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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sydenham
tkoind2, too true.
I guess this Nakano fellow was happy during the post ww2 days when people were selling their daughters into prostitution just to put food on the table for a week. natsukashii...?????
Maybe Ryokan forgot his begging bowl because he was hallucinating from hunger.
Posted in: Recession a good opportunity to return to Japan's core virtues
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sydenham
My country Canada is a$$-backwards country in this regard. They say obese people have a "right" to two seats for the same price as one...a right!!!
Posted in: United Airlines to charge obese passengers double on full flights
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sydenham
Sign of the beginning of the end for Japanese MLB players in the WBC? Ichiro gave himself an ulcer for the WBC. Contracts is contracts is contracts...
Posted in: Boston's Matsuzaka goes on 15-day DL
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sydenham
it's hard to ignore the plight of millions of suffering N Koreans, but nothing else seems to work anyway. i agree with you OssanAmerica. the cycle has to be broken, otherwise this thing could go on forever.
Posted in: Talking tough doesn't bother North Korea
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sydenham
I wonder if there would be less child abuse if the divorce/ single-parent rate were lower. just thinking through my fingers. there are always too many cases like this, but a disproportionate number seem to invlove step parents or "boyfriends." not saying other stuff doesn't happen, just that this kind of thing is all too common. either that or it's more newsworthy, so to speak.
Posted in: Hiroshima man held for burning girlfriend’s 4-yr-old son with cigarette
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sydenham
this makes me sick.
Posted in: Crying California mom arraigned on murder, rape charges
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sydenham
I was almost dragged to his class at a Tokyo yoga studio by wife's friend. saw his pamphlet and everything. the photo of him flexing his tiger/dragon/wtf? tattoo on his yoga mat beside a waterfall was particularly inspiring. Definitely no flakiness going on there, i can assure you. And the streetfighter/nature guru bit...well, let me tell you, it's all real, and is in no way intended as a mere chic grabber. He is THE standard for new-age renaissance men, proven by his lyrical meets mystical lineage Chinese/Irish. Were it not for that, he would not be something the rest of us mere mortals should really and truly aspire to, and i honestly mean that. Honestly.
Posted in: Yogi love warrior celebrates love, life and destiny
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sydenham
I find that making generalizations about an entire culture from one limited experience leads to true enlightenment.
Posted in: You can learn a lot about Japanese culture from kindergarten classes
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sydenham
Well, as long as the celebs love him, he's alright in my book...
Posted in: Yogi love warrior celebrates love, life and destiny
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sydenham
ultrashaman, roger, agreed.
Posted in: Nana Natsume adds spice to 'Zombie Strippers'
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sydenham
Ultrashaman, give it a rest. You've already lost the health argument, so I'll address your moral equivocation.
Human values are more universal than they are subjective. There is no culture that morally encourages the public display of sexual acts including multiple unaquainted partners, purely for the purpose of titillation. If they do exist, they are highly unusual and anyway, Japan is not one of them. It's always a taboo, and everyone who gets into the porn industry knows they are going against the greater social mores of their culture. I am being none the more pious for giving this girl a rough time than the vast majority of the population in the "human family."
There's a reason why it's easier to get famous by going on You Tube than through the porn pipeline, and it is pure social acceptability. Even public urination and defecation enjoy more universal acceptability than porn, worldwide. Deliberately sleeping your way to fame, and then showing surprise at any disapproval expressed your way for this behavior, shows a definite lack of both logic and understanding of greater society.
If you accept the realities of people being free to choose their own path in life, then you accept real world consequences for their actions. People judge people. That is the reality. This is the real world. Sure it is cruel, at times, but nobody said it wouldn't be. This girl's mother did her a disservice, and she herself was stupid if she thought people would so easily forgive and forget her background.
Posted in: Nana Natsume adds spice to 'Zombie Strippers'
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sydenham
Ultrasham, one "so-called" clean porn studio does not an industry make.
And you're wrong about the American porn industry and AIDS. John Holmes reportedly did hundreds of wome on the set and eventually died of AIDS. More recently there was an outbreak in 2004 traced back to actor Darrin James.
There are myriad STDs that cannot be prevented merely by wearing a condom during intercourse. AIDS and pregnancy are just about the only diseases against which condoms are relatively effective.
The overall point is, being a porn-star does not necessitate respect, in fact it demonstrably represents a variety of not only poor decision-making skills, but also questionable values, and life priorities. To put it plainly, the woman had sex with dozens, if not hundreds of men she did not even know, merely for the vain pursuit of fame. And she wants respect for this?
It would be a sad story if it weren't so laughably pathetic.
Posted in: Nana Natsume adds spice to 'Zombie Strippers'
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sydenham
i was told the direct flight is a seasonal thing and is taken off in the winter, during the slower months...but never trust an airline.
Posted in: Canadian airlines gain greater access to Japan
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sydenham
I'm with Northlondon. Nothing against porn stars, except...well, they're porn stars. She wants to be taken seriously? Pffffft! Get real!
Posted in: Nana Natsume adds spice to 'Zombie Strippers'
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sydenham
Congrats Yoko and Mark.
Posted in: Enka singer Yoko Nagayama marries American entrepreneur
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sydenham
Badge123, well he accomplished something by getting the issue in the news again, even if he will be incarcerated for it. End of story, i guess.
Posted in: American consul general in Okinawa doused with coffee
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sydenham
from what I see, she threw both her supports behind Ichiro.
Posted in: Aki Hoshino throws her support behind Ichiro
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sydenham
they for got a comma somewhere. 2 years of operations at 7000 yen is just not feasible.
Posted in: Jetstar marks 2 yrs of Japan operations with Y7,000 return fare to Australia
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sydenham
He was supposed to get married instead, but he got cold feet.
Posted in: Junichi Ishida wears socks for 1st time in 20 years
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sydenham
English food is good, but only if it's ethnic takeaway. English beer on the other hand is best served from Ireland.
Posted in: Cheap booze? British tradition under threat