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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Reckless, Facts are, most foreigners in Japan have long weak resume with constant changes of jobs. They have difficult time holding on to one job. Are you a misfit? Probably. Most of foreigners in Japan have gone from organization to organization searching fo understanding and truth and still have not found it. you talk about high standards, I guess this is your definition of high standards.
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RecklessFeb. 14, 2012 - 09:41AM JST Truth is most foreigners in Japan are rather well-traveled and international thinking.
Truth is that most foreigners in Japan are misfits and rejects that cannot make it in their own country. They are nothing special.
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People talk of golden years, but in reality, most have limited retirement pensions or savings. Japanese live a long life and if you're limited with money, you get stuck sitting in from of the T.V. and drinking beer as a cheap entertainment. Even people with money, the older Japanese people, other than work that they've done, they really don't know how to enjoy themselves. Very few have any meaningful hobbies or travel extensively to foreign countries. They stay in their own comfort zone like dogs.
Posted in: We're bored. We have nothing to do. I don't have anything to say to my husband anymore. It's much better to come here than just sit in the house watching TV all day. We need some excitement, too.
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Al StewartFeb. 13, 2012 - 12:57PM JST The worlds number 2 top selling car is the Ford F-Series: (1948- ) - 30,000,000+
Ford has more problems of recall then Toyota. Ford F-150 dangerous fuel tank design may cause recall of 2.7 million trucks that could break and lead to fires. Will Ford have to recall 2.7 million trucks? NHTSA and Ford have now received 243 reports of the tanks falling. In some trucks, fire started when the fuel tank fell. The F150 trucks have more incident of sudden accelation trouble reports. How many did complaints Toyota get? 6 reports and they are jumping into inquiry? Chevy Volt also has fire problem, why a delay in recall?
Posted in: U.S. safety regulators investigate Toyota cars over door fires
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It really comes down to what you value most in a smartphone. If it’s ease of use and better apps you’re after as well as smooth performance and a great camera, the iPhone 4S can’t be beat. As long as you can live with 3G speeds, you can’t go wrong with the iPhone 4S. On the other hand, the fact that Android phones offer 4G should not be overlooked. It speeds up practically everything you do. Android also integrates with multiple social networks and you have a wider range of design choices. If you like the idea of customizing your interface to your heart’s content and want the option of a bigger screen, Android is the way to go.
Posted in: Which do you think is best: iPhone or Android?
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j4p4nFTWFeb. 13, 2012 - 07:31PM JST Quality. Japanese cars are the best in the world. There's no need to buy imports. And patriotism. We want our people to keep their jobs.
Japanese cars are most dangerous on the hi-speed freeway accidents. They are made from recycled beer cans. U.S. really don't need any Japanese cars. There is no need to buy imports. We want our people to keep their job.
Posted in: What do you think are the main reasons why U.S. car sales are so low in Japan?
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FadamorFeb. 14, 2012 - 05:44AM JST If I were to guess, it would be because the American cars are too g*dd#@n big.
Then teill me why Mazda 3 sells 200,000+ per year, but Ford Focus sells less less than 100? They have same platform, same or close to identical engine & transmission, and same gas milage.
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In a last decade, U.S. came to expect greater operational cooperation with Japan and greater Japanese involvement in providing security far from Japanese shores. The failure to strengthen bilateral cooperation for the defense of Japan is troublesome, and it falls on the Japanese government's shoulders. This failure raises an obvious question, if the LDP was such a faithful friend of the alliance, why is there a lengthy list of operational deficiencies short of the major sticking point of the ban on the exercise of Japan's right of collective self-defense?
U.S. should scale back their expectations so to acknowledge political constraints in Japan and refocus the alliance on the core mission of defending Japan. Japan should assume primacy in the defense of Japan, focusing all of its defense efforts and resources on this singular mission. Japan should be its own first line of defense. None of LDP successors saw it worthwhile to talk about the values shared by the U.S. and Japan and to expend political capital cooperation. The challenge for the U.S. and Japan is to build an alliance based on the notion that Japan has little choice but to be deeply engaged in regional cooperation.
As difficult as the Futenma dispute is, but U.S. need to shift away from narrow security partnership, in which security cooperation is focused almost exclusively on the defense of Japan and cooperate closely with areas others within the region.
