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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stereoman
Wow, a little bit of competitiveness from JAL. Perhaps if they had started thinking competitively years ago they wouldn't be in the financial situation they find themselves in now.
Posted in: JAL amends international baggage rule
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stereoman
I spent the last couple years working my butt off seven days a week. I would wake up and work until I went to sleep at night. This was at a Japanese company so this meant no meaningful relationships with my co-workers and lots of time spent (wasted?) on form over substance, i.e., making sure all the 'i's and 't's were dotted and crossed.
At the end of it I could totally see how and why so many people commit suicide in this environment. I was lucky as things changed for the better for me.
Surprise, surprise, if you put all your time and energy into work instead of friends or family you will have nothing when you are unemployed at age 65.
Posted in: No. of people dying alone rises in 'no-relationship' society
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stereoman
The electronic dictionary market seems to be happily stuck in the 1990's, alongside CD-burners and laser discs.
Side note: amazing how many times I have seen 'TOEIC' improperly spelled. Even in presentations by TOEIC authors.
Posted in: Dictionary brainpower
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stereoman
There are 450 one million dollar (1億円）prizes this time. They have this lottery 4 times a year. That's roughly 1800 millionaires a year, give or take. Multiply this by 24 years (the number of years the poster has been in Japan) and there rightly should be a few lottery millionaires within this guy's 2, 3 degrees of separation.
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stereoman
Really? Then stop selling your songs to every movie studio that wants to use 'Back in Black', 'Highway to Hell' or 'Shook Me All Night Long' for their soundtrack or movie trailer.
Posted in: After The Beatles, who remains an iTunes holdout?
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stereoman
God, the media love to use photos of the stressed-out trader. I don't think he is the one who is really hurting when the economy is crap.
Posted in: Tough day
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stereoman
Are we talking about the film protesters or the dolphin hunt protesters?
Throughout this whole controversy, Tsutaya and other video rental chains must be licking their lips as this will mean more business when this movie FINALLY lands on video (and will be available to one and all).
Posted in: Dolphin hunt film canceled in Tokyo after protests
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stereoman
This lass has a really big face. Normally I don't notice things like face size- but dang, her mug is big. Look closely at one of her many TV commercials- 1/3 of her entire body is face.
Posted in: Yukie Nakama masters a few tricks
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stereoman
Financial debt; revenge; PTA member irate at public servants and all their time off.
In any event, this should not take long to solve but, this is Japan, and as much as I love this country, the police are not one of its selling points. If this isn't solved within the next week, look for weeks of wild speculation involving jealous lovers and/or chinese hitmen.
Posted in: Teacher found murdered after being discharged from hospital
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stereoman
great documentary, even if you have never heard of them. See it if you can.
Posted in: Anvil: Yes, they’ve quit their day jobs
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stereoman
They give absolutely no reason for why these things (foreign pandering) are contributing to Japan's decline. Just good old fashioned fear-mongering.
Posted in: Now hear this
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stereoman
This, I really, really doubt.
Posted in: Right-wingers vow to block release of 'The Cove' in Japan
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stereoman
Japan really is a country of bullies. This should be interesting to see how this plays out.
Are the right-wingers going to protest Tsutaya too when it comes out on video?
Posted in: Right-wingers vow to block release of 'The Cove' in Japan
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stereoman
God, give the guy a break. Foreigners get no love from other foreigners in Japan, not unless they are buying them beer.
This guy speaks Japanese just fine. He has a life right now that everyone here would love to experience. Good for him.
Posted in: Dante Carver mum on relationship with Vivi model
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stereoman
The bad guy would have to be Japanese- if for nothing else, just to have back and forth dialogue over the walkie-talkies.
Posted in: Sakaguchi, Yada to star in Japanese version of 'Die Hard'
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stereoman
And Japan's ugly side shows itself again.
living in Japan is like having a girlfriend: they love compliments and hearing how special they are, but say anything critical and watch them get all upset and spiteful.
Posted in: 'The Cove' puts Japanese fishermen everywhere on the defense
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stereoman
Again, most people here don't seem to have seen the movie. This is not a centuries old tradition. What? Dolphins were sold to Marineland back in 1670? As far as the meat is concerned: you don't ever know you are eating dolphin meat. It is added to whale meat and sold as whale meat. This is the deception.
Posted in: Anger and defiance in Taiji after 'Cove' wins Oscar
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stereoman
Yes, Japan's ancient tradition of eating 'whale bacon'.
This 'culture' pretense is so tiring. Japan devotes thousands of hours of TV time to food per week- not one minute is spent on whale.
Come on Japan, join us in the 21st Century.
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stereoman
Hmmm, don't think any Japanese person I know thinks that they are Japanese. They are completely American, barely speak Japanese, have never lived here, and will continue living in America after these olympics. They are purely taking advantage of their unique situation in order to appear in the olympics.
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stereoman
boxofficemojo has the box office for the entire globe. don't know about just japan though. you could try imdb as i know they track that info too.
Posted in: 'Dear John' bumps 'Avatar' with $32.4 mil debut