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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Brainiac
The Family Geek Weekend. Love it.
Posted in: Vampires, ninjas and more pack LA for Anime Expo
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smartacus
I think one of the Tochigi murders was the Ashikaga case in 1991 where the wrong guy was forced to confess and spent 17 years in prison before having his conviction overturned last year. That must have been like a knife in the heart of the parents, thinking their daughter's killer had been caught and imprisoned and despising him all that time, only to realize that the real killer is still at large.
Posted in: Parents of five murdered girls still pushing for resolution
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Brainiac
mikeinhach
I think that in Japan, everything has to be announced officially. So the summer doesn't "officially" begin until the meteorological agency "officially" declares the rainy season over. Weird, isn't it?
Posted in: 16 children taken to hospital after collapsing during athletics meet
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smartacus
My favorite yakitori places are the ones near the elevated train tracks at Yurakucho in Tokyo.
Posted in: Yakitori to go
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smartacus
I just started my Columbo DVD festival last night. The shows hold up remarkably well, despite the 1970s cars and fashions. Just proves that good storytelling never goes out of date.
Posted in: 'Columbo' star Peter Falk dead at 83
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smartacus
Farewell Mr Falk. You gave me and will continue to give me hundreds of hours of entertainment. If there is a heaven, I'd say right about now, you are pestering St Peter and asking him "What did you pay for the shoes?"
Posted in: 'Columbo' star Peter Falk dead at 83
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smartacus
No thank you.
Posted in: Burger sharing
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smartacus
Great musical. I'm glad more foreign entertainers starting to come back to Japan.
Posted in: A Chorus Line
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smartacus
She must be a circus performer to be able to walk in those shoes.
Posted in: Going gaga
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smartacus
I'd like to see someone wear that balloon dress on the Yamanote line during rush hour.
Posted in: Japan’s balloon twisting culture is rising fast
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smartacus
I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. People make a mad dash to get into the train before the doors close (I do it myself). Why don't WE just wait for the next train?
Posted in: Woman's hand trapped in door of departing subway train
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smartacus
I hope she makes inquiries about how the $3 million she donated to quake victims is being used.
Posted in: Everybody's gaga
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smartacus
I still don't see why this company's existence bothers Cleo and Mr Dog. As I understand it from the story, they are translating things like apps, new product info and so on.
Resenting competitors, if they are in fact your competitors, should be beneath your dignity.
Posted in: myGengo Inc
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smartacus
I think you can offer top translations and not charge astronomical fees. I haven't used myGengo but they seem to be doing well, so good luck to them. It seems like some readers, who fancy themselves as translators, might be miffed.
Posted in: myGengo Inc
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smartacus
I've been eating a lot of mango yogurt recently.
Posted in: Treat yourself to some mango delights
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smartacus
techall
I saw a bit of this press conference on TV. If I understood it correctly, Terawaki was trying to say that the destruction the people of Atlanta must have gone through when Sherman came, must have been similar to how people in tsunami-hit regions felt.
Posted in: Ryoko Yonekura hits the red carpet as 'Gone With the Wind' comes to Tokyo
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smartacus
Usually any scene where you can predict well in advance what is going to happen. Why do directors feel they have to lead us down the path? Specifically, I hate romantic comedies where the guy and woman always end up together. Why can't just for once, the woman tell the guy, "Sorry, you're not my type. Please don't call me again."
In monster movies, whenever someone wanders off alone and you just know they are going to get picked off. This happened, most recently in "Super 8." I don't know how many times I said to a character, "OK, you heard a noise outside. But it's dark, so don't go out to investigate." But, no, the dummy has to have a look.
Posted in: What sort of scenes in movies make you want to throw things at the screen or yell at the characters for doing stupid things?
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smartacus
I find it weird that so many people can't go a day without their cell phones. I grew up in an era when there were no cell phones, Blackberrys, Internet, email, iPods, etc. We managed just fine. We were just as busy, but our lives didn't revolve around gadgets. But then I guess my parents and grandparents said the same thing about TVs.
Posted in: Disconnecting in a too-connected world
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Brainiac
It'll be interesting to see if investors do get noisy. Most Japanese companies' shareholders' meetings are incredibly boring and long-winded. Investors rarely ask questions. When I first came to Japan, the police were there to ward off the "sokaiya" hoods who would disrupt meetings and put the CEO on the spot by harassing him with repetitive questions. Now the cops will have to protect the CEO from angry shareholders.
Posted in: It’s going to be a stormy meeting. The meeting will likely continue for hours and hours as individual investors will have a lot to say.
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Brainiac
horrified, Sioux Chef
I'd say Amway has cleaned up their act, at least in Japan. I heard a lot of negative stories about them in the 1990s but I know some distributors in Japan and they do not use pressure or underhanded tactics. According to this story, there are more than 700,000 distributors, so I would say they are doing quite well - both Amway and distributors.
Posted in: Amway Japan