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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societymike
this is ludicrous Edison was an inventor, a pioneer. Jobs was a business man who took others ideas and improved on them.
Posted in: Can the achievements of Steve Jobs be compared to those of Thomas Edison?
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societymike
Technically, the internet was "born" from the US Military, then later adopted and expanded on by IBM, TI, Jobs had little to do with that. ALL of those products you mentioned, except the mouse, were someone elses inventions, he just improved on them.
His strong suit was in business, marketing, and design. The hardware part of all Apples product is actually mediochre at best. Only it's implimentation is the part that stands out.
Posted in: iSad: Digital titans, gadget junkies mourn Jobs
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societymike
it still isn't very likely it would explode. dropping tanks is not unheard of, and they never "explode". The fuel is basically kerosene and while it burns clean, it doesn't explode so easily, especially from just falling to the ground.
this is hilarious!! Do you realize what country this is????
Posted in: Japan grounds F-15s after fuel tank falls off near residential area in Ishikawa
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societymike
repeat after me... I am not defined by the products I buy. My computer is not a part of my identity. My computer is a tool, and like all tools, it is only useful if i make it useful. A brand is not a lifetstyle. I don't owe gratitude to a billionare I helped create. Steve Jobs was a business man, who charged exhorbitantly for his products. He didn't do us any favors. He didn't make us. We made him.
Posted in: iSad: Digital titans, gadget junkies mourn Jobs
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societymike
Cancer took our Jobs! iSad
but all you can do is, live life to the Macs
Posted in: Tokyo Apple store staff offer silent prayer for Steve Jobs
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societymike
^^ he hadn't died yet during that speech.
Posted in: Apple announces death of Steve Jobs at 56
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societymike
NOTHING the North does makes any sense, why would you be surprised at their irational behaviour?
Posted in: N Korea wants back 2 citizens found in South waters
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societymike
wth.... this "article" is 90% a copy/paste from a very inaccurate and incomplete Wiki page.
While I agree that Futenma should be closed and not relocated, there is way too much inaccuracy in the article. It mentions "33 bases" in Okinawa, in reality, there are technically only about 7 bases. The rest are TINY little portions of property big enough to mount a radio or radar tower, in some cases, a simple power generator. We are talking a portion of land as big as a house.
Furthermore, the quote of the "land stolen from the locals, bla bla Hauge convention" is a weak argument since Futenma was a captured japanese air base before it was converted to the marine base.
Again, I agree witht he fact that the vast majority of Okinawans really want and need Futenma to be closed, and not be partially relocated to Nago, but this article has far too many spins on the truth without enough actual facts to be taken seriously.
Posted in: Close Futenma air base immediately with no strings attached
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societymike
We looked at this, almost got one, but decided on the larger Elgrand instead. The biggest advantage of the Serena is it fits on these tight roads easily and is VERY environmentally friendly, nearly as eco-friendly as a Prius. (factor in the very hazardous batteries on a Prius and the Serena is far more eco-friendly)
Posted in: Nissan Serena wins Good Design Award 2011
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societymike
So many people in here getting in a hissy over a lot of misconception. This was NOT Chernobyl, there are so many differences and the scale is completely different. In Fukushima's situation, some areas WILL be inhabitable after clean up, some not. Also, the IAEA has been in and out since the day AFTER the initial reactor problem and were here constantly during the most volatile part. This is not their "first visit" as someone mentioned above. To further expand, they have been doing daily video conferences with Nuclear Energy professionals around the world including the IAEA for months now. Some of you guys jump to way too many conclusions.
Posted in: IAEA to send 12 experts to help with Fukushima decontamination
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societymike
wow.. so they introduced a rebadged phone with "new" features that Android phones have had for over a year, and STILL inferior in performance to Android phones. Apple is going down again.... What get's me is, IT LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME as the iphone 4.. why didn't they even TRY to redesign it a little.. more importantly, why did they keep that tiny little screen!?!?! That's the worst part of an iphone, the tiny screen, and all the wasted space around it.
Posted in: Apple fails to impress with updated iPhone
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societymike
@illsayit --- i read your comment 4 times and gave up
If you actually HAVE day-care age children here, you would know, these waiting lists (mentioned here) are for the Government certified daycares. There are a few different types. Government (Prefecture) certified, City Certified, and Private certified/non-certified. All have their advantages/disadvantages, but my point is, even with that big list of 25,000 waiting, most of them are still in some other type of Day Care system. The Prefecture certified is nice because you only pay based on what you are taxed per year (not counting medical/social security tax). So if you pay less taxes per year than someone else, then you will pay less for the same service as another person. (this really is good when you make foreign currency and pay less taxes on your income) For example, I get paid in foreign currency (not yen), and my country taxes my yearly income way less than Japan, so even though I make more than most of the other parents in our childrens class, I pay less % of tax, so our daycare rate is actually cheaper. It's awesome (for me at least).
