JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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nigelboy
Can we dispense with the melodramatics here? It would help if actually gave an example of what this non tariff barrier is regarding the auto industry.
And in regards to Motorola, this is a classic example of U.S government pressuring the Japanese government to implement more of the TACS system which favored Motorola.
Read my previous statement.
Enforce your own standards by shoving down their throats.
Posted in: U.S. cars do not fit Japan's market or Japanese consumers' requirements because of size, high fuel consumption and higher prices. They need to have a line-up that suits Japanese consumers' preferences.
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nigelboy
Jeff Lee,
In other words, don't abide by the regulations set forth by the market nation you are trying to target. Enforce your own standards by shoving down their throats. Typical ain't it? Did these morons whine because their cars had an unfair disadvantage in regards to the eco point system? What's next? Enforce the Japanese to create bigger roads so that their cars can be competitive?
Posted in: U.S. cars do not fit Japan's market or Japanese consumers' requirements because of size, high fuel consumption and higher prices. They need to have a line-up that suits Japanese consumers' preferences.
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nigelboy
Been discussed here ad nauseum.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/have-your-say/view/last-year-japan-exported-1-5-million-vehicles-to-the-united-states-while-u-s-automakers-exported-just-8000-why-arent-u-s-makers-selling-more-in-japan
And yet nobody has yet to come up with this so-called "non" tarriff barriers that Japan allegedly imposes.
Posted in: U.S. cars do not fit Japan's market or Japanese consumers' requirements because of size, high fuel consumption and higher prices. They need to have a line-up that suits Japanese consumers' preferences.
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nigelboy
False. The existing plants were build because they indeed got the permission from the locals. They money that they received were too tempting to turn down. If they don't want it, it's these local people and NOT the people of Tokyo have the power to shut it down forever.
Posted in: Tokyo activists demand nuclear power referendum
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nigelboy
If the doomsayers' predictions who posted here since March came to fruition half of Japan would of died of radiation by now. Hence, these people have been proven wrong "time and again". End of story.
Posted in: Water temperature rising in No. 2 reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nigelboy
I think it needs to be pointed out that these teachers don't even have the respect to stand during the playing of the national anthem.
Posted in: Supreme Court rules making teachers sing 'Kimigayo' is constitutional
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nigelboy
Agree with borscht. The industry that hires part timers (food service, retail) are already struggling. It's an added expense that these corporations may not be able to absorb.
Posted in: More part-timers to become eligible for health insurance, pension programs
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nigelboy
So to continue, any person that brings up about your ability to use chopsticks after the conversation simply means that the language ability of foreigner in questionis below par.
@Wurthington
So true.
Furthermore, the better you speak the language, the less questions about your home country and dare I say more "normal" conversations.
Posted in: Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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nigelboy
It has no meaning simply because there are no nuclear plants in Tokyo.
Posted in: Tokyo activists demand nuclear power referendum
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nigelboy
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/atmoney/enterprises/manda/20120209-OYT8T00366.htm
The exposure to Thai is quite small for Nissan compared to Honda and Toyota.
Toyota: 240,000 cars affected
Honda: 260,000 cars affected
Nissan:33,000 cars affected.
Posted in: Nissan quarterly profit rises despite floods, strong yen
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nigelboy
smith
This is true during the "initial" stages. But this again boils down to language ability. And this, I will say, is universal.
Again, not saying that "different treament" doesn't exist. Most of it has to do with that individual ability to communicate. And let's face it. Most foreigners, especially from Western nations, don't speak the language well enough. That's why such perception exists.
Sorry but I don't buy this at all. First and foremost, your first interaction with a certain individuals starts off with an actual conversation BEFORE the use of chopsticks. Hence, that individual can determine from the very start based on that conversation assess how long you've been here or how well you adapted here in Japan. Therefore, if the initial conversation leaves no doubt that you are fluent, the most you get out of it is "xxxsan wa nihon nagai desuka?"
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nigelboy
“At first, I was happy when Japanese people gave me compliments like ‘You are good at using chopsticks’ and ‘You speak Japanese very well.’ However, now that I have been in Japan for a long time, these sort of compliments sound like that they are looking down at me.”
Yes. They are looking down on you.
本音: After all this time, You're still not good at chopsticks. Your Japanese isn't that good.
