JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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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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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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rockbuster
New Zealand probably have around the same number. In England I think it is 3 years residency that allows you to play for England. People like Riki Flutey (although he has been omitted from the RWC squad), Shontayne Hape, Mani Tuilagi and others have benefitted.
I think Japan have a decent chance of beating Tonga & Canada this year, I just wonder if they are on the receiving end of heavy defeats in their first two games (against NZ & France) how it might affect their morale going into the next games.
Come on Japan!!!
Posted in: Japan names squad for rugby World Cup; 10 foreign imports included
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rockbuster
Japan have already beaten Tonga once this year in the Pacific Nations Cup, which Japan won. They will definitely give Canada & Tonga a decent game.
Posted in: Japan beats U.S. 20-14 in rugby World Cup warmup
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rockbuster
I'm interested, how about when Samuel Eto'o walked off the pitch in Spain whilst playing for Barcelona because he was on the receiving end of monkey chants. Should he have "grown a pair"? Or was he right to highlight the wrongness of what was happening? How about when Mario Balotelli (in Italy) and Roberto Carlos (in Russia) did the same thing? Are they weak, or were they standing up to something that obviously wasn't right?
Or how about in Aussie Rules when Collingwood supporters chanted "rapist" at an opposition player who questioned but released over a sexual assault allegation. Is that chant just part of the game?
Good on Kawashima for not letting it pass, and thus making it acceptable.
Posted in: Belgian soccer match halted after Fukushima taunts
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rockbuster
A weekend of surprises, with the exception of the Nagoya juggernaut rolling on. Grampus are playing with extreme confidence at the minute and it looks like they again will be the team to beat. It will be a massive match on Wednesday when they travel to Osaka to face Gamba.
Jubilo gave Kashiwa a complete schooling, Reysol were an absolute shambles but full credit to Jubilo who tore them apart time and time again with some slick passing moves. Kashiwa have what looks to be a home banker against Avispa Fukuoka next week, but after this you wonder what frame of mind they will be in.
As ever, the J-League is predictably unpredictable!
Posted in: Kashiwa fails to regain J-League lead
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rockbuster
Using "foreigners" for national rugby teams is nothing new nor rare. On the NZ jersey they had to remove the words "New Zealand" from it because of the number of non-native Kiwis, and now it says only "All Blacks". In the early 2000's the influx of "kilted kiwis", led by Brendan Laney & John Leslie caused a bit of consternation around Murrayfield.
And nowadays in the England backline you have people like Riki Flutey, Shontayne Hape and Manny Tuilagi - all naturalized Englishmen.
It isn't a bad thing to aim high, but there needs to be the methods available to reach those aims. The Asian 5 nations is a good start, but they need to play at that kind of level more regularly. I'm not sure how the SANZAR unions would react, but how about the winners of the Asian 5 nations get to play in the Super 15 competition? Something along those lines would give a huge incentive to improve.
Posted in: Japan's Euro rugby stop 'part of long-term picture,' says Kirwan
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rockbuster
vg866
Put whatever spin you like on it, but the fact is that, at this minute, Japan is superior all over the park. Better goalkeeper, better defence, better midfield and a better attack. They have genuinely top drawer players in Kagawa & Honda - I'm not sure you can say Korea has any players at a similar level.
And you can't use Park retiring as an excuse - you will have to learn to do without him. You say Korea had to use "reserve team players & teens" to fill the squad, but am I right in saying 8 of the line-up played in June's friendly win over Serbia? (Although I think Lee Chung Yong played in those games before breaking his leg whilst training with Bolton Wanderers)
Asian football needs a strong Korea, as it needs a strong Japan & Australia, but at this particular moment Japan has pulled in front of Korea in terms of results, players and playing style.
Posted in: Japan beats S Korea 3-0 to extend unbeaten run to 13 matches
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rockbuster
Japan looked very good last night. They kept the ball well, and with Kagawa & Honda they always look menacing going forward. They were a lot better than Korea last night, and Japan have a lot be positive about in the near future with young players like Usami, Ryo Miyaichi (who just got work permit approved meaning he can play for Arsenal this year) and Kiyotake, who I thought played very well after coming on, coming through into international football.
All in all a good night's work from Zac & the lads!
