nigelboy said...

nigelboy at 02:02 PM JST - 1st July

Surpass Europe and the US?

Nope. Surpass Finland and Canada. Chalk one up for another over shoddy translation efforts by Kyodo.

Posted in Gov't wants education levels to surpass those in U.S, Europe at 02:02 PM JST - 1st July
nigelboy at 01:26 PM JST - 1st July

Probably just JT trying to stir things up again.

Yep. Checked the headlines for most major news agency and the only one mentioned something about "English" was the Jiji press. Even Kyodo Japan did not include the word English in their headlines.

Posted in English graffiti 'Hack' grounds bullet train at 01:26 PM JST - 1st July
nigelboy at 12:06 PM JST - 1st July

This is in response to the declining scores under the OECD sponsored PISA ( Programme for International Student Assessment).

And by the way, the original Japanese article indicates (欧米）which is catch all term used for (USA, Canada, and EU). But looking at the results from the 2006 PISA, those 欧米…

Posted in Gov't wants education levels to surpass those in U.S, Europe at 12:06 PM JST - 1st July
nigelboy at 11:12 AM JST - 1st July

BTW, as you might've guessed I'm a Korean descent raised and living in the United States. Yes, I know my history as some of you don't seem to know. So, why don't you order some books online and educate yourselves?

With all due respect, did you even check the footnotes…

Posted in Japan's colonial rule of Korea not fact, says city education board head at 11:12 AM JST - 1st July
nigelboy at 03:33 PM JST - 30th June

MASSWIPE

Can you state how many of these illegal aliens are employed by Keidanren member companies?

Your first post under the new JT format and all you could come up with is all too often used "Yakuza controls (name government body/business entity here)" type argument used by waiwai obsessed expats?

Posted in Debito Arudo protests police questioning targeting foreigners at 03:33 PM JST - 30th June
nigelboy at 03:30 PM JST - 30th June

Not happy with the outcome but frankly the idea of WaiWai on MDN to begin with is surprising. Apparently the editorial staff there thought that Japanese readers never read the English. Not blown away that someone finally got organized. MDN has to shut it down to protect the for-pay readership…

Posted in Mainichi's English site shuts down one column criticized for being 'too vulgar' at 03:30 PM JST - 30th June
nigelboy at 12:59 PM JST - 30th June

Nigelboy, The law in the US mandates that employers withhold social security for all employees, legal or otherwise, and penalties for this far exceed the actual employment of illegals. this way, the government receives some portion of the income and social taxes. In reality i guess only wal mart does…

Posted in Debito Arudo protests police questioning targeting foreigners at 12:59 PM JST - 30th June
nigelboy at 11:38 AM JST - 30th June

What about tourists? Do they pay any income taxes?? no, so why do governments always want to lure them? Of course, tourists are always looking to spend lots of cash, but regular folks spend money too, and that leads to corporate profits, and that leads to corporate income taxes, which…

Posted in Debito Arudo protests police questioning targeting foreigners at 11:38 AM JST - 30th June
nigelboy at 11:11 AM JST - 30th June

Kim wansop eh? just one person's view as all historians work is. is it true because it's in a book? is it true because the head of education says so? what makes something 'true' is collective identical belief of many many people who experienced something, not the opinions of one…

Posted in Japan's colonial rule of Korea not fact, says city education board head at 11:11 AM JST - 30th June
nigelboy at 02:51 PM JST - 27th June

If you know he's got the facts wrong you should tell him

With all due respect taiko-san, Mr. kurtp kindly gave you a link in which you participated titled "Debito surpresses the opinions of dissenting foreigners". So to answer your question, we did.

And since you obviously did not (or…

Posted in Debito Arudo protests police questioning targeting foreigners at 02:51 PM JST - 27th June