However, the Government certified day cares are not usually as good as the City or private day cares. Some City certified daycares are REALLY nice and have a great teacher/child ratio, but their pay scales vary, some based on income tax, some flat rates. Then there are some City certified that are not good at all. Private can vary from amazing and expensive, to horrible and cheap.
Most parents, from what I have seen, get their child on the Government certified daycare waiting list from the start, but they end up putting them (and leaving them in) one of the City or Private centers. It's more like a safety net. It pays to really research and visit all the cay cares. There really isn't a lack of daycares, which this article makes it sound like. We have twins, so we were on the Government (Tokyo prefecture) waiting list for over a year, but after researching, we found a really nice Private daycare that is actually certified by the City we live in. They have 8 teachers for 18 children in the 1yr old class (divided into two classes). So the attention per child is great.
Posted in: More than 25,000 children on waiting lists for day-care centers
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societymike
It briefly states in the article, but to be more clear, they are transporting radioactive debris from Fukushima to destroy it in these plants and lessen the radioactive effects while making it easier to transport, contain, etc.
Posted in: Radioactive ash causes Kashiwa incinerators to shut down
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societymike
idiot redneck hick
Posted in: ESPN pulls NFL song after Hitler analogy
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societymike
haha, they are trying hard to get new customers before Docomo and Softbanks LTE networks are fully established. (LTE is replacing 3G, 3.5G, 4G, WiMax as the new global standard.)
Posted in: KDDI unveils autumn/winter lineup of smartphones, mobile phones
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societymike
Google+ is still so much better.
Posted in: Facebook rolls out big changes to 'lock in' users
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societymike
^^ it's for selling them in the Chinese market, not elsewhere.
Posted in: China rejects Fuji Heavy's joint venture plan: report
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societymike
There have been some Korean, Mexican, and Brazilian companies as well, but mostly Japanese which makes sense seeing how they make most of the electronic products for the world.
Posted in: Hitachi-LG to pay $21 mil fine for price-fixing
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societymike
troyinjapan, you have missed the mark by quite a bit. The presense of the bases for the most part, is why there isn't much industry in Okinawa (or farming). All of the useful flat land is taken up by these bases. When former bases were closed and given over, they redeveloped the area with lightning speed and they are all now bustling, successful commercial areas. The only areas that have been slow to redevelope, are the ones with a great amount of pollution (most of which stems from 60's-80's lack of enviromental control). The area in Chatan which is now being developed, took a while, but it was littered with old ammo, guns, trash, etc from when it was a base. The now "shintoshin" area in Naha converted super fast, into a really nice commercial, residential, and recreational area. The impression you have that the local Okinawan economy is based on the bases, is very incorrect. Only a small amount of money is generated locally from the bases, the majority of which, goes to MAINLAND companies for construction. Fact is, Okinawa IS much better off when a base closes and the land is given back, there is no denying that and it has been proven over and over again. The interesting thing about the Futenma closing issue (which started in the 90's) is that all parties want it closed. The Marines don't want it there, the Okinawan's don't want it there, and Tokyo doesn't want it. They just can't agree on HOW. Hatoyama is mostly to blame for the latest backlash, the people had accepted it, although not happily, then he came down with his promise and stirred it all up again. Thanks to that, there is more support now than ever against the relocation to Nago. They really just need to re-write the SOFA and reduce the "required minimum number of troops in country" which is around 50,000 if i remember correctly. Once they reduce that number, then it's easy to simply close Futenma (and all the other bases which are waiting to close once it closes) and no relocation is needed. However, the way the current SOFA is written, it requires a minimum amount of US troops to be in country, thus, requiring some to stay (relocate) in Okinawa after closing Futenma.
Posted in: Noda to visit Okinawa to discuss U.S. base issue
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societymike
The initial "mistaken button" slip up caused the first sharp turn to the right, then the side effect is loss of altitude, once the on-board computers detect this, the auto-pilot will do whatever it can to recover the aircraft safely, which is probably what happened with the rolling effects so it could compensate for altitude loss and control speed. These air craft can do MUCH more than you think they can. They can indeed fly upside down, it's been done, you just lose a lot of altitude.
Posted in: Co-pilot error almost caused ANA plane to turn upside down