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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lostrune2
Those photos have some nice headlights!
Posted in: Fine bodywork
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lostrune2
Amnesty International might as well ask them to arrest Putin for murdering Chechens and Hu Jintao for murdering Tibetans.
Posted in: Amnesty International urges African nations to arrest George Bush
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lostrune2
This should be the Mariner's fans' business more than anyone else's here since it matters more to them. A friend who's a M's fan mentioned that they need a run-producer (RBIs) to drive in runs, above yet another base-runner who will just end up getting stranded yet again. So even if Kawasaki wants to go to the M's, if he's not what the M's need, then it won't be a good fit, and both sides will just be miserable - and all that'll do is piss off the fans. So advice to Kawasaki is: find a team that fits for you and for the team.
As for the WBC, it won't be important like the Soccer World Cup, not until all the best players treat it seriously and is run separately by a year-round institution solely dedicated to it - currently, the MLB and MLBPA run the WBC, so their dedication to it is divided. Like the Olympics, which was good while it lasted.
IIRC, there was an amateur Japanese baseball player who wanted to go straight to America (minor leagues, of course, to develop) and asked the NPB not to draft him, but the NPB drafted him anyways; yet he still went to America, but the NPB blacklisted him if he ever returns. I think Taiwanese players, and maybe even South Korean players, are allowed to go straight to America - and that's why there's more of them in the U.S. minor leagues than Japanese players.
Posted in: Free agent Kawasaki only interested in Mariners
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lostrune2
Get hands-free devices, or get a ticket, ha!
Posted in: 8 bullet train drivers used cell phones while driving: JR Tokai
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lostrune2
The Iranian Foreign Ministry's apology was a day late and a dollar short. And so, their diplomats got their butts kicked out.
Ironically, this stems from the internal Iranian squabble between Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad. Compared to Khamenei who wants to make a hard stand against the West, Ahmadinejad is like the reasonable one who's willing to talk with the West. Who da thunk?
Posted in: Britain orders all Iranian diplomats to leave UK
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lostrune2
Not many countries in the world could do what the U.S. is doing and carry weight: go into a nation and call for change to an open society. Not Russia, not China, not India, etc. That's why U.S. foreign policy is significant.
Posted in: Clinton makes historic visit to Myanmar
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lostrune2
First of all, let me correct a wrong data mentioned here:
The USA basketball team BEAT Spain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (USA are undefeated 2008 Olympic and 2010 FIBA World Champions!)
Second, the best international baseball tournament was the Olympics since it was mostly amateurs with no money worries, but alas, it's gone now and won't return because the OIC wants MLB to promise allowing its best pro players to participate mid-season.
(And BTW, Venezuela has the best team, ha!)
Posted in: Samsung Lions beat Softbank Hawks to win Asia Series
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lostrune2
The Arab Spring was inevitable, like the breakup of the Soviet Union - people eventually want to be off the despots. If the West had clearly opposed it, the West would have been hated more than even now. The result would have been a bunch of new governments that are irreparably unfriendly to the West. That would have been the worse scenario. At least currently, the relation is moderate and salvageable - they could have a working relationship, even if not a familial one.
Posted in: Islamists claim lead in Egypt vote count
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lostrune2
Most golfers might as well be, because they can't hit it straight!
Posted in: Playing by ear: Blind tennis, the smash from Japan
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lostrune2
Muslim women were also voting to protect their rights. In many poll stations, Muslim women were outnumbering men 3-to-1 or 4-to-1.
Posted in: Egypt's Christians try to stem Islamists in vote
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lostrune2
Hahaha, they still haven't learned to booby-trap embassies in Iran yet?
Just let the striking workers in UK have a go at the Iranian embassy and call it even.
Posted in: Britain evacuates embassy staff from Iran
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lostrune2
What's there to debate about?! Just do the same to them the next time. That's all there is to it; case closed! Move on.
Posted in: Diet debates circumstances of Japan's soccer loss to N Korea
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lostrune2
Only tall women can have long legs, heh.
Posted in: KARA appear in fried chicken ad campaign for FamilyMart
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lostrune2
Supply lines would be an inconvenience but won't be a big problem. Because of previous Taliban attacks on supply lines in Pakistan, most supply lines now run thru Russia and former Soviet republics.
Posted in: Pakistan cuts off supplies to NATO-led forces after lethal air strikes
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lostrune2
In other news, another archeologist discovered Pocahontas' honeymoon.
Posted in: Archeologist says he has found Pocahontas wedding site
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lostrune2
Probably in election booths, but we're not allowed to look inside.
Posted in: Chiaki Kuriyama shows her pole-dancer form
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lostrune2
What deranged scientist would call penguins jackasses, haha!
Posted in: Penguin parade
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lostrune2
A lot of battery life is from screen brightness. Turn down the screen brightness and only turn it up temporarily when it's actually needed. Most time and apps, it's not needed.
Posted in: Samsung targets 2 mil sales of new Galaxy device
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lostrune2
Get everything grilled at KFC (they don't want you saying "Fried" anymore).
Posted in: The KFC-Christmas connection in Japan
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lostrune2
Haha, and Russia should stop meddling in NATO's missile defense shield. It's for defense, not offense. If Russia is so concerned, build its own!
Posted in: Putin warns West against meddling in Russian elections