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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mitoguitarman
"placed"
Posted in: 90-year-old woman dies after being attacked by dog in Yamanashi
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mitoguitarman
Wouldn't this be better places in the "Crime" section?
Posted in: 90-year-old woman dies after being attacked by dog in Yamanashi
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mitoguitarman
Yep, breeding a whole new generation of dealers and criminal users.
Posted in: Dutch roll out 'cannabis card' to stop pot tourists
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mitoguitarman
Must be 2 years old.
Posted in: 2-month-old baby boy drowns in Nagano river
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mitoguitarman
Stupid
Posted in: Korean idol enrages Japanese netizens by eating instant noodles from the pot
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mitoguitarman
"In all three accidents, the roads were narrow and there were no sidewalks, nor were there any guardrails."
This is so normal up here, and the drivers are nuts! There is a tiny, narrow road, more like an alley, here, that all the neighborhood kids have to use as a school route. And the commuting drivers also use it to shirt the main road and cut maybe 3-5 minutes off their commuting time. They speed along that road so fast, within inches of all the kids, assuming that 6-year-olds can concentrate every second. It is truly an accident waiting to happen.
We went to city hall, asking that a school kids present sign be erected and/or a speed bump be installed. They answered that we would have to get the signed consent of every resident in the neighborhood, and by the time we could do that, IF we could do that, most of the kids would be graduated from high school. I was truly disgusted by the government response to this dangerous situation. Activism in Japan is only see as cranks out to cause trouble.
And, as for the police helping, it seems the only thing the traffic police check is seat belt usage. There are regular police checkpoints for seatbelts, right next to traffic lights where 90% of the drivers are red light jumpers. Priorities are so misplaced.
Posted in: Gov't, NPA look at ways to improve road safety for children
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mitoguitarman
Hang the traitor who thought of this!
Posted in: Cleavage cover to keep prying eyes away
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mitoguitarman
Just what Mexico needs....
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mitoguitarman
It's terrible. But with the streets here running inches from the "sidewalks," it's really amazing that it doesn't happen more. Not to mention the trains flying by unprotected platforms. Not that it's their fault in any way, but pedestrians are entirely to nonchalant about killer vehicles running next to them. The country is just too crowded. A solution? Ban cars from 50% of the streets, and convert them to pedestrian/bike lanes.
Posted in: Minivan hits group of children, killing 6-year-old boy in Chiba
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mitoguitarman
Ah, the times we feel good about being an expat.
Posted in: Police handcuff tantrum-throwing 6-year-old in Georgia
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mitoguitarman
That'll get his job back. Now he'll fit right in.
Posted in: Policeman arrested for licking woman's hair
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mitoguitarman
No chance of having the app names show up here?
Posted in: Personal info of over 1 mil smartphone users leaked
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mitoguitarman
Yuck
Posted in: Titanic memorial cruise retraces tragic voyage
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mitoguitarman
Information about the subsidies, or a link, would have been a great addition to this article.
Posted in: Green subsidies boost Japan auto sales by record 78.2% in March
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mitoguitarman
...rocked public confidence in the (formerly) highly respected state prosecution service.
Posted in: 2 prosecutors convicted in evidence tampering case
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mitoguitarman
'Cept all the Stones are in AA and off drugs. This is a little off-target. But of course anything for a yen.
Posted in: Suntory drinks commemorate 50th anniversary of Rolling Stones
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mitoguitarman
Perhaps the ridiculous use of four writing systems has something to do with this problem.
Posted in: Illiteracy costs Japan's economy $87.78 billion: World Literacy Foundation
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mitoguitarman
...because Japan is model democracy, er bureaucracy?
Posted in: Japan to send election observers to Myanmar
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mitoguitarman
Haha, karma. I bet Mrs. Raygun isn't too pleased about this.
Posted in: Jane Fonda to play Nancy Reagan in U.S. film
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mitoguitarman
Finally, a humane crack appears in the kanji wall.
Posted in: Nursing exam rules for foreigners to be relaxed in response to low pass rate