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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smartacus
It will be great if it really works. That's the wonderful thing about science and technology. Innovations are always coming along. Even the fears that areas around the Fukushima plant will be radioactive for decades may not come to pass -- if some new technology is developed that speeds up decontamination. Just think of all the technological innovations in our daily lives today that no one could ever of dreamed of 20 years ago. When I was a child, the Internet, email and cell phones were unimaginable.
Good luck Toshiba.
Posted in: Toshiba invents device it claims can decontaminate radioactive soil
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smartacus
My guess is someone from AKB48. They have done just about everything else.
Posted in: Who is the mystery person on poster for American movie 'In Time?'
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smartacus
You can't even pray in church in peace anymore.
Posted in: 40 killed in Christmas Day blasts in Nigeria
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smartacus
I wonder if there are professional Christmas tree decorators whose job is to put up these trees in lobbies, department stores, plazas, etc.
I wish I could get them to teach me how to untangle the lights. I have the same trouble every year.
Posted in: Merry Christmas
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smartacus
When I was about 6 or 7, I remember going out into the backyard late on Christmas eve, looking up at the sky for Santa and his reindeers. I saw a shooting star and I was so thrilled because I believed it was Santa streaking across the sky. I wondered what city he was on his way to.
Posted in: What are some of your fondest Christmas memories?
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smartacus
The only political leader Hashimoto hasn't met is Prime Minister Noda. I wonder why.
Posted in: Osaka mayor has busy day meeting ministers, Tokyo Gov Ishihara
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smartacus
What do they expect to find now at this late date?
Posted in: Prosecutors raid Olympus head office, Kikukawa's home
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smartacus
I don't often see bikes that can take more than one child. Are they common?
Posted in: Mother cycling with 2 daughters run over at crossing; both children die
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smartacus
He certainly didn't waste any time in coming to Tokyo to lay down the law.
Posted in: Hashimoto starts work as Osaka mayor with visit to Tokyo
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smartacus
I doubt that al-Qaida is in a position to offer any society any advice on anything.
Posted in: Al-Qaida criticizes Japan, China over how they treat elderly
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smartacus
Why do they so often call police after they have done the deed? That seems to be a common trait in these sorts of crimes in Japan.
Posted in: Aomori man arrested for allegedly beating 6-year-old son to death
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smartacus
I know so many foreign guys who are miserable because they are in loveless marriages with Japanese women. I know many Japanese husbands who are in the same boat but they are appear to be less miserable. I think they probably accept the lack of affection after the first child is born as the natural course of events.
Once a Japanese wife starts calling her husband "Papa," the marriage has changed.
Whoever said that marriage kills romance and passion was right. I am always surprised at how few married men make an effort to take their wives out for dinner. Even if you have kids, you have to make an effort to have that private time together to keep the relationship as husband and wife, not father and mother.
Posted in: Husbands who take active role in family life have more loving wives: study
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smartacus
Movies: Miracle on 34th Street, We're No Angels (the Bogart version), Christmas in Connecticut, A Christmas Carol (the one with Alistair Sim), The Santa Clause, and of course, Die Hard and Die Hard 2.
TV shows: The Happy Days episode where Fonzie is too proud to admit he doesn't have anyone to spend Xmas with, the Frasier episodes set at Christmas and A Charley Brown CHristmas.
Posted in: What are some of your favorite Christmas movies and TV shows?
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smartacus
Death by chocolate.
Posted in: Krispy Kreme’s Chocolate Karnival
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smartacus
Dog poop is a serious business.
Posted in: Charges filed against Konishiki for alleged assault over dog poo
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smartacus
When are rappers going to observe the rules of grammar and spelling with their names?
Posted in: Young will.i.am
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smartacus
I make it a rule to avoid the "nijikai" or party after the party. I also try not to go out too many nights in a row. Getting old, I guess.
Posted in: What are some tips to avoid getting bloated or too drunk during the Christmas-New Year party season?
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smartacus
I wonder what sort of families those five punks come from. Why are they even out and about at 5 a.m.?
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smartacus
I've only ever met one person in my life who debunked Santa Claus to his kids. I felt like giving him and his kids a DVD of the film "Miracle on 34th Street."
Posted in: Do you, or did you, encourage your young children to believe in Santa Claus?
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smartacus
George has been coming under fire on the Internet by various groups for advertising a Nestle product. I guess he needs the money. It's quite a funny ad.
Posted in: TV commercial of the week: George Clooney and Nespresso