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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timtak
More photographs here http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2126742092254768201 What does a "powerful core" (芯が強い) mean exactly? http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1012816290 Someone who listens to what other people say, but makes their own decisions.
Posted in: Maiko Itai looks to the universe
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timtak
I changed my name after marriage to my wife's name and was happy to do so.
Posted in: Japan split over maiden names, foreign suffrage
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timtak
I wonder if the lack of comments here is related to the fact that the comments regarding the Okada's prediction that the Samurai Blues would reach the semis were overwhelmingly negative. Lost your tongues have you:-)?
To be honest, I did not think that they had a hope either, but now...
There is a cultural psychological theory that the Vuvuzela are an advantage for Asian Teams.
Posted in: Okada prepares Japan for scrappy Paraguay team
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timtak
His mother is a Serb.
Moderator: Please clarify.
Posted in: What do you think of the quality of refereeing so far in the World Cup?
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timtak
MistWizard "Even if not an important call, what is the big deal if his volume of voice was reasonable?" Komachi0Jim "I am forever struggling to see the difference between having a conversation with a person on a train or a bus and having a conversation over the phone. I'm down with "manner mode" and all that, but I see no reason for library silence on public transportation."
I agree.
For an interesting answer read Nakajima Yoshimichi's "Taiwa no nai shakai" - Basically he claims that Japan is very tolerant of public speach (such as announcements) but very intolerant of private speech.
Posted in: Man punched in face by fellow train commuter over phone manners
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timtak
The Yomiurin and Asahi articles have "jusei" (lit "the voice of a gun") for "gunshots," which is surely a mistranslation in this context, moderator?
Nakashima was using a shotgun and shot his friend, Miyake, who was using a rifle in the head. I have no idea why Mr. Nakashima shot himself in the chest but he did so after reporting the incident to his relative, who then phoned the police. The group were very experienced. The hunting club kills 2500 boar a year.
Posted in: Hunter commits suicide after accidentally shooting friend
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timtak
Two men, one toilet and a "plastic bag" containing an unidentified liquid, ew.
Posted in: Disruptive passengers force Delta Air Lines flight to return to Japan
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timtak
Taking pictures of women on trains is a prosecutable offence, even if you just take a picture of their face. Japan has some of the strictest laws on taking photographs of people in the world.
Posted in: Photographer charged over nude photos at cemetery
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timtak
Very true. However, in any representational democracy you often have a minority ruling, if it is the largest minority.
I don't think that it has happened in the UK yet, but it is possible that a minority that is not even the largest minority, but the largest minority among a "coalition of loosers," (as any Clegg Brown pact was being called).
Had there been proportional representation in this election then the top three parties would have recieved Conservative 228 Labour 183 Liberal Democrat 145 seats, and the remaing parties another 70 (as opposed to only 29 under the current constituency system). The above result would have raised the possibility that even the third biggest minority party leader, Clegg, could have become prime-minister by forming coallitions with smaller parties (since 70 plus 145>228).
While there is often, or usually, minority rule in any representational democracy, the present constiutency system ensures that at least it is a large, usually only the largest, minority that can rule. Perhaps this has advantages.
Posted in: David Cameron takes over as British prime minister
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timtak
According to another article they are only compatible with sofbank. They are the TM84-0341V and TM84-0342V.
Posted in: Text message watch
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timtak
I see little evidence to suggest that Japanese women are damaging their health.
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timtak
We were taught not to jump in, but to search for things to throw in, due to the difficult of saving drowning people and the high likelihood of going down togeter. It seems that this guy managed to save his brother though ;-;
Posted in: 10-year-old boy drowns trying to save younger sibling in Saga
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timtak
I am not sure why the author makes the assumptions that she makes. Some people are just sensitive about tiny tinny noises coming from ipods. Or the man might have imagined that he heard the noise the second time. Or perhaps the author's body language was such as to communicate displeasure at being asked to turn down the volume level the first time, which insenced the man to ask for the level to be turned right down or off.
It seems to me that the tolerance of noises on trains depends upon culture. See Nakajima Yoshimichi's "Urusai nihon no watashi" (The lound Japanese person that I am) where he suggests that public vocalisations should only be made by groups (hence the loud annoucements made by polical parties, and train companies) not by individuals (who are meant to keep silent).
In the UK it is not so bad to be using phones on trains as long as one makes no more noise than one would speaking to someone next to you (which is also okay). In Japan it is not okay to use ones phone on a train even if you whisper.
Is there a "reasonable" level of noise that one can make on a train, or is any noise above zero an infringement of good train manners? I think that in the UK, there is a "reasonable" level of noise. But perhaps in Japan, any speech and perhaps any music is considered sound pollution.
But then again, when it comes to the sound of nasal mucus being swallowed, there seems to be greater tolerance of that sound on Japanese trains. And of course there is the sound of noodles being eaten....
Posted in: Train shame
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timtak
Space monkey
I did, and I was surprised to find that they were.
Posted in: Hugh Grant on relationships, cheating and the art of lazy acting
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timtak
Bringing up happy children.
Posted in: Hugh Grant on relationships, cheating and the art of lazy acting
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timtak
Posted in: 'The Cove' puts Japanese fishermen everywhere on the defense
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timtak
I read ages ago that a lot of American men consider their wives to be their best friends.
Posted in: Growing number of men have no close friends
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timtak
The Western love of dolphin may be a result of Western culture.
Dolphin are said to use a form of language, and Western culture is said to be "logocentric" (that is to say places a great importance upon language speaking, or identifies with language speakers).
Posted in: Anger and defiance in Taiji after 'Cove' wins Oscar
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timtak
It is going to be painful and costly when they find out that it really was a software problem. As another poster posted on this site elsewhere, I can't see how they can discount a software problem because a complex piece of software is sufficiently complex that there is little predicting how it responds under all combinations of inputs.
The Japanese are good at making things that they can see, but bad with systems that are linguistic constructions and invisible. The reverse is true of Westerners. Toyota should team up with Microsoft.
Posted in: Toyota disputes critic who blames electronics
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timtak
The Sanyo Xacti HD2000 records in full high definition at 60 frames per second in progressive mode. In 2009 they also released cameras in the conventional video camera shape (rather than gun) such as the Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG10. Since Panasonic has just bought Sanyo, perhaps this is just a rebadge.
Posted in: High definition video camera with enhanced memory