JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
-
- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
-
- 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
-
- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
1
tenguleavings
Sad to see anyone get so desperate pacing around inside their own head to the point that they go through with it. Just reaching out, or even knowing that you can reach out, could make all the difference. RIP
Posted in: Former Yankees pitcher Irabu found dead in LA in apparent suicide
0
tenguleavings
Phenomenonally bad artwork, but it's obviously an advertisement, and therefore the more eye-catching, the better. Not even really meant to actually drive around, but just sit there and do its job.
Yes, because this garish ad clearly epitomizes absolutely everything about America. Anyone who lives there can tell you about entire freeways packed with literally no other vehicles except stretch Hummers, their single occupants (no one carpools) with a triple cheeseburger in one hand and a Desert Eagle in the other, shooting at their fellow ten-gallon hat-clad countrymen, or just simply firing into the smog-gray American sky in celebration of being not only alive, but being an Amurrican.
Posted in: Supersize me
2
tenguleavings
At some point in the match, the ball will fly high and true, far out of the reach of the players beneath, but certainly not as far out of reach as nanda's point flying over your head.
Posted in: What to watch for when Japan-US play in WCup final
0
tenguleavings
Urban myth, most definitely. Bobby McFerrin is alive and well.
Perhaps the Japanese could embrace Ernst Stavro Blofeld's concept of a "Garden of Death," a tranquil Japanese garden filled with a variety of poisonous flora and fauna, where they can end it all in peace. In the novel of You Only Live Twice, the suicide-mad locals were climbing over the walls to get in.
Posted in: Second suicide in two days at Shin-Koiwa Station
0
tenguleavings
Staggeringly idiotic. Yes, if only this Associated Press article hadn't been published, terrorists never would have thought of it, despite the fact that the article itself is reporting the fact that terrorists are working on it. If you want to believe the story is meant only to scare up support for ever-intrusive airport security measures, fine, but to suggest that malefactors a world away are waiting for mainstream western media outlets to provide them with ideas is beyond brainless.
Perhaps if we can just find a way to block the terrorists' Internet connections and New York Times subscriptions, they'll simply give it all up, seeing as how the idea pipeline would be totally dry.
Posted in: Alert: Terrorists look to implant bombs in humans
0
tenguleavings
We'll assume you're joking about believing that every player makes one hundred million dollars a year. No one could possibly be that misinformed.
Posted in: NBA lockout looms as sides fail to reach deal
0
tenguleavings
Lady Gaga and MTV Video Music Aid Japan, brought to you in part by...Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese. Natch
Posted in: Going gaga
0
tenguleavings
Dreadful to think that someone might have mistakenly believed that the Pirates of the Caribbean movie simply doesn't care about the plight of the tsunami survivors. Please do tell us when the banner arrives and begins its very important work in lifting the spirits of the afflicted by personally touring the affected areas.
Posted in: Support banner fails to make it to Japan premiere for 'Pirates'
0
tenguleavings
Stuffing corpses in closets and hiding under cardboard boxes always seems to work for Solid Snake--wonder why it didn't in real life? Bet this guy is looking for the reset button now.
Posted in: Man murders friend, hides body and himself in apartment
0
tenguleavings
NOW the oil-moneyed sons of a murderous hypocrite are concerned about paying attention to the very important legalities of the matter. Because if there's one thing Osama Bin Laden was all about, it was following the both the letter and spirit of international law.
One thing Bin Laden obviously hoped to achieve with 9/11 was to get the United States to abandon the principles it claimed to live by and lure it into ruining its economy by waging multiple ill-advised full-scale wars. Congratulations, you got exactly what you wanted. Don't forget to pick up your your prize: a bullet to the temple and a fun slide into the briny depths. Enjoy.
Posted in: Bin Laden's sons say U.S. broke international law by killing their father
0
tenguleavings
Code names, while not chosen at random, only have any meaning within the context of the mission. So what? Call OBL Chopped Liver, who cares? It only matters to the players in the mission for its duration, and it's over now. The poor Apache will have to find some way to rebuild their now-shattered lives. Some people absolutely go out of their way to play the victim.
Posted in: Geronimo's tribe seeks apology for bin Laden code name
0
tenguleavings
It's a Shukan Post article, which tells you exactly how much credibility you should invest into whatever it says.
Posted in: Is U.S. military relief effort Operation Tomodachi really about friendship?
0
tenguleavings
There is always enough money for war. There'd be even more if teacher's pensions and Planned Parenthood abortions weren't sucking the country's coffers dry and destroying the American way of life.
Posted in: McCain wants increased support for Libya's rebels
0
tenguleavings
So because this film references cell phones, Facebook, and Twitter, it's somehow relevant or even remotely interesting?
Perfect and succinct description of this dreck.
Posted in: 'Scream 4' is tech savvy yet tech wary
0
tenguleavings
To all the posters continuing to miss Nessie's point by a mile--all he's trying to get through to you is that "part-time" is simply the wrong term to describe the sort of jobs we're discussing here. The time spent doing the job is not the relevant detail; it's the presence or lack of benefits that come along with it.
Posted in: Divorce means liberation for some, virtual servitude for others
0
tenguleavings
So in your carefully measured estimation, the US has chosen its course to forever intervene in all cases, and to change now or anytime in the future is simple hypocrisy, which deep thinkers such as you will then helpfully point out. Here's to never having to change your mind...
Posted in: Bahrain security forces fire on protesters
0
tenguleavings
A teenage boy was left alone for nearly two hours to let all kinds of wild punishment scenarios swirl around in his head and accumulate until he felt he had to simply flee. He likely happened upon a train bearing down the tracks, gave into the imp of the perverse for just a moment and stood in its way, maybe fully intending to move out of the way before it struck him, and for whatever reason, that simply didn't happen. To suggest what he did even rises to the level of a "choice" is something we can't really do, but I imagine he wanted to take it back a millionfold at the moment of impact, and would now and forever if it were only possible.
We can pretend like it's even possible to ascribe some kind of reason to this and events like it, but that's just because the deep-down shared knowledge that we can't is too unnerving for some people to accept, and they have to comfort themselves with their own simple and tidy explanations.
Posted in: Boy, 14, killed by train in Nikko following school disciplinary warning
0
tenguleavings
Where to start? At the beginning--the old Spiderman cartoon with the theme everyone knows led to an interest in the funnybooks on the spinner in the drugstore, where I discovered the Marvel Star Wars run, then the brilliant Larry Hama's take on GI Joe, which naturally led to the Punisher, and then on to the Todd McFarlane Spiderman and Daredevil. Soon all the X-Men books were on the list, along with Sin City when it debuted in serial form in Dark Horse Presents. And I still have the full run of the Vertigo version of Shade, the Changing Man, and nothing has topped Planetary for me in recent years. I've only kept up with the comics world tangentially, but they've obviously made their mark.
Posted in: Who are (or were) some of your favorite comic book characters?
0
tenguleavings
Looks like it's up to me: Best Bridal Jewelist
Which is to say, the celebrity who best exemplifies the exaltation of obtaining a supremely and ludicrously expensive wedding ring above every other aspect of getting married, such as marrying someone you actually like and might be able to stay with for more than three months. Then again, no one really expects you to do all that hard stuff--you've got A RING and that's what really counts.
Posted in: Bridal princesses
0
tenguleavings
Impossible.
Posted in: Girls' night out