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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TheMarion
Appreciate the first-hand account of what must have been an awful time. If you think it is the most appropriate place for you to be buried then that is a good thing. Maybe it would seem strange to some but I guess only you and your mates can really understand why it is necessary for you. I hope you make it to at least 100 years old!
Posted in: Kan promises to find remains of fallen soldiers on Iwoto
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knews
Totally agree that it is nice to be able to go to a local watering hole, build a relationship with the barman/owner and other regulars and feel welcome each time you enter. Eating at home alone is fine sometimes but not every day. Get out and explore. There are great places and crap places waiting to be found, you just need to build up a small collection of good places to drink or eat at.
Posted in: No. of people dying alone rises in 'no-relationship' society
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TheMarion
I hear it's a pretty desolate island and thousands were buried under the airstrip there that is used these days for training and so on. War is not a very nice topic but it is impressive to me that someone on this site was actually there in 1945. I'm interested, in those days, did you call the island Iwo Jima or Iwo To or Iwo Island or Sulphur Island? Or something else other than "Hell"?
Posted in: Kan promises to find remains of fallen soldiers on Iwoto
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knews
I'm with hokkaidoguy. Japan has the most amazing variety of restaurants with the most amazing variety of dishes. For each type of food, whether it be oden, tempura, eel, soba, udon, tofu, beef, kaiseki, chicken or sushi, there are places that take it all to new levels. It is very difficult to make superb oden. The convenience store stuff actually doesn't taste bad, but there are some oden restaurants (like the one that got a Michelin star) that really reset the bar. Paris has around 60,000 restaurants and Tokyo has 160,000 so I guess it isn't surprising that Tokyo has more stars than Paris and London combined. But I am glad the Michelin people admit it! There is an art to making beautiful soba or sushi or tofu or oden and even though it may look simple, it takes many years of work to perfect the art. Like wine you have to try a lot of the stuff to realize the difference between crappy, average, good and amazing. I heard the Michelin Guide only has twelve employees so I do wonder how their book will survive. Surely they need to have all the info online...
Posted in: The great Tokyo Michelin sham
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knews
A bit off topic but did anyone else notice that there were virtually no women in the stadium (unless they were all in their own section)? It will be interesting in 2022 when many visitors from around the world converge on Qatar and try to wear as little as possible to escape the 45-degree Celsius heat! Even though the stadiums will be airconditioned, I reckon it will be pretty warm.
Posted in: Japan beats Qatar 3-2 to advance to semifinals of Asian Cup
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knews
I guess it will always be difficult to stop the gun business in the U.S. because it is precisely that - a business - and a big one at that. The U.S. is the world's largest weapon supplier by miles so there'll always be a nice big supply of them at home for U.S. citizens to practice with (and continue killing one another with). It's hard to think of a more destructive business. Is this part of the American Dream?
Posted in: The gun control debate: Do you support the right of citizens to own and bear firearms?
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knews
.....remains unsolved (sorry!)
Posted in: The gun control debate: Do you support the right of citizens to own and bear firearms?
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knews
Must be sad to not even be able to imagine a life without firearms in the Un-tied States. You guys need to get to the root of the problem and that is to work out why there are violent crimes and criminals in such numbers in the first place. Guns are a temporary fix in the evolutionary scheme of things. Yes, you can shoot the mutation that results from the problem but the problem itself remains solved.
Posted in: The gun control debate: Do you support the right of citizens to own and bear firearms?
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knews
With some of the comments here, it is almost tempting to support gun ownership in the U.S. and just hope for a big shootout one day. That would solve a lot of problems. A quick-draw-McGraw tournament that goes on for a few years and eventually leaves just one "winner" (or loser depending how you look at it) who is really happy that they were the best out of 300 million! And really happy that he or she had a great gun and the right to have one.
Posted in: The gun control debate: Do you support the right of citizens to own and bear firearms?
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knews
Back to the six billion-dollar offer rejection. If they really feel the company is worth more than that, then 500 unhappy osechi customers will have almost no impact at all. He did the right thing and apologised, although he probably should have done a bit more bowing. Basically, Japanese consumers love coupons and stamp cards. I'd say Groupon is pretty safe in Japan if they can really offer substantial discounts as they seem to do without any more stuff-ups.
Posted in: Groupon CEO apologizes to Japan customers for 'osechi' mess-up
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Mocheake
You said everything I wanted to say. Nicely put!
Noliving
The rate of kids being killed by guns in the U.S. is far higher than in countries where guns aren't as easy to get.
Posted in: The gun control debate: Do you support the right of citizens to own and bear firearms?
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knews
Sounds like it might be the perfect marriage!
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In the video he says that Groupon has been going for two years in the United States. They recently turned down a six billion dollar offer for the company. Not bad for a 26-year-old!
Posted in: Groupon CEO apologizes to Japan customers for 'osechi' mess-up
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knews
I never get acrimonious. Never!
Posted in: Why are so many people unable to debate contentious issues such as whaling, gun control, politics and so on without getting acrimonious?
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She was very good in the stage play Joan of Arc that was on recently.
Posted in: Maki Horikita happy to play villain for first time
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apple407
Could you enlighten us with your religious insights?
Posted in: Waiting for a sign
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knews
Agreed!
Posted in: Waiting for a sign
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knews
This private certainly wasn't using his head, his head was telling him to use his privates!
Posted in: SDF member flashes staff at drive-through restaurant in Saitama
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repentjapan
True, there will always be some who need to believe in a higher being and life after death etc., but the number of active practitioners will decrease. Not sure what you meant regarding the Soviet Union etc. but as people become more able to get information (i.e. by using the Internet), they will learn, ask more questions, and then realize that religion is all about power, money and control.
Posted in: Waiting for a sign
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Columhcille
But do you really need to be a "member" of the LDS church in order to be "more kind and service-filled"? Religion is the bane of the world today. Violence and death all in the name of Gods who some hope exist. Pathetic really. Some people feel the need to "belong" and religion feeds on this. As humans slowly become more and more educated with more and more information at their fingertips, religions will become weaker and weaker. It has already started...thank God! (I mean thank goodness).
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