JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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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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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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ka_chan
Don't worry, it will get hotter...how about 60.
Posted in: Power consumption peaks in TEPCO service area
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ka_chan
Guess they want to be found. Why else dump the bodies in a location where it would be found...a park.
Posted in: More dismembered body parts found in canisters in Osaka
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ka_chan
Wonder what will happen when the melting permafrost releases methane making the average summer about 60 C.
Posted in: 35 deaths, 7,071 hospitalized due to heatstroke in one-week period
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ka_chan
I remember Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atom), Gigantor (Tetsujin 28-go) and Kimba the White Lion (Jungle Emperor). I like the classics as Maison Ikkoku, Kimagure Orange Road, and Fushigi Yuugi. It is interesting to see the cultural difference especially when series as Sailor Moon got translated into many cultures especially for yuri characters as Sailor Neptune and Uranus.
But like any other cultural icon, anime reflects the times in which they were made. There seems to be an over all trend to darker stories. But there are lighter ones as Ikkoku Meiro no Crosee and Usagi Drop although since these are current, how light they will stay is still up in the air. Those who have kids may like Usagi Drop. There are graphically beautiful ones as You are Under Arrest (Taiho Shichauzo), Air, and Tenchi in Love (movie). Key seems do nice visuals but then they started in hentai games. I do like their original 13 episode Kanon. As for translation work into English, I thought Fruits Basket and His and Her Circumstances (Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou; Kare Kano). Did like last year's Cross Game. Anime is like the movie industry, you only get a couple of good ones a year and sometimes none. And, what you like is dependent upon you taste. As for outsourcing, I always think it's a mistake. Outsourcing a Cultural Icon as Anime overseas is just criminal. Hollywood has never done that for good reason.
Posted in: The freefall of Japan’s anime industry
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ka_chan
If Japan were to sell US treasuries, they would loose money. It would be like buying Pebble Beach for 5Million and then a few years latter selling it for 1 Million. Oh right, Japan did that just before the real estate boom.
Posted in: Some advocate selling U.S. Treasurys for Japan
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ka_chan
The currents above and below the falls are swift and treacherous. The Horseshoe falls on the Canadian site is fairly vertical, clean and deep which rolling currents that keep objects in swirling in place for some time. It just goes to show that it's not a good idea to violate safety rules...I think it's also against Canadian Niagara Parks Act to climb over the safety wall.
Beauty can be deceiving on how dangerous something can be. The scariest place I ever been is at Glacier Point in Yosemite. There are safety walls but there are areas where there isn't any. Not to mention the drive you when you are on the outside of a hairpin turn with no railings on a road width that reminds me of side streets in Tokyo. Give me chills thinking about it. The young tend to be fearless. Why else are soldiers mainly in their teens and 20s.
Posted in: Niagara Falls search for Japanese woman turns up man's body
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ka_chan
This crashed was examined on the series "Why Planes Crash". They did mention that US military assistance was refused and the there was a JSDF helicopter at the site but didn't see any survivors from the air so it went away before it got dark. There were much more than 4 survivors at the time but as the night weather was subfreezing, many succumbed to their injuries and the elements, according to the survivors. Once the rear bulkhead blew out, it took most of the ruder and elevators. The pilot was flying by engine controls only. A valiant effort by the crew but they had no idea how badly damaged the plane was. The controller didn't seem to realize the emergency and they ignored efforts of a controller at Yokota who tried to assist.
Posted in: 26th anniversary of JAL crash marked in Gunma
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ka_chan
Robots replacing worker in the "far future"?? How about yesterday. There are millions of industrial robots that have replace humans since the last century. Japan seems to have a fascination for the inanimate... look at the sex doll industry.
Posted in: New robot promises brighter future for Japan's elderly
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ka_chan
Ok, the yen is at an all time high against all currencies, the Japanese debt is a 200% of GDP and they need to borrow more to pay for March 11th, and they expect growth and not contraction when people are afraid of their own food supply?
Posted in: Cabinet Office cuts fiscal 2011 growth forecast to 0.5%
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ka_chan
Forgot... The film "The Visas that Saved Lives "; PBS documentary, "Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness"; and the 2001 film, "Visas and Virtue"; all about Chiune Sugihara.
Posted in: Film series looks at world under Nazi rule
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ka_chan
Well this article is wrong in that probably the 1940 film "The Great Dictator" with Charlie Chaplin was before the 3 Stooges film if the article date of 1941 is true. Some the list of films don't make much sense to me if they wanted to show life under the Nazi. "Sound of Music" would have been a better example. This is a nice list on wiki List and a list of documentary films too which seem more appropriate as "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich".
