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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plasticmonkey
sorry, I mean "less vocal majority"
Posted in: U.S. says it won't tolerate loopholes in child abduction issue with Japan
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plasticmonkey
The US is right to press Japan on their sneaky loopholes. At the same time, the forces of good need to be careful about the cases it highlights. For example, the Christopher Savoie case made a mockery of the nobleness of this cause and the Japanese side ran with it. There are some foreigners whose cases are pretty flimsy, but they are in the minority. The less vocal minority of these cases will suffer under Japan's loopholes. I admire the tenaciousness of Chris Smith. Good on him.
Posted in: U.S. says it won't tolerate loopholes in child abduction issue with Japan
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plasticmonkey
Yeah, what do critics know. I make movies that appeal to people's basest urges and make a lot of money by doing so. Somebody's gotta do it.
Posted in: Return of the bots
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plasticmonkey
Is this bay private property?
Posted in: Police, coast guard hold security drill for Taiji dolphin hunt
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plasticmonkey
Amazing how the Chinese gov't still believes that in this day such obvious truth can be literally buried. Some hard rain's a definitely gonna fall on the powers that be.
Posted in: China tries to muzzle reporting on train crash
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plasticmonkey
Why is this news? Tragedy doesn't need to be demeaned by the shallow and predictable comments of politicians who don't care a whit about their own public, let alone Norwegians. Come on, what else would Kan say?
Posted in: Kan, Matsumoto express outrage at massacre in Norway
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plasticmonkey
There's a big difference between trying to make good music and trying to cheat schmucks out of their money.
Posted in: AKB48 performing 3-day concert series at Seibu Dome
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plasticmonkey
I can see the AKB48 nerds busy doing their thumbs down on all comments critical of their meaning in life.
Posted in: AKB48 performing 3-day concert series at Seibu Dome
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plasticmonkey
Turn on the TV and you can't go 10 minutes without seeing either AKB48 or Arashi. The marketing power behind this mediocrity is astounding, as is the gullibility and shallowness of the consumers who lap this up. Formulaic and infantile songwriting sung in unison and candied up in postproduction. Not to mention the unhealthy fetishization of young girls for perverted ojisan to drool over. Rock-paper-scissors tournaments? Because of producers like Yashushi Akimoto and Johnny Kitagawa and the media machinery behind them, the Japanese public is finding it harder and harder to conceive of any culture beyond what is branded and marketed through the media. How can a society treasure preservation when most of its artistic output is so easily disposable?
Posted in: AKB48 performing 3-day concert series at Seibu Dome
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plasticmonkey
Learn to read sarcasm.
Posted in: Akihabara restaurant serving 'Nadeshiko Sushi' in honor of soccer champs
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plasticmonkey
Why do thugs with swords inspire you toward 'duty and honor'?
Posted in: This way
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plasticmonkey
If it's promoted and popular, I'm into it.
Posted in: Akihabara restaurant serving 'Nadeshiko Sushi' in honor of soccer champs
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plasticmonkey
What a fine tradition. How about in the U.S. if Walmart used GI Joe outside its stores to lure customers? Or an SS storm trooper in Germany? A knight in shining armour outside Tesco in England? For a peace loving country, Japan sure loves its warriors.
Posted in: This way
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plasticmonkey
Molenir, if you repeat 'fair and balanced' often enough, people start to believe it. America has become a country that prefers fantasy to reality, and Fox News gives it to them. If Fox is so 'fair and balanced', why is it the only news network that requires its employees to sign nondisclosure agreements?
Posted in: Hacking scandal casts light on Murdoch's politics
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plasticmonkey
Meisa Kuroki is of course best known for her contributions to molecular biology.
Posted in: Meisa Kuroki attends L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
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plasticmonkey
This might win a prize for the most contrived and pre-digested bit of "news" ever. Is this country deliberately driving itself toward mental implosion? The fact that we miserables sods are commenting on this ridiculous story illustrates how little the J-media allow the public to chew. Constant reminders to embrace idiocy and triviality. It's so clear how the Japanese are driving themselves into a black hole of resignation.
Posted in: Ex-AKB48 member Shiho Watanabe places second in Miss Earth Japan contest
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plasticmonkey
She knows the produce is safe from radiation because she is a vegetable sommelier. I want to eat more and more Tohoku produce from now on.
Posted in: Rie Hasegawa promotes Tohoku fruit and vegetables
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plasticmonkey
Is it usual for babies to attend seminars/promotional events? Maybe if they're staged. In any case, boo to Coca Cola for pushing tap water on babies.
I hereby boycott I LOHAS.
Posted in: Sugiura, Mifune tout benefits of mineral water
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plasticmonkey
'Sophisticated' is exactly what I think of when I see the pale blue of the Sumida River. I have no doubt that Tokyo Sky Tree (blessed be its name!) will be the very embodiment of Japan's purity of spirit. Along with manga and anime, TST will bring the world to Tokyo, the jewel of East Asia.
Posted in: 1,995 LEDs to light up Tokyo Sky Tree
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plasticmonkey
Another example of the junior high level of journalism in this country.
Posted in: Office romance: Beware your coworkers