JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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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shugotokumaru
This has been Japanese territory since the 1800s, and China only claimed it in 1971 after resources were discovered in 1969. The vessel was operating illegally in Japanese territory. End of story, if not for a Chinese government that loves to get its people angry at Japan to keep them from revolting domestically.
Posted in: Japan urges calm after China severs contacts
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shugotokumaru
Exile are another formulaic pop act, sure, but they're laughing all the way to the bank. Ninety percent of you don't like Exile (including me) would gladly trade your stringent artistic standards for the truckloads of yen and poon-tang the band is enjoying.
Posted in: EXILE concert tour expected to draw 1.1 million fans
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shugotokumaru
What a one-sided article.
It is no longer an issue of Koreans being forced to live here! Every article like this seems to infer that since Zainichi people (or their ancestors, for the most part) were forced here, they ought to have the special right to maintain citizenship in another country but still have voting rights here. If they want to become Japanese citizens and enjoy voting rights, there is nothing stopping them. Nothing. The only thing stopping them is their unwillingness to renounce their loyalty to Korea, whose government-funded Mindan organization is the biggest backer of this voting rights movement, I might add. Japan is well within its rights as a sovereign nation to require loyalty from people who want to determine its future through voting.
Posted in: Japan split over maiden names, foreign suffrage
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shugotokumaru
This movie will be very bad.
I shave my head, so a lot of Japanese people tell me I look like Bruce Willis. They are incorrect. I do not.
Posted in: Sakaguchi, Yada to star in Japanese version of 'Die Hard'
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shugotokumaru
Yeah, they overexpanded and had some kangaroo accounting going back then. Their donuts were always good, though.
Posted in: Krispy Kreme's spring lineup
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shugotokumaru
People in Hell want ice water.
The fact is that Okinawa's economy relies heavily on the US bases, and unless the government wants unemployment there to climb even higher (already worst in Japan), they'll just have to stand the vocal opposition and do what the quieter majority of residents want: For there to be jobs.
Posted in: SDP leader wants U.S. base off Okinawa
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shugotokumaru
Everyone I have brought to Japan has really liked real ramen.
Onsen are pretty much unassailable as well.
Posted in: If you were going to recommend something about Japan to your friends and family back home to get them to visit here, what would it be?
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shugotokumaru
Eddisofbextar, I don't even know where to start.
First, I echo the sentiments of realist in saying that despite my foreign origins, I am quite capable of understanding Japanese politics. It's not really a matter of passing level one as much as following what is going on.
Second, your assertion that the typical Japanese citizen does not follow politics is sorely refuted by the 69% voter turnout rate in last month's election.
Posted in: Should foreign residents have local voting rights?
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shugotokumaru
TokyoRoughGuy, I hope you're being sarcastic, since the Prime Minister remains Aso and the DPJ is still not in power.
Posted in: LDP could re-emerge after losses
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shugotokumaru
"Billy, welcome to Japan. We know you'll enjoy continued success."
Posted in: Billy Blanks speaks of June wedding
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shugotokumaru
I agree that talent has even less to do with selling well in Japan than it does in the States. The agencies have everything lined up, and the public eat it up. I think there is at least a larger chance for truly talented artists to get big in America.
The lack of a merit-based music market shows up glaringly when Japanese artists try to expand abroad. Also, the stylistic use of nonsense English phrases kills any respectability J-pop artists might have garnered, and that includes Utada Hikaru.
Posted in: Why do Asian pop stars have a hard time succeeding in the U.S. market?
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shugotokumaru
"Dude, mellow out," as it were.
I looooooove how big a deal cannabis is made out to be by the hima na Japanese media.
Posted in: Masatoshi Nakamura sheds tears over son's drug arrest
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shugotokumaru
Plums smell better too. Okay bye.
Posted in: Plum blossoms
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shugotokumaru
ume > sakura
Blasphemy, I know, but the plums make me a lot happier, since by the time the cherries bloom it's warm. The plums bring me out of the winter funk.
Posted in: Plum blossoms
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shugotokumaru
Yeah, the law says 22, but the MOJ doesn't enforce it.
Posted in: Jun Hasegawa capitalizes on 'haafu' look
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shugotokumaru
We haven't seen the collapse of capitalism. We have seen the results of government intervention, where companies that get big enough know the government will bail them out, and practice their businesses accordingly.
We have not had a free market. We have had a government-controlled market in which politicians, not consumers, decide which companies should be favored.
Finding something between communism and the recent interventionist system is exactly what governments are trying now, and it will prove to be much more disastrous.
For example, bad assets such as foreclosed homes must be allowed to take on their true market value, yet no politician who wants to win his next election is going to sign on for that. By propping up home prices, we will just perpetuate the boom-bust cycle, since the market will inevitably correct itself later, but with far worse results.
Posted in: We’ve seen the collapse of communism and now we’re seeing the collapse of capitalism. Surely, somewhere in between there must be a better middle road for us to travel.
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shugotokumaru
This got edited out:
"The new move is expected to result in skyrocketing stage construction costs, as current structures are not capable of holding such an unprecedented number of fancy men."
Posted in: J Soul Brothers join Exile
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shugotokumaru
The best way to defend yourself is attacking? Incredible.
It comes down to what you want out of life, I suppose.
If you want to be offended all the time, create a victim identity, and have an excuse to b**ch and moan about how poorly you are treated, an entire life of just that is yours in Japan.
If you want to relate to people, form friendships, and even make money, the fact that you are a little different from most people in Japan is an incredible advantage.
I wish people who elect to attack would just admit that they are unhappy due to their own actions, not those of the average Japanese person.
Posted in: Half and haafu
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shugotokumaru
Take the victim mentality and go back to the States.
Guess what, Corey, just about every perceived slight you encountered is something every foreigner in this country has run into. If you are a secure, happy person there is no reason any of it should matter to you.
99% of Japanese people are just being friendly when they ask about being haafu and all the other mundane questions. Your judgment of them as racist or ignorant is what keeps you from forming meaningful relationships.
Pretty much everyone in the world needs to grow a thicker skin, period.
Posted in: Half and haafu
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shugotokumaru
This is one of the best books I've read, and I couldn't have hoped for a better director and cast to handle it.
Posted in: Scorsese plans film on early Japanese Christians