JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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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sarcasm123
Why, jerseyboy, I partly agree with you! I think military people all over the planet are more or less the same. As in: not the brightest bunch, with a tendency to solve problems by violence.
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sarcasm123
Who is amusing, pathat? A man claiming that none of the 2800 people who complained about feeling sick were really affected by pesticides?
You say only 10 have been found affected by the pesticide. How many others were actually tested in detail? You say the other 2790 were tested and found to be negative (as you claim none of them were affected by the pesticide, it implies you think they all were tested). I say that is nonsense.
Were some of the remaining 2800 people not affected by pesticides? I am 100% sure of it. Were half of them not affected? Quite likely. Were 75% of them not affected? Possible. 90%? Unlikely but still possible. Let's assume 95% of them were indeed not affected. That still leaves us with 5% of 2800, or 140 people. 99%? Still leaves us 28 real cases.
But no. Pathat has decided all 2800 cases were negatives. His proof?
Who is amusing?
Posted in: Gyoza scare offers insight into Japan's culture of eating
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sarcasm123
"If you have proof, sarcasm, show us how we are wrong. If not, admit you`re wrong, and step aside."
I will, pathat, the day when you show me proof that not a single person of the 2800 persons who complained about feeling sick after eating frozen food from China was indeed actually affected by some pesticide, apart from the 10 you mention.
As my proof, I will just say this: google a bit around and find the hundreds of cases all around the world about people suffering from bad quality of Chinese products. Then come back here and label Japan as racist. Along with the US, all countries in the EU, and a few dozen other developed countries.
Posted in: Gyoza scare offers insight into Japan's culture of eating
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sarcasm123
""We took a particularly detailed look at cases in which patients were hospitalized and have concluded that no one else other than the 10 people suffered from organophosphate poisoning"
They looked at cases where patients were hospitalized only.
Still, even if it was only 5 cases, or 3, or 2: we are not talking about an accidental food poisoning but about something that is very likely to have been done on purpose.
Posted in: Gyoza scare offers insight into Japan's culture of eating
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sarcasm123
"ven considering the fact that about 700 people fell ill and had to be hospitalized"
700>10.
Back to you.
Posted in: Gyoza scare offers insight into Japan's culture of eating
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sarcasm123
Well, reading the above comments I can only say that ignorance is indeed a bless. Let's have a look...
"I think the key word here is "China"."
Your point being? The key word is indeed China, as in "only China would be able to have this kind of things happening AND pretending they have nothing to do with it". China indeed.
"If the gyoza producer had been Japanese, the response ..."
You mean that you did NOT notice several food scandals in the news lately that were about Japanese companies?
"This is more about racist attitudes and a negative media campaign against China !"
A campaing that seems to be raging all around the globe. If half of the planet is taking part in this campaign it must mean that there is at least some truth in it.
"Somebody had obviously spiked the gyoza."
Yes. That is the only logical explanation, and it must have happened in China in the place where they were made. But of course some here prefered the conspiracy theories about nationwide organisations of right wingers entering ports all over the country to pick out products made by the same company on practically the same day, inserting the poison and then sealing the package again. Yes... that seems VERY likely... NOT!
The talk about "only 10 victims" is complete nonsense as 1. there were more, 2. we are not talking about an accidental food poisoning but about something that is very likely to have been done on purpose.
"just got a slap on the wrist and a running through the media for 1 week after they bowed on TV and said we are sorry."
Well, maybe the Chinese should have also bowed and said they were sorry? But no, they were not even able to bring themselves to give a decent apology.
"Japan loves to play the sympathetic victim"
If there is ONE country that loves to play the victim now, it must be China. Producing low quality products and calling racism when someone complains?? Invading Tibet yet crying when someone here visits a shrine??
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sarcasm123
"As much as I want to sympathise for the riots in Tibet, but look really.. this is about OLYMPIC"
Yes, and in the original OLYMPICS, states engaged in war were not allowed to participate.
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sarcasm123
You're starting to get it. Next week I will explain supply and demand, as you clearly have no idea about that concept either.
Posted in: 458,000 Japanese expected to travel abroad in Golden Week
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sarcasm123
"Same service, different direction. What does this say about the Japanese? They are willing to pay high prices to get out of their country for a few days."
Or perhaps that Japan is a richer country than Korea? But that would conflict with the "all things Japanese are bad" religion some here are so dedicated to.
Anyway, the Japanese travel abroad => the JT public mocks them the Japanese don't travel abroad => the JT public mocks them
Posted in: 458,000 Japanese expected to travel abroad in Golden Week
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sarcasm123
Haaaa... coming aaaall the way to Japan to complain about... the quality of bread!!
The JT public, people!
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sarcasm123
"So at any rate the sign prohibits what he’s doing unless he has permission."
I think he wasn't.
"More likely than not however, he’s a cheapskate who has few qualms in disrupting the peace with his amateur antics."
The Japanese spend their day in the office => the JT complains. The Japanese spend their day playing music => the JT complains.
I am sure you are right, eastokyo.
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sarcasm123
"acoustic instruments might be a better choice for 音響機器"
Uh, no. Do a search for 音響機器 in google images and tell me how many accoustic instruments you see.
from wiki: 音響機器（おんきょうきき）とは、音を録音再生したり変換したりするための機器のことをいう。
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