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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saborichan
Yes, we wouldn't want cars that are quiet, eh? Though actually, that raises an interesting point. We're all so adapted to using our hearing as one of our safety checks when crossing a road. How will it be with superquiet electric cars? We'll have to adapt...
According to another story on this, a hi-speed charger that they may put in various locations takes only a half hour to charge. But that's still too long for even a few cars to line up for in this country...
Posted in: Mitsubishi unveils Y4.59 mil electric car
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saborichan
I think there's a typo in the award name: IMB Fellow?
Moderator: It has been corrected.
Posted in: Blind Japanese woman receives IBM's top award
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saborichan
Absolutely unacceptable that the students should be at school after hours for any reason at all. I understand that he might be a very committed student but that just invites trouble.
And as for the a--hole driver, he deserves every punishment he gets.
Posted in: 15-year-old boy in hospital after being hit by 62-year-old drunk driver in Gunma
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saborichan
Where is he pointing?
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saborichan
I don't think this is terribly different to the stories of exhausted elderly killing their bedridden spouses. The guy was probably unable to put up much of a fight.
Posted in: Police officer strangled to death by wife in Chiba
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saborichan
Props to Christian Bale for 'playing ball' with the local media circus.
Posted in: Terminator Japan premiere
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saborichan
"“There has been a succession of prime ministers in recent years but I’m not sure if they were material or figures who can symbolize Japan,” said Ishihara."
Hahah. Yes, you'd be scraping the bottom of the barrel getting a J-pollie up.
How about some talents? They could offer one another yakitori and say it's oissshiiiii
Posted in: Ishihara wants royal help for Tokyo's Olympic bid
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saborichan
I was waiting for the 'this reporter appeared at her doorway with flowers in his overnight bag and a ready ear for Nori-sama's troubles...'
Posted in: Singer Noriko Sakai kicks surfer husband out of home
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saborichan
An eight-year-old who doesn't know how to swim? How deep was this pond?
Posted in: 8-year-old girl drowns in pond in Kagawa
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saborichan
What a bizarre act. What did this person THINK was going to happen? That she could just get herself a Kawaii Newborn (TM) and take it home?
Posted in: Woman arrested for allegedly kidnapping baby girl from Chiba station building
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saborichan
I can understand taking off in drive instead of reverse, but if you're pulling in to a space, how could you hit the gas instead of the brake...?
Posted in: Car crashes into convenience store in Shizuoka
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saborichan
How can her former agency tell her what to do? If it's a paid and legal show, why would they have a leg to stand on? The contracts are already over, unless there's something she signed saying 'I refuse to ever get naked', can't she do as she pleases?
I'm suspecting her former agency has a stack of swimsuit magazines they're afraid will stop selling if people start getting a better view of her... Talentos are used for such inane drivel in this country that they can't be claiming she's going to lower the bar!
Posted in: Despite court order, Minako Komukai goes ahead with plans for strip show
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saborichan
I think that story of a passenger who becomes a puddle or some sort of wraith is well known in Japan. I have a a Crayon Shin-chan comic where Shin-chan is the cab driver, and he starts telling the story of that ghost girl to his passenger (who is the ghost). He out-weirds the ghost though, and it leaves.
Anyone have any ghost stories in their neck of the woods? I have a friend who had to steer her car around a group of people walking down a country road, and when she checked her mirrors they were gone. She and her passenger agreed not to speak about it but to draw pictures of what they saw when they got home... and they were (dun dun dunnn) the same...
Posted in: The occult world of ancient Kyoto
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saborichan
The problem with turning your house into a padded cell is that the kid will never get any boo-boos indoors, but then going out into the big bad world, they'll suddenly have to learn the common sense that comes from making errors.
Have you seen those parents that float behind their children , about two feet away, ready to catch them should they fall? Awwwwwwwkwarrrd
Posted in: 1-year-old boy falls to death from 5th-story Tokyo apartment
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saborichan
How does it create an animation like effect?
On the wall? In 3-D ?
Posted in: Twinkle twinkle
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saborichan
Come on Nijuuuunanaaaah
Count 'em with me
Posted in: Ichiro extends hitting streak to record 26 games
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saborichan
Caring for the infirm takes a lot of patience and understanding. Are the unemployed masses, disgruntled from getting the axe in their current jobs, going to be able to muster that kind of sensitivity?
Posted in: Elderly care
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saborichan
Or attempted murder, at least.
Does he get points for turning himself in?
Posted in: 27-yr-old man arrested for bashing father with hammer in Tottori
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saborichan
Yeah. How many people know someone or know of someone who managed to pull boiling water onto themselves as a child? I think my partner's parent did that once and got hot water in the ear, losing hearing for life.
I'm super careful in my kitchen even as an adult. If only Mum had closed the doors before she went out... Not that she should have gone at all.
Posted in: 1-year-old boy falls to death from 5th-story Tokyo apartment
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saborichan
Crimson,
I think people put (sp) after stuff they're unsure of. I've just seen it on the internet, mostly. Not in any official documents...
Posted in: Why are there no good-looking guys on daytime TV?