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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spudman
HD: so you being violent proves what exactly about violence? You are presuming that you are bigger and stronger than this creep. Isn't that also unfair?
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spudman
Not a good day for Redline, his bike sponsors. For the lack of a bolt the bike was lost.
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spudman
No brainer, punitive damages in civil cases are punt in Japan. Class actions are almost non-existent, it is a business decision.
Posted in: Gov't warns drivers to check floor mats in cars
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spudman
OOPs looks like Tiger was going outside the pride for his pleasure. Texts and pictures to come soon. Cut him some slack? No way he got caught. BYe Bye sponsors.
Posted in: Police to talk to Woods about early morning crash
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spudman
Posted in: Police to talk to Woods about early morning crash
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spudman
Posted in: Police to talk to Woods about early morning crash
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spudman
How about windows that are idiot proof.
Posted in: Woman catches 10-year-old boy who falls from 3rd-floor window
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spudman
A two footed kick to the chest, phht. Kick him in the head and make it into a real fight.
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spudman
What a dreamer. But it will sell more samurai Japan soccer shirts.
Posted in: Okada confident Japan can reach World Cup semifinals
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spudman
Yabits: well played. lol.
Posted in: Ex-soccer player Honda, wife divorce after 6 years of sexless marriage
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spudman
An assertive husband would break into her bedroom and get his conjugal rights.
Posted in: Ex-soccer player Honda, wife divorce after 6 years of sexless marriage
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spudman
Sounds like your argument suggests that only Japanese style baseball works in Japan. The fact is that fans want to see an interesting game in a timely fashion. The old fans aren't increasing in numbers. To appeal to a new fan base, which is the whole point of my argument, JPL should speed up games. They have said as much in the past. I read into your comments that you are a stuck in mud traditionalist, a dying breed. Good luck. FRYP "
Commentary: Japanese Baseball: Old And Slow
ASIAN BUSINESS/Commentary
Japanese Baseball: Old And Slow The league is being run like a lumbering keiretsu -- and fans are fleeing
As Japan's baseball season enters its final month, the Chunichi Dragons and the Daiei Hawks are fighting to stay atop their respective leagues. Tsuyoshi Wada just pitched a thrilling one-hitter for the Hawks, while slugger Alex Ochoa is hitting them out of the park for the Dragons. But even as the season finale Nippon Series approaches, the Japanese are distracted by a different struggle. Game attendance is falling, TV audiences are shrinking, and players, team owners, and fans can't agree on how to fix the sport. Now the players are threatening to strike if the owners can't come up with an acceptable plan. "I'm worried about baseball's future," said Takefumi Sato, a 28-year-old fan, before a Sept. 12 matchup between the Yomiuri Giants and the Yakult Swallows at the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome.
Simply put, Japanese pro ball suffers the same woes as the rest of the Japanese economy. The owners are like the keiretsu that once lorded over the business landscape: They have grown too cozy with one another to operate efficiently. The players resemble Japan's coddled workers, accustomed to lifetime employment as comfortable as it is unchallenging. And the teams have gotten fat from feeding at the corporate cash trough without giving fans what they want: exciting baseball. [b]"The 'who cares if it's not entertaining' attitude is very strong[/b] says Jim Allen, a baseball writer for the Daily Yomiuri newspaper.
Just as carmakers and electronics houses have had to learn to compete in a global marketplace, Japan's baseball teams face new competition from abroad. Although Japanese players are tied to their teams for far longer than under the American free-agent system, Japan's top sluggers and pitchers can now jump to U.S. teams and earn 10 times their Japanese salaries. And fans can watch J-League soccer and U.S Major League Baseball. "The Major Leagues have higher quality play, so for consumers, it's natural," says Katsuhiro Miyamoto, a Hanshin Tigers fan and professor at Osaka College of Economics."
Posted in: Japan baseball eyes national team for money
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spudman
When fans can't see the end of a game because it takes too long, when kids can't watch games cause they take too long you statement just doesn't make sense. Kids are kids and fans are fans. Nationality doesn't come into it.
Posted in: Japan baseball eyes national team for money
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spudman
Baseball is dwindling. Even after winning the WBC they made a loss. MLB is the real deal, Japanese baseball is basically boring. Speed the game up.
Posted in: Japan baseball eyes national team for money
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spudman
Just watch the pronunciation.
Posted in: JAL to offer premium economy service on Narita-Sydney route
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spudman
Excuses, excuses and more excuses. Wish J soccer players could grow some stones and just play the game like men. That wouldn't appeal to the immature fan base though.
Posted in: JFA chief seeks vuvuzela ban at World Cup
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spudman
I don't, still haven't seen the falling bodies from 9/11. Haven't read about the details of the student down south in japan. That sad crap is just depressing and me reading about it won't change anything. Don't have a TV here either. Sick people are everywhere and places like JT make their money off seemingly "normal" people getting pleasure from reading about them.
Posted in: Searchers find body of missing 5-yr-old girl offered for sex by mother
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spudman
Woops, the price for ex All Blacks, Spring Boks and Wannabes just went down.
Posted in: Yamaha to release professional rugby players
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spudman
It is now, watch any big gathering and the handshakes come out. One on One the bow works but to say it's not a Japanese custom is wrong. The bow as evidence by every public apology and the symbolism of offering ones neck is a sign of submission.
I said in the original picture thread the wingnuts would leap on this.
Posted in: Obama's bow to emperor causes outrage in Washington
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spudman
Obviously God didn't. Hope the killer is found soon so the the poor tortured girl's family and friends can get some closure on this tragic gruesome death. The media are loving it though.
Posted in: Funeral held for murdered Shimane University student