JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Full-time English Teacher - Osaka
- Epion English Language Schools, Osaka
- Salary: ¥200,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month Depending on your ability and experience
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- Part-time English Teacher - Osaka
- Epion English Language Schools, Osaka
- Salary: ¥10,000 ~ ¥15,000 / Day Depending on how many days a week are worked
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- Core Developer - コアディベロッパー
- Midokura Japan K.K. - ミドクラジャパン株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M ~ ¥10.0M / Year Negotiable
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serindipity
Unfortunately, very likely! It's a Japanese tradition! Just as much as stating the blatantly obvious - "there was a high possibility that he had been stabbed as there was a kitchen knife sticking out of his chest."
Posted in: Limousine driver found dead in apparent suicide in underground car park in Ginza
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serindipity
For the first time in my life I actually feel sorry for the Americans exposed to this so-called entertainment. I guess it won't be long before it hits Australia either. OMG! Is it really entertainment?
Posted in: Japanese game shows coming to America
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serindipity
Good work from the clerk for catching him, albeit stupid. Rule number of convenience store work - never confront a bandit! Just give them what they want and call the police! This clerk is lucky he's not dead.
Posted in: Man with samurai sword arrested for robbery in Osaka
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serindipity
Japan a wonderland of the bizarre and immature stupidity!
"Kowai iiiiiiiiiii!"
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serindipity
Bloody foreigners! It couldn't have been Japanese kids could most of them can't spell 'hack'!
Posted in: English graffiti 'Hack' grounds bullet train
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serindipity
With the disastrous condition of the welfare and pension system this comes as no surprise. It's becoming more and more evident that the senior citizens of Japan are loopy! There seems to be a lot of crime coming from the senior citizens and most are just unbelievably stupid. The fish shop lady is another example. BUT, I shouldn't single out the oldies. It's pretty much across the board loopiness.
Posted in: Man drives car loaded with gas, kerosene into city hall in western Japan
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serindipity
Nah, sorry. I can't agree with this at all. Most of the Jr and Snr high schoolers get between four and eight English classes a week with summer intensive courses, English camps and juku classes. Their English test score is imperative to their further education. Most of the colleges and universities are requiring English interviews for a lot of courses. Therefor, they must have good scores (especially from private schools) to enter a University of reputation. However, from what I've seen, the schools' attitude towards English is all about reputation and averages with some easy tests, a bit of creative accounting, and the mandatory test explanation with hints/answers. It's almost farcical. The entrance interviews are no different. I have trained many seniors for their University entrance interviews and most of them come to me a month before the interview and ask me to help them train for their interview. However! I have never been asked in English. Most have 2nd level eiken from Jr high, but they haven't spoken a sentence of English since. Most can't even tell me where they live, so I give them a month's worth of training 1hour a week after school, which achieves absolutely nothing. BUT!!! The killer is....... They still pass their entrance interviews???? Even though, they would have a hard time spelling their name out loud. I'm not saying these kids are morons, but it's just the way the system works. It's not necessary to have a spoken command of English after six years of intensive study. They don't have to speak it to pass. Of course, there is the 5-10% of graduates who actually got a handle on English and their training and achievements are justified, but most of the kids I've seen go through the private schools have all been hand-fed everything they need to know to get through school or they get expelled to public school, where nobody gives a fat rat's anyway. Next is College, where 50% of your final grade is attendance and failing is 30% - That's real win win situation. Just show up and you pass! - Universities are a tad more strict, but still, almost impossible to fail. English??? Who needs it??? Every time I learn a new kanji I forget an English word :(
Posted in: Why don't Japanese speak English better than they do?
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serindipity
It's amazing how much a lifetime of eating fish full of mercury can affect your judgment, isn't it? Stupid old bag! She's lucky she didn't kill anybody!
Posted in: Fish shop owner arrested for putting sewing needles in fish at rival supermarket in Osaka
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serindipity
Ha ha! This is a good one! after spending most of the last ten years teaching in private Jr and Sr high schools around Tokyo I am surprised most of these kids manage to speak Japanese, better less English! - Combining the facts that, sleeping in class is acceptable behavior and teachers will always give exact explanations of what is in tests, it comes as no surprise the ability to speak even the most basic phrases in English is only apparent in a few conscientious students. In my experience, it's less than 5% of high school graduates can answer the simplest questions using Janglish in response after six years of intensive English study. The joys of being the token 'gaijin sensei'
Posted in: Why don't Japanese speak English better than they do?
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serindipity
This comes as no surprise to me either. My only concern is, how much difference will this make? Is there enough damning evidence here to affect the IWC outcome? Even if the IWC rules against the Japanese it is now clear that they are prepared to make illegal captures. Let's see how much mileage Peter Garret can get out of this, if any.
Posted in: DNA tests uncover undocumented whale meat on sale in Japan
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serindipity
Foreign English teachers by a country mile!
This may be true, but we are not stupid enough to get caught nor admit to anything.
Posted in: Which profession in Japan seems to be in the news the most due to deviant or unlawful sexual behavior by its members?
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serindipity
Ummm.... in 20 years? Have a look around you. It's happening now!
verisimilitude - the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability. It's not really misused, but definitely unnecessary!
Posted in: Akihabara becoming increasingly weird
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serindipity
Does JT just look for the most bizarre stories or is there only strange news in Japan?
This story is a classic! If it is one of the teachers I'd like to know what other little fetishes and desires he or she has also been satisfying while teaching at this school.
Posted in: 18 schoolgirls' swimsuits stolen at primary school in Yamanashi
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serindipity
Awe, for peach sake! What a son of a peach!
Posted in: 5,000 peaches stolen from orchard
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serindipity
Yep! No surprise! The truth hurts!
Posted in: What do you think of the Mainichi's decision to cease publishing its WaiWai tabloid tidbits section on its English online site following complaints that it portrays Japanese society in a negative light to the world?
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serindipity
The mind boggles over how many more forced confessions have been made and how many loonies are still running around because of it.
Posted in: Documentary on forced confessions screened in Tokyo
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serindipity
This guy has no moral fiber what-so-ever and should never be let of prison, better less into a classroom. If it was my daughter, this guy would not be able to find a hole deep enough to hide and I'm damn sure by the time my friends and I have finished with him he would not be capable of molesting himself! I am against the death penalty until it comes to crimes against children. I'm sure that hanging a few of these sickos would effect the amount of child molestation dramatically.
Posted in: Teacher, 38, arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting 11-year-old girl in Ibaraki
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serindipity
I think it shows good initiative. At least she's doing something to make a buck instead of stealing it.
Posted in: 25-year-old wife arrested for selling nude photos of herself
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serindipity
And, what country of the world does it happen often?
Posted in: Teacher, 38, arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting 11-year-old girl in Ibaraki
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serindipity
Don't let your wife find out!
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