Posted in: Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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nigelboy
Reformedbasher,
I wasn't talking about being treated well. The issue here is about being treated differently, me thinks.
Posted in: Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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nigelboy
In all likelihood, that particular foreigner doesn't speak the Japanese language well enough or doesn't speak it at all.
Before someone counters with "That's not true, Nigelboy. I speak fluent Japanese blah blah blah", you qualify under "not well enough"
As others have stated, this survey/article sounds like rants from your prototype disgruntled ex-pats who just like to blame everything on Japan for their own failures.
Posted in: Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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nigelboy
Not at all tmarie.
Falling snow off roofs are not common during the initial snow storm where it just accumulates. This is why people climb on roofs to remove them or else the roofs collapse. And furthermore, that's where most of the accidents took place during the initial part of this snow storm.(people, not snow, falling off roofs)
And no. There has not been a warning of Nadare or Rakusetsu (I.e falling snow off roofs) until yesterday when the temperature increased to March/April levels. Now, the advisory for Nadare and Rakusetsu are in place in many locations due to new snow accumulating on top of the partially melted old snow which is icy.
My point. The warnings, advisory, and type of accidents reported last week up until yesterday are completely different from this incident.
Posted in: 5-year-old girl dies after being buried by snow falling from roof
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nigelboy
Elvensilvan
That's not my point at all. My point was to counter Tmarie's assertion that this incident could have been prevented based on " with all the weather warnings and snow warnings it has been pretty loud and clear that snow falling off roofs is a huge danger right now."
As your previous link indicated, the snows came falling off the roof due to 底なだれ which happens when temperature increases. This wasn't the accidents which was happening across Japan prior.
Posted in: 5-year-old girl dies after being buried by snow falling from roof
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nigelboy
Thanks Utrack.
Now lets get back to your statement.
It's clearly apparent that Fukushima-Diary that you rely on heavily is a scaremongering anti-nuke blog whose intention is to place fear to those who doesn't have the command for the Japanese language. In this case, their intention was to place immediate fear on the situation at Reactor #2 by misrepresenting the article to look like the commission decided to distribute "potassium iodide tablets" to the current nearby residents of Fukushima.
Posted in: Water temperature rising in No. 2 reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nigelboy
Because you're not comprehending the article.
東電福島第１原発事故を受け、被ばく対策の見直しを進める原子力安全委員会の分科会は７日、甲状腺がんを避けるための安定ヨウ素剤を原発周辺の家庭に事前に配布するべきだとする提言をまとめた。深刻な被害の恐れがある原発から半径５キロ圏内を中心に、３０キロまでの地域も事前配布の対象とし、やや離れた５０キロまでの地域も検討の余地があるとした。
原子力規制庁などが策定する新たな防災指針に反映させる狙いで、安全委が３月までにまとめる見直し案に盛り込む。
福島第１原発事故では、福島県などが準備したヨウ素剤が国の服用指示の遅れでほとんど活用されなかったのを反省。
To sum it up, this particular commission was set up to "review" the safety measures taken after the Fukushima Daiichi accident and to suggest ideas on how to improve and formulate a new strategy on nuclear plant disaster. The operative words here are "見直し”(review) and 事前 (prior), 新たな防災指針 (new disaster prevention guidelines), 反省 （self reflection, in this case, reexamination)
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nigelboy
Dog.
The reason why Japan Post as well as the financial institutions are still buying up bonds at a mere less than 1% is because the money (savings) are just sitting there with nowhere else to go. In other words, the banks aren't lending so the domestic consumption is suffering. The domestic consumption is suffering so the banks aren't lending. To put it more simply, the Dankai generation as well as those who are older aren't spending to the level they can because of the uncertain economic future. It's a deflationary spiral.
Japan issuing 1% yen denominated debt with 95% domestic ownership is simply a net sum zero game on Japan's balance sheet with very little possibility of default. An extreme solution would be to just print more yen to pay off the oustanding debt. Might cause a inflationary reaction but that's essentially what Japan needs right now.
Posted in: Japan's current account surplus smallest in 15 years
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nigelboy
I think you are confused. The commission indicated in the said article was discussing about distributing potassium iodide tablets for future nuclear accidents. For some reason, you assume they are discussing the current status of Fukushima Daiichi and its nearby citizens.
http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/s/article/2012020701002208.html
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