Posted in: Film series looks at world under Nazi rule
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ka_chan
Earthquakes are not the only things that cause tsunami. The largest tsunami in Japan was in 1741 at Sado Island and it wasn't caused by an earthquake. The height was 90 m. And in 1771 there are an 85 m tsunami caused by a 7.4 quake in the Okinawa region. Hokkaido has a history of over 40m tsunami.
Generally land sides and volcanic eruptions cause larger tsunami than earthquakes. A Land side in the Hawaiian area can cause a greater tsunami to hit Japan. And, manuals, guidelines and SOPs are there for emergencies to avert panic responses. Why else goes Japan have an earthquake day on the day of the Great Kanto earthquake that kill over 100,000.
Posted in: Parents of 4 children in bus swept away by tsunami sue kindergarten
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ka_chan
Cash has been king for a while. They didn't have my choice since I'm short the market. As far as a house, you would have been better off if you rented since 2007 after selling your house and now buying one for cash at 30% of the 2008 highs. People are just too greedy for their own good. BTW, there is nothing that says that the market can't keep going down after a bounce around 9500 and continue down to what would be today's equivalent of the 1933 bottom' 92% decline from the 1928 top. You do the math.
Posted in: How are you responding to the global stock market turmoil?
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ka_chan
Maybe they should look at the old plans from WWII. Wasn't Nagano the backup for the Imperial family?
Posted in: Japan to consider backup capital city for emergencies
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ka_chan
Well is the republicans responsible.... The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act was passed along party lines by a Republican vote in the Senate which repealed the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. This allowed investment banking and regular backing to be mixed again. Part of the act also made laws against "bucket shops" illegal. This allowed pure gambling on wall street. This setup the real estate bubble with derivatives to almost destroy the world financial system. The S&P dollar amount of debt reduction is less than 1/2 of the yearly cost of the US war in IRAQ and Afghanistan both wars pushed by the republicans with not budget to pay for it. The extension of the "Bush tax cuts" also costs more than the amount that S&P wanted to see. The only think that kept the economy afloat was the Tarp, QE, and the stimulus package which all ended in July. The FED has limited options now, congress is not going to pass a stimulus package and the EU is haven't start on any stimulus package for the PIIGS. It also looks like maybe France will be joining the PIIGS. This leaves Germany as the only effective economy in Europe.
Can you say DEPRESSION!
Posted in: Obama seeks to reassure faith in U.S. credit
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ka_chan
So if she had killed her ex-husband instead of divorcing him, this would not be a issue?
Posted in: Okayama woman sues over 'sexist' marriage laws
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ka_chan
pachi pachi ... hmm, when is eventually?
Posted in: Kan vows nuclear-free future for Japan on 66th anniv of Hiroshima atomic bombing
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ka_chan
Forgot the debate about the debt ceiling in congress, cost the US 1.3 Billion in added interest and since they didn't do anything about FAA since June... altogether, it should come to $3.6 Billion by when congress comes back from their 5 week vacation to work Tuesday - Thursday. If they work a 3 day week, should the rest of the US?
Posted in: U.S. credit rating cut for first time ever
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ka_chan
1) it's stupid for a country to have a debt ceiling - only 3 country have such a thing. 2) Congress should make deals about the budget when they are PASSING the budget. - Still have started on 2012 which starts in 1 1/2 months. 3) The debt is a problem because the GDP is down. Why is the GDP down, JOBS.
As for the rest of the world, since the US is the largest economy in the world... When the US sneezes, the rest of the world get a cold.
Then there is the European debt problem.... Interesting that Japan's debt problem doesn't seem to matter. 200% of GDP. In GDP terms, #1. Not a good thing.
Posted in: U.S. credit rating cut for first time ever
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ka_chan
I still don't see where they can say it was from a heart attack with no science behind the statement. Granted coronary arterial spasm caused by drugs, emotional stress, exposure to extreme cold, or smoking can lead to sudden death, but so can CHD. BTW, a hard hit to the chest can stop a heart but I wouldn't call it a heart attack. As for AED, that should be required in all public places. Many things can stop someone heart at any age, AED is your best hope. Since there should have been a team doctor, they should have a defibrillator just in case. Besides the players, you have the coaches and managers. Still it is said that they could do anything for him on onset; CPR at the very least. You have 4 minutes.
Posted in: Former Japan soccer player Matsuda dies of cardiac arrest at 34