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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¥¥¥. That's all.
Posted in: Sony's goal
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Health Care Will Pass
http://www.mullings.com/03-19-10.htm
And on Monday … guess what? The sun will come up. The Earth will continue to spin on its axis. America will not be officially renamed: France; neither Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, nor Haile Selassie will not have come back to life; and Tiger Woods' return to competitive play will set an all-time record for viewers of the Masters.
Here's the point: The Democrats are only doing what Democrats do when they have the power to do it. If Republicans hadn't done so badly at the polls in 2006 and 2008 this wouldn't have happened.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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It'll be short lived, to be sure, so suck on this candy every so slowly.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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Socialists -- including "social engineers" -- don't get your hopes up just yet. Let's not forget President Clinton and welfare reform, driven mostly by The Heritage Foundation.
This is merely a speed bump in American history. Freedom Fries will prevail.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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One train later and I would have lost a colleague. Rest assured, their time will come.
And then there is the cost of "restitution" in this society...
Posted in: Tokyo marks 15th anniversary of subway sarin attack
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Get in. Get it while the gettin's good and get out. Sole distributorship will carry them until the local biggies take this concept nationally and the manufacturing to, well... you get the idea.
Posted in: Enterprising moms cash in on micro-scooters
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According to Consumer Reports' 2010 Car Brand Perception Survey, Toyota was by far and away the winner with 196 points compared to second-best Ford at 141. (The lowest score was Hummer with an 11.) For the year before, Toyota again easily topped out at 193 with Honda second at 149 and last place held by Suzuki at seven.
As I noted in an earlier blog, Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, has obtained and reviewed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration complaint database.
A key finding: Toyota was the subject of 9.1 percent of the complaints from 2001 through 2010 (through February 3), including the sudden acceleration complaints, even while selling 13.5 percent of all new cars in the U.S. This puts it third in sales, but 17th in complaints.
So despite what the analysts say and what Toyoda seemed to support, there's no objective evidence that Toyota has of late been making a comparatively inferior product. As is so often the case with media-anointed "experts," the analysts are positing explanations for a non-existent phenomenon.
http://www.fumento.com/weblog/archives/2010/02/toyoda_confesse.html
Posted in: Toyota president urges workers, dealers to work toward new start
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Japan's "kumiai" are also "special interests" in America. Ya dig?
Socialism, pure and simple.
Posted in: Japan hopes Toyoda can clear image, cool friction in Washington
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Few seem to understand what is going on here.
"I'm a retired systems engineer for Ford Motor Company. As such I've survived a number of fairly major recalls but I do find it interesting the way both the government and the media are continuing to bash Toyota. You know, they seem to be going after them with continued gusto. In fact, today I hear that there are Democratic demands for congressional investigations, which I'm sure will be televised. But I haven't heard anyone in the media mention the fact that Toyota, who currently operates five assembly plants in the US, has no UAW members in any of the plants. Just wondering. I find it interesting. I know you were talking earlier about the way Obama kind of takes care of his buddies in the UAW and I'm just wondering if you think it's possible that Ron Gettelfinger maybe could have been a recent visitor or guest at the White House?"
"It's interesting, too, that Toyota did have a unionized plant at the Fremont, California, NUMMI facility and they announced late last year that they were going to mothball the plant. That's the one that they inherited from General Motors -- and, as such, inherited a bunch of GM UAW workers along with it. But that was their highest cost assembly plant, and that was the reason given for their shutting it down this year."
Posted in: Japan hopes Toyoda can clear image, cool friction in Washington
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Peachy.
Posted in: Mobile phone company Willcom files for bankruptcy
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Mental illness, yes indeedy.
Move to the UK. PETA is pretty big there.
Posted in: Antiwhaling protester to be brought to Japan for questioning
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Can't wait for the analysis of this activity on KFI's Dark Secret Place this coming Sunday PST.
Posted in: Thousands of U.S. Marines, Afghan troops attack Taliban-held town
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Japan is about 50 years behind the U.S. in most things.
Posted in: The dumbing down of Japanese students
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'Poo burgers? They could be the next rage, you know.
Big Boy, 1950's, still works anywhere.
Posted in: Setagaya burger master goes for traditional touch
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Scrap the Engrish menu idea, keep the prices exclusive.
Posted in: Setagaya burger master goes for traditional touch
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Ho! Exclusive burgers; it works. Who wants to eat with teens and 20-somethings anyway?
Posted in: Setagaya burger master goes for traditional touch
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The poor will always be with us.
Posted in: The end of a homeless, nameless life on the street
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Overall, it's probably not as bad as as being reported. Hysteria sells copy. Anyway, in two weeks we'll have a better picture or a news blackout.
Posted in: Haiti's capital shattered by powerful earthquake
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I saw a similar article on this very subject date, oh, 500 years ago.
(cough) Such language.
Posted in: Will Japan be around in the year 2500?
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They deserve each other.
Posted in: Philandering and drinking issues persist for Ebizo Ichikawa