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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tokorobam
@bluewitch, et al: do YOU actually know what you are talking about? Is there any science or simple facts behind what YOU say?
Posted in: Kyoto rejects ceremonial bonfire wood from Iwate over radiation fears
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tokorobam
Wow, what a statement. GJ, where did that come from? If the government is responsible, it was a bipartisan effort. Both republicans and democrats alike rigged the rules in favor of too much lending. I'm with hereandthere on this one, no one forced anyone to take a loan that they could not repay. I'm not talking about honest folk who took a reasonable loan and then lost a job. But some of the loan amounts were way out there, like 10 times the annual salary where 3 used to be the norm.
Posted in: Bank of America to resume seizing more than 100,000 homes
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tokorobam
@chotto
So since I like my iPad, you question my intelligence? You have no idea what I use it for and why it's suitable for me but you take an insulting tone anyway. Not that I'm particularly concerned about what you think, but looking at your other posts, you pretty much take a negative and often insulting tone in general. So at least you are consistent.
Posted in: How the iPad won over an unbeliever
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tokorobam
@Jeffery, @chotto, and others:
What is most dismaying about this dialog is there is surprise to the point of anger being expressed at those of us who like our iPads from those who do not. Relax folks. No one is forcing you to buy one.
Posted in: How the iPad won over an unbeliever
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tokorobam
I've had my iPad since the first day it came out and I love it. The other critics here are either missing the point or what is important to me is not to them and vice versa. I can use it standing on a train which I cannot do with a laptop. It does have multitasking with iOS 4 (which I'm running). It runs fast and smooth and is not weighed down by the overheads of Windows or even MacOS so you get better response for your processing power. And it has one thing I've never seen in any laptop, PC, or other tablet: true "instant on". I press a button and it's on immediately. Laptops have a sleep mode but that is not as fast to turn on and uses too much power.
That is not to say they don't have improvements to make. They do and I hope that google, samsung, Microsoft and others all keep on the pressure.
Posted in: How the iPad won over an unbeliever
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tokorobam
I have believed for many years that the role of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria has been understated in the West. However I do not believe that it played a "much greater role". Rather, I think they were equal to that of the bombings (plus the imminent invasion from the Americans that the Japanese were preparing themselves for). And most definitely they would rather deal with the Americans.
With all of the participants in the decision now gone, perhaps a way to measure the relative weight of the bombings verses the Soviet invasion would be to estimate what percentage of time the Japanese government was spending on both problems in the final weeks and days of the war.
Posted in: Historians rethink key Soviet role in Japan's defeat in WWII
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tokorobam
While there are recruiters that are less than helpful, there are others who are first rate and I count them among my lifelong friends. When you find one that is good, keep in touch with them.
Posted in: Hire power
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tokorobam
With selective editing, I could find a correlation between anything and anything.
Posted in: Will Tokyo Sky Tree's completion bring down 'skyscraper curse' on Japan?
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tokorobam
There are financial institutions in Japan that refuse to open bank accounts for Americans because of the tax reporting requirements. Also, Japanese that live here who own stocks of US companies have to file a form justifying why they should not file US income taxes.
Posted in: Americans abroad urged to contact Congress about accessing U.S., overseas banking services
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tokorobam
I'm unimpressed. So far, I don't notice a difference to justify it.
But most disappointingly, it has region encoding like dvd's do (though the regions are different). This attitude by the movie studios only encourages piracy.
Posted in: What do you think about the Blu-ray disc format?
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tokorobam
The Tea Party is more aptly named the Disgruntled White People's Party.
Posted in: Palin tells tea party rally: 'We're not going to sit down, shut up'
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tokorobam
Being PM does have its perks.
Posted in: Time out
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tokorobam
I always trust Akebono and Komori for all my drink selections.
Posted in: Move over Calpis, Coke releases 'Moo Moo White'
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tokorobam
Words cannot express my feelings and the anger at the mother (and father). Presumably the mother wanted to avoid the shame of friends and family finding out about an unwanted pregancy. With the shortage of births in this country and the number of people around the world waiting to adopt, it would have been easy to find a home for these poor souls.
Posted in: Bodies of two infants found in supermarket freezer
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tokorobam
Don't suppose they could have found an actual firefighter to be the poster girl - or at least a fire department employee.
Posted in: Mari Hoshino named poster girl for fire brigade recruitment
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tokorobam
Leave it to JT readers to be as cynical as can be. This incident is a tragedy and it's hard to tell what really happened from a few lines in a news article.
Posted in: Two-year-old boy found dead in puddle in Ibaraki
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tokorobam
If JT wants to put some cute girls on the front page each day, that's fine. But at least find something noteworthy and not a Pocky Ad. On the other hand, JT is free for readers so maybe I should not complain.
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tokorobam
In the States, I often would give out a few coins or a dollar or two to the homeless, especially around the holidays. In Japan, I'm told not to do this since it's "their fault" they live on the streets. I pass through Shinjuku everyday on my morning commute and can't help but feel for these poor homeless folks.
Posted in: The end of a homeless, nameless life on the street
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tokorobam
This is Japan Today's daily chick-on-the-front-page photo.
Posted in: Tokyo Runners
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tokorobam
I used to really enjoy picking up a newspaper, especially during the weekend. But where I live there is no place near by that sells English newspapers, I'd like weekend only delivery which they don't have, and not long ago they increased the price. So I'm going on line almost exclusively.
Posted in: Japanese newspapers look for new ways to survive