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
What's wrong with Angola?
Besides, countries like Venezuela are far more dependent on the US as an export market than the US is on Venezuela as a supplier.
Posted in: Obama to expand drilling off Alaska, in Gulf
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pawatan
Saturday, 13:00. Sat-Sun, travel, Tue-Wed-Thu, travel, Sat-Sun.
Posted in: Hawks sweep Lions, Dragons down Swallows in Climax Series
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pawatan
Last link I saw said that both Hanshin and Softbank have higher salaries than the Giants....
Posted in: Hawks sweep Lions, Dragons down Swallows in Climax Series
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pawatan
China hasn't had time to organize their government sponsored "grass roots" protestors yet. They will come.
Posted in: No China protest yet over fishing boat captain's arrest
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pawatan
You've never lived in the US, have you? There's no honest debate about the issues whatsoever. At best it's a battle of soundbites. And a large amount of people don't make an intelligent choice; they just vote for whatever "team" they happen to favor even if if the candidate is crap.
Posted in: What do you think of the drawn-out U.S. presidential election system whereby electoral votes determine who wins one year from now?
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pawatan
Only a shindo 4 at the worst, so maybe someone's coffee cup fell over or some papers fell to the floor. I wouldn't worry.
Posted in: 6.8 quake strikes off Okinawa
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pawatan
Stupid waste of time and money. Democracy can function a heck of a lot more quickly and cheaply than it does in the US. By the time a candidate wins office he or she is positioning themselves for the next run - when do they actually govern?
Posted in: What do you think of the drawn-out U.S. presidential election system whereby electoral votes determine who wins one year from now?
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pawatan
Probably more than that.
I sure hope this doesn't mean TEPCO is building "Skynet" to monitor radiation.
Posted in: Japanese firm unveils robot suit for nuclear workers
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pawatan
That is ridiculously deep. Good thing.
Posted in: 6.8 quake strikes off Okinawa
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pawatan
Probably shouldn't treat everyone as criminals upon entry then. The tales I hear from non-citizens upon (attempting) entry into the US are horrifying. DHS has gone mad. Why go there and put up with their crap at the ports of entry and exit when you can go somewhere else where you might actually feel welcome?
Posted in: 'Awesome' U.S. angles for more tourists
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pawatan
Hawks could very well destroy Chunichi. They are looking strong despite my hatred of them.
But I don't think it's a dynasty - Wada is probably gone, Sugiuchi and Kawasaki may also be leaving. As I mentioned Kokubo, Matsunaka, and Cabrera are old. That's pretty much the core of the team. Is Settsu going to be the ace in that case? Yamada?
Posted in: Hawks sweep Lions, Dragons down Swallows in Climax Series
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pawatan
I know, I was just yanking his chain a bit. Makita wasn't looking so hot in that series, was he?
Hasegawa was awesome for sure. Honda may be great but I vomit in my mouth every time I hear his ouenka start up at every single at bat. Worse than Ibata for Chunichi, even.
Posted in: Hawks sweep Lions, Dragons down Swallows in Climax Series
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pawatan
Really crappy Lotte won that series 2 games to 1, ne? Not to mention Naruse, Imae, Ohmatsu, and everyone else making Hawks fans (and the players!) bawl last year. Let's see, 2 Lotte titles in the past 6 years, Hawks have... oh yeah, haven't even made it since 2003. Sad, really, given how much they spend!
Absolutely
HAH! Still batting 40 year old Cabrera in the cleanup spot? 40 year old Kokubo in the 6th spot? Surprised they aren't playing 'eternally young' Matsunaka more than they are.
Right. Sorry but I am still feeling warm and fuzzy over last year's victory.
http://www.marines.co.jp/expansion/climax2010_champion/img/wallpaper/10climax_champion_1280_1024.jpg
Gee, wasn't that in Fukuoka, too?
Posted in: Hawks sweep Lions, Dragons down Swallows in Climax Series
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pawatan
Softbank just swept the very crappy Lions. The Lions have no strength other than Okawari-kun, Nakajima, Wakui, Hoashi. Consider me underwhelmed.
Uchikawa had a great season and a great 3 games against the crappy Lions. We'll see what happens when he faces a veteran team like Chunichi. The rest of the Hawks have a habit of coming up very, very small in the playoffs, which is why they are in the Nippon Series for the first time in 8 years despite being huge spenders with lots of names. Witness Sugiuchi crying in the dugout last year.
Chunichi had to beat a Yakult team that was in first most of the year. Softbank got to snooze against a Seibu side that was in 6th almost all year. Hawks winning 4-0 is ludicrous.
Posted in: Hawks sweep Lions, Dragons down Swallows in Climax Series
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pawatan
Only because the shinkansen is so awesome. Why deal with airports and the hassle of flying when you can zip along at a high speed by train? Much more civilized, makes much more sense for Japan.
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pawatan
ssway
I knew you would find a way to make an irrelevant comment about Fukushima Daiichi.
Posted in: Christmas decorations and illumination displays are already up in many parts of Japan and in some other countries, too. Do you think it is too early?
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pawatan
"Cool" things will almost always be youth-oriented - why is this a surprise?
Posted in: Cool Japan Program announced for Gold Coast Film Festival
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pawatan
calm down
Dragons are a good team. They're loaded with veterans, have a title in recent years and were fighting in game 7 last year. Hawks have tons of experience as chokers, and their big offseason acquisition (Uchikawa) knows nothing of playoff pressure as he's toiled in Yokohama for years.
I like Chunichi's chances, for sure. If only Ochiai would STOP using Iwase as closer, he's way over the hill! Almost blew the game tonight before Ochiai came to his senses and brought in Asao.
Posted in: Hawks sweep Lions, Dragons down Swallows in Climax Series
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pawatan
Will do nothing to change the fact that they are a crappy, unsafe airline.
Posted in: Qantas says 'sorry' with 100,000 free tickets
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pawatan
Not so new - it came out last year and has been on DVD for months. He has a new one in theaters now, "Ichimei".
Still, "13 Assassins" is quite good.
Posted in: Cool Japan Program announced for Gold Coast Film Festival