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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medievaltimes
Japanese men.
As mentioned earlier...the main purpose is to get the ego stroked. This need to feel important/pampered is very strong in the land of the rising sun. These dudes like to feel superior in a way, as status is of great importance. The need is so great, they are ok with just the FANTASY of it.
Sad. Very sad. Think of all the money spent that could have gone to their childrens trust fund.
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medievaltimes
Another day....another family crime.
Posted in: 77-year-old man arrested for strangling bedridden wife in Funabashi
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medievaltimes
As this is Japan, the quality of mental illness treatment is archaic at best.
What was his psychiatric history? What was his diagnosis? What were his meds? Whose care was he under?
Posted in: 22-year-old night school student assaults 15-year-old classmate in Chiba
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medievaltimes
Welcome to Japanese logic.
Posted in: 'Pedestrian paradise' to be suspended in Akihabara
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medievaltimes
Is Japan living in 2008?
Posted in: Crown prince heads to Brazil alone; says trip too tough for Masako
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medievaltimes
DAMN! 1 Million tons of coke a year! I cant believe they are so blatantly producing this stuff and the government isnt doing anything about it!
Posted in: Advanced coke oven begins operations at Nippon Steel plant
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medievaltimes
Im not going to say who I am for or against in the upcoming elections. However, I will say the fact that there are so many people willing to take the time to post about it on a site like japantoday is great. If people didnt really care they wouldnt post. US politics are headed in a historic direction no matter who gets elected. Exciting times indeed.
Posted in: Obama seals Democratic nomination; Clinton seeks VP slot
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medievaltimes
This is all about novelty. Happens quite a bit in Japan in various forms.
Posted in: Premium black watermelon auctioned for record Y650,000
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medievaltimes
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/04/beck.iraq/index.html
Interesting article...read and discuss
Posted in: U.S. nets 2 al-Qaida suspects, Shiite leader in Iraq
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medievaltimes
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/04/beck.iraq/index.html
Interesting, read, discuss
Posted in: Obama says Iraq war makes Iran stronger, but U.S. and Israel less secure
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medievaltimes
For anybody that wants to post "bring the troops home" etc. Please go into a little more detail of HOW to bring them home. And then explain what happens to Iraq after they are home.
Interesting article
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/04/beck.iraq/index.html
Read and discuss
Posted in: Car bombs kill 19 in Baghdad
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medievaltimes
This headline doesnt matter. It doesnt mean anything in the big picture of things (although if the US was targeting civilians on purpose you guys/gals would be in an uproar)
No dis...but you posters have it all wrong.
If you hate Bush, its ok. If you are upset about the way the war was started, its ok. If you dont like America, its ok. If you are upset about no WMD, its ok. If you....If you....If you..........etc
Micro managing of the war is lame. It doesnt matter what happens day to day or week to week.
The real issues are 1 - the election 2 - when/how to pull the troops out AND MOST IMPORTANTLY 3 - what happens after the troops are pulled out.
Most people want to talk about the first two but not the third.
Posted in: Car bombs kill 19 in Baghdad
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medievaltimes
Very sad.
It has been my experience that Japanese people of all ages are extremely sensitive to any kind of negative comment about them. Of course nobody likes negative comments but people in Japan seem to really take criticism/stupid comments in a bad way.
Posted in: 16-year-old girl hangs herself after message on blog tells her to die
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medievaltimes
So, whats your view???
Posted in: U.S. ambassador: Al-Qaida close to defeat in Iraq
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medievaltimes
Terrorist breeding ground in the short term sure. Why wouldnt it be? Of course the terrorists are going to flock there. But what is more important is the long run.
The upcoming election and foreign policy will be an important point. But if the troops stay, the US probably will not have a good grasp of things for another couple years.
If the troops pull out, there is a possibility that the US will have to go back in at a later date under worse conditions.
Posted in: U.S. ambassador: Al-Qaida close to defeat in Iraq
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medievaltimes
Why do so many Japanese men like high school girls???
Posted in: Police raid 'blind-date cafe' in Tokyo, taking 31 high school, college girls into custody
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medievaltimes
Sarge - Good point. For as bad as the US is made out to be, I sure as heck don't want the other side to win. At least with the US you can pretty much worship as you please. The other side makes a twisted version of Islam mandatory with severe punishment or death if you do not comply.
Posted in: U.S. ambassador: Al-Qaida close to defeat in Iraq
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medievaltimes
SEZ - Yes, you are correct. However, I never once said in a post "the surge is working". I believe most people who post oversimplify the Iraq thing. Day to day headlines really dont mean too much in the big picture of things. In my earlier post I mentioned "there is too much microanalysis going on". And that goes for both sides.
There seems to be a group of people who can not move past their dislike of Bush or the way the war was initiated. A headline states 27 people were killed by a bomber and within 15 posts WMD is mentioned.
There also seems to be a group of people that scream about bringing the troops home today. Fine. Ok. No problem......but then what??? What happens after that??
There is a very real possibility that if the US pulls out today, they will have to go back in at a later time under worse conditions.
Posted in: U.S. ambassador: Al-Qaida close to defeat in Iraq
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medievaltimes
Taka - Maybe yes, maybe no. But there are many more variables at play here than occupation. Heck, there are even many variables within the variable of occupation.
To say they can not solve Iraq becuase the occupation is a big problem is oversimplifying it just a wee bit. And by the way, all of those variables mentioned above can and do change.
Posted in: U.S. ambassador: Al-Qaida close to defeat in Iraq
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medievaltimes
There are many things we use in our daily lives called "spinoffs" that are a direct result from the space program. Ambition?? Innovation?? You bet. Congrats NASA!
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