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
It's a shame Harry couldn't be there.
Malfoy looks like he just stepped out of a 1980s drama. That's what you get for following Voldemort, folks.
Posted in: Last wave of the wand for Harry Potter actors
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papasmurfinjapan
That's GREAT Britain to you. ^o^
Posted in: Japan, Australia clash at whaling talks
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papasmurfinjapan
I agree, strange request indeed. Why should Australian taxpayers pay to "protect" Japanese whaling vessels that they believe are illegally hunting whales in their backyard?
It's not as though the Australian public are attacking the vessels. Sea Shepherd is not an Australian organisation, nor are its actions supported by the Australian government (or the majority of the Australian public).
Posted in: Japan, Australia clash at whaling talks
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papasmurfinjapan
Moody's should downgrade themselves to junk status.
Posted in: Moody's downgrades Ireland debt to junk status
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papasmurfinjapan
Honestly the best thing he did to promote the change to digital was romp around in the nude, get replaced by "chidejika" which looked like it was designed by a 5yr old, then be reinstated again.
Posted in: SMAP's Kusanagi wraps up digital broadcast campaign
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papasmurfinjapan
Wow, that looks like such a cool place to get close ups of jets... I wonder if these guys are wearing earplugs?
Posted in: Big bird
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papasmurfinjapan
I'm looking for the online Yoshigyu manual right now... there has to be one somewhere...
Posted in: Man uses online 'manual' to rob fast food chain
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papasmurfinjapan
Does she get "hot" or "hot"? No doubt thousands of curious male fans are having fantasies right now.
Posted in: A sip of champagne makes Itano feel 'really hot'
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papasmurfinjapan
@ Papigiulio
Check out http://www.kobe-tetsujin.com/
I think the photo here as been enlarged from the original, so that is why it has pixelated a bit. Click the photo to see the original size.
Posted in: Iron man
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papasmurfinjapan
It's good to see they are not really taking themselves seriously as "musicians", unlike many other groups who can't sing that pretend they actually have talent.
Posted in: AKB48 to hold competition to choose which member will sing 24th single CD
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papasmurfinjapan
I personally don't care either way... just as happy to listen to Midnight Oil singing US Forces as I am to listen to Led Zeppelin ramble on about Gollum - as long as the music is good.
Posted in: Japanese prefer nonsense songs to message songs. It’s a hassle to think about the future, or about society. People want entertainment, not a message.
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papasmurfinjapan
This is a tragedy, an no excuses the mother makes can justify nor atone for the atrocity she has committed. However I do hope that rather than just lock her up, they really try and find out what pushed her over the edge to do this. There are too many stories of mothers killing their babies.
I have heard stories from others about lack of resources/help for women in Japan suffering from PPD. Could a stronger help-network have helped the mother and kept the child alive? What can we as a society (or more importantly community - as this needs to be handled at a local level) do to provide support to mothers who need it? I know I may be sounding a bit preachy here, but I'm starting to worry that I, and the public at large has started to become desensitised to this type of crime... Shrugging our shoulders and saying "shikatanai ne" achieves nothing.
Posted in: Woman arrested over death of one-year-old son
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papasmurfinjapan
And so she should dodge it. It's none of their, nor our, business how her marriage is going.
Posted in: Maki Mizuno dodges question on marital bliss
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papasmurfinjapan
But you have to admit, hoserfella is at least right about the majority of politicians out there, at least at the national level.
Posted in: Reconstruction minister resigns over offensive remarks; Hirano takes over
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papasmurfinjapan
They were unsupervised because they were 7 and 9 years old... we're not talking about toddlers here. I don't know of any 9 year olds whose parents supervise them 24/7 - and if they did I'd feel sorry for kids. This is a sad tragedy, yes, but I wouldn't be so quick to blame the parents.
The pond could be surrounded by a 10 metre electric fence, but trust me, inquisitive kids will find a way to get into just about anywhere.
Posted in: 3 children drown in pond in Hyogo
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papasmurfinjapan
22 or not, if there was a doctor like her near where I live, I'd stop going to my current 60yr old balding doctor with bad breath in a heartbeat.
Posted in: Maki Horikita to play doctor in postwar drama
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papasmurfinjapan
Well let's try that on you and see how you like it, eh?
Posted in: Couple arrested for assaulting children with vacuum cleaner
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papasmurfinjapan
Are they actually turning "off" the aircon, or just "cutting back" (perhaps turning all the cars into jakureibousha) instead of the full gust of arctic air? Turning the aircon off is a bit extreme on a packed train... reducing energy consumption by changing the settings is understandable though.
Posted in: Hot commute
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papasmurfinjapan
I'm no fan, but I wish her the best, and do hope she has a wonderful marriage and family. She's made some stupid decisions in the past and gone through hell for it, let's hope she can now live in peace out of public scrutiny.
Posted in: Mona Yamamoto announces retirement from showbiz
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papasmurfinjapan
He's already been dragged through the mud by most media outlets including a libelous "guilty before proven innocent" article in Time titled "What Makes Powerful Men Act Like Pigs"...
Posted in: Strauss-Kahn rape case 'near collapse'