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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the_harper
At least there's finally a lid on a large part of the problem; http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_03.html
Posted in: Decommissioning Fukushima nuclear plant likely to take 30 years
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the_harper
Interesting that nobody has commented about the CEO being awarded a 71% pay increase. Such an increase is bound to cause more anger amongst workers who are looking for an increase more in line with inflation. As far as I can tell, it's not the pay increases that have stalled negotiations, it's the demands for job security.
Posted in: Qantas in turbulent public showdown with employees
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the_harper
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the designs woven not painted? Beautiful designs - I'd love to see them larger.
Posted in: Tokyo Kimono Week
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the_harper
Why does everyone assume that she knew she was carrying drugs? Isn't it possible that her story was true and she carried a bag for someone else thinking she was doing them a favour? Even if she did know, she was probably just a courier and the penalty is too harsh - it's the person she was carrying the drugs for that deserves the harshest penalty. That person probably walked away without suspicion - or wasn't even on the flight.
Posted in: Japanese woman sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug smuggling
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the_harper
By when? I presume it's by 2017 since the next paragraph says that it's a six year strategy? Anyway, I hope this means that zero emission or lower emission cars become more affordable. I'd love to be driving a more efficient car, but the cost is a major issue. Hopefully it will lead to the manufacturers competing against each other, and that will help to drive innovation as well.
Posted in: Nissan aims to be world No. 1 in green vehicles
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the_harper
@utrack - both Caesium 134 and 137 produce beta radiation which will not travel far and can be easily blocked. There shouldn't be a reason to evacuate anyone unless the hotspot is really close to a house. As others have pointed out, if this is from the rain, it begs the question of where else there might be hotspots. It also goes some way to explaining the high levels of radioactive material in sewerage sludge. Of course, the "hotspot" ought to be removed.
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the_harper
@Cos - you sound jealous. His family lived in Australia for many years so I don't see why he shouldn't have an Ozzie passport. It's hard to tell anything from the short Japanese trailer I just saw, so will have to wait for a longer trailer or the movie.
Posted in: A century later
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the_harper
@Borat - inappropriate and unnecessary.
I'll have to ask some of the young people I work with what they think about the Queen's visit. I don't think it's true to say that "republicanism" has waned, but I do think that people have realised that there's more important things to worry about than whether the Queen is the ceremonial head of state or not. Australian's were given an opportunity to make Australia a republic, but weren't given the option of being able to vote for the head of state. It's not strictly true to say that Australia became independent in 1901. Australia because a federated Commonwealth in 1901. True independence happened in 1986 with the Australia Act which prevented the UK from creating or changing laws in Australia. (http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/chron/1999-2000/2000chr01.htm) The Queen is in Oz to open CHOGM. If people enjoy her visit and she enjoys her visit I don't see any harm in that. She and the UK government don't have any control over Australian laws anymore, so I don't personally see why any "fitful starts toward a republic" are necessary. Why change an independent system of government that already works?
Posted in: Republicanism wanes as queen heads to Australia
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the_harper
It's a shame that nobody noticed the glow from the radium when walking by at night. It's also a shame that so many people choose to turn this into a conspiracy connected with the Daiichi plant. What it demonstrates is that nobody has done extensive street level testing for radioactivity for a long time, and things are being found which would otherwise have gone unnoticed. I wonder if I still have any watches with luminescent faces?
Posted in: Radiation likely came from radium in bottles beneath floor of empty house
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the_harper
Shouldn't the USA be paying compensation to the victims, not Japan?
Posted in: Team of Japanese doctors in N Korea to examine A-bomb victims
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the_harper
The trees reflected in the water look quite surreal. Nice shot!
Posted in: Misty morning
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the_harper
How sad that she had got herself into a state where she believed that it was ok to take someone else's baby. Glad though, that the baby and real mother were reunited without any great harm done. It sounds like Sugimoto needs help from a psychologist.
Posted in: Woman held over abduction of 4-day-old baby girl from hospital
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the_harper
Can someone more familiar with Japanese culture explain to me why someone would leave a donation like this in a public place rather than actually taking it directly to the Red Cross?
Posted in: Y10 mil 'for Tohoku' left in bag in Saitama municipal bldg restroom
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the_harper
The instant dismissal of the information in this article by so many people making comments is ironic and sad. Humans can't pump billions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere without affecting the balance of the system. The sooner we can all reduce our impact on the environment, the better for everyone.
Posted in: The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?
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the_harper
Looks like it was 5pm according to USGS. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/c0005urj/us/index.html
Posted in: M6.2 earthquake hits northeast Japan; no tsunami warning
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the_harper
What's with the C17 picture - does the Google search feature find USAF flights?
Posted in: Google launches Flight Search
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the_harper
How ironic that the disaster control center wasn't located or built to withstand a tsunami. :(
Posted in: Six months on
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the_harper
Give it an SD card slot and make it portable. Frankly I think a headset like this is likely to be a more effective way of doing 3D than expensive TVs. I'd much rather use a headset than spend thousands buying a new large screen TV that I still have to wear glasses for if I want to watch 3D.
Posted in: Sony shows wearable 3-D personal theater
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the_harper
Hurray! Well, not really - this is an old, existing plant. But hurray if Japan gets serious about using geothermal. The fact that it has been largely ignored in a country that must have the most abundant geothermal resources in the world is astonishing. If the same investment had been made in geothermal as has been made in nuclear energy in Japan - probably even only a significant fraction - could have provided cheap energy without any radiation risk and no need for decommissioning concerns. The atomic plants will be a radiation hazard for generations to come - all of them.
Posted in: Quake-prone Japan looks at geothermal energy
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the_harper
why do we still talk about the dimensions of TVs in inches when the weight is given in kilos? The TVs sound good - althought right now I'd like the wireless antenna more than the TV!
Posted in: Sharp unveils ultra-thin TVs