JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Part Time Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥9,000 / Day per 4 class shift
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I just purchased a ticket back to the states at a discount and the cost was over 180,000 yen. I travel this same route 2-3x a year. Let me say first that I am 6 feet tall and weight 163 pounds. Sometimes I have a large person next to me (meaning heavy, unusually tall etc.). I deal with it as best I can and in most cases they do too. Not just over weight people control the arm rest. It seems crazy to consider charging more for weight. If you think about it. There are some people that travel very light. Not bringing more than one bag etc. There are others that max out the 50 pound weight limit per bag, bringing 2 bags plus a carry-on (and I have seen some pretty heavy carry on bags) and a personal bag. There are average and thin people, children, babies, pregnant women...the list goes on and on. If all is considered it really means very little to charge someone for being overweight. Besides, don't you think this is an issue centered in the US? Be honest. Japan does not have the same problems with obesity. It seems that 180,000 for a coach seat is pretty darn high (over 50,000 yen was for gas sur-charge). Life is tough enough without being charged more for your weight.
Posted in: Should overweight people be required to pay for an extra seat on planes?
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The Japanese media does not offer full coverage of the games. It is the same every Olympics.
Posted in: Kitajima makes it a double double at Olympics
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Most would agree that throughout history stereotypes have been used in many forms. In Japan gays seem to inhabit 2 types. One is a cross dressing man. There are those that take on the persona of a woman and others a kind of half woman, half man. The other type is the flamboyant girlish male. They are seen on shows as the character to be laughed at. If anyone watches TV they know who I am talking about. I know nothing about Charles Ayers. I have never seen him on TV. Like most working people I am never around a TV at that time of the day. He seems to have worked very hard to get where he is. Knowing how the Japanese media works (Johnny's boys etc.). It is easy to see that this kind of stereotype is typical of the entertainment industry here in Japan. If he has no talent, then really, who on TV here does? Watch Mesamashi morning show and you can re-cap all the no talent personalities that exist here. People make a commercial and they are seen as a celebrity. As indicated in his article. I can only hope that one day his focus turns to changing the perception of gay people in Japan. Be they Japanese or Foreign.
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