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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maninjapan79
It is all smoke and mirrors to appease the public and take away whatever little support Woodford had to win back his job.
Posted in: Olympus sues 19 current, ex-board members for Y16.54 bil in damages
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maninjapan79
Come on, there couldn't have been anything in it. If Konishiki had put any amount of strength or agression into it they would be interviewing the guy from a hospital bed. ....... Whod be dumb enough to yell at the wifee of a guy who could eat you for breakfast!! They should counter sue the guy for verbal assault and emotional distress. There is no evidence he was right about the dog crap anyway
Posted in: Charges filed against Konishiki for alleged assault over dog poo
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maninjapan79
No offense all you people who offer the opinion that the apology is meaningless. Pretty sure the only person who gets to make that decision is the actual person being apologized to......
Travis, I kind of understand where you are coming from. But it is a little bit different in this case. While it may not be the same government that commited the atrocites, they still have the authority to offer an apology on behalf of the government actions of the past. If that was how it worked, governments would get away with all sorts of crap. Just blame it on the predecessor.... oh wait........
Posted in: Japan apologizes to elderly Australian POW nurse, others
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maninjapan79
Gurukun, there have been massive amounts of donations made. The problem is however its not getting to them due to all the red tape. There will just as many people there next week who will still need help though so there will come the time when peoples volunteer efforts will be required. I dont blame people for wanting to do things right now though. I am one of them. But the reality is, as you correctly pointed out. Anyone can collect money then just pocket it. (And this IS happening unfortunately). There are enough established channels to make donations. If someone really wants to help, help out an established donation channel (red cross etc), sign up for volunteer efforts and just be ready for when your needed. Volunteers will be needed for a long time to come.
Posted in: Saitama Super Arena overflows with volunteers
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maninjapan79
I reckon a lot of you need to open your minds a little wider......
debucho, way off the mark there. Its more like using racing car drivers in a road safety campaign, or rockstars in drink driving campaigns, (sound familiar???)
And I don't know about you, but a pornstar has got a much better chance of convincing me to cover up than some grumpy old politician....
Posted in: Japanese porn stars fight AIDS with 24-hour telethon
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maninjapan79
Zenny, Illegal for using the film without permission right? If the act of filming alone was illegal they should have been arrested on the spot.
Posted in: Taiji mayor defends dolphin hunts
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maninjapan79
Hermoine, the animals don't 'lay on the street, alive but cut open for all the little children to see'....... that's a fair exaggeration there I't doesn't necessarily make it better, nor am I defending it, but its all done in secret away from the public eye
Zenny 11, they were filming on public property, what they were doing at the time was perfectly legal (to the best of my understanding of the law, correct me if I'm wrong). The Japanese guy was also filming the film crew anyway, and I didnt see any of the activists get shirty with him about it......
Anyway, its not the dolphin meat being sold for $10 a pound thats keeping these guys in their jobs, its the 100's of thousands of dollars being paid for the live ones buy aquariums all around the world that are lining these guys pockets.....
Posted in: Taiji mayor defends dolphin hunts
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maninjapan79
funny.... sounds like another suicide to me.......
Posted in: Man dies after beating in Fukushima Park
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maninjapan79
shufu, while your point may be valid in relation to mental disabilities, It looks like this service is dealing mainly with the physically disabled.
As for the girls, though I believe you have a point. Makes a very good argument for this to be regulated. Although with all the shady operators in the more legitimate fields of health and related services I wouldnt hold out too much hope for that.
In regards to medication..... possibly in more extreme cases of mental disabilities, but medical castration is a pretty extreme measure.... why not through in a few sessions of electro shock therapy or a labotomy for good measure.
@ Mr Dog, intended pun with the 'Yankees' call there??
Posted in: Business caters to sexual needs of disabled
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maninjapan79
Wakarimasen, and all the others that dont have the minimum functioning capability to do a little legwork........
the Anti-Prostitution Law of 1956 states that "No person may either do prostitution or become the customer of it,"
So what is classed as prostitution in Japan?
