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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ptolemy
Dude you look like an airline pilot or a Paraguay traffic officer.
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ptolemy
What would be better is if the farmers here put their money where their mouth is. How about their kids moving off to the cities? Whose fault is that? Cultural food? Rice is no more cultural to Japan than French bread is to England. They are wasting the money already shelled out NOT TO GROW RICE is the problem. Come live here and talk to real Japanese farmers and you'll learn the real problem.
It's the kids moving away to get jobs in the city where they don't have to bust their backs. Some farmers spending their subsidy money on new cars, motor bikes, and building a new house. All the while the national gov't paying them more money not to plant than to plant. You can't have it both ways, you either sustain yourself or you don't. With the population shrinking here, especially in the rural areas, there is no time to waste. Going to a rally serves what? Time off the land planting.
Supporting the farmer is one thing, but paying money to be unproductive is really the problem. Free money gives no incentive for productivity. Again come here and talk to real farmers in Japanese. I do here in Aichi and they gave me insight the news, politicians, and self righteous Japanophiles don't.
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ptolemy
It's the revenge of Socrates.
Posted in: Massive riots cripple Greece's main cities
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ptolemy
You bet they need them. They never know when a class mate will flip out because they "just felt like hurting someone." All those cell phones in the class room will get help sooner than waiting for the teacher to run to the office to get help called. As long as they are not texting or calling during class then what's the big deal?
Posted in: Do children need to have cell phones with them at school?
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ptolemy
Wow look an oyaji convention. I wonder if the had a special Depends Diaper machine on hand for them.
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ptolemy
Another great reason to miss it. Between her and Jero I can't decide which is the Best Sell-out Wannabeist.
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ptolemy
A bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue every night. Have Dr. Phil move into the palace, and hope one day your husband gets the guts to tell the IHA to stick it.
Posted in: What's your recommendation for helping Crown Princess Masako recover fully from whatever is ailing her?
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ptolemy
Shun Oguri: I'm just too cool and important to be bothered.
Kumi Koda: I'm just too kawaii and tarento to be bothered to give even half a real smile.
Seeing two shallow, talentless freaks hawking a second rate product, priceless.
Posted in: Kumi Koda and Shun Oguri
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ptolemy
The Wall -- Tommy -- This is Spinal Tap -- The Rutles -- Ponyo (for its annoying quality).
Posted in: Name your five most memorable movie scores.
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ptolemy
Uncle Kim: Hey, Taro, how's it going? By the way you can stay home. I don't want you here.
Aso: Nantonaku, I didn't plan to come.
Uncle Kim: Oh sure you did, don't try to play me fool. You don't play a player.
Aso: I'm not playing nobody fool. Nantonaku! I just hate all the haters.
Uncle Kim: Well if you feel froggy jump!
Aso: Don't make get medieval.
W: Hey you two knock it off!
Uncle Kim and Aso: Yes daddy.
Posted in: N Korea vows to exclude Japan from nuclear talks
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ptolemy
This is going to be fun to watch play out on the news every night. Paul Watson and company are going to be interesting to watch for sure. Now that the Japanese Coast Guard is getting involved its going to better than any action movie. Time to go to Family Mart and stock up on some beer and snacks. This is gonna be cool.
Posted in: Japan to arrest anti-whaling activists, newspaper reports
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ptolemy
Here girls, here's some food, c'mon dance. The total weight between the 5 of them about 120 pounds (54 kg).
Posted in: Akris and Comtesse
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ptolemy
Uncle Kim: I'm so lonely, so lonely...poor little me.
Posted in: N Korea vows to exclude Japan from nuclear talks
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ptolemy
Stealing my beer would be the best reason.
Posted in: Are there any circumstances that justify war?
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ptolemy
What the heck is she apologizing for, holding hands, and kissing? Why? Are the reporters afraid "girls have cooties"? It's not like they were caught coming out of a love hotel together, and even then its nobody's business. I think these reporters are jealous of Kei, the female reporters included. I hope Ai gets her game back.
Posted in: Tabloids focus on Ai-chan's love life
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ptolemy
Las Vegas has the reputation of having some of the toughest police and laws. The courts in Nevada are infamous for giving tough sentences. With the gambling, alcohol, and other recreation activities they have to be. OJ was convicted on some serious charges here. Nevada sends a clear message in any case, come here and have fun, but break the law and we will lower the boom. If they didn't tourism would suffer, they took a good lesson from Miami, Atlanta, and DC, when crime got high in those places tourists stopped going there. Las Vegas is not a town to get in trouble.
Posted in: O.J. Simpson gets 33 years for armed hotel robbery
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ptolemy
Finally Kojima Yoshio was found then immediately lost after we realized why we lost him to begin with. He's has the IQ of my toe nail, and that is taking points away from the toe nail.
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ptolemy
In the words of Christopher Hitchens, "You can depend on religion to bomb each others churches, kill in the name of a loving god, and tell the most outrageous stories even a drunk could never invent."
Why kill in the name of God? Honestly,if God is so powerful and all knowing let God do it for his/her self. Obviously because humans created God in their image and all Holy Books are written by us human mammals. Why don't the Imams strap the bombs onto themselves and do the suicide bombing? Because they know Allah, God, Mohammed is all hogwash, thats why. Go get the 72 virgins yourself Imam rather than get some rube from the desert. Its all fiction and fairy tales, thats why. You can bet the Mods will kill this remark.
Posted in: Muslims condemn Mumbai attacks, worry about image
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ptolemy
I'm atheist, but if someone says "Merry Christmas", "Happy Ramadan", "Happy Hanukkah" I'm happy they think enough of me to wish me happy anything. I love Christmas, its a good excuse to eat my yearly KFC and drink my daily beer. I say party on, if God gets you through the day rock on. Some need religion like I need my beer. It's all good.
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ptolemy
I nominate her for the Best Standist award. Yowza! I'll do anything you say!
Posted in: Maomi Yuki promotes traffic safety in Tokyo