JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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saborichan
How the hell did he wind up in a position of authority after the first time?
Posted in: Former principal rearrested for committing lewd acts with primary school girls
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saborichan
Couple of people here bagging out e-readers without ever having used one, clearly.
Posted in: E-reading: Revolution in the making or fading fad?
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saborichan
Wow, a lot of JT posters spouting off with no idea how oblivious this kid was or wasn't - and most of them not even reading closely enough to know that the things WASN'T switched on when he made his goof. Maybe he's a nerdy recluse who plays too many games. And maybe he isn't.
That said, I do think parents should forbid their kids from using these things whilst moving. I know Japanese don't really eat and walk or drink and walk, so why is this any different? Especially in a place as crowded as Japan. It's just good manners and sense. And if you can't give the game your full attention, how are you supposed to enjoy it, anyway?
People saying that these games are evil or terrible have lost their grip or reality. They're just a thing. Responsibility for things is the parent's job to instil, and it takes thorough discipline to teach kids to draw a line between Play Time and Other Time. Sadly many parents use their kids distraction with machines for a break, and don't make this rule.
Posted in: Boy falls onto train tracks while looking at handheld game console
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saborichan
Seriously? The people who froth at the mouth about socialism actually taking hold in America have their heads so far up their behinds they are going to need their hospital cards. It's mental, ridiculous, absurd to believe that socialism will ever take hold in America. It's the bastion of not-socialism. And any anti-Obama pundits who think they can scare people into believing it are not only deluded, but don't have the simplest grip on politics as it is.
Health care for all isn't socialism. I'll say it again. Health care isn't socialism. Isn't. Socialism. How many times do I have to say it? Plenty of great democratic countries have govt-organised healthcare - across Europe and through Asia. It's only sad that Americans have gotten used to a ridiculously overpriced user pays system and think of it as normal.
The final irony is how backhanded this article is to the general populace. While I'm sure most are uneducated about international affairs, suggesting they are dumb enough to fail to see the one thing our pop culture inculcates against is pretty insulting.
Posted in: Fixing American 'dumbocracy'
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saborichan
I love her work. Its not all gold, but there have been enough hits to make me a fan. I hope she marries a foreigner and gives the bird to the Japanese expectations on her to play by the usual rules (read: be a miserable 'my baka wife' and put up with all sorts of things).
Posted in: Utada’s blog receives 1 million views in 24 hours
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saborichan
I got Raymond Chandler, I'll leave it there before i get a result I dont like :D
Posted in: I Write Like erupts online; authors scratch heads
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saborichan
Aha! So in today's market, if you don't get one of these lucrative China spots, there's absolutely no way you will be able to break box office records.
Posted in: China to show hit sci-fi thriller 'Inception'
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saborichan
It's a prediction of their conversations come married life: mohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Posted in: Alpine wedding
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saborichan
When I think ukelele, admittedly I usually first think of that little kid on youtube who does Jason Mraz's song in his adorable cover. But I just watched some videos of this guy - awesome! he is in complete control of the instrument.
Posted in: Jake Shimabukuro speaks to generations through the ukulele
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saborichan
Hm. I think we need to remember this book is probably best oriented at people not living in Japan but wanting to learn. For that reason they may well have an epiphany: more than particles or finicky details, getting the point across matters first. And for that, this book will no doubt help. Will it teach you Japanese you can use in adult or polite company? No. But it'll teach you how to boil down the thing you want to say more succintly. And for that it contributes something.
And I love Crayon Shinchan. I have learnt a wealth of Japanese from him.
Posted in: Real Japanese: Learn to Speak the Same Way Japanese Kids Do!
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saborichan
It's a fascinating idea to see someone trying to change the status quo in Japan, and if being known as an English-speaking company DOES make things better for them, then it could be a boon. But big companies have made large decrees before that fell to dust, and trying to shift Japan towards English for business without an attractive reasoning might be inviting disaster.
Posted in: Rakuten's decision on English not welcomed by everyone
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saborichan
That doesn't seem very low calorie.
Posted in: Chuhai with fewer calories
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saborichan
Intent carries a much lower sentence of course.
Posted in: Would-be thief asks store manager to report him to police
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saborichan
Decent shoes for sure - hiking ones. I bought some for the purpose and fared fine, my friend in her sneakers slipped and slid on the gravel a lot. Something warm to get into when the time comes is a necessity.
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saborichan
So.. what is this? A speak-and-spell type device that does the talking for you?
I'm confused by the article. For this price, is it an actual device? Or software?
Posted in: Electronic English dictionary
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saborichan
If you think Burger King represents the Americanisation of Japan, you either haven't been here (enough) or read too much into things. It gets made into something Japanese here, so much that the kids are...'Ehhh! you have McDonalds in Australia too?' rather than viewing it as a decay of Japaneseness. Not that I'm excusing high fat foods, just saying that Japaneseness isn't under threat from another burger joint.
Posted in: Hail the King
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saborichan
I'm reminded of Alan Rickman's character in Galaxy Quest: 'By Graktar's Hammer.... What great savings...'
Posted in: Predators
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saborichan
It's accidently an indictement of the sempai/kouhai system when he says this. People shouldn't need guidance to observe good manners; just as they ought to be able to use their initiative in the workplace and other situations were judgement is called for.
Far too much waiting for approval from others occurs in Japan, and it leeches the vigor of everyone from students to policitians.
Posted in: Railway geeks wearing out their welcome
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saborichan
sourpuss, people will express opinions on certain topics when you ask the right way, or it is a thing for them. But they are far, far less likely to express themselves in an aggressive way or to lock horns with someone for the sake of debate or out of passion. They are much more likely to try to find common ground - and this leads to rusty skills in analysing and criticising information.
I've taught Eikaiwa for five years, and my small-town students trust me and each other enough to express their opinions. They are proud to share opinions when they have them - but I definately would say they have less experience debating and critiquing than western students. And sometimes they just have no opinion at all, particularly on religious and political matters.
Japanese are only too aware that rote learning is a gutting waste of time and energy for the most part. My students who persist in trying to learn English are emphatic that they don't want to learn grammar - they've been practicing with those tools for many years already - they want to put the tools to work in real communication. Sadly, test-based education has pulverised their ability to be dynamic in conversation and it's like starting from scratch for them.
Posted in: Japan and its standardized test-based education system
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saborichan
The Japanese complainers don't get the right to resent the foreign workers for this. You pay foreigners to do labour at a rate that the Japanese won't take, you take them as they are. Their religious views are part of their being. You don't get to obligate them to work like Japanese but get paid like foreigners.
Posted in: Reconciling foreign workers' prayer breaks with production deadlines