JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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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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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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shirokuma2011
This is sure to push any LGBT municipal employees way back in the closet. I'm sure none of them will be surprised if at some point he decides to go after that population too, claiming that public servants have a responsibility to set an example by getting married and having babies...
Posted in: Hashimoto clashes with Osaka officials over tattoo survey
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shirokuma2011
He's never said that. He has said (in this case, as well as in the matter of requiring school principals to enforce teacher compliance with standing and singing the national anthem) that municipal employees/public servants, by virtue of their roles and responsibilities, should be held to a higher standard of conduct, one of which--in his opinion--is refraining from tattoos in a country where they still carry considerable negative connotations.
I don't agree with him, or his actions in this matter, and I'm surprised this has yet to generate any legal blow-back.
Posted in: Hashimoto clashes with Osaka officials over tattoo survey
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shirokuma2011
Devil worship?!?!? Ahahaha...
Posted in: Defiant Gaga rocks fans -- and censors -- in Manila
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shirokuma2011
I don't know that it "failed to live up to the hype." They did raise $16 billion,after all. If anything, the fact that the stock didn't jump dramatically on the first day would seem to indicate that it was priced more or less appropriately for the market, and any future rise will depend on improvements the company makes in growth and in its bottom line.
Posted in: Why do you think Facebook's stock failed to live up to the hype in its trading debut?
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shirokuma2011
Best wishes for his recovery.
Seven decades is pretty amazing, considering they've only been at it since around 1958...
Posted in: Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb in coma
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shirokuma2011
A force, indeed. A bum's rush cash offer from the Japanese government to depart on the next available flight.
Posted in: Japanese-Brazilians go 'home' to tap economic boom
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shirokuma2011
Funny how the different major media re-interpret essentially the same story. This version talks about boosting their television business, which is part of their DNA, but the same story in the NYT notes that:
"Promising change and announcing a string of goals, Sony’s chief executive, Kazuo Hirai, detailed on Thursday a revival plan that included a shift away from the company’s unprofitable television business and a plan to cut 10,000 jobs."
So which is it? Sony makes great TVs, but if they can't make money off of the business, they should move on to other opportunities...
Posted in: Sony to cut 10,000 jobs amid restructuring
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shirokuma2011
500ml of Coke sounds like an awful lot for just four chicken wings...
There used to be an interesting recipe for faux "Peking duck" floating around the internet that involved using chicken thigh skin, Coke, and a hair dryer...
Posted in: How to prepare teriyaki chicken in a rice cooker
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shirokuma2011
Apologizing defeats the whole purpose of the "joke". The Japan Times ran an article that said Tokyo Sky Tree was going to offer bungee jumping, which I'm sure caught a few people, too.
Posted in: NHK apologizes for April Fool's Day Twitter joke
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shirokuma2011
That reminds me, just the other day I saw a restaurant supply (meat/veggies/etc.) truck in Akasaka labeled "REEFER CARGO". I think it was meant to refer to the truck's having a refrigerated cargo section, though...
Posted in: What are some of the weirdest examples of English used in ads or on T-shirts, bags, etc, that you have seen in Japan?
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shirokuma2011
Well yeah, maybe for you man... I have a couple of friends who are paraplegics, keep the stuff in the freezer and use it for attacks of phantom pain, so a couple of pounds could easily last them several months, but it's certainly not more than a couple of people could go through in less time than that.
Posted in: American basketball player in Japan arrested on drugs charge
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shirokuma2011
This number does not include nurses from China, who have been taking the test in small numbers for the past couple of years, and passing at a rate of about 95%. They have somewhat of a built-in language advantage, at least in terms of reading and writing, but many come from nursing schools (4- and 5-year university programs) that also offer a Japanese language track, so that by the time they've arrived here for training specific to the nursing exam, most of the have already passed the JLPT Level 1. Since they are not on an "official" government program, however, their successes apparently don't count in the government's reckoning...
Posted in: 417 foreigners sit for Japan nursing exam
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shirokuma2011
I rent in Taito-ku, basic expenses run about 350,000/month, including rent of 185,000; utilities run about 40,000 (including TV, internet, mobile, etc.). I generally don't eat out or go drinking ,etc. more than a couple of times a month, but self-employment can be expensive in other ways.
Posted in: A reader moving to Japan asks how much a month it would cost to live here comfortably. How much does it cost you?
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shirokuma2011
That's a dangerous stretch of road, even for cars. Too bad Hawaii refuses to pass a helmet law.
What a sad thing for the families, who accompanied them to Hawaii... :-(
Posted in: Honeymooner from Japan killed in Hawaii motorbike crash
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shirokuma2011
That's either the best polar bear costume I've ever seen, or they found a really tame polar bear.
Content-wise, Hulu's getting incrementally better. Their selection of movies is still full of holes, but I guess negotiating deals with the major studios takes time.
Posted in: BBC and Hulu tie up
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shirokuma2011
So, JAL had "gone went bust" huh? Gosh darnit!!
Posted in: JAL orders 10 new Boeing Dreamliners
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shirokuma2011
That was the second one today in the same approximate location--another at about 12:35 this afternoon at a 5.5 magnitude (both only barely a 1~2 shindo in Tokyo, though).
Posted in: M6 quake hits eastern Japan; Fukushima nuclear plant stable
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shirokuma2011
Gee, I guess he wasn't as "former" as he'd thought...
Posted in: Former gang member shot dead in Denny's restaurant in Chiba
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shirokuma2011
The NHK Special series generally run from 9 p.m. JST... no information on NHK's site about this series, yet... Except for live broadcasting during and shortly following the disaster, NHK has been surprisingly critical, almost evenhanded (by NHK standards, anyway) in its coverage of both the government and TEPCO in relation to the March 11 disaster. While some of their field work can be a little wooden, at best, their vast resources mean they can find, and spend more time with, stories that might be missed by the other broadcasters.
I'm looking forward to watching this series.
Posted in: NHK to broadcast documentary series for 9 days to mark 1st anniversary of March 11 disaster
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shirokuma2011
NO NUKS!!
Posted in: Tokyo activists demand nuclear power referendum