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nigelboy said...

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  nigelboy at 03:00 PM JST - 1st July

  Japan may achieve higher scores in math and science than those from western nations, however when it comes to free independent thinking and problem solving the Japanese educational system has failed.

  Actually, when the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted the problem solving section for the first time in…

  Posted in Gov't wants education levels to surpass those in U.S, Europe at 03:00 PM JST - 1st July

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  nigelboy at 02:35 PM JST - 1st July

  MASSWIPE.

  The problem with your argument is that people can blame anybody for anthing. For instance, I could just as well trace the problem of illegal immigrants back to the country where they are from for her lack of wealth. And in turn, if that country were to respond, they'll…

  Posted in Debito Arudo protests police questioning targeting foreigners at 02:35 PM JST - 1st July

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  nigelboy at 02:23 PM JST - 1st July

  Again, there were over 150K cases of criminal code violation arrests as a result of police questioning. With less than 30K cases of criminal code violation cases amongst foreigners in TOTAL, one can conclude that such police questioning is not relegated to "targeting" foreigners as Debito and his followers lead…

  Posted in Debito Arudo protests police questioning targeting foreigners at 02:23 PM JST - 1st July

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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