JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
- Salary: ¥255,000 ~ ¥275,000 / Month Travel Expenses, Encouragement of Japanese learning*
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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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pawatan
It could be a lot of things - stress, radiation, unrelated middle-aged man issues. I'm not sure how relevant it is to tell the public if his illness is radiation related or not. He's spent a lot of time on site; everybody, and I mean everybody, knows that the site itself is quite lethal. Why would it be surprising that he has a radiation-related illness?
Anyway his health is a private matter.
Posted in: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant director sick, says TEPCO
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pawatan
No Prince? Seriously? Hit after hit after hit after hit. Pink Floyd is quite far from a "Rock Band" as well.
Posted in: Who gets your vote for the greatest rock band of all time?
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pawatan
One Seg - another nice feature to have that the iPhone simply can't provide. You'll want that next emergency.
Posted in: DoCoMo unveils 24 new mobile devices, including smartphone with Xi hi-speed network
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pawatan
They have potatoes and gravy, too - at least the one by me.
Posted in: The KFC-Christmas connection in Japan
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pawatan
Did they kick you out because of your tattoo or your nationality? Sounds like your tattoo, but you're trying to make into some racist thing. If their rule is no tattoos and they won't let you in because you have a tattoo, why not just take your business elsewhere? And what doe it have to do with the pole dancing, anyway?
Posted in: Chiaki Kuriyama shows her pole-dancer form
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pawatan
Hmm, I think I need more videos to properly evaluate this phenomenon.
Posted in: Pole dancing: seedy show or Olympic sport?
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pawatan
Oh, secret police and authoritarianism is SO much better! Or do you think people shouldn't have the right to determine what sort of government they want for themselves, even if you or I disagree with policies of that government?
Posted in: Morocco Islamists win parliamentary election for first time
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pawatan
WilliB
Turkey is a secular country first and a democratic country second. The military has repeatedly 'intervened in the democratic process' to keep the country secular.
Posted in: Iran threatens to hit Turkey if U.S., Israel attack
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pawatan
That's not at all why he was sacked. He was sacked because he held a press conference and laid the dirty laundry of his employer on the table for all the world to see. That will get you sacked most anywhere around the world.
Both parties involved are asses, apparently.
Posted in: Mudslinging battle raging at top of Yomiuri Giants baseball club
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pawatan
This is an interesting article, but shouldn't a travel article have some directions for those who want to visit? There's not really any indications at all on how to get here.
Posted in: Takahagi Tea House in Ibaraki an excellent way to spend afternoon
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pawatan
This comment has absolutely nothing to do with baseball or the Giants. Did you even read the article? High price? What?
Watanabe is an old man who likes things done that benefit him and his team, period. If it doesn't benefit him, he doesn't like it. The Giants are his little fiefdom and he tries to intimidate all the other owners into following his will, and unfortunately they mostly do because he is loud and old.
But really, this is not some massive scandal like Olympus! I think something is very much lost in translation if the English-speaking public sees it that way. This sort of infighting happens all the time in NPB, it only seems to make the international press if it involves a foreigner (Valentine vs the Setoyama clique at Lotte) or the Giants. It's mostly an amusing bit if schadenfreude for all us Yomiuri haters.
Posted in: Mudslinging battle raging at top of Yomiuri Giants baseball club
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pawatan
I see you do not know the basic difference between "climate" and "weather".
Posted in: 2nd appearance of La Nina may portend frigid winter for Japan
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pawatan
That one was pretty long this morning - my building was shaking for more than a minute, I think. At least it was relatively weak - shindo 4 at the max.
Posted in: Magnitude-5.9 quake hits near Fukushima nuclear site
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pawatan
smith
Man, do you believe everything you are told? The source from that is a leak from the A's to a "trusted reporter". They polluted the negotiations to try to get a lower price - negotiated in bad faith, in other words. The IwaKUMA camp denies they asked for such a contract.
I agree with Dotobock, though - Iwakuma is most definitely on the decline. He's already had one career renaissance, doubt he has another in him.
Posted in: Rakuten pitcher Iwakuma to file for free agency
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Dotobock
What is an "empty stadium"? The worst average attendance this year was Yokohama, and they still averaged ~16,000 or so.
Posted in: Hawks win Japan Series with 3-0 shutout of Dragons in game 7
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pawatan
Completely incorrect, unless NHK is no longer a "regular channel".
Posted in: Hawks win Japan Series with 3-0 shutout of Dragons in game 7
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pawatan
It's a local road, not a highway. It's been a ludicrous 40km/h since way before the speed camera was put in there (maybe 2 years ago). It's the only speed camera on that road for maybe 40km, too.
Posted in: Motorcyclist flashes peace sign at cameras during series of speed violations
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pawatan
NetNinja, the Giants are indeed the most popular team AND the most corporate. They are also the most hated team for sure.
This is just another instance of Watanabe acting like a spoiled little dictator rather than a normal businessman. He's such a cancer on NPB.
Posted in: Yomiuri Giants fire general manager Kiyotake over feud with owner
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pawatan
Lostrune, it seems very unlikely the Hawks will be a dynasty with Wada, Sugiuchi, and Kawasaki all leaving this offseason.
Posted in: Hawks blank Dragons 5-0 to take Japan Series lead
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pawatan
I dislike them because they are obnoxious and so are their fans. Most obnoxious fans in baseball by far. Their budget is merely secondary. Everything about them just rubs me the wrong way.
And CD, don't worry - they still have plenty of time to choke. I like pitching duels for sure but this series seems more defined by what people didn't do rather than what they did. It's not very good baseball, I think.
Posted in: Hawks blank Dragons 5-0 to take Japan Series lead