Posted in: Japan beats S Korea 3-0 to extend unbeaten run to 13 matches
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rockbuster
Heathrow airport has to be one of the worst places on the planet. The staff are some of the rudest people you can imagine, it always operates at 100% capacity - so any tiny delay has a huge knock on effect, and nothing is ever simple there whether it be parking your car, collecting your luggage or picking someone up. And it is in London.
A terrible place.
Posted in: Heathrow's in-house writer revels in romance of flight
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rockbuster
Socio economic reasons? I'd be slightly more inclined to believe that if the people involved in the violence weren't communicating via BlackBerry's & iPhones and decked out in various designer brands. Ultimately, I think it is just people knowing that they can cause criminal damage, just because they want to, with little fear of being caught while doing it.
Posted in: British PM promises action to restore order in strife-torn cities
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rockbuster
I'm sure I read somewhere that Sendai had already been chosen as a substitute capital and that certain parts of the government had already put things in place (communication networks etc) in Sendai in case something happened to Tokyo.
Posted in: Japan to consider backup capital city for emergencies
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rockbuster
Funny that, because I could have sworn that Japan are Asian champions, having dispatched Korea along the way.
Posted in: Kagawa's Japan call-up irritates Dortmund's Klopp
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rockbuster
Should say "one of the best atmospheres in world football"
Posted in: Kagawa's Dortmund begin defense by downing Hamburg
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rockbuster
A full house at the Westfalen station, don't really care what sponsorship deal they have with it these days, is one of the bet atmospheres in world football. Mario Goetze truly is a superstar in waiting. If BVB can keep their young stars, they can challenge FC Bayern as the dominant force in German football in the next few years.
Posted in: Kagawa's Dortmund begin defense by downing Hamburg
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rockbuster
Sorry, but Dortmund knew when they signed him that he would be likely to be facing these kind of journeys. This is a FIFA sanctioned international date, so if anyone is to blame, then FIFA and UEFA would be the ones to go after in this instance.
The JFA and players are blameless in this situation. It is FIFA who should have to explain the ridiculous timing of this friendly date.
Posted in: Kagawa's Japan call-up irritates Dortmund's Klopp
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rockbuster
Senational drive from Lewis. So that is the worst finish for Vettel this season, and he didn't look happy at all. Next week should tell us a lot about whether this a false dawn for the title race as the Hungaroring is traditionally a slam dunk for Red Bull and their awesome aerodynamics.
Hopefully Hamilton, Alonso & Button can get in and about the Red Bulls and make it an exciting title race.
Posted in: McLaren's Hamilton wins German GP at Nuerburgring
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rockbuster
That is the only thing that matters!!!!
Posted in: Soccer star Kumagai in hot water over Twitter remarks during party
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rockbuster
Interesting that the shares were traded higher whilst the Murdoch's were giving evidence, and started to fall when Rebekah Brooks was on the stand. The Murdoch's weren't really made to sweat by the questioners (Tom Watson aside), although they were politicians not lawyers. Brooks on the other hand didn't look as assured. If it wasn't for the fact that she had been arrested on Saturday, I'm sure she would have been hammered by the panel with some infinitely more difficult questions.
Posted in: Murdoch rejects blame for hacker scandal at hearing
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rockbuster
You would think they would have been more prepared. I lost count of the number of times James Murdoch said "I don't know the exact details...." Only two of the questioners did a decent job, namely Tom Watson & Mensch. Murdoch Snr looked very uncomfortable when Watson was on his case.
And did anyone else think James Murdoch looked a lot like David Wallace, Michael's boss in the American Office? Probably just me then......
Posted in: Murdoch rejects blame for hacker scandal at hearing
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rockbuster
On the contrary - "gutted" is the perfect expression for that particular scenario
Posted in: Japan women eye World Cup/Olympics double
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rockbuster
As seems to be the norm in J1 it is very tight at the top. Yokohama will be ruing that late Rafael equalizer and established big guns of Grampus, Gamba & Kawasaki are not that far off.
Very bad defeat for Gamba though. They would have expected to easily see off Ventforet - but just shows that you can't underestimate anyone in the J-League. Grampus are slipping nicely into gear and it looks ominous for the other top sides. Looking forward to more big games next week including Nagoya v Sanfrecce Hiroshima & relegation threatened Albirex Niigata hosting Kawasaki Frontale.
Posted in: Yokohama takes over J-League lead with draw