JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Financial Advisor
- Select Asset Management KK, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥100,000 ~ ¥999,999 Paid Training Commission Based
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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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nandakandamanda
" has previously been shown on Canadian and Swiss TV and at numerous film festivals, where it provoked little controversy."
OK, fine. So what's so different about showing it in Britain? The hypocrisy there? The pretense at not wanting to see, but actually wanting to see? Inability to deal with the heavy Victorian legacy in this its last bastion? The vicarious thrill of being the fly on the wall, and then the resultant disgust, and the inability to think maturely about something we all need to consider seriously? Are we happy to be playing all day, death hidden behind the hospital walls? Leave the decisions to the doctor...
Yes, all the above posters' criticisms can be thrown validly at this airing, but maybe it can also function as a wake-up call. Patients need to be able to consider all available options in consultation with a doctor without the law pontificating. Maybe Britain needs to wake up and think clearly.
Posted in: Suicide on TV condemned in Britain
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nandakandamanda
Especially the small ones. The larger ones are larger, though.
Posted in: Angry Ford dealer in South Carolina blasts Japanese imports in ads
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nandakandamanda
The guy got the publicity and he sold his 15 cars. Let others deal with the fallout.
Pre-modern Oriental thinking at its best.
Posted in: Angry Ford dealer in South Carolina blasts Japanese imports in ads
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nandakandamanda
From my memory she was walking home late afternoon from school... (not in the middle of the night)
Posted in: Peruvian to be retried for murder of 7-year-old girl in Hiroshima
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nandakandamanda
The guy told the police that he has the devil inside him who sometimes takes control of him. Thus it was not he himself who did the killing.
Posted in: Peruvian to be retried for murder of 7-year-old girl in Hiroshima
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nandakandamanda
Militants, terrorists or fighters?
Poor old Pakistan. They just wanted to have an Islamic state, but no-one could be satisfied, and look how it is now. A rabbit warren of factions, tribes, home-grown and foreign, all with different agendas. Everyone telling them what to do, or even worse, threatening them and their families. Pakistan needs four armies, one to guard the NW frontier, one to guard the borber with Afghanistan, one to be ready for an Indian attack, and one to guard against the internal terrorist/fighter/militant lot. I bet people are wishing they hadn't pushed Musharraf out so hastily.
Posted in: Militants in Pakistan destroy nearly 150 NATO supply vehicles
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nandakandamanda
I feel really sorry for the guard who was shot, and for his poor family. If there is a Hell, I am sure the people who attacked the terminal will go there.
Posted in: Militants in Pakistan destroy nearly 150 NATO supply vehicles
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nandakandamanda
The problem with interrogating mass murderers, and then following up the trail, is that they all tend to be smooth-talking liars.
Listen to the head of Jamaat again: “The Indian leadership is using Pakistan as a punching bag to cover its failures at home,” Saeed told Outlook magazine in an interview released Friday. “Instead of blaming Pakistan, India should have acted as a responsible country, shown patience and focused on investigating the attacks to find out the real culprits.”
Classic smokescreen blagger's language. He feels so sure he will not be caught that he can grant interviews, continue to set his own country against India, and suggest there is a separate 'real' culprit out there somewhere. IMHO. No proof, but it just doesn't smell right...
Posted in: Indian police arrest 2 men in Mumbai investigation
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nandakandamanda
Have to agree 100% with likeitis. We have no way of being able to judge the circumstances of this case, either the mood in the class, or the conversation at home later on. I will pass on judgement.
Perhaps the teacher made a bad move in a touchy area and once out in the open everyone will have wanted their say on the matter. Messy.
Posted in: White teacher apologizes for binding black girls in slavery lesson
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nandakandamanda
If Honda ask Super Aguri to take them over, I think Suzuki Aguri should refuse.
Posted in: Honda F1 chief hopeful of buyer rescuing team
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nandakandamanda
Taka, Everton you need to read the article properly before slamming the teacher.
PS My guess is the teacher wanted to shock a couple of the badly behaved kids. Check out the sex of the teacher.
Posted in: White teacher apologizes for binding black girls in slavery lesson
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nandakandamanda
The worst thing I can say about F1 is that it puts me into a pleasant sleep.
Fuji TV makes a cynical hash of it here in Japan in order to squeeze every last penny out of the exhausted late-night audience. This is absolutely unforgivable. Otherwise I enjoy it. The sounds of the engines are great. (Better in real life, plus you get the smells of hot racing oil!) The effect of a few hours on the environment is negligible, and my personal feeling is that it encourages people to be better and more conscious drivers.
Honda pulling out of F1 for financial reasons may be the tip of the iceberg. They are still active in superbikes, etc., though.
Posted in: Honda pulls out of F1 due to global economic turmoil
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nandakandamanda
Yes, Tatanka, it is the second time for them. Last time they dropped out of F1 in 1992/3, they said they wanted to concentrate on developing environmentally friendly engines.
I wonder what they can say this time, in order to stay ahead of the game?
Posted in: Honda pulls out of F1 due to global economic turmoil
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nandakandamanda
Spudman, Guess I was thinking of Camp Sendai-Nigatake, Miyagi Prefecture, which was probably returned to Japan's Self Defense Forces, or maybe I was thinking of Misawa! hahahaha :nuts:
Posted in: 6.1 quake hits northern Japan
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nandakandamanda
30061015 Well, they are not Muslims either, according to the reports coming out of India, because Islam forbids suicide. So they will all end up in Hell, from the point of view of Islam.
What should we call them? 'Kamikaze' doesn't quite fit. 'Self-destructers'? 'Head-poppers'? 'Human bombs'?
Posted in: Suicide blasts kill 17, including 2 U.S. soldiers, in Iraq
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nandakandamanda
Asahara is a ... a ... well, not exactly a Buddhist, but you get the drift.
Posted in: Report finds prejudice rising against U.S. Muslims
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nandakandamanda
Let's hope the bases are OK.
Posted in: 6.1 quake hits northern Japan
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nandakandamanda
No, I think this IS newsworthy, simply because it is so rare to see this sentiment in the world's mainstream press.
Posted in: Muslims condemn Mumbai attacks, worry about image
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nandakandamanda
Someone must be reading this thread! Mumbai's Muslims deny the attackers a Muslim burial. "They are not Muslims..."
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/12/2008123440767485.html
Posted in: Muslims condemn Mumbai attacks, worry about image
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nandakandamanda
Play with that (arafo, not afaro) and you get 'around forty' is my guess....
Posted in: 'Arafo,' 'gu' voted most popular words for 2008