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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napoleancomplex
@j-boh: I'd agree with your sentiment that renting is not throwing your money away.. at the end of the day, it depends on an individual's situation and preferences. We all need shelter, renting is one way of obtaining it.
and never listen to those people who say that owning real estate will always make you money. Its like an investment advisor telling you this stock is a sure fire winner!
Posted in: Buying real estate in Japan
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napoleancomplex
I believe that women should wear heels all the time, if only for my viewing enjoyment
Posted in: Small step in high heels; a giant leap for prosthetics?
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napoleancomplex
also losing its manufacturing sector to China
Posted in: Growth figures show Japan on recovery track
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napoleancomplex
I saw this in IMAX.. cost me $30, but it was a fun movie. No kidding this grossed a billion dollars!
Posted in: Record-breaking 'Avengers' smashes $1 billion mark
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napoleancomplex
40 years of waiting and all it took was $1.5 Billion
Posted in: Manchester City crowned Premier League champions
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napoleancomplex
If you make more than $34,000 US a year (convert it how you will).. you are in the 1%
Posted in: Congratulations to the voters in France and Greece
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napoleancomplex
@Kari: With Scholes and Giggs probably on their way out, Fletcher out with Crohn's Disease.. Anderson an injury nightmare there is definately some spaces opening up in United's midfield. All I can think of is Carrick and Cleaverly in United's middle.. they definitely need a strong holding midfielder and someone creative. If United sign Kagawa, he probably won't be their only signing as they have other needs to fill as well.
That being said, I stand by my wish of him signing for the Toon!!
Posted in: Hopes high for Kagawa to join Manchester United
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napoleancomplex
This story would be comical if it wasn't so tragic..
Posted in: 42% of U.S. may be obese by 2030: study
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napoleancomplex
he should come and play for Newcastle United instead
Posted in: Hopes high for Kagawa to join Manchester United
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napoleancomplex
I think Zangief should have been elected President. The man wrestles bears for pete's sake!
Posted in: Putin sworn in as Russian president
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napoleancomplex
Japan needs the political will to implement any of these things, i.e raising the consumption tax, re-evaluate the pension system, any sort of fiscal reforms...
What Japan is lacking is said 'Politcal Will' and probably won't be acquiring any in the near future. When you only have a prime minister in office for no more than 14 months and a constantly shifting government, what exactly can one expect? These bums are just letting the country chug along or kicking the can down to future generations.
Posted in: Japan ratings may slip with no debt, fiscal reforms
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napoleancomplex
Agree with herefornow, katakana pronunciation stinks... at least my 3 yr old son can tell the difference. In his words: "Mommy says "トラック", daddy says truck" he's kinda getting an understanding at least
Posted in: Why are Japanese so bad at English?
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napoleancomplex
its 2000 all over again!
Posted in: Facebook sets price range for IPO
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napoleancomplex
time to implement the Super Super Super Cool Biz campaign
Posted in: Crisis-hit Japan debates shift to renewable energy
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napoleancomplex
Hoping they go back to basics, it was a great business tool.. but they missed the boat when they tried to market the same thing to non-business users. I have an iPhone myself... but without any of the apps, its basically just a cellphone and web-browser, which I gather most Smart Phones are
Posted in: BlackBerry bets big on apps, touchscreens
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napoleancomplex
just in time for Obama's re-election? (as an avid blackberry user)
I hope they can turn this around.. if for nothing else to add competition to the smart phone industry.. if only Apple or Samsung rule the space, then we are at their mercy for whatever they bring out
Posted in: BlackBerry bets big on apps, touchscreens
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napoleancomplex
this is the most ridiculous story I have ever heard about Japan... today
Posted in: Tokyo raises Y76 mil in donations to buy disputed islands
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napoleancomplex
best restaurant is too subjective to have any meaning, especially if put forward by some pretentious group of "restaurant experts". There's a mom & pop italian restaurant in my city that serves the best lasagna I've ever had and I can have a meal for under $20.. it's certainly not on that list, but so what
Posted in: Denmark's Noma retains world's best restaurant title
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napoleancomplex
I've had a chance to read more about this. Madness, not so much, but skeptical that an airline company is capable of running a refinery.. it could work though,if they are able to buy the assets and if they keep the current staff intact but we won't know in the short term.
From what I read, looking at $150 million for the refinery in Pennsylvania, apparently $30mil is coming from State Aid. Delta's president said that the cost of the refinery is less than the cost of 1 wide-body jet and should supply about 75% of Delta's Jet Fuel requirements.
I don't fly with Delta but if this proves to be a success, then maybe other carriers will look at this type of model and if it reduces travel costs for passengers, then I am all for it. Whether or not the airlines actually reduce ticket prices remains to be seen
Posted in: Delta buys refinery, becoming first airline to make its own fuel
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napoleancomplex
nuts to you all! I'm going go home, eat some shark fin soup to cure my hangover, slaughter some tigers to increase my masculinity, eat a bear to give me some extra pep in the sack and murder a rhino so I can use its horn to grow my height by 6 inches.. at least thats what my nice little old chinese next door neighbour granny tells me....
Posted in: African big game poaching surges on Asian affluence