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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shawnth
1) More escalators. 2) More garbage cans.
Posted in: What do you think are the good and bad points about the subway systems in Japan's cities?
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shawnth
I wonder if the effects are so easy to determine. One can hope this will also give incentive for carriers to purchase planes that pollute less and therefore force companies like Airbus and Boeing to spend more time and effort to product fuel efficient planes. I think EU is doing what they can, try to influence such a direction in the private sector through policy. The US and China being one of the worst polluters of the world really should be supporting this or at least be making suggestions on a more effective policy if they see issues with it.
Posted in: Airlines face EU pollution bill from New Year
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shawnth
I think these rules are quite reasonable actually. As a person who drives however I can say though the biggest problem is a lot of people who ride bikes on the street don't follow the rules of the road. Too often do I see people riding their bike against traffic (frightful when streets are so narrow here) and people who weave in and out of lanes and sidewalks disregarding traffic lights and stop signs.
Posted in: Police to get tough on sidewalk cyclists
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shawnth
Some things having ate at several of these places in TKO and Paris. 1) You'll observe equally high cost in the Paris 3 stars if not more. Hoping people aren't assuming its only TKO. 2) The rating takes into account quality of food, service and atmosphere (duh). These places do tend to have different atmosphere from those nice cozy local places.. I enjoy both, I can appreciate others may not. 3) Not all the 3 stars in Tokyo are Japanese (if people bothered to take a look at the list). Actually this is where Tokyo stands out, I think people here definitely appreciate the food of other cultures and its evident by the fact that so many of the chefs here go abroad to study their craft. I'm not talking about pizza hut's ebi mayo pizza here....
4) Price performance is not always there (personal opinion) but for people looking for a place to eat to celebrate some occasion these places are a safe bet. Don't knock people who can afford it.
Posted in: Japan beats France on three-star restaurants, Michelin says
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shawnth
What right does a has been (Hatoyama) or politician who is suspected of corruption (Ozawa) have any right to discuss who should become the next prime minister. These are the same idiots who tried to destabilize leadership in Japan right after the earth quake when nobody in this country wanted it. These guys and the peons who follow them is what holds this great country back.
Posted in: Ozawa, Hatoyama meet to discuss who to back for PM
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shawnth
Nice.. now it'll be great if the taxi's in Tokyo also got an uplift. Why is it that other than the odd ball Prius taxi that most taxi's in Tokyo seem outdated by like 10 - 20 years.
Posted in: Taxi of tomorrow
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shawnth
This is great news. Well it stop all terrorist attacks, of course not and nobody is making any such claims. It's worthwhile for the US to take a moment to breath a sigh of relief, pat themselves on the back and then move on. If it were up to me I would've left the corpse on the side of the road for the vultures... but kudos to the US to respect rules of the Islamic culture.
Posted in: BIN LADEN BURIED AT SEA AFTER BEING KILLED IN FIREFIGHT WITH U.S. FORCES
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shawnth
Mmm why does crying make somebody a sore loser ? We see it all the time right in athletes performing at this high level. Take a look at the Japanese High School Championships (Koushien).. both losing / winning teams cry all the time. And those are guys. I think these athletes just have so much at stake that when they see their efforts come to fruit (or in this case fall apart) mentally its hard to control.
btw don't get me wrong, I'm actually glad Kim Yuna got a kick in the butt. And agree good to see its not Mao Asada.
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shawnth
You don't understand, we need these for when the aliens attack the planet! No point talking to each other since no Earthling can speak Martian.
Posted in: Hypersonic missiles could challenge U.S. naval supremacy
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shawnth
Hawkeye limiting birth rate, that sounds a bit extreme don't it (actually the Chinese have such a rule). Actually the amount of food available is not an issue (we are after all really talking about a select few prized species). In order to feed the world population enough food is being produced.. distribution of it to the needy is where things fall short.
Posted in: Tuna tussle: How much fishing is too much?
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shawnth
talking2U why is this a problem of capitalism? Investors deserve what is coming to them, why? Because they are the ones who put up their money and risk losing all. They are ultimately the losers when what they invested in flops, and therefore they deserve to be compensated when it goes the other way. People who work for the "man" have the security of a pay check and the peace of mind of not having any of their own capital at risk.
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shawnth
I wonder if the author of this article has eaten anywhere other than fast food chains like MacDonalds. These places operate under small margins so its understandable for the folks that work there to pretty much have a manual of do's and don'ts.
Posted in: In Japan, the customer is not king
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shawnth
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Posted in: Karate kid
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shawnth
Like somebody said previously the kid looks like side show bob, very funny looking. I'm not sure it doesn't represent "today's" look. I'm sure it'll be a fun movie for twelve year olds or people on this thread defending these folks (who obviously are twelve year olds themselves or are just as smart).
Posted in: Karate kid
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shawnth
like somebody else already mentioned.. kid looks like sideshow Bob. I'm sure it'll be a fun movie for twelve year olds..
Posted in: Karate kid
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shawnth
Don't they only serve Aussie beaf at Yoshinoya, yeck!
Posted in: Playing for high steaks
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shawnth
All of this for some reason reminds me of that one line in fight club..
A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
Maybe Toyota took too long to figure out whether X was less than the cost of a recall ? =)
Posted in: Toyota's easy ride in Japan
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shawnth
Yes with most recorders out here you can record to blueray in HD, however you are restricted in the number of times you can make a copy (believe 10 times in general).
Posted in: Sony revamps Blu-ray Disc recorders
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shawnth
And why exactly is it an issue that Japanese people consume 80% of the tuna catches ? The failure really is not with Japanese people but with the folks who fish tuna and organizations that manage them. Obviously either correct quotas were not set or rules not enforced. Standard supply/demand type of thing, the world failed to put a cap on supply out in the market place so it happens to be priced too low, the people who like tuna the most keep buying.
No unless supply is properly regulated and as a result priced properly you eventually end up in a lose/lose situation.
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shawnth
This is a nice photo, I hope they sink the rest of SS's boats soon so we can stop hearing about this nonsense.
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