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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kenbrady
Sorry: "such unregulated frivolity as that would pretty much..."
Posted in: Health care is a hot topic for debate in many countries. What do you think is the best system?
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kenbrady
Loki520, how utterly conservative of you to throw "tort reform" at us as if that's truly the reason that things are screwed up.
If [frivolous] lawsuits are such a major issue in the cost of health care, then why are hospital groups, insurance companies (and pharma, since you mentioned it) in the US showing such significant profits? You'd think such unregulated that would pretty much put them all out of business.
Also, I find it telling that you want to keep the government out of the health care business where it might benefit individuals but are happy to have it intervene where it might benefit corporations.
Posted in: Health care is a hot topic for debate in many countries. What do you think is the best system?
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kenbrady
Everyone arguing that drug use isn't victimless by saying "What about the crimes surrounding drug use?" are so missing the point. Those surrounding crimes have victims, sure. Theft, murder, rape, and other things people do while on drugs (or not on drugs) are rightfully illegal and have victims. But those offenses stand alone. Drug use is not the only catalyst.
AK619: Wow, you spout the official line well. Kudos to Valmain for trying to get through to you.
Posted in: How do you feel about legalizing some drugs? What are the pros and cons?
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kenbrady
Henro & Okisurfer are absolutely right. Complaining about free advertising from the world leader in search is plain stupid. If a company complains, Google should simply stop linking to their content and those same companies providers will quickly line up to be included again when incoming links drop.
Too many news providers are stuck in the 20th century and need to adapt or die.
Posted in: News providers are criticizing the Google News site for linking to their content without sharing advertising revenue. What do you think about the issue?
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kenbrady
Electric cars have been around since the 1830s. Scotland, I believe.
Posted in: Japanese automakers object to U.S. 'cash-for-clunkers' program
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kenbrady
Tsunoda (and several comments here) miss the point of the iPhone. It's not about its features in relation to current Japanese phones. It's about the UI (as Coligny said), ease-of-use, and the cool factor. There will be no problem selling the iPhone here. Consider, also, that the iPhone isn't really marketed as a smart phone, nor is it seen as one by the general public. This will allow people who are afraid of the complexity of some smart phones to get a taste. Remember that the subsidies will make the iPhone the cheapest smart phone for sale in Japan.
Posted in: Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack
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kenbrady
@Zybster: Because they're used to having those rights over people in their own country. Power is corrupting.
Posted in: Australian police tussle with Chinese Olympic torch escorts
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kenbrady
Actually, about 20% of all Twitter tweets came from Japan before there was a localized version, not 25%. Still, this makes perfect sense.
Posted in: Twitter launches in Japan
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kenbrady
I had a laptop computer stolen from a restaurant a few weeks ago - partly due to my own stupidity. But I canvassed the area, spent hours with police, and generally made a very public pain in the ass of myself. The thief returned the computer by mail to me not long ago. Japan may be worse than it once was in terms of crime, but I'm still amazed I got my computer back. Wouldn't have happened in the US.
Posted in: Young women lax on security at home