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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studebaker
There is a great book about hitch-hiking through Japan following the cherry blossom front called 'Hokkaido Highway Blues'. Probably one of the funniest and most accurate portrayals of Japan and its people I've read.
Posted in: Chasing the cherry blossoms
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studebaker
At one point, I expect some irate non-muslim group to get so upset with the religion of peace that they'll blow up the Kaaba.
Good on Japan and Sri Lanka for trying to stop this destruction, but why was the rest of the world not made aware of the Bamiyan sculptures' impending doom at the time?
Posted in: Japan offered to hide Bamiyan statues, but Taliban asked Japan to convert to Islam instead
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studebaker
No, but people should pay to make comments.
And if it is a pay version, I expect a reduction in fees for every ad I see.
Posted in: Would you be willing to pay for access to newspapers' online content?
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studebaker
The problem isn't who is at fault here.
The captain or the person who was commanding the Shonan Maru should be arrested and tried... but not for ramming the boat.
Ignoring a distress signal from any boat, ship or watercraft is a serious crime in all navigation and marine laws, including international waters. When the Shonan Maru took off after the collision, leaving the Sea Shepherd to rescue the AG's crew (whose lives were in immediate danger) they committed a crime worse than the collision.
A korean piloting a tanker faced 10 years for accidentally ramming a smaller fishing craft and ignoring the Mayday signals in 2007. However, he was granted bail and fled Australia where it happened.
Posted in: Which side do you think looks more in the wrong following Wednesday's clash between Sea Shepherd and Japanese whalers?
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studebaker
ronaldk: I agree with you. Nothing will happen quickly. It will be years and years before change happens. People need drama in their lives, this situation might as well be it for the Okinawans.
Posted in: Can anyone suggest a solution to the U.S. bases issue in Okinawa?
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studebaker
They reason they hide the handcuffs is that in some cases where guilt or innocence is unsure, the act of being photographed in handcuffs is a sign of guilt, and the defending lawyer uses it to throw out the case.
Leads me to think that anyone in a media frenzy case like this one could throw the case or at least add a lot of drama to it by pulling their hands out of the jacket or pouch the police hide the cuffs in. If he's starving himself, as soon as he's unable to stand, he'll be transferred to a hospital and put on an IV drip. Hopefully the police will be clever enough to handcuff him to the bed.
Posted in: Ichihashi transferred
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studebaker
Bad news because the 'world wide web' becomes the 'country wide web' for many sites. Korean sites only accessible (through direct input) by people who can type in korean; same goes for Japanese sites, etc.
Posted in: Internet set for change with non-English addresses
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studebaker
Expressionist Movements in Japan: The exhibition design didn't originate from the Shirakawa-koen museum, it is a touring exhibition stopping at several Japanese museums, including Hyogo, Tokyo, Tochigi and Nagoya.
Posted in: Shirakawa-koen: A work of art
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studebaker
Easy: Permanent ban from the train company on which the crime occurred. Men unable to ride the train would have to find a new job and new place to live: serious social punishment.
Posted in: What is the best way to deal with the groping problem on trains?
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studebaker
I wonder how much of this comes as a result of the impending olympic city decision.
Posted in: Taiji sets dolphins free following int'l outcry over 'The Cove'
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studebaker
From the perspective of what happened in the world cup, I don't believe that Tokyo deserves the Olympics. The Games are a time for the world to gather and watch the best athletes in the world compete with eachother. The Games are NOT a time for Japan to gather and watch the best athletes competing, while broadcasting the games to less than welcome foreigners.
Posted in: 2016 Olympic bid cities await IOC evaluation report
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studebaker
Am I the only one who thinks that that claw-like hand seems a bit 'groper'-ish?
Posted in: Campaigning
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studebaker
Wow, Jesse writes an article for metropolis in hopes of promoting his production company and instead gets ripped to shreds by the people here. I filmed a short visual documentary last year at Yasukuni on the 15th of August, but I didn't bring a boom mic with a 'fuzzy thing': just a handicam and small tripod were good enough to capture the scene without attracting too much attention.
Why would someone filming non actors in a documentary film shout 'action'?
Posted in: Don't try filming at Yasukuni Shrine
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studebaker
Save water, drink beer.
Posted in: Do you prefer tap water or bottled water for drinking?
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studebaker
I believe that officially, the tables are on the street and the restaurant can't put tables down and look too official. Also, the beer crates have a certain natsukashii effect.
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studebaker
Why didn't they start with uranium enrichment instead of the more difficult method of creating atomic weapons? It would have made sense. Oh wait, the whole country makes no sense.
Posted in: Uranium gives North Korea second way to make bombs
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studebaker
Does this mean that all the naggers in the area will have to go nag elsewhere?
I think we are all forgetting that the naggers also include the Chinese massage ladies.
I have learned that if you're on a mamachari in Roppongi, you are pretty much invisible to everyone.
Posted in: Cleanup
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studebaker
This issue is one of the big ones holding me back from getting married to a Japanese. Do foreigners have more rights if the children were born overseas and have foreign passports?
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studebaker
I'm tired of being a visual minority. Some people thrive on it, but at the end of the day, it isn't the sort of positive attention that the revelers think they are getting. I'm packing up my 5 year stay in 1 year, nearly to the day.
Posted in: Proposed resident registry card for foreigners creates Big Brother concerns
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studebaker
I'm very tall, and can see over a lot of the fences in residential neighborhoods. Should there be some 'Prevention of tall people walking in residential neighborhoods' act?
Posted in: Google to reshoot street views of Japanese cities