JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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presto345
when??? what??? Were the Beatles responsible for stressing adolescents? Maybe I misread you here, but I am sure they were not. Don't know about you, but I experienced the era as a teenager to the fullest. If anything the Beatles and the myriads of pop groups of the time un-stressed young people and stressed the older generation.
Facebook is an entirely different phenomenon. People get sucked into a virtual world of nothingness called 'friends'. Connecting with (real) friends and family, sharing pictures and exchanging ideas can be done through regular email.
Providing the opportunity to everyone to build and function in a fantasy world with a computer portal has hidden dangers. People unlearn how to deal with real people in real situations. And this risk is all the greater to adolescents who fail experience in the real world. Those who are denied this experience because for example both parents have full time jobs, the family do not interact, everyone leads his separate life in his separate space at different times.
Excuse me, what is the cure?
Posted in: Doctors warn about Facebook use and teen depression
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presto345
Emotion defeats sanity. Hasn't this happened before in Germany?
Posted in: Merkel's party suffers historic defeat in German state over nuclear power
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presto345
Under the circumstances panic in Nevada and panic in Osaka seem to be events in two different worlds, of vastly different magnitude.
So Hartwell found some elevated level of radiation. He has no doubt, being infallible, it originated in Japan. Good for him. Nice for his statistics. For the rest irrelevant.
Posted in: Radiation in six U.S. states likely from Japan
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presto345
That will help my diet. Thank you.
It will. Insect legs are very nutritious.
Posted in: Tokyo shoppers clean store shelves of basic goods
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presto345
I don't think I understand what you're trying to say.
Agreed.
Posted in: Busy Yuko Aoyama postpones wedding party due to quake reporting duties
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presto345
I hope this sets an example to follow.
Not meaning to criticize anyone here, I quote a proverb:
He who gives little gives from his heart; he who gives much gives from his wealth.
Posted in: Hiroshi Kume donates Y200 million to earthquake relief
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presto345
Excellent suggestion. If people actually did this the country would be back on its feet quickly. As I am on a pension I can't afford more than 1.25%.
Posted in: Members of AKB48 to appear at Hilton Guam Concert for Japan
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presto345
I can manage without the subscription. $15 per month? Thanks, but no thanks. I'll pay a little more for a printed paper.
Posted in: New York Times to start charging for website
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presto345
This is almost a miracle. Even when rescuers are beginning to or already have given up hope, there still is life among the rubble.
Slightly OT, but so do I and I make it myself.
Posted in: Rescuers find 80-year-old woman, 16-year-old grandson in rubble 9 days after quake
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presto345
Zenny, thank you. But I've been there and there is nothing in the price range suggested in this news item! I guess it should be 130,000 yen.
Posted in: Combination washer/dryer
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presto345
Yes, they have been around, in very small numbers for very large prices. Having lived in Japan for more than 4 decades I'm aware of that, thank you.
I see used machines selling for 30,000 to 80,000 yen, so if the quoted price of 30,000 for a NEW machine, washer/dryer is correct, that would indicate a revolution. If you can point me to a seller on line I'd appreciate it. I bet you can't.
Posted in: Combination washer/dryer
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presto345
Finally Japanese makers are embarking on front loaders. The type of washers that have been around in huge numbers in Europe for more than half a century. I can't believe the price listed here however. That must be an error. 30,000 yen for a washer/dryer? No way.
Posted in: Combination washer/dryer
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presto345
I doubt that. The distribution problem is an excuse for a decision not to show movies that may shock a segment of the population, creating negative publicity.
Posted in: More movies pulled, delayed following earthquake disaster
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presto345
That is ONE case.
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presto345
Second that.
Posted in: Police warn of bogus e-mails, phone calls seeking earthquake donations
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presto345
Which 'you' is that? Matter of morals, my friend.
Posted in: Prosecutors: Berlusconi had sex with teen 13 times
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presto345
Tut-tut. Big words. Hugely inflated. Maybe I haven't been in Japan as long as you have - only 40 some years. I can't vouch for Tokyo, really. But my experiences in western Japan are very favorable. Drivers are courteous, they generally know the way. If they didn't they had their radio and now navigation. They ask which route I wish to take if there are different ways. They put the heavy cases in the trunk. They switch on the meter AFTER driving off and switch it off BEFORE stopping the vehicle.
I just thought I had to say something in defense of the taxi driver after reading all these hugely exaggerated, venomous comments.
Posted in: Why are Tokyo cabbies so clueless?
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presto345
Exactly. Alternate energy has been under consideration for half a century now and will probably continue to be talked about for another.
Posted in: Oil installations ablaze in Libya as battles rage
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presto345
Who decides what's going to go on top of a pizza? Ultimately the consumer.
Posted in: Pizza and Pizza Chefs in Japan
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presto345
some people have a sick sense of humor or a twisted sense of freedom.
Posted in: Does freedom of speech include the right to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater, yell "Shark" at a beach or joke about having a bomb on a plane, for example?