JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
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- Full-time English Teacher - Osaka
- Epion English Language Schools, Osaka
- Salary: ¥200,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month Depending on your ability and experience
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- Salary: ¥10,000 ~ ¥15,000 / Day Depending on how many days a week are worked
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papasmurfinjapan
God forbid he get a Double Bogey.
Posted in: Ryo Ishikawa has girlfriend, mother says
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papasmurfinjapan
Well that's going to make thousands of 50-somethings very sad indeed.
Posted in: Ryo Ishikawa has girlfriend, mother says
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papasmurfinjapan
Well, they're sure to listen now.
Surely there are more important issues celebrities can lend a voice too, or are they all covered by George Clooney, Angelina Jolie and Bono?
Posted in: Brigitte Bardot urges Japan to stop whaling
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papasmurfinjapan
I'll take your word for it... my first impression was, Like Wow, Wipeout!
Posted in: Junior surfer
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papasmurfinjapan
Unfortunately the Leaf is just still too expensive for the average Taro. Who would pay 4 million for a Nissan that, apart from the engine, is really not all that different from a Nissan Tiida that costs less than half the price?
A Toyota Prius is even 1.5 million yen cheaper.
I admire their courage in pushing through with this idea, but they still have a long way to go before they can take on hybrids.
Posted in: Nissan aims to be world No. 1 in green vehicles
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papasmurfinjapan
Of course you are absolutely correct, and also absolutely wrong, depending on what your music tastes are. To each their own I say. Personally I never really enjoyed Radiohead, or Coldplay for that matter. Nothing moves me more than a bit of Bach - definitely the one of the best "acts" of the past 500 years.
Posted in: U2 honored as 'Greatest Act' in last 25 years
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papasmurfinjapan
Sorry tmarie, I'm not attacking you personally. The "you" in "you've just fallen victim to a simple marketing trick." is not directed at you personally, but people in general who go to an electronics shop, look at all the different TVs lined up and make assumptions about which one offers the best image quality based solely upon what they see in the store.
Granted, everyone's tastes are different, and perhaps Panasonic TVs don't suit you're taste, but to claim that "Panasonic is lacking in quality in the flat screen dept." when the majority of independent TV reviews rank Panasonic near the top in picture quality, is just factually incorrect.
Posted in: Panasonic to trim TV business, cut 1,000 jobs
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papasmurfinjapan
Just two more reasons not to watch.
Posted in: Mao Inoue, Arashi to host 'Kohaku Uta Gassen'
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papasmurfinjapan
Don't be fooled by appearances when looking at TVs lined up at an electronics store. You can adjust the sharpness and contrast and numerous other options on any tv. If you were bored, you could line up each brand's tv, and with a bit of work get them all producing exactly the same picture. It is pretty much common knowledge that many salespeople tweak the picture on the tvs they really want to sell (those with the highest profit margin for them) so they look more vibrant in-store, and to the uninformed consumer it looks like a "higher quality picture". The truth is, you've just fallen victim to a simple marketing trick.
Posted in: Panasonic to trim TV business, cut 1,000 jobs
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papasmurfinjapan
Actually I was thinking Reina looks at least 30+ in this photo... she looks like a slightly haggard yochien mum, fashion and all.
Posted in: Lips synch
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papasmurfinjapan
Funny, Panasonic consistently rates as one of the top, if not the top rated television for contrast and picture quality. Toshiba doesn't even rate a mention. The problem is not with Panasonic's product, it is with their profitability when competing against cheaper Korean brands that image wise are not necessarily as good, but are cheaper and more stylishly designed (same goes for Korean cars).
http://reviews.cnet.com/best-high-definition-tvs/?tag=centerColumnArea1.0;buyAdvice
Posted in: Panasonic to trim TV business, cut 1,000 jobs
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papasmurfinjapan
I guess I'm a lemming... I ordered one on Sunday.
Posted in: Apple sells more than 4 mil new iPhone models in 3 days
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papasmurfinjapan
It's funny how Australia etc. really have a hissy fit when Japan and whaling are mentioned together in the same sentence, but the world should be much more worried about this.
Posted in: Far more bluefin sold than reported caught, with Japan consuming 80%: report
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papasmurfinjapan
Earning 1000man a year and home at 5pm?? What are you, yakuza? investment banker?
I admit I don't earn as much as you, but I never leave the house, so beat that! : )
Posted in: Sneaky salarymen scheme, skim and hide cash from their wives
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papasmurfinjapan
Like others, I've never really had an issue at Japanese airports. The staff aren't exactly the friendliest bunch I have encountered, but they are professional so I can't complain. I'm not too keen on the fingerprint thing, but I guess that's the price I have to pay if I want to live/visit here.
There was a period of a few years that my passport was inexplicably red-flagged. I have no idea why because I have never been convicted of a crime - not even a speeding ticket - yet for some reason every time I left or entered the country I had to go to the little office at the side for them to let me through. I actually felt quite lucky, because waiting time was always zero and they were always polite, apologising for making me go to their office instead of lining up with everyone else.
Posted in: Japan eyes simpler immigration procedures, including automatic gate
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papasmurfinjapan
Even if I'm not hiding things from my wife, that doesn't give her the right to invade my privacy, and vice versa.
Posted in: Sneaky salarymen scheme, skim and hide cash from their wives
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papasmurfinjapan
I think that is being a bit unfair. I can guarantee in many cases the wife is the cause of the husband not wanting to come home. Some wives, especially these かかあ天下 types make coming home for the husband a living nightmare. Instead of blaming the husbands for going out drinking instead of going home, how about asking the cause of the reason "why" the husband doesn't want to go home?
I have a few friends that have told me their wives get angry if they come home too early. One guy said his wife won't let him in the door until after 11pm (her excuse is she wants to make sure the kids are asleep before he comes home, because if he comes home early they will want to play with him and stay up late).
Posted in: Sneaky salarymen scheme, skim and hide cash from their wives
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papasmurfinjapan
For better or worse, my wife insists on managing all our finances. Her idea of "smart money management" is dividing everything up separate bank accounts, each with their own hanko and tsuucho - One for me, one for her, one for our son's school fees, one for nenkin payments, one for our business, one for God knows what - each earning 0.001% interest or whatever the going rate is. My account always has the least amount of money in it because all our bills are automatically deducted from my account. The bank is pretty Neanderthal. You cannot have multiple accounts under one card, there are no "joint accounts", if you want to do e-banking it incurs an extra monthly fee. There are no investment options - and this is the largest bank in the Chu-Shikoku region. Personally I don't see the point in keeping anything other than the bare minimum of money in Japanese banks, but my wife insists.
My hesokuri is a substantial sum in savings back in my home country earning a decent interest rate. It is not really a secret from my wife, but I refuse to hand it over to her to put into a Japanese bank.
Posted in: Sneaky salarymen scheme, skim and hide cash from their wives
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papasmurfinjapan
I eat fairly healthily, but I recently I started taking a multivitamin & mineral tablet once a day, just in case. They're cheap enough, and it's only one tablet, so why not?
Posted in: New study sees little need for vitamins, cites risks
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papasmurfinjapan
Now Softbank is running a campaign where if you purchase an iPad2 at the same time as your iPhone your connection and packet fees become 0 yen (for 2 years??) up to 100MB a month... Having never used an ipad, am I to presume that the average user is going to go way over 100MB a month making this campaign pretty pointless or is it actually a pretty good deal??
Posted in: Fans flock to Apple's Ginza store for new iPhone