white friends base their opinions of asian women off of movies and those gravure idols you see online. but obviously this is not the case with people you meet while you live here. chances of you meeting a girl like in the picture above, are close to nil. theres always that small chance but its very small. i used to see lots of pretty girls in the US but nobody says that american girls are the greatest in the world...
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jpdrag0n
jesus, not all of them are beautiful. have you actually lived here?
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jpdrag0n
whats the point of taspo if they dont check at the local 7-11? as long as you dont walk in with a high school uniform on, you can get cigarettes pretty easily. so if kids cant get their cigs from the vending machine, they just have to walk a couple more minutes and find a conbini and theyre set.
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jpdrag0n
its good that he got the prefectural gov't to ban smoking on the streets but after living here for half a year, i can tell you that 75% of the people disregard these sorts of bans. i'm pretty sure its banned to smoke on the streets in tokyo (or is it just a "keep the streets clean from litter campaign?)...anyways theres signs everywhere telling people not to smoke while walking and to go to the designated smoking areas. but on a weekend night, its a crazy free for all...come to think of it...even on the weekdays
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jpdrag0n
for muslims who are infuriated that the infidels are in their country, i dont see how in 5 years everything will be OK and this war will be "won". complete bs if you ask me. this war cant be won...how can you "win" against religious fundamentalists whose goal is to convert the whole world to their brand of ultra-conservative islam? sorry but its not possible
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jpdrag0n
time to quit hillary? YES
statistically she cant catch up in pledged delegates and if shes counting on the superdelegates to switch over and vote for her, shes dreaming. the superdelegates aren't going to vote against the popular vote...if they did that would be the end of the democratic party. i hope she quits soon and saves obama the extra trouble.
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jpdrag0n
wow smiffnwessum, youve been hating on jero this whole thread. go listen to him on youtube and tell us again if he has no talent. if hes so crappy, why are japanese people so impressed with his SINGING and not his nationality?
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