JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
- Salary: ¥255,000 ~ ¥275,000 / Month Travel Expenses, Encouragement of Japanese learning*
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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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mrmiyagi
Ultimately, its about what Nintendo wants...
Posted in: Seattle considers moving Ichiro out of leadoff
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mrmiyagi
if you were to tell him that he was going to hang that day, he probably wouldn't comprehend it; go in one ear, out the other... his green mile would be the easiest to walk; I doubt officers would have any resistance from him...
Posted in: Japan has year without executions
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mrmiyagi
'Lady Gag" hahaha...
Nb4 the edit...
Posted in: NHK hoping to get Lady Gaga to appear on 'Kohaku Uta Gassen'
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mrmiyagi
"actually, I think"? ... anyways, thats what the internet news will tell you... that's what the Boston media will tell you... and it's misleading... I won't disagree with the 2009 unwillingness to be upfront about his physical condition, that was a mistake and he took responsibility for it... but he did indeed change his routine... he was forced to train the way that Boston's coaches had prepared for him from the very start... he did not overthrow by his standards, but by Boston's standards... the "wear and tear" argument has been overused and never proven... he adjusted his training schedule many times, still is... but it's still not to the level when he was with Seibu (and it won't be now)... now, had he been able to train with his standards from the get-go, makes you wonder what kind of condition he would have been in during the 2009 WBC (he was quite fine after the 2006 one)...
thank you, John Madden... now, how many relievers do you know of that throw over 50 pitches in the bullpen before going to the mound?
Posted in: Texas Rangers win negotiating rights to Yu Darvish
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mrmiyagi
Michael... I agree that he won't be babied... but I believe he will be more than capable of the workload... I always thought Texas would be the best team for him because of Ryan... take Kazuhiro Sasaki and Daisuke Matsuzaka as examples... the Mariners didn't like Sasaki's training and warm-up methods as they believed it to be too much... but there wasn't much they could do about it since the team was controlled by a Japanese owner... long story short, he flourished in his four seasons (well, his last season has its question marks)... as for Matsuzaka, Boston refused to let him stay on his usual routine, he publicly complained about it... this one is kind of a catch-22 considering the amount of money invested in him... but I really believe that had he been able to maintain his normal routine and exercises like Sasaki, he would have been more successful... Ryan will let Darvish maintain his training ways, and he will help him get adjusted to MLB... being from Seattle, I hate this... but as a baseball fan, I can't wait to see how Darvish does under Ryan's watch...
Posted in: Texas Rangers win negotiating rights to Yu Darvish
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mrmiyagi
Should Texas get Darvish, I look at him becoming the most successful Japanese pitcher ever... he won't have the restrictions that Matsuzaka had/has in Boston; he'll be able to train and pitch the way he wants like Sasaki did in Seattle... it will just be better disciplined with Nolan Ryan around... generally speaking, I think he has the attitude and demeanor to play Stateside... I think the greatest question is whether he'll be distracted by his marital problems... and whatever team does get him should make an effort in convincing him not to play in the WBC in 2013...
Posted in: Bid deadline nears for Japanese ace Darvish
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mrmiyagi
Then lets just say Darvish is Iranian... there, case closed...
Posted in: Free agent Kawasaki only interested in Mariners
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mrmiyagi
"If the MLB was so much better, then maybe they should prove it by winning the WBC for once ?"
one problem, Mr. Suzuki, MLB doesn't field a team to the WBC...
"Because I have a brain"
Then try using it, Mr. Suzuki...
-> Smithinjapan... seriously, is Japantoday your only source of information? Kawasaki has already said that he'd be willing to take a minor league contract, and that if he doesn't get a contract, he'll simply play in Japan... Ichiro probably has only one year left with the Mariners, let Kawasaki have his fun
Posted in: Free agent Kawasaki only interested in Mariners
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mrmiyagi
^^^ what makes you think "ozawa's boy for the job" didn't win? Ozawa, while incompetent, isn't that stupid... I'm sure he knew quite well that whoever he supported would not get elected... reverse logic, if you may...
to me, Ozawa is like Natalie Portman's character in Star Wars Episode 1 Phantom Menace...
Posted in: Noda to become Japan's next prime minister
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mrmiyagi
has died... rip...
Posted in: Former Japan soccer player Matsuda dies of cardiac arrest at 34
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mrmiyagi
Even if Japan does sign the treaty, there is still one more potentially big loophole: the fact that children take the mother's name (be it her maiden or changed name) at registration...
Posted in: U.S. says it won't tolerate loopholes in child abduction issue with Japan
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mrmiyagi
mikeinhach... with the exception of when players voted for All-Stars, it has always been a popularity contest for position starters... come on, Cal RIpken started the 2001 game, did he deserve it?
Posted in: Bautista top vote-getter for All-Star spots
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mrmiyagi
I see... so, apparently Nova was a private language school at that time...
Posted in: Ichihashi admits to raping, strangling Hawker, but denies intent to kill
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mrmiyagi
Agreed that he was overused by Seibu and his high school... disagree with it being the primary fault... had the Boston Red Sox let him condition himself in his own way like he had done in Japan, he might have been able to perform better... the Mariners let Sasaki use his own routine and he never had problems with weigh gain(he actually lost some throughout the season) and pitched at an All-Star level...
Posted in: Matsuzaka has Tommy John Surgery
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mrmiyagi
a number of MLB players, most notably Americans, have already declined to play for 2013... if they were to hold the finals anywhere off of North America, even more players would decline... and I'd imagine team owners would be even more discouraging of their players playing... this tourney will continue to be a waste of time until MLB finally decides to have it in the Summer and not during March Madness...
Posted in: 2013 World Baseball Classic expands to 28 teams
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mrmiyagi
I always thought the "Richard Hall Show" a few years back was similar to SNL...
Posted in: Japanese version of 'Saturday Night Live' to debut in June
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mrmiyagi
Love how JT only mentions the love part...
Lets see... she was the youngest of 10 children, came from the countryside, poor family, mother died last year, went through the earthquake alone (assumingly), and probably wasn't making that much money... I can see why the supposed depression may have come...
the rags-to-riches thing is doubtful... she probably wasn't making any more than 250,000 a month, I'd be willing to bet under 200,000... that is nothing in Tokyo, especially Meguro... these kind of young "Talento" don't make much money...
Posted in: 'Talent' Miyu Uehara dead after apparently hanging herself at home
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mrmiyagi
So, everyone here seems to think that Kim Yu-na is crying because she lost... I see... it couldn't possibly be about something else... I know one thing, if I were competing for the first time in a long time, I would be emotional as well just making it to the podium... She's still the Olympic gold medalist, and in my opinion, still the favorite to win it again in Russia...
Posted in: Ice rivals
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mrmiyagi
I'm just loving this paradox that has been created from the Ichihashi incident...
Posted in: Ichihashi's book goes on sale; says he hopes to give royalties to Hawker family
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mrmiyagi
with the exception of ICHIRO, JPN players in the US know how to contribute to winning games at the MLB level..... little matsui, iwamura, hideki matsui, matsuzaka, are all coming back to Japan with World Series experience, some with Championships... they will all be able to teach Japanese kids what it means to be a Major Leaguer... btw, ICHIRO is the best from nippon in the game of baseball! hats-off:).... as a Major Leaguer, he is the worst from nippon! hats-off:(
Posted in: And then there was Ichiro: MLB teams in process of shedding Japanese players