JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- 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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plasticmonkey
@Wolfpack
Reagan called for the abolition of "all nuclear weapons". Does that make him a dolt, too?
Posted in: Republicans oppose any cuts in nuclear weapons
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plasticmonkey
Sorry, my mistake. Buck actually supports the president on this one. As would Reagan.
Posted in: Republicans oppose any cuts in nuclear weapons
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plasticmonkey
So by that rationale, if Iran decides not to build a nuclear aresenal, other states in the region will. Makes no sense whatsoever. The history of the bomb is a history of proliferation causing more proliferation.
Besides, even with 300 nuclear weapons the United States is assured of being able to wipe out life on planet earth. How much of a deterrent is really necessary?
These Republicans know this, but for the sake of Joe Nascar they figure it's politically expedient to play tough guy. For congressmen like "Buck" McKeon, talk like this also comforts his defense contractor friends in his home state of California.
Posted in: Republicans oppose any cuts in nuclear weapons
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plasticmonkey
@timtak
Great bit of psychoanalysis. I would add that the AKB/NMB product is designed to make (some) men fantasize about being the one who will defile the pure virgin. That's why such a big deal is made about the no boyfriend rule -- the girls are saving it up for that special you.
Very unhealthy, I think.
Posted in: NMB48 song tops Oricon chart
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plasticmonkey
As long as pop culture and the media continue to fetishize young girls (e.g. AKB48), these upskirt peepers will think of their habits as normal.
Posted in: Teacher nabbed for using mirror to peek up girl's skirt
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plasticmonkey
This story deserves a Pulitzer.
Posted in: TV commercial of the week: Hikkoshizamurai
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plasticmonkey
@WilliB
I don't. Read my post more carefully and you'll see we agree on this one.
Posted in: Iran to present nuclear projects in days; lashes out at Israel
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plasticmonkey
@Wolfpack
You do understand that income tax rates on the wealthy were much higher under Eisenhower and Reagan?
You give Obama too much credit. He will not be president for life (unless you want to make that claim too).
No different from Obama's Republican predecessor.
Because the Senate refused to do its job.
Do you know anyone who has never paid anything for health care in their life? Medical costs are inevitable, and the private sector has proven itself unable to control those costs responsibly. Other countries have government regulated healthcare, and they're doing much better than the US is.
Are those two motivations possible at the same time?
Somebody call a doctor quick. This man's got a bad case of Obama Derangement Syndrome.
Posted in: Obama budget: New spending with recycled tax ideas
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plasticmonkey
@VicMOsaka
That is not fair, I admit. Israel is coddled, particularly by the U.S., and it often gets away with despicable behavior.
Bear in mind, though, that Israel does not regularly call for the outright destruction of other nations. How often have you seen Israelis chanting 'Death to Iran', despite Iran-sponsored terrorist attacks inflicted on them?
@kurisupisu
A little, yes. Iran has plenty of reasons to be angry at the West. But none of those reasons justify the belligerent hostility shown by the current regime. It is dangerous and deliberately invites antagonism. The clerics' and the Revolutionary Guard's stance is not one shared by most Iranian citizens.
Posted in: Iran to present nuclear projects in days; lashes out at Israel
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plasticmonkey
= the mark of an enlightened political system.
How can the leaders of Iran not understand global concern about their nuclear ambitions when vitriol like this is encouraged? If Iran really wanted the world to believe its nuclear program is peaceful, one would think it would make some attempts to win friends.
Posted in: Iran to present nuclear projects in days; lashes out at Israel
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plasticmonkey
@sailwind
Don't be absurd. I could make a similarly extremist reaction to the effect that religious belief does not give one the right to deny health services deemed doctrinally improper. This is not an ideological war, at least not one waged by Obama.
Posted in: Obama compromises on birth control policy
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plasticmonkey
From a bottom line point of view, the consequences of not having birth control are a bigger expense to society as a whole. Down the road, everybody is going to pay the price for unwanted or unsupported children, like it or not. Birth control is a lot cheaper and saves a lot of misery.
Posted in: Obama compromises on birth control policy
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plasticmonkey
That shouldn't take long, Mitt, since there aren't any.
Romney again throwing out red meat to convince Americans that he's a conservative superman.
Posted in: Obama compromises on birth control policy
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plasticmonkey
...thus freeing the production from having to bother with character development.
Posted in: Masami Nagasawa relishes her role as detective
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plasticmonkey
A simple way to relieve overcrowding is to set a deductible of say 3,000 yen before insurance can kick in. That way less people will be tempted to go to a doctor for a common cold.
Posted in: Gov't to hike some medical fees to relieve overcrowding at large hospitals
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plasticmonkey
So don't toke and drive. Or does this study and its publishers wish to take it further?
Posted in: Marijuana users twice as likely to cause car crash, studies show
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plasticmonkey
I applaud that one judge who deemed it unconstitutional. How in the hell could any person with a sense of justice interpret forcing someone, even a employee of the state, to sing a politically controversial song not a violation of freedom of thought?
A country's justice system is indicative of the health of a country's democracy. We are herby reminded where Japan stands.
Posted in: Supreme Court rules making teachers sing 'Kimigayo' is constitutional
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plasticmonkey
...and which side can do something about it.
Posted in: Nago mayor, in U.S., steps up criticism of new Okinawa agreement
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plasticmonkey
They know which side has slightly better hearing.
Posted in: Nago mayor, in U.S., steps up criticism of new Okinawa agreement
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plasticmonkey
In other words, the end justifies the means. Torture is only wrong if no useful information comes of it, especially since it was somebody else who did the dirty work.
Canadians should start seriously considering whether they want to abandon their ideals and follow their American friends down this path.
Posted in: Canada's use of torture data sparks outcry