Posted in: Nago mayor, in U.S., steps up criticism of new Okinawa agreement
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Six fires have been reported to the agency out of 14,000,000 Toyota vehicles that is affected and nobody has been hurt. Sounds like another sensational NHTSA sudden fire recall. Among the 20 brands only Mercedes Benz and Porsche have less to complain than Toyota owners. The most complaints in the database, 25 percent of the total is GM cars.
No one should overlook the issues raised by the Toyota recalls, but it is important to keep things in perspective. A broader view of consumer complaints reflect an industry issue, not just a Toyota issue. In a previous sudden accelation accusation, Edmunds and NHTSA’s own data prove that there was a witch hunt and mass hysteria that are not born out by hard facts.
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YuriOtaniFeb. 11, 2012 - 07:40AM JST. My main ah "beef" is with Tokyo. They are the ones keeping Okinawan officials out of the talks not the Americans. Do take note that when the Americans negotiate with Guam, they consult the government there before making any final decisions. I understand why they do not talk directly with the prefecture government as it would not be proper. Though they would have to be blind not to know of the problem.
For Okinawan politicians, the preferred option has always been to defer making a decision, both to avoid having to implement an unpopular option and to garner additional benefits from Tokyo and Washington.
The Guam Agreement does exactly what the Okinawans have demanded: It reduces the U.S. military presence on the island. Neither reductions in flight operations nor mitigation of the environmental impact of relocation will satisfy those who are seeking the withdrawal of USMC flight operations, let alone the entire U.S. military presence. Short of turning over bases to Okinawan control, attempts at reducing the burden that the Marines place on the island is unlikely to appease opponents of the relocation plan. The Okinawan priority is not alliance requirements and geostrategic factors but localized concerns of reduced military footprint, land givebacks, and removal of noisy military units.
Posted in: Nago mayor, in U.S., steps up criticism of new Okinawa agreement
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Yuri, maybe you should work for Okinawa media. Mayors and the governor of Okinawa controls the media to bash U.S. presence. U.S. military disaster relief operations generated considerable goodwill in Japan, including on Okinawa. Okinawans realizes what the Marines were training operations elsewhere in Asia. Yet Okinawan media refused to publish articles or photos of U.S. Marines from Okinawa conducting humanitarian assistance operations in Japan. In fact, some Japanese media outlets went so far as to criticize the Marines’ relief work. The Ryukyu Shinpo criticized the U.S. Marine humanitarian assistance as a “tool for political manipulation and an attempt to gain the support of the Japanese people to keep the FRF within Okinawa". The Shinpo said that the U.S. statements highlighting the benefits of having the Marines available to assist Japan was “very discomforting” and “tricks.” The Okinawan Times chimed in as well, posturing that the U.S. was using the disaster as a “political tool to manipulate our political decision making. It is something we cannot allow.”
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YuriOtani Feb. 10, 2012 - 06:29AM JST. the problem is Japan did not let the sovereign prefecture of Japan have any input. Just think what would happen if the USA made and agreement with another country leasing land to them. Then make it a state in which the majority population has been oppressed by the majority in the country. It would never happen. So why does America assume the Japanese majority has the right to oppress the Okinawa minority?
The U.S. deployed presence is a burden on the U.S. as well. There is a monetary cost to maintaining U.S. forces overseas, and more important the U.S. has pledged the lives to defend Japan. An alliance is about achieving objectives, not reducing burdens. Removing the Marine air base on Okinawa does not eliminate the alliance mission.
If people in Okinawa is disatisfield with present situation, Japan would have to amend its constitution, alter its interpretation of collective self-defense, significantly increase its defense budget, develop military capabilities it does not now have, and gain domestic and foreign support for a dramatic shift in Japanese military policy. Japan has shown no inclination to push forward on any of these issues and has been strongly resistant to any such change.
Resolving the situation requires bold, decisive leadership, which unfortunately is not characteristic of Japan’s political system. However, U.S. should increase its public diplomacy efforts to convince the Japanese and Okinawan legislators, media, and public that the U.S. military presence is critical to the security of Japan, as well as to regional stability. U.S. should explain that U.S. military capabilities depend on coordinated and integrated strategies. The U.S. Marines on Okinawa are an indispensable and irreplaceable component of any U.S. response to an Asian crisis.