Japanese law defines prostitution as "intercourse with an unspecified person in exchange for payment,"
Therefore, providing the service is exactly what is printed here it is not, repeat, NOT, prositution and fully legal.
Case closed........
Posted in: Business caters to sexual needs of disabled
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maninjapan79
People with disabilities should have the right to choose to have as free and dignified a life as anyone else as they please. If that requires a guide dog so that they can eat out at their favourite restaurant fine, If it requires assistance in satisfying their sexual needs then that is just as fine. How can it not be??
Its not as if they have a lot of other choices to satisfy themselves either. Mr Dog, providing the service is carried out the way it is written here (and for the prices he charges, its pretty obvious the girls arent doing much more than what is exactly written here) If that's the service I recieved at a delihel I'd be asking for my money back. There are regular delihel that accept disabled customers. However in regards to this particular story, this guy ONLY services disabled customers. If it is just a front for a regular delihel service, then that changes things, but you have no proof that it is anything but that. For all you who make out disabled people who use these services to be nothing more than depraved, sinful, sex addicts how about you do what was suggested earlier and spend a little time with these people, who knows, you might just learn a little something.......
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maninjapan79
keiko tokyo. While I would love for them to all get together to work out a deal, Australia were as much to blame this time as Japan has been in the past. They were one of the few (perhaps the only country) to shoot down the idea of a compromise at the most recent IWC meeting.....
Posted in: Anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune gets suspended prison term
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maninjapan79
Eyeblack. Wrong Wrong and Wrong!!!!!! A number of whale species were very close to extinsion due to over fishing of them. It was only due to efforts by a number of countries to reduce the number of whales being caught that we still have whales. Limited, controlled catches are a different matter, to which I do not completely disagree. They are against all whaling and last time I checked norwiegans, russians and icelanders are also white.... The reason why they dont have high profile clashes with them is because they catch whales close to home. Not in the middle of a whale sanctuary 1000's of km's away
Posted in: Anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune gets suspended prison term
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maninjapan79
As long as Japan refuse to move their whaling activities to closer waters there is no way in the world they can use the whole 'part of our culture' incident. the fact that they could still catch enough whales at a much cheaper cost to them in coastal waters and yet they refuse to. They are either just being stubborn and not wanting to be seen as giving into international pressure, or somebody stands to lose a lot of money by moving the whaling activities to coastal waters.......
Posted in: Anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune gets suspended prison term
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maninjapan79
Looks like we have ourselves an international controversy here judging by the attacks on the mans bowing technique.. If he cops this from his own people I dread what the Japanese are going to think. I can see the headlines now...... Obama disses emporer with incorrect bowing technique!! Shame on you Obama!!!!! Im sure it ranks right up there with Bush's wink at the queen! And as for the moron who believes the hand shake is the only appropriate form of greeting, who gives you the right to say which culture's greetings are appropriate!?? 'shake my hand and look me in the eye'. good on ya buddy!!
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maninjapan79
"spudman at 01:05 PM JST - 14th November
Goofed up with this. Next time either just shake hands or just bow. Doing both makes you look like a doofus. Oh and watch out for the right wingnuts saying you shouldn't kowtow to inferior nations i.e everyone else."
Try again spudman..... nobody bows and shakes hands huh.........
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maninjapan79
"tigris, I think it rather says "there's nothing cheaper than free"" Yeah, sorry dude, you got that one wrong, Nothing is more expensive than free. Refers to all the extra conditions that come with free things, making it more expensive than if youd actually paid for it.....
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maninjapan79
I love how the surcharge tracked up with the price of oil a lot quicker than it tracks down with it....
Posted in: JAL to decrease international fare fuel surcharge from Jan 1
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maninjapan79
Right Health care for all is pure nonsense..... When are you guys gonna get it. A national Healthcare plan doesnt make a country socialist. Pretty much every other decent developed country in the world has free healthcare.
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maninjapan79
Oh Come on, What world are you living in? Australia and New Zealand are among the worst offenders. And its not just rugby either. Not too famililar with the US team, but You can be sure they arent all born and bred yanks either....
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