JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Financial Advisor
- Select Asset Management KK, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥100,000 ~ ¥999,999 Paid Training Commission Based
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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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papasmurfinjapan
rainman1
Err, I think most people are being sarcastic here.
Posted in: Analog TV broadcasting comes to an end in Japan after 58 years
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papasmurfinjapan
I don't see how this will work unless Japan concedes that a crime has been committed. They are not going to let the FBI extradite a Japanese national who they believe has committed no crime.
That is why they need to be pressured to sign the Hague Convention on Child Abduction.
Posted in: Invoke Pinkerton Rule to get back abducted children
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papasmurfinjapan
This is a tragedy, but one can't miss the irony here... just one week after the Chinese were bragging about how superior their bullet train technology is to Japan's, this happens.
Posted in: Train collision in China kills 35, injures 191
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papasmurfinjapan
Now what I supposed to do with that "analog" button on the remote of my 6month old tv??
Posted in: Analog TV broadcasting comes to an end in Japan after 58 years
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papasmurfinjapan
I think the point of crashing the cars was this:
"Toyota showed what is called a pop-up hood, which rises slightly in a crash, to mitigate the impact of a pedestrian getting hit by a car, similar to features offered by European makers."
Japan still has a long way to go regarding STANDARD safety features on cars. On European cars most, if not all of the safety features are available on the base model. On many, many Japanese cars, you have to go 2 or more grades up just to get a curtain airbag.
Posted in: Toyota's pre-crash technology takes control of steering
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papasmurfinjapan
This is the cool-biz version. Wait till you see their warm-biz one.
Posted in: This way
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papasmurfinjapan
@nigelboy
cheers, thanks for the link.
Posted in: Hawkers 'pleased' with life sentence for Ichihashi
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papasmurfinjapan
This is indeed encouraging. Do you know of any stats available on-line to support this?
Posted in: Hawkers 'pleased' with life sentence for Ichihashi
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papasmurfinjapan
This is where the Japanese legal system falls apart. "Life imprisonment", where you can be out on parole in 10 years, or death are pretty much the only two choices for serious crimes.
I am not really an advocate of capital punishment, but if we only have a choice between this guy possibly getting out on parole in 10 years or death, then I'd choose death.
Posted in: Hawkers 'pleased' with life sentence for Ichihashi
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papasmurfinjapan
@ Gwragged
Thank you. You've just said what I and no doubt many others have wanted to say. I've just been too tired and too busy to sit down and do it.
Posted in: Rally planned against Taiwan judges over alleged rape of Japanese student
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papasmurfinjapan
You don't need a time machine, just comprehension skills. I'm sorry if I seem blunt to the point of deragotory, but it sounds like you haven't even read the article we are talking about. They ALREADY marched in September last year, with a purpose that I quoted. They are planning ANOTHER march for July 31st, for the same purpose.
Posted in: Rally planned against Taiwan judges over alleged rape of Japanese student
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papasmurfinjapan
It has been answered in the original article, you just either failed to read it or decided to ignore it to support your own views.
Waving white roses, thousands of people took to the Taipei streets in September last year in a show of anger at what they called “dinosaur judges” who needed to go after defendants were cleared or given only light sentences in three cases.
They went to the streets because they were angry at judges who gave light sentences for crimes that the public think warrant much stricter sentences. To suggest the judges were competent in their decisions is ludicrous.
Posted in: Rally planned against Taiwan judges over alleged rape of Japanese student
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papasmurfinjapan
I'm sorry, your point being? It's not mandatory for most office workers to stay in the office during their break either, but does that mean they have to turn off the A/C because they are on "break-time"? I just think complaining about taxi drivers who use the A/C during their break is a bit hypocritical, when most of us do exactly the same thing at work every day.
Posted in: Nap time
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papasmurfinjapan
I hope you have the aircon turned off at your workplace too then.
Posted in: Nap time
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papasmurfinjapan
FYI the age of consent in Taiwan is 16yrs old, not 8yrs old.
The new law does** not** say that it's bad to have sexual relations with a 7yr old, but possibly legal with an 8yr old. Quoting from the article I posted earlier, it is a "new amendment that categorizes all sexual activity with minors under the age of seven as a serious rape charge, punishable by a minimum of seven years of imprisonment". This statement doesn't mean that sexual activity with an 8yr old is okay - it just implies that you won't automatically get at least a 7 year sentence.
Posted in: Rally planned against Taiwan judges over alleged rape of Japanese student
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papasmurfinjapan
You obviously haven't lived in Sakai. : )
Obviously this is a turf war. The old man ventured over the wrong side of the tracks. Next we'll hear news about gang warfare between old folks on mamachari's against teenagers wearing sunglasses at night with their pants half down.
Posted in: Gang of teenagers injure elderly cyclist with rope
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papasmurfinjapan
I think the point that was trying to made was not that he "deserves to die" - everyone would be shocked if he was given the death penalty for his "crime" - just that washed-up glam rockers who act like total arses aren't going to find much sympathy for their actions from non-fans.
Posted in: Japanese rocker, arrested for unruly behavior on flight to Saipan, hangs himself
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papasmurfinjapan
I guess the question remains, did he "burn out" or "fade away"?
Posted in: Japanese rocker, arrested for unruly behavior on flight to Saipan, hangs himself
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papasmurfinjapan
No, you are making it convoluted... where here have I been talking about teenagers?? I have been discussing the topic of an adult having sexual relations with a 3yr old (and another one with a 2yr old in a separate incident). You keep distorting the topic by lumping teenagers and toddlers together. Just to clarify, do you think it is okay to have sexual relations with a toddler because they don't say no and you believe they won't be physically or psychologically damaged? Is that the point you are trying to make here??
Posted in: Rally planned against Taiwan judges over alleged rape of Japanese student
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papasmurfinjapan
That's right. I'm pretty sure Japanese studies will show that Korean, American and European phones cause cancer, but Japanese ones are completely safe. Vice-versa for studies undertaken in other countries.
Posted in: Do you think cell phones can cause cancer?