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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ritalynn
The more I learn about this story the more I realize is that neither party is as bad as the other party is making them out to be. It's just they handled their situation the wrong way.
He wanted a divorce but he knew that if he gotten one in Japan, he wouldn't see his kids, so he went to the US to get it done. I understand that, but if he had just sit down and talked to her, they may have came up with a solution that might have worked out for the both of them. I know that Japan rewards custody to only one parent but I'm thinking that if both parents made arrangements that both parties agreed to, the courts would have allow it.
Now she was dragged to another county that she may have known little about and then pretty much dumped there. I don't know how much of the language she knows but the only people she know may have been him and the new wife. And it's not easy making friends, especially if you know little about the country you're in. So here she is, maybe alone, maybe depressed, longing to be with her family and friends back in Japan, but if she goes home, she would have to leave her kids, and she doesn't want to do that. I understand why she did what she did but once again, it was the wrong thing to do, and once again, this may have been resolved if both parents simply sat down and talked to each other.
In the end, both parties were wrong. I think both parties did what they thought was their only option.
Now I will say this, if he brought her to US knowing he was divorcing her and marring someone else, then he was wrong. If they came to America knowing they were divorcing because the marriage wasn't going anywhere, that's one thing. But if her just dumped her on foreign soil just so he can marry his new lady, that's cruel.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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ritalynn
And she was a victim of an American divorce system. She was in a foreign contry and had no way to defend herself or understand her rights as the mother.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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ritalynn
It sounds like this man is not as innocent as he want us to believe. While in Japan he did everything he could to be Japanese but once he left, he dropped all of that and became a 'proud American' again so he can use the system in his favor. If he indeed dragged that woman back to the US just so he can continue his affair and rid himself of her without losing his kids(which may have happen if he stayed in japan) then he deserves what is happening to him.
I'm not saying she was right in what she did, but I could see where she may have felt trapped in the US. Did she have any friends? A way to provide for herself and her kids? People who were looking out for her? Probably not. He was moving on with his life, she was stuck. He used both the US and Japanese government to get his way and now it's biting him on the ass.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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ritalynn
His biggest mistake was taking the kids out of the blue. To everyone else, it looks like a kidnapping, and that doesn't help his case. What he should have done was bring his lawyer from the US, get a Japanese lawyer, and go to the courts. Some may say that wouldn't work but hey, his way didn't exactly go well either.
I could understand why Japan won't sign, you don't want to force anyone back into an abusive relationship, but something like this needs to be looked at by a case by case basis.
I saw on the news that he believed that she would try something like this, which makes me wonder why he even let her go in the first place, he could have gotten an order to make her relinquish her passport.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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ritalynn
Dad took it too far, but it's understandable why he was angry. I wouldn't want a 38 year old around my 16 year old daughter either.
Posted in: Kumamoto man arrested after fatally stabbing his daughter’s 38-year-old boyfriend
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ritalynn
What is a race queen?
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ritalynn
Okay I love cats as much as the next person but I don't think that there is a need for killing another person over them.
And another thing, how do we know if the cats weren't captured, neutered and released? The story doesn't say that.
Posted in: Woman murdered after argument with man over feeding stray cats
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ritalynn
For the record, he's had back and neck problem before, so he's not making things up. I just think he's being a bit over the top.
Posted in: YOSHIKI, recovering from back surgery, reveals fans will benefit in his will
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ritalynn
She looks like such a joy to be around, shame the marrage didn't work.
Posted in: Nagiko Tono breaks record for shortest showbiz marriage – divorcing after 72 days
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ritalynn
okay Um, Yoshiki, you're not dying, it just a bad back, no need to get all dramatic.
I do hope he gets well.
Posted in: YOSHIKI, recovering from back surgery, reveals fans will benefit in his will
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ritalynn
I'm waiting for the people who feel the cops should have shot a 74 year man.
Posted in: Two police officers stabbed while trying to subdue 74-yr-old man
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ritalynn
I don't pay attention to female Japanese singers so I can't compare her to them.
I don't like her, why such a big deal over it, I didn't say she sucked, just that she isn't all that.
Posted in: Beyonce
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ritalynn
Sorry norinrad21, but I had to be honest. I didn't say she was ugly, that would be mean and petty and completely untrue, but she isn't the great singer everyone's making her out to be.
Posted in: Beyonce
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ritalynn
True talent? Please, while she can sing there are way better singer than her!
Posted in: Beyonce
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ritalynn
I think it's nice, something I wouldn't do myself but to each his on. As for her legs, she's pregnant people! Some women body parts swell up during a pregnancy, it's natural.
And just because she's taking a picture doesn't mean she's selfish, maybe she wants a memento of a wonderful time in her life.
Posted in: Pregnant pix
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ritalynn
typical jsnot thinking she is all that and a bag of chips. had she been something special, he would not have been out with a crack whore.
thinking of the kid? wouldnt buy that if you threw in the ginzu steak knive set. the most used words by jbirds are shikaishi and choudai.
enjoy your life Akiko, he is better off without you
So you're saying she should stay with a low-life loser who not only cheated on her but left a woman to die?
Some men are jerks, they can have a good woman at home and still cheat.
She's better off without him. It's sad that this woman not only has to deal with her ex-husband's mess and a small child, but now she being treated like the bad guy simply for divorcing him, which I'm sure a lot of women would do in this case.
He's the criminal, not her.
Posted in: Akiko Yada divorces Oshio after his arrest
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ritalynn
For the record, she was already split from her husband because of the affairs.
And why should she stand by him? He clearly didn't care enough about his marriage to stay faithful, and she has more important things to consider, like her child.
Posted in: Akiko Yada divorces Oshio after his arrest
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ritalynn
She did the right thing. Better to cut him off now than to sink down with him.
And for those who say 'stand by your man' you have to show that you ARE a man!
Posted in: Akiko Yada divorces Oshio after his arrest
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ritalynn
Her #1 concern should be for her child, not the dirt bag she married. I don't blame for distancing herself, he isn't worth the effort.
But the cops should have been more discreet, she did nothing wrong and there is a child to consider.
Posted in: Yada's management says she, Oshio had been living apart
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ritalynn
I'm not a prude, the outfit is ugly and classless. A woman can be sexy without a ton of makeup and her ass hanging out!
And there is a difference between a swim suit and that.
Posted in: Barrage of complaints force Miss Universe Japan to change costume design for finals