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
So, worst storm in 28 years. I hope all the posters who were downplaying it because the wind speeds didn't quite hit classifications for Cat 1 are reading this and in future will realize that "taifoo" can be deadly and devastating, even if they are mere tropical storms. There are a lot more factors in play than just spin speed.
Posted in: More than 100 dead or missing after typhoon as rescue work continues
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taj
I can make any word offensive, with the right tone. gaijin's just a word. get over yerselves already.
Posted in: Gaijin -- just a word or racial epithet with sinister implications?
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taj
"66% have little or no interest in eating it" =/= "would not eat the meat put on their plate", SmithinJapan, but I do note the irony of a survival food having become a luxury item.
Posted in: 52% of Japanese favor whaling, poll shows
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taj
No Foxie, it is better to have NO relationship with the yakuza.
And that's what we're pushing for!
Posted in: Police urge citizens to decline offers of help from yakuza at festivals
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taj
Do you suppose all those cash only food stands are a nice way to launder money?
Posted in: Police urge citizens to decline offers of help from yakuza at festivals
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taj
it's ME, it's not all expensive. Not to my taste. (along with all meat, but, each to his / her own).
Posted in: 52% of Japanese favor whaling, poll shows
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taj
Soldave, RTFA, not just the headline. "52% favor it, 35% are neutral and 13 percent are opposed"
Posted in: 52% of Japanese favor whaling, poll shows
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taj
In my neighborhood, they help carry mikoshi as well.
Posted in: Police urge citizens to decline offers of help from yakuza at festivals
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taj
Good point, 2020, re: 'inadequate tobacco control'
It is much more controlled now than it was from 1975-1995, when Japan was skyrocketing to the top of the longevity charts.
Posted in: Japan may soon lose top longevity ranking
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taj
Wolfpack suggests: "Look at Europe and you see America's future."
I say, why not look at Canada, instead?
Posted in: Tea party bulling its way into Republican race
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taj
"Tea party bulling its way into Republican race"
Should the headline read bullying or is "bull" now a verb that I need to look up?
Posted in: Tea party bulling its way into Republican race
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taj
"Please lock away this lunatic for the rest of his life."
Yes. And please stop offering the Death Penalty as a means of suicide to nutters who can't quite manage to do it for themselves.
Posted in: Man arrested for arson threat in Shibuya club
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taj
at least not where I am,... for those of us who don't know where you are, farmboy, that doesn't mean much.
I doubt that the US and Japan measurements are different. It is very possibly the classification or nomenclature is different.
This is most likely going to be a torrential rain, flooding, landslide event. A storm need not be a Cat 4 or even a Cat 1 to do massive water damage!!
Posted in: Japan braces for strong typhoon
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taj
This typhoon is:
1) slow moving. It's going to keep on hitting and that means floods.
2) it's doughnut shaped. If you're anywhere near the eye, it's going to be like it hits you twice. Don't make the mistake of thinking it's over and go checking damage.
3) it's wide. the effects are going to be felt far from the eye and for a long time.
Wishing you all a safe, dry weekend!
Posted in: Japan braces for strong typhoon
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taj
"Just remember all of you supporting cetacean hunting: No dolphin, no whales, no oceans no people. "
Sorry. Huh? What?
Posted in: Global protests held against Japan's dolphin hunt
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taj
" I’m sure I’ll get the death penalty. That’s what I want.”
Suicide by capital punishment. AGAIN.
When will this nation realize that the death penalty kills!?!
Posted in: Man arrested for arson threat in Shibuya club
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taj
apologies, Marcelito, for my lack of clarity. my 2:01 post was aimed directly at kurisupisu, not you. It's not my place to thank you and your family as it wasn't for me, but I can tell you I appreciate and admire your contributions.
Heda, ditto to you. Your on-the-ground work, as well as your bothering to come in here and try to give people a better understanding of reality than what normally froths about on such websites.
Posted in: Last shelter in Iwate closes; 3,700 evacuees still in shelters in Miyagi
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taj
100% of the money is reaching those affected people? I don,t think so.
Some money is always needed for overhead. Costs of telecom and electricity at a minimum for organization. That's not what I call bureacracy. And not an excuse to fold your arms and say, there's no point giving! (not that I accuse you of that, i just get really, REALLY, tired of people who do pull that, using tales of bureacratic excesses at the Red Cross as their excuse.
Seriously, if you don't want to donate, no need to spread negativity and rumour in order to not feel bad about yourself.
So, when, for example, kurisupisu says he has acquaintances in the RC who have no idea where the money is going, I wonder, "why does he/she say that?" Why wouldn't such people read the financial statements if they wanted information? The Red Cross, while by no means perfect, is very transparent with it's finances.
Posted in: Last shelter in Iwate closes; 3,700 evacuees still in shelters in Miyagi
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taj
" see the hand of authoritarianism all around Japan but I see it most active in Tohoku!"
Sorry, but exactly where? What part are you in kurisupisu?
Posted in: Last shelter in Iwate closes; 3,700 evacuees still in shelters in Miyagi
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taj
Is it suitable for trains? Airplanes?
At home, I can't imagine wanting to revert into myself. On a long flight - it would / could be perfect.
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