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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rjd_jr
This is a supermodel? Doesn't look appealing at all, looks thin on top, heavier on bottom, odd. Maybe catwalk model but I've seen much hotter Jp women on the streets. Even the jp celebrity looks better.
Posted in: Ai Tominaga
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rjd_jr
Interesting stories, no matter where the world or culture taxi drivers have fascinating tales to be told (one of my favorite taxi driver writers was the guy who wrote for the San Francisco Examiner). Gotta check out this blog.
Posted in: Sex and the city: Tokyo's taxi drivers see it all
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rjd_jr
Though a problem, don't think it will affect the decisions of moviegoers during initial release of a movie. Part of the appeal of the moviegoing process is watching it on a big screen with other people, not on a tiny t.v. screen. I don't see the appeal of pirated movies secretly taped in a theater, complete with the head in front obstructing the view.
Posted in: With so many movie download sites around, what do you see for the future of the film industry?
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rjd_jr
Another case of Japanese citizens and smuggling, what's going on? I hope they get the max sentence.
Posted in: 3 lizard smugglers arrested in Australia
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rjd_jr
Another day, another Jp teacher and sex scandal (filming upskirt, etc.)
Posted in: Ex-'juku' instructor charged with enlisting student to photograph classmates in changing room
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rjd_jr
Yea I'm sure he is working so hard and diligent in resolving the economic turmoil.
Posted in: Bush says he is working hard on economic turmoil
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rjd_jr
Actually sounds pretty cool.
Posted in: Australian company launches 3D Internet tool
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rjd_jr
Tomochika said, “I didn’t know anything about the survey until I was appointed ambassador today.”
Sounds like any other celebrity appointed ambassadorship or other positions not knowing anything about it beforehand. How "inspiring."
Posted in: Comedian Tomochika appointed PR ambassador for housing survey
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rjd_jr
I'm sure many think this a harmless and innocent fun. Sounds dumb to me, but not fair to tar the entire country with the brush, methinks.
Posted in: Aussie pub offers free drinks to women who take off panties
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rjd_jr
Totally agree with shammuck. In the bigger scheme of things it is irrelevant whether it is a Japanese leader/CEO or someone from another country, my opinion would be the same (only mentioned it from a jp perspective as this is a japan related website after all). After all, it's not only Jp leaders/CEO's that have ever committed suicide after scandals and wrongdoings.
From those who surmise it as being part of bushido and seppuku I would fathom that is correct. Suicide in its traditional Jp sense was to restore a sense of lost honor or shame. From a cultural standpoint, those in Jp scandals who commit suicide I would believe do so in order to atone for the wrongdoings of their institutions. Again, so many crooks get away with destroying lives and get rewarded for it or slaps on the wrist, so to have someone take responsibility for it by taking their lives is far more honorable to me.
And a leader/CEO committing suicide is far, far different situation from a situation where a brutal killer and the like commit suicide. Different mindset, different situation.
Don't let nationality or culture cloud your opinions at times people.
Posted in: What do you think of suicide as a means to atone for a scandal or wrongdoing?
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rjd_jr
They will be executed for sure.
Posted in: 12 more arrested in China's tainted milk scandal
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rjd_jr
Sad news.
Posted in: 7 U.S. soldiers die in chopper crash in Iraq
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rjd_jr
Where are the parents or adult supervision?
Posted in: 6-yr-old girl critical after hanging herself on overhead ladder in park
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rjd_jr
O.K. looking, certainly seen hundreds hotter on a shinjuku street on any given day during lunchtime. Over a billion views for a blog? Must be something special.
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rjd_jr
Not bad looking, even with the tattoos. The lady looks good too.
Posted in: Comedian Yoshio Kojima appears with python in film event
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rjd_jr
I think it is the honorable thing to do. I've stated this before on a similar thread, but to characterize suicide in these cases, such as head of a company involved with negligence resulting in injury/death, as being "cowardly" or somehow wrong is totally inaccurate.
You see, one only has to see the headlines of heads of corporations and leaders, period, the world over, who have little to no remorse or guilt for their wrong doings. Look at the CEO's of those corporations who have lost billions, and are bankrupt, due to their horrid decisions countries futures are at stake, citizens are without jobs and nothing to feed their kids. And for this, they are rewarded with hundreds of millions in stock and other compensations, and laugh all the way to their retirement villas (or yet another cushy CEO job), as the victims of their recklessness suffer.
So when I see people, such as Jp leaders, CEO's and the like, committing suicide, it means they are taking the ultimate responsibility and accountability for their mistakes. They are saying they do not deserve to live for the suffering they caused. No one can deny that that is the ultimate sense of taking responsibility.
Posted in: What do you think of suicide as a means to atone for a scandal or wrongdoing?
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rjd_jr
Boring! I dislike 'disaster' movies.
Posted in: Hideaki Ito introduces new disaster film '252'
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rjd_jr
Oh ya, when my close family member died when I was a teenager years ago, I still had to go to school the following week. I wasn't a mumbling, bumbling mess like people think "all" grieving people SHOULD act like, I was perfectly normal to the outside world. We all have lives we have to continue with. If I was a celebrity and had a family member die, it's no problem showing up in the public eye a few weeks after the fact. Miwa is not the only celebrity in the world to do such a thing.
Again, nice to see her again.
Posted in: Miwa Asao back in public eye after sister's death
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rjd_jr
Different people have different grieving methods. Perhaps she wasn't close to her sister, or who knows. We certainly don't know.
Anyhow nice to see her again, she's looking great as always.
Posted in: Miwa Asao back in public eye after sister's death
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rjd_jr
And another bunch of teenagers in Japan acting like thugs and criminals. Sad decay.
Posted in: Two teenagers arrested for threatening to kill students at Tokyo school