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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southsakai
Well said man! It definitely shows the true character of a person or company. Shame on Sony Music and all other music labels for such regrettable & deplorable practices. Exploiting the death of their artists by way of increasing prices to make more profit. I guess profit matters more than human decency to some and that's a damn shame!
Posted in: Remembering
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southsakai
Blood in blood out
Posted in: Former gang member shot dead in Denny's restaurant in Chiba
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southsakai
I hope this is not true what she's saying. Because if it is true, i can only assume the driver tried to get lucky with his hands thinking these 2 were way too intoxicated to realize. And if he did try to touch her chest and the good stuff, well i guess he would deserve this treatment. But that's only if what she's saying is true.
Posted in: Japanese star charged over Taiwan taxi driver assault
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southsakai
The world has lost an amazing and irreplaceable artist. She had a gifted voice of an angel. I hope people will remember her for the great music she made and gave to this world, rather then the events that took place in her personal life because nobody is perfect. She will truly be missed by all people who have a great love and passion for music. RIP Ms. Houston.
Posted in: Whitney Houston dead at 48
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southsakai
Stories like these is extremely sad and depressing to hear about. Unfortunately so many people perish from fires at home. Please always double check on things before sleeping at night and remove stuff that may be deemed to dangerous from the home, it's just not worth the risk. Sad and tragic for this family. RIP to those that died.
Posted in: Elderly man, two grandchildren perish in Yamagata fire
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southsakai
I wish them the very best with their relationship, but i gotta feeling ........ that kinda feeling..... you know what i mean
Posted in: Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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southsakai
Y4.5 mil is a lot of money to loose in hard times like now. Happy
Posted in: Woman conned out of nearly Y4.5 mil in bank transfer scam
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southsakai
And this cop is 53-year-old. Wow. Imagine someone stops you on the street or pops around your home pulling out a fake police ID. Many will be unaware and just listen and follow what the fake cop says. Who knows what can happen! This officer needs to be punished the the fullest extent!!!!
Posted in: Osaka cop held on suspicion of forging police ID
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southsakai
Aaron sadly i was one of those people always ranting about these type of thing never going to happen here. Boy was a wrong. This news really knocked me off and made me wake up to some things. Where the crime took place, it's not too far from where i and another fellow poster Dentshop live down in Ootori side.
All i can say is always keep your guard up. In Japan trouble usually don't come to you. Like someone above mentioned, this poor Nepalese probably loved Japan very much. May he rest in peace now. He's left behind a Japanese widow and it's pretty sad he came all the way from Nepal to meet this fate.
I'm upset his staff never helped him when he was being beaten though. If they would have joined in and tried to fight the guys off, his death may have been avoided. True homies will stand for you till death.
Posted in: Pair indicted over murder of Nepalese man in Osaka
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southsakai
UNIQLO business concept plus Asian consumer market = match made in heaven.
Posted in: UNIQLO to open 1st store in Philippines in June
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southsakai
ReformedBasher you must be speaking of my type :) Well i agree with you 100% percent.
Posted in: Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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southsakai
Wow my comment above full of grammar mistakes. 6am, i think i need a coffee to wake me brain up! lol!
Posted in: Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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southsakai
After living in Japan for over 5 years now, i sometimes feel it's been a real roller coaster ride with the locals. Be really up and down at times. I've realized now Japan is one very unique country in how foreigners are viewed and treated.
I've been to establishments where I have been completely ignored, even though i was in the front of the queue. The staff would not even look at me as though I did not exist. Strange. Were the racist or just nervous of dealing with a foreigner i don't know. But cases such as this is very rare.
Most other times at business establishments I get pretty good treatment, some kind of a special treatment. and hey' I ain't complaining :)
I don't mind Japanese people asking me if I can use chopsticks, do i know how to speak Japanese or it it okay to sit on the floor. I don't believe they're treating me immaturely. I think the other way around where they are being considerate to me and try to make things easy for me.
For example people offer me a sppon or fork sometimes even though I can use chopsticks fine. I appreciate it and think nothing of it.
Of course there will always be a few that try to mock you and look down upon you for being "Gaijin". This is unavaoidable and will happen in such a close knit homogeneous society.
But i think this will happen anywhere, and actually I have lived in places like Canada and Australia, I have been in much worse situations because of my race where physical violence is common and comes to you naturally just because of how you look. Luckily this has never happened to me in Japan. Hopefully it never does. But i know all good things will come to and end someday :)
I get stared a lot and in the beginning it was very annoying. But now it does not even bother me one bit. In fact when someone stares at me, I just look back and smile and it's all good. I even had people come up and talk to me and we became friends after.
I love Japan and will be going nowhere. I've decided to settle in here now and make the best of it. These small things about how Japanese people view foreigners don't bother me anynore.
Posted in: Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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southsakai
Bad wrap for Daimaru. If there's anything a business in Japan wants to avoid, it's situations like this. Daimaru is a strong brand. Manager must be going crazy because of this recall and letting store customers down.
I was in Kintetsu yesterday buying some Chocolate, Belgium chocolate. Oh no!
Posted in: Mold found on Daimaru Matsuzakaya Valentine chocolates
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southsakai
Thank God that nobody on the ground was hurt, or even worse. Stuff like this will happen though, it's unavoidable.
Posted in: U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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southsakai
Yeah bro, Thanks heaps for doing those garbage runs keeping our premises clean at all times, It's a tough job, hats off to ya guys!
Posted in: Shirai Group
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southsakai
Driver said absolutely nothing wrong. In fact he was following the law and was concerned more for these 2 fools safety. Back home Taxi drivers carry screw drivers and heavy steel wrenches under their seats for situations just like this when passengers start feeling like God.
Posted in: Taiwanese-Japanese star implicated in beating of taxi driver in Taipei
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southsakai
Sorry but that's not the case here in Osaka. It's actually the other way around.** "Cars taking pedestrians by surprise"** - I think that's about right.
Posted in: Woman killed in hit-and-run involving three cars
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southsakai
I really don't know. I thought we are supposed to use them to cross the road??? Overseas when i use them, cars stop and let me cross the road properly. Here they try to run me down and look me weird. Am i doing something wrong ?
Posted in: Woman killed in hit-and-run involving three cars
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southsakai
Facebook's days are numbered, especially now with Google+ Facebook was a big joke to begin with. It's amazing that it actually became the dominant player in regards to web traffic and time on site. Twitter still has a fighting chance but they need to work more with Google.
I can't wait for the day Facebook goes to the grave like Myspace. Facebook is to the web what little Wayne is to music.
Posted in: Google versus Facebook for dominance of the web. Who has the upper hand?