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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nemoflow
My 30km bike ride to work was fun this morning.
Posted in: Powerful typhoon lashes southwest Japan; expected to make landfall Thursday
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nemoflow
So he was a nutter.
Posted in: Mystery still surrounds death of Crayon Shinchan creator
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nemoflow
Would you?
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nemoflow
Predictably, the clothes don't fit properly.
And whoever invented that skirt thing for female cyclists is a Nun.
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nemoflow
Reminds me of a tamed down version of the Jamie Bulger case, in England in the early 90's.
There was massive public uproar about that, at the time. I do not imagine anything like that to happen in Japan... because the public simply does not care.
Posted in: Two teens arrested for throwing 8-year-old boy into sea
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nemoflow
All feels a bit like watching one's younger cousins fighting, doesn't it. I mean, it is not a proper smashing, like the A-Bomb. Now THAT was a proper beating.
Posted in: Film on Japanese occupation of Nanjing wins top prize in San Sebastian
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nemoflow
bamboohat;
Yes, throughout history, this has indeed happened. I think the thing that is most shocking of the Japanese example, is that it occurred almost halfway into the 20th century, way after the west emancipated itself from such medieval ways of operating.
Posted in: Film on Japanese occupation of Nanjing wins top prize in San Sebastian
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nemoflow
You just typed all this on a website for the likes of me to read...
"In a place that I used to live, we had rubber duck races for charity. Not huge, expensive prizes but a large variety of them, they got alot of attention. It was so off-the-wall that the contest itself got alot of attention. Imitators but no successors. It is still very popular. When I first found out about them, I thought, how do they keep all these ducks from being washed down the river, as garbage? That puzzel was solved when I went. They picked them up by hand, from the banks and from rowboats individually the SECOND the contest was over. Now the contest. First, it was a madhouse. People everywhere, all over the place, the banks, the bridges, it was crazyness. Second, it was probably one of the best times I ever had in that town. The first duck to hit the finish line won the grand prize and those first to follow would have the rest of the prizes. At the time, it was five bucks a duck. Each duck had a number. The ducks were jealously gaurded and watched like hawks. Nobody's duck was going to go missing. Even if they marched into the river and got them themselves. I got there thinking I was early. It was crowded and a little wild by the time I got there. Five minutes before the race, it was MAYHEM. I have to add there, the fun kind of mayhem. It was around the fourth and everyone was in a good mood. Filled into the trees and "to the rafters." The only place that wasn't filled was one little bridge and it dawned on me why. Three side tipping trucks slid in slowly and I realized where the ducks would be dumped--and out they came. On a fast moving river, they rushed out in a whoosh. They moved faster that I had figured and the race was over in 12 minutes. Total blast."
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nemoflow
Would have been better for the shop staff to accept the fake money and hand over the goods. The total cost of the apprehension is going to cost way more in money and time than 1000yen. Would have acted as loss leading advertising too.
Posted in: Student arrested for using counterfeit money at flea market
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nemoflow
A 'wooden sword'? A stick then.
Posted in: Man arrested after killing mother with wooden sword in Tokyo
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nemoflow
Should have gone to a place where money exchanges hands a lot faster, like a fish market, or a standing bar at peak hour. Would have made it a lot easier to shift the notes.
Posted in: Student arrested for using counterfeit money at flea market
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nemoflow
Sony products are without exception, crap. Nothing I have ever used by Sony has been any good, or lasted longer than the competition.
Posted in: Sony's PS3 outsells Wii fivefold in Japan: survey
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nemoflow
Saitama rules! Loads of fun to be had here.
Posted in: Izakaya owner fatally stabbed by customer in Saitama
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nemoflow
You need a soul to make music.
Posted in: Tetsuya Komuro releases tell-tale book of life after arrest for copyright fraud
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nemoflow
"Hi guys! We are the Hatoyamas. Have this 'ちびくろサンボ' book as a souvenir from Japan. This is the kind of thing we give kids in our country to read"
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nemoflow
Yeah, there totally is music in Japan. Loads of it!
Just need to get out there, and find it.
Posted in: Two foreign-led conferences try to shake up music industry
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nemoflow
Basically, we all know that it is not going to change. The role models they have are their salariman fathers, the gurning goons on TV, the not-even-subliminal nationalism at every corner and women with the mannerisms of dribbling babies.
What do you expect them to turn out like?
Again, this comment is going to get removed by the mods, who seem to want this site to be home to only the most apologetic of eunuchs, but you all know I am right.
Posted in: Bullying blamed after two 13-yr-old girls jump to their deaths
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nemoflow
Yeah, Japan may have a fast connection to the internet, but that is the only thing the technology world here excels at. The rest if it is completely lame; proprietary to the hilt, awkward, unnecessary interfaces to everything, a general level of ignorance to all things technological, even from shop staff in electronics stores, and nothing actually inventive or world smashing.
Europe and America run things when it comes to computing.
As for Internet based electoral campaigns... bring it on. Would be an excellent trolling opportunity which I would whole heartedly take on.
Posted in: Internet campaigning arrives cautiously in Japan
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nemoflow
They shouldn't HAVE to, but the do.
My mother is from Wales, and my father from Denmark, so I guess I would be classed as 'half', although only by parental nationality. The race of both of my parents falls under the Caucasian umbrella. Being born in England, I never had any issues with this (I mean, why the hell would I!) If I was born in Japan, I would definitely prefer to be of dual racial heritage. Operating on the edge of this society appeals so much more than having to play the game 100%. She is lucky.
Posted in: Marie gives the lowdown on being 'half'
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nemoflow
"What exactly does one do with photos of 2 random attractive women?"
Surely you can not be THAT naive.
Posted in: JR West driver took photos of 2 women passengers while operating train at 120 kph