Posted in: Okinawa governor, Nago mayor not happy with U.S. forces plan
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FarmboyFeb. 09, 2012 - 05:46PM JST You can say no to torture AND provide security. You will get nowhere copying the tactics and ethics of criminals and terrorists.
There is a loophole that certain countries like Canada have used to get around the Convention Against Torture is the "outsourcing" of torture, either by extraditing suspects to friendly countries where they can be tortured without causing difficulties for the authorities, or by accepting suspects who have been made to confess under torture in other countries. More than 80 U.S. companies were involved in the manufacture, marketing and export of equipment used to torture over the last decade, more than any other country.
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You have to remember that Okinawa is not a country. The Guam Agreement is between two sovereign nations, Japan and the U.S. Japan goverment should work with Okinawa to address local concerns, but it must also make clear that Japanese national security and Asian peace and stability trump local Okinawan convenience and seeking understanding and consensus has its limits. There are cases in which the central government has to take certain actions, even if those actions go against a resolution of a local assembly. Remember that the budget sword cuts both ways.
It is important that both the U.S. and Japan realize that maintaining and strengthening their alliance best serves their respective national interests. The U.S. military in Asia deters those nations that would otherwise try to influence weaker nations through coercive diplomacy or the threat of force. The allies should focus on expanding the two nations’ military relationship to address growing regional and security challenges.
Posted in: Okinawa governor, Nago mayor not happy with U.S. forces plan
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Ben_JackinoffFeb. 09, 2012 - 11:36AM JST. I disagree. I think it is a rant from a person who is tired of being treated differently because they are different. However, expected to be treated the same when you are not is rather unrealistic.
Don't expect Japan to change. You can always go back to your own country and be treated equally.
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WurthingtonFeb. 09, 2012 - 11:22AM JST. We won't send in many ground troops...
Are you sure? Better give those ground troops some more training. They haven't had a considerable challange since Vietnam war. For if they try rolling into Iran as they did in Iraq, they'll turned to disaster.
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DogFeb. 09, 2012 - 11:05AM JST. Actually the reason for north east Asia being such a hotbed of racism, from Korean elementary school children being taught to hate Japan to Chinese claiming that the Japanese are devils, is because they essentially share a sino culture with minor regionnal differances.
Northeast Asia is not much different than deep south with black and white U.S., South Africa, Europe or Australia. I don't believe this area is hotbed for racism. You look at Muslims living in Germany. I guess you have much to learn.
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Wurthington, the guy got killed along with the secuity person on the car was described as mid-level scientist. Even if you take out one, there are another 399 scientist left. Point is, other than pyscological impact on the remaining workers, very little or no impact on slowing the objectives of Iranians. Then what's next?
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FarmboyFeb. 09, 2012 - 09:50AM JST. You know torture is wrong, and you know that if it is approved, it won't just be fantasy kidnappers who buried a fantasy kid that it will be used against. It will be used against a lot of innocent people, and you will be part of it.
You live in a nice dream world. Objectives are very similar to U.S. In 2006, there were 2,500 Canadian soldiers in Afganistan for peacekeeping and stability operations. Currently they have close to 1,000. This plays a huge part in the war in Afghanistan. In preparations, soldiers needed to know as much as possible about local customs, culture, and politics, and about the nature and motivation of groups that might oppose the establishment of peace and order. The Afghan mission would only succeed when the Canadian Government could provide data for the needs of its secuity. This is Canadian and NATO approach toward reconstructing the Afghan society.
Posted in: Canada's use of torture data sparks outcry
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WurthingtonFeb. 09, 2012 - 09:38AM JST. I would at this point have to side with Israel and I believe taking out any Iran ability to produce a nuclear weapon as necessary. Like was mentioned on an earlier post... Israel is a one bomb country. One bomb could end Israel altogether. Can the Israelis afftord to let Iran have a bomb.
Then what is your plan? Even the very ability of Israel's military to the decisive strike are doubtful. Most likely, the Iranians have dispersed their nuclear program at multiple sites, some of which are hidden underground. That makes a repeat performance of the clean and decisive blow against Iran almost impossible. The task of locating all of Iran's nuclear targets requires a high degree of intelligence and risk. A hit-and-run preemptive attack can't guarantee much success.
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