JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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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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motytrah
In the first three months of 2009 Japan consumed 69,096 Metric Tons of Fresh Tuna (a good chuck of it imported). In all of 2008 the US consumed 12,300 Metric Tons of Fresh Tuna. Europe is just a fraction of the US. The vast majority of world eats canned tuna. Usually small Skipjack Tuna which are fairly small and aren't on the verge of collapse. Japan is the problem.
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motytrah
Most consulting companies just want customers to have a clue about what the deliverable should be. Be able to define clear requirements and be decisive about decisions. At least when you are a small company that does flat rate projects.
In the west there's a lot of competition for this kind of work. So much so that it's a bit hard to eek out a living unless it's mostly application development. Way more money in doing work as an hourly resource for large companies. Glad it's working out for Guillaume.
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motytrah
Cisco has the technology, Accenture specializes in outsourcing jobs. Looks like the idea is to reduce datacenter and IT costs. With this type of technology you can have most of the day to day operations run in India.
Posted in: Accenture Japan, Cisco Systems step up collaboration in Japan
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motytrah
Sounds like the stock Jim Beam BBQ sauce that's become over used in the US.
Posted in: Bourbon Whopper
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motytrah
The world? Seriously?
In the first three months of 2009 Japan consumed 69,096 Metric Tons of Fresh Tuna (a good chuck of it imported). In all of 2008 the US consumed 12,300 Metric Tons of Fresh Tuna. Europe is just a fraction of the US. The vast majority of world eats canned tuna. Usually small Skipjack Tuna which aren't on the verge of collapse. Japan is the problem with Tuna.
Posted in: Tuna farming getting a boost
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motytrah
This just in, young people like to rave, old people on J-Today look on with disapproving faces. Activity like this is popular in the west as well. Though the ratio of men to woman is a bit better.
Posted in: Yes, 'otaku' nightlife does exist
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motytrah
Wonder if they lost his luggage...
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motytrah
It's dances with wolves with CG.
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motytrah
Westin is definitely the better brand in the starwood portfolio. Consistently better than most Sheratons.
Posted in: Best and Westin
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motytrah
Didn't J-Cops used to have tethers on the guns?
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motytrah
@Tahoochi The issue at hand is the cars in question are high end models with "Fly by Wire" accelerators, brakes and transmissions.
When GM had a deadly cruise control defect in the 90's it took half a decade to figure out what the problem was. These cases are fairly recent and with all due respect the cars are much more complicated now than when GM was having problems.
Fact: The accelerator does NOT disengage when the brakes are hit. This is acknowledged by Toyota as by design. Why?
As to why the issues are in the US? Because the US buys more Lexus than any other country. Last year there were only 26K sold in Japan, only 44K sold in Europe and over 270K sold in the US.
Posted in: Toyota to replace gas pedals in 3.8 million vehicles in U.S.
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motytrah
On the lexus in in the article the transmission is electronic. There's also no key to turn off power to the car. The driver of the car was a State Patrol officer who went through a fair amount of drivers training. There's a strong suspicion reported that he couldn't shut the car off or take it out of gear.
Posted in: Toyota to replace gas pedals in 3.8 million vehicles in U.S.
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motytrah
Okay, show of hands, how many of you knew Delta was the third largest airline running in Japan (because they merged with NWA)? American has 3 routes form the US to Japan, Delta has 9 + another dozen Japan to Asia routes. In temrs of adding connecting passengers, America can bring maybe 700k to JAL, Delta can bring 3.9M passengers. As a mater of scale, Delta is a better fit, though Delta is a subpar brand and has ruined the 40 year old program NWA was running in Japan.
Posted in: Delta, SkyTeam offer $1 billion to Japan Airlines
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motytrah
As far as I can tell they are just scaling up the western roommate concept. Take some luxury apartments only western expats would rent, repartition it into a larger common space and a bunch of small bedrooms. Collect the profit. When one renter leaves the landlord is only out 1/5 to 1/10 until the new tenant is found.
One of the pluses to this concept in Japan compared to the West is the existence of love hotels. Since a couple can get an hourly room they don't have to bother their roommates.
Posted in: Meet the brains of Tokyo's women-only housing boom
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motytrah
Seems a bit early for Christmas movies.
Posted in: Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit
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motytrah
Past Wii sales have been helped a lot by price. Traditionally the Wii was cheaper than the other consoles by at least $100. Even at the cheaper price point the Wii has always been sold at a profit. Whereas the PS3 and 360 needed people to buy 4-5 games before they broke even. (Though Sony could count the Blu-ray discs in that equation.)
At any rate, Nintendo messed up when they left the Wii price point at $199 when the 360 Arcade came down to the $199 price point. They should have dropped to $179 or so.
Posted in: Nintendo's profit dives as Wii demand dwindles
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motytrah
This is a country where instructions for tax forms can be found in Manga format.
Posted in: Manga men
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motytrah
If you watch the link above the burger is disgusting. The guy brings it up to his mouth and grease starts pouring off the burger. It's just nasty.
Posted in: Windows Whopper
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motytrah
@Sarge On their own dime? Maybe 1% of the population. A subset of that could actually afford to have the personal attention you can get from the Ritz. But a lot of people go there for business and ultimately aren't paying for it.
Posted in: Ritz-Carlton Tokyo named best hotel in Japan by Conde Nast Traveler readers
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motytrah
While the nomination was just a couple weeks in to his term, the voting was fairly recent. What does it prove? Mostly that the international community REALLY didn't like the Bush gov't.
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