JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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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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taj
Kurumakazu, please don't let articles like this put you off. It is aiming for shock value.
Most organizations will suggest you limit your stint to a week at a time. Peace Boat, for example, will insist that you have some orientation in advance, as well. In general, the volunteer centres in each town will match you to suitable work (with suitable requirements for Japanese, for example).
When dealing with local people, as opposed to piles of sludge, it's a good thing to listen rather than ask. Some want to talk about anything but the tsunami and life since then. Some may like to talk about it with a stranger. Each person is different so the safest thing is to let them lead. If they want to talk baseball, then baseball it is.
Be VERY careful about taking photos like a tourist. Of course you'll want some photos showing what you were doing while there, to show people who are interested when you are finished, so that they can see that there is work they can do as well.
Posted in: Few volunteers mentally prepared for devastation they confront
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taj
No such thing as innocent until proven guilty on the Internet, eh?
Posted in: Female quake shelter volunteer injured in attempted rape in Miyagi
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taj
KobeKid, I know far too many people happy to sit back and "pray" for Japan. Many of us with an evidence-over-faith approach approach to the world alsotake a practical approach of what needs doing and how to get it done. I think you're giving us short shrift. There are all sorts of people with all sorts of motivations and unless you've got evidence to the contrary, I'm thinking your position is based on your own personal bias.
Posted in: Few volunteers mentally prepared for devastation they confront
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taj
"when all of a sudden you stumble across a dead body. "
How many times has this happened to run-of-the-mill volunteers in Tohoku? We are generally not allowed into places not thoroughly searched already by the SDF/police forces. Perhaps this article is about them, rather than the amateurs. Or more likely, the writer of this kuchikomi article is going for maximum dramatic effect, when it is really, thoroughly unnecessary. The job is grueling enough without any human remains! Aside from the back-breaking physical labour, and the nauseating array of smells, there's the humble and heartfelt "gokosamas" that just encourage you to go further and further and well beyond what your physical condition is prepared for. Being so relied upon - it's heady. And has some weird long-term effects.
Posted in: Few volunteers mentally prepared for devastation they confront
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taj
Wow, everyone here is quick with the pitchforks!
Posted in: Female quake shelter volunteer injured in attempted rape in Miyagi
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taj
A small fine is probably adequate, smith, as it comes with naming and shaming (a much bigger penalty).
Posted in: Compulsory power usage cut implemented for 1st time in 37 yrs
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taj
I would LOVE to help Tad improve his English!! I really wish the next installment of Mongol: Ghengis Khan could get made. The first one was brilliant.
Posted in: If I had a hammer
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taj
Moderator, thank you for your response. I understand that the editors pick stories that they expect will be of interest to their readership. My question / comments are specifically about the headlines.
Yes, I noticed a trend on Tuesday and posted on a couple of threads - the trend being that if no nation is menitoned in the headline, the default country is the USA, rather than Japan, which strikes me as odd on a site called JapanToday. Now if the majority of the readers are in the USA, that would make sense. If not, it is perhaps something for the editors to take into consideration when chosing meaningful headlines.
Posted in: Cosmetics companies sued over 'organic' labels
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taj
mugicha is where it's at!
Posted in: McDonald's selling all carbonated drinks for Y100
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taj
"The first jury acquitted him of every charge but one."
Well, to be more accurate, they deadlocked on all but one. I also tend to think him a jerky blowhard who probably wasn't as corrupt as all that. but my impression is solely based on his appearances on talk shows (the Daily Show in particular). These jurors, on the other hand, heard many days worth of testimony. Hours worth of tape. I trust their informed opinion more than my own uniformed one.
Posted in: Jury convicts former Illinois governor in retrial
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taj
Hmmm. Sunlight. Mirrors. Tinfoil. Cooking oil. Solar cookery?
Posted in: Recipes for meals that do not require gas, electricity to make
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taj
It might be world news, along with the proposed changes to Australian cigarette packaging, which is much more radical and newsworthy than this one. Many countries already have grisly photos.
Posted in: Cigarette packs to carry grisly new warning labels
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taj
Should this JAPAN TODAY headline state give some notice that this is NOT a domestic story?
Moderator: For some reason, you keep posting similar comments on other threads. Japan Today is a full online newspaper, covering news from all around the world. There is not one online news site in the world that only publishes stories about its host country. More than half our readers live outside Japan, so we choose topics that will appeal to both our domestic and international readership.
Posted in: Cosmetics companies sued over 'organic' labels
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taj
m5c32, I'd suggest that there is a reason for the use of base 10 amongst our species.
Have a look at your hands.
Posted in: Why doesn't the U.S. adopt the metric system?
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taj
Could there be some protectism connected to the refusal to standardise? Using their own sizes for nuts, bolts, sheets of plywood, etc., keeps local wrenchmakers, screwdrivers, etc. in business?
Posted in: Why doesn't the U.S. adopt the metric system?
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taj
He ain't crude, Boogity, Boogity He ain't lewd, Boogity, Boogity He's just in the mood to run in the nude
Posted in: Teacher arrested after smashing police station door, then trying to flee nude
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taj
"why he wanted to get naked before before fleeing:"
the broken glass evidence was all over his clothes, hence, running around naked would be the less conspicous/suspicious option. He could just blend in with the other Saturday night drunks!
Posted in: Teacher arrested after smashing police station door, then trying to flee nude
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taj
Yippee! Fizzy drinks for the masses!! Why not give out ice water? Chilled tea?
Posted in: McDonald's selling all carbonated drinks for Y100
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taj
Classic! I would assume, "blind drunk at the time" and reliving his youth. No one hurt, presumably?
Posted in: Teacher arrested after smashing police station door, then trying to flee nude
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taj
Fashion house? Quality?
Yikes!!
Posted in: H&M to open store in Kanagawa's Tsujido