tmarie said...

tmarie at 11:51 AM JST - 30th September

The thing is, ALL foreigners working for companies should have been put on the health plan from the beginning. The companies you work for should be the ones paying the fees in my opinion.

Posted in Controversy brewing over visa-health insurance link at 11:51 AM JST - 30th September
tmarie at 10:54 AM JST - 30th September

Guess someone didn't pay his bills. Japan needs to wake up to the fact that the yaks pretty much are lawless and run many large companies.

Posted in Gangster trio held for confining ex-Nova president in hotel room at 10:54 AM JST - 30th September
tmarie at 09:30 AM JST - 30th September

Honestly, Japan needs to stop marketing to housewives and market to families. It is embarrassing that they still have throw back 1960's mentality towards housework and women. "If mom is happy everyone will be..." Please.

Posted in Yuki Amami still single but happy with Toshiba’s mother-oriented appliances at 09:30 AM JST - 30th September
tmarie at 09:25 AM JST - 30th September

Bali is pretty safe. However, walking around with large amounts of cash, jewelery and a guidebook is not good. I've seen a lot of Japanese really make themselves look like targets while abroad.

This dos sound very sketchy though - friend robbed, motorcycle. I don't think we've gotten the full…

Posted in Japanese woman found murdered in Bali at 09:25 AM JST - 30th September
tmarie at 09:16 AM JST - 30th September

Japan is such a mess on this. They pass the laws but haven't thought this through. So many Japanese aren't paying but yet they won't lose their jobs, lives.. if caught.

I had so many issues with this as my employers are supposed to help. They refused to and the…

Posted in Controversy brewing over visa-health insurance link at 09:16 AM JST - 30th September
tmarie at 09:08 AM JST - 30th September

Those with the qualifications are in decent university jobs or private high schools/junior high school. Those "teachers" getting crappy pay and benefits don't have the qualifications to get treated better. I wish they would stop whining about it. If they want to be teachers, do the work to get the…

Posted in What is your impression of the English-teaching industry in Japan? Have things improved since Nova's collapse or are there still bad apples in the barrel? at 09:08 AM JST - 30th September
tmarie at 09:03 AM JST - 30th September

Usually gaijin start at a higher salary but get passed over for promotions and whatnot. At the end of the day the Japanese end up with the power titles and more money even if they are crap at their job. Anyone living in Japan knows that.

Posted in I can't think of any Japanese company that treats foreigners the same as Japanese in terms of promotion and involvement at the top. at 09:03 AM JST - 30th September
tmarie at 09:47 PM JST - 27th September

I really have zero sympathy of these women. They want their cake, they want to eat it and they expect some man to buy it for them. When the clock starts ticking they take whomever they can get and I don't feel sorry for the ones who end up unhappy…

Posted in The age of the disposable male at 09:47 PM JST - 27th September
tmarie at 09:33 PM JST - 27th September

Let them die. The Canadian government has bailed out Air Canada and they still haven't learned their lesson by lower prices and having decent service. JAL will be no different. I thought the whole thing about a "free market" and whatnot was that governments were supposed to step in and…

Posted in Transport minister says JAL won't be liquidated at 09:33 PM JST - 27th September
tmarie at 08:51 PM JST - 21st September

Would be a great way to weed out future folks with hereditary mental issues. I know I would like Japan to do something about the crazies.

Posted in JR installs anti-suicide lighting on platforms at 08:51 PM JST - 21st September