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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serindipity
When I was in high school in Oz the rule was, never date the hockey chicks! they are dangerous! I didn't even know Japan had a field hockey team. The Aussie men's team will be out to kick some serious gluteus maximus!
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serindipity
It is alarming how many teachers are married to their students. In the west it's called 'grooming' and it is illegal for internet users to use chat rooms to groom young girls for future relationships. But, it's just normal in Japan for a sleazy adult to groom young girls.
Posted in: Teacher resigns after kissing student in Akita
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serindipity
Of course the principal is going to defend the teacher's actions. I have seen the insulting reprimands given by Japanese teachers many times and telling kids they are idiots is part of their main arsenal. They probably did not tell him to die although, they would have said something along the lines of, "you don't deserve to live in this society," It's standard practice in schools. Then there is also the good old smack on the head, which does happen regularly regardless of the laws against physical abuse of students. And, not to forget the shaving of the head of unruly boys. I've seen boys have their head shaved for forgetting to bring their sports gear. It's not that the kids are becoming 'thin-skinned' it is the fact the only way teachers discipline kids is with character assassination, which after a while clearly takes its toll on the kid's emotional state making incidents like this are inevitable. Sad!
Posted in: 16-year-old high school student commits suicide after meeting teachers over online insults
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serindipity
I've got to agree with NuckenFutz. Unfortunately, I fear their popularity will be due to their willingness to work unpaid overtime and without sufficient holidays. Possibly also because they will not report on the improper procedures of many hospitals like, reusing blood collection devices . I hope I am wrong!
Posted in: Do you think bringing foreign nurses to work in Japan is a good idea?
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serindipity
Holidays??? This is Japan! If you want to take your holidays don't come back! If you don't want to work 'UNPAID' overtime you will be fired and we'll keep your holiday pay. It sort of sounds a bit like socialism or communism, doesn't it? All hale the Tza of Japan!
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serindipity
Nice Romulus3! Pretty ridiculous she resorted to such drastic measures though. It just reflects the pressures most Japanese parents are under and their complete inability to deal with them. I hope the kid is OK and he enjoys his new foster home.
Posted in: Woman, 37, arrested for stabbing 14-year-old son with knife after argument over PC
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serindipity
That's one to show his grandkids! LOSER!
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serindipity
If you ask a Japanese person it is neither East or West. It is the center! It is an island with a unique culture of acceptable suicide, random stabbings, child molestation, spousal abuse, no work ethics and political corruption at the highest levels. A very unique place indeed!
Posted in: In the world of geopolitics, do you think of Japan as part of the West?
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serindipity
It is a small step towards individuality although, if there are many people wearing the same get-ups it's hardly individual, is it? I think it looks ridiculous! Japan has always had a '20 years after the fact' cult culture. This crap died out in the eighties.
Posted in: Tokyo's Lolita subculture thumbs nose at men
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serindipity
That is cheap. I pay 4,000yen for my AU phone. It reminds me of when the iPhone was first released in the US and Apple reduced the price two months after its release. I wonder if the people who have already bought one can change their plan to the cheaper rate.
Posted in: Softbank to cut minimum monthly fee on iPhone to Y2,990
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serindipity
Condolences to the family, but it makes one wonder why helmets are not compulsory for ALL open wheeled machines. I saw an old fella have a stack on his electric quad-racer a fortnight ago and he sustained pretty serious head injuries. It' just too easy to die when you are old. It seems odd that there were two other people there, one of which was slightly injured, but neither of them were able to catch the granny. Could they have been negligent? Or was she a 150kg super gran?
Posted in: 81-year-old woman in wheelchair dies after falling from bus in Hokkaido
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serindipity
Wow, I have one of those charms too, but it also protects me from lions and tigers!
Does anyone know where I can get one that will protect me from a loony with a knife or a saw?
This flood protection plan is clearly a mock-up to get more spending and create jobs for thousands of construction workers. Even if the bill does get passed and they decide to go ahead with reinforcing levies and drainage systems it will take at least ten years before anything actually gets done. One would think they were more pressing issues like, finishing highways or bringing schools up to earthquake standard.
Posted in: Tokyo won't be able to cope with Katrina-like flooding
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serindipity
Hairforest - Get a life!!!
What would happen to places like Roppongi without the US military here?
Posted in: Does the U.S. need to have military bases anywhere in Japan?
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serindipity
30,000 chickens dead! That's what you get for putting all your chickens in two coops.
Posted in: 30,000 chickens die in Kagoshima fire
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serindipity
Yep, no compassion here! This sick batch took the lives of two innocents for no better reason than self-pity or some trucked-up belief it would be better for the kids. I hope the kids can visit this batch in hell and throw rocks at her! - Japan! A great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to grow up here!
Posted in: Mother, daughters die in suspected murder-suicide leap in Kanazawa
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serindipity
It's not so difficult to live cheaply in Tokyo without being a complete scrooge. You've just got to be sensible. However, it's also just as easy or even easier to go out and blow a hundred bucks on nothing.
Posted in: Tokyo 2nd most expensive city for expats after Moscow
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serindipity
Saitama again.
Posted in: Man arrested for dragging girlfriend with car in Saitama
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serindipity
I rarely speak on the phone, so cancer from a phone doesn't concern me, but I send many text messages. I'm more likely to develop arthritis in my thumb.
Posted in: Do you worry about the risk of getting cancer from long-term cell phone use?
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serindipity
Yeah, I've been in a few public pools and they are very strict about diving. The lifeguards nearly blue me out of the water with their whistles at one pool. Why was she diving at this pool? She's very lucky to remain quadruped.
Posted in: 10-year-old schoolgirl suffers head injury after diving into pool in Yamagata
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serindipity
Diving practice into a pool less than a meter deep. The challenge was diving without actually hitting one's head on the bottom. That's just a disaster waiting to happen and, low and behold, it did! At least she isn't in a wheel chair for the rest of her life. I guess the gods were not in their favor today.
Posted in: 10-year-old schoolgirl suffers head injury after diving into pool in Yamagata