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
The A-league can be as lacklustre as this headline. Or have I misread it? Is there any reason, pun or quip, why it should not be "Australians promote World Cup bid in Asia"?
Posted in: Australian bidders promote World Cup bid in Asia
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timtak
Are the Japanese really worried about North Korea? They could wipe the North Koreans off the face of the earth in a flash.
All Japan needs to do is to make friends with China. That may mean giving up some of the islands that the Japanese claimed, or giving up part of the right to the oil/gas in the water around them. But compromise is what friendship is about.
When Japan has made friends with China it can quietly as the Americans to leave. Till then paying the US may be cheaper than the millitary spending.
Posted in: The Okinawan problem isn't about to disappear in a hurry
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timtak
That Southpark episode is incredible. Really nasty. http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/251888/ I don't like the taste of whale meat, but cow eaters that complain about whaling get my goat.
Posted in: 'I hate whale meat,' Hatoyama reportedly tells Dutch PM
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timtak
And is it a good idea to encourage Japan Today readers to be judge and jury?
Posted in: Should Noriko Sakai do jail time for possession and use of stimulants?
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timtak
XP and Windows 2000 still work fine for me. Alas there is more and more software that does not work with older versions of windows. What does XP do that Windows 2000 doesnt? Threading? Couldn't threading have been added to Windows 2000 as a Service Pack? It is a shame that the newer version of Windows can't be implemented as service packs rather than as a new framework that requires reinstallation of all ones software.
On the other hand, the 64 bit version of Windows 7 may be worth upgrading to. One can use lots and lots of memory (up about 30GB with 64bit as opposed to 3GB with 32bit?).
Posted in: What do you think of Windows 7?
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timtak
Since it seems to be recurring in Toyota cars then it would seem that there is something about Toyota cars that can make an improperly installed floor mat, or incorrect floor mat dangerous.
I have a aftermarket floor mat in my Subaru and it does not cause problems, yet.
Is the hole for the accelerator pedal bar large enough to allow incorrectly installed matting to get inside with the bar, and thus jam its movement, perhaps? Or is this in fact a problem in all cars?
Better check out my driver's site mat quickly.
Posted in: Toyota discloses US findings on floor mats
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timtak
I am not sure if they are as compact or accurate but pedometers are sold in 100 yen shops.
Posted in: Compact pocket pedometer
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timtak
I am always trying to find mice that are big enough for my hands.
The ability to stand a long way away and control a power point presentation would be nice though.
Posted in: Super compact mouse
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timtak
John Becker I read somewhere that it is common policy for car makers to increase the size of their cars of a certain mark with each update. The volksvagen Golf is now much bigger than its predecessors. The current polo is the same size as the Golf was when it came out. I guess that this may be something to do with wishing to capitalise on brand loyalty (which falls to some extent on the mark of car, which may be why you bought the Accura) and upon the common (though not shared by you) desire to get a bit more when one purchases a new car, and equally common (in the USA at least) tendency to get physically bigger over the course of ones life (probably not shared by you). At the same time again, new car models are introduced at the low end. So it may be that the average size of the Honda cars has not increased.
Posted in: U.S. Honda exec says model updates may come faster
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timtak
Will they apply the same rule in Japan? Dual custody? If they do then I think that Japanese families will fall apart.
The equivalent in the West would be a treaty against demands of fidelity.
Posted in: 8 ambassadors urge Japan to solve global child custody disputes
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timtak
Paper underwear? What about all the "hadaka matsuri"?
Posted in: 10 Keio Univ students face charges for streaking through station
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timtak
I rationalise it in terms of its effect upon society. If dual custody were allowed the divorce rate would sky rocket. Japanese do not believe in boy-girl love eternal. The family is based in parent-child love. If you could keep that and get a new spouse the...there would be a rush for the door.
Children of divorced parents are more likely to turn to crime, and drugs.
So in a way, the law on single custody is a rock that is keeping Japanese society together, or so it could be argued.
Which makes it no less tragic for the parents left behind in the USA.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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timtak
michaelqtodd at
"He knew the rules and the risks he was taking and chose to bring about this reality without using the proper channels. "
As I keep saying, there are no proper channels. In the US there are courts which will reach a settlement. In Japan there are courts that give custody to the mother/Japanese parent (afterall who better, this is japan) and in any event to ONE parent and then the other parent is OUT OF THE CHILDREN'S LIVES FOREVER.
There are no proper chanels. There are NO proper channels. This guy was aware of that, and that is why he tried "some self help" (his lawyers words.
Discounting 1) Making up with x 2) Bribing x to let see children
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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timtak
Luilui wrote
From my reading of the crnjapan.net website and discussion with a father, lawyers can not help, since there are no laws in place. Once the mother has the kids in Japan, and does not want or need daddy, then cry all you like, have the best lawyer in the world, you never get to see your kids again. Please read this carefully:-)
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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timtak
A rally and candlelight vigil to free Christopher Savoie from Japanese imprisonment and return him and his children Isaac and Rebecca to the United States will be held on Saturday, October 3rd 2009 in Washington, DC.
2:00 PM - Rally in front of the Japanese embassy, 2520 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 3:00 PM – Press Conference in front of the Japanese Embassy. Speakers 7:00 PM – Candlelight vigil in front of the White House.
http://groups.google.com/group/crnjapan/browse_thread/thread/607b425129c304be
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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timtak
"better to move on and not be pulled down by this horrible woman."
How do you move on when you leave your children behind? No easy.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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timtak
ritalyn luilui ca1iocat (and probably others) are criticising the guy suggesting he should have taken legal means.
Folks do not seem to realise that there is no legal means.
There is no such thing as dual custody, no enforcable visitation rights, and parents are effectively FREE TO KIDNAP their children from the other parent (so long as the children do not scream?).
All afaik, from reading the heatrending stories on places like http://www.crnjapan.net/
The only law is against taking ones children out of the country. I guess the consulate is ex whatchamacall it, another country. That is why they arrested him just outside the consulate, where they can say he was attempting to take them out of the country.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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timtak
The article says above that Savoies wife was given primary custody of the children. What it fails to mention is that after the abduction of the children by his wife (remember, in the US there IS a law against this) Mr. Savoie was given sole custody and an arrest warrant was put out on his wife. http://www.crnjapan.net/TheJapanChildrensRightsNetwork/itn-tktenn3.html
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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timtak
I am not sure what crime he committed (according to Japanese law). AFAIK, and this is why there is so much problem, there is no such thing as kidnap when the kidnapper is a parent.
There is however a law against leaving the country with your child without the approval of the other parent. Is the consulate considered to be another country?
Anyway...this issue is one of the saddest and makes me cry so much my keyboard gets wet. See the site below and check out some of the forums, in Japanese too, for Japanese fathers too who can no longer see their children. http://www.crnjapan.net/
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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timtak
I think that the way that figure stakers often display their nether regions covered only by thin lycra, sometimes skin-coloured, tights, makes figure skating a (consciously or not) sexually loaded dance. Hence, dating ones coach may help to improve "expressive qualities." But I hope she does not become number 4. My wife thinks that Ms. Ando looks like "Chocorantan," but I think her face is very attractive.
Posted in: Figure skater Miki Ando rumored to be in love with 3-time divorcee coach