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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smithinjapan
Isn't the Niigata plant the other plant they lied about and got embroiled in a big scandal? If memory serves, they knowingly put the plant directly above a MAJOR fault line but later claimed they had no idea, despite having the maps to prove it was there, that it was so serious.
Nationalize this company NOW and put its current execs in prison, as well as its former execs. Ah, but this is Japan. Moushiwake nai.
Posted in: Only one TEPCO nuclear power plant currently in operation
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smithinjapan
'“Gorimacho Gundan” (Macho Gorilla Gang)'
With a name like that they deserve a beat down. Morons. Sadly, as they are underage, nothing will happen except a sigh and a 'shouganai'.
Posted in: 4 high school students held over attacks on homeless men in Tokyo park
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smithinjapan
You gotta love how these guys get rotated into apologist positions. I'm sure Okada's pretty happy his first major duty in his new appointment is to apologize, yet again, for government mistakes.
Anyway, I'm with samwatters: apology NOT accepted. And thinking a "moushiwake arimasen" is going to make up for lies and corruption is absolute BS.
Posted in: Okada apologizes for gov't not keeping records of nuclear crisis meetings
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smithinjapan
Sweet lord... are these people all morons? I mean, I suppose you can pay slightly more attention to the road while breastfeeding than if you were using a cell-phone for gaming or emailing, but still.
Posted in: NZ police alarmed at breastfeeding motorists
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smithinjapan
hoserfella: "all in all, I'd say 53 injuries in a city of 14 million is pretty good."
True, but you have to reckon that a whole lot more accidents than this happened. I mean, who takes the time to go to the police and fill out a statement that you slipped on an icy sidewalk? Unless they were all traffic accidents I don't know how they came by this number.
"Despite some of the macho posturing here (amateurs?), I wonder how many injuries there'd be in less populated Toronto, Montreal, Chicago etc. after a storm. Probably the same."
Maybe, maybe not, but like I said it would go unreported. And anyway, it wouldn't be the same number, in all likelihood, because as I also said people in nations where snow/ice storms occur frequently are usually better equipped to walk in such weather -- be it physically or mentally. That isn't a diss at all to Japan, or praise of people in relatively snowier nations, it's just a fact, same as how a Japanese family might be a whole lot more equipped to deal with an earthquake or typhoon than people in a nation or location where they rarely occur.
Posted in: 53 injured in snow-related accidents in Tokyo region
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smithinjapan
" Newt Gingrich called rival Mitt Romney a "terrible historian" but flubbed his own history in Congress on Monday night when he claimed the nation ran four consecutive budget surpluses during his time as House speaker. Romney attacked Gingrich's financial links to Freddie Mac while ignoring his own."
Surprise, surprise! And some clowns in the US want these morons for president!
Posted in: Stung Romney discloses taxes as he launches fierce attack on Gingrich
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smithinjapan
For Japan to truly experience a 'rebirth' all of these old codgers in politics would have to go, period. Until then it's just a 'rebirth' of the same old crap.
Posted in: Noda vows to tackle debt, calls for end to indecisive politics
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smithinjapan
Let me guess... it was 100% about what the opponent canNOT do and 0% about what they themselves could do to improve the nation. The circus goes on.
Posted in: Stung Romney discloses taxes as he launches fierce attack on Gingrich
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smithinjapan
It's amazing how ill-equipped people here are in dealing with walking on snow and ice. You shift your center of gravity so that you're not putting your entire weight on the next step, simple as that. Of course, wearing high-heels or inappropriate footwear doesn't help, and needless to say riding a motorcycle, bike, and even driving is dangerous in freezing rain.
Posted in: 53 injured in snow-related accidents in Tokyo region
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smithinjapan
So more money that could go towards actual reconstruction in Tohoku will be wasted under the guise of representing recovery? Great!! And how many people 'nationwide' were polled? and were they told how much it would cost them?
Posted in: Poll shows 65.7% support Tokyo's 2020 Olympic bid
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smithinjapan
Heartwarming. I'm glad they had the chance to meet again, and hope they have yet more.
Posted in: Brothers reunited in Japan after 6 decades apart
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smithinjapan
Wow... countries heavily dependent on Iranian oil banning it for moral reasons while Japan flip-flops on banning based solely on profit with no morals whatsoever!
This is going to have Japan going 180 on it's last 180.
Posted in: EU agrees to unprecedented oil embargo on Iran
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smithinjapan
herefornow: Exactly! Japanese government and lack of ability to do anything in a nutshell.
Posted in: Nuclear disaster task force kept no records of meetings
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smithinjapan
nigelboy: "If any of the posters predicted this and actually posted something to this before the fact, I would agree that person can claim lack of common sense to the Japanese government."
No kidding, eh? Imagine the company bothered to check after the area they took the rubble from was deemed unsafe! But did they? no. Why should they? It's easier and cheaper to cover up -- errr... not predict -- than it would be to take people's health into consideration. It's a shame you do not.
Posted in: Radioactive crushed stone may have been used in over 80 buildings, METI says
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smithinjapan
And is anyone going to be punished for this? My guess is a big 'no'.
Posted in: Nuclear disaster task force kept no records of meetings
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smithinjapan
Ben: "Yes. Yes, he does."
Well, at least that makes him genuine.
Posted in: TV commercial of the week: Ippon Manzoku Bar and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
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smithinjapan
Why do they bother calling it a 'proposal' when the government has already decided it's a done deal? It reminds me of when they decide to build a new expressway and/or public works project, make a presentation, then ask about public approval but build it anyway when 90% are against it.
Posted in: Azumi holds public briefing to explain consumption tax hike plan
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smithinjapan
j4p4nFTW: "That is a cultural difference, and I respect that. But for Japanese we only need to know what is enough."
I don't know that many Japanese would appreciate you claiming that ignorance is a Japanese cultural norm.
Posted in: Nuclear disaster task force kept no records of meetings
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smithinjapan
I'd say it's more thanks to idiots than the idiots in the band themselves -- all 100 or so of them! Who buys CDs these days? It's all iTunes, baby!
Posted in: CD single sales jump in 2011, thanks to AKB48
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smithinjapan
j4p4nFTW: "Given what "gaijins" (your word) have done to Europe, I think it's pretty clear the results of that would be disastrous."
The difference is that when Japan falls, and it will within a decade, it will not recover for a long, long time, but Europe will. And there are plenty of nations besides those in Europe.
Posted in: LDP resolves to take power from DPJ this year