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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tokyochris
I visited Kenrokuen last Autumn and it's fantastic. I also thought the huge torii gate near the JR station was pretty interesting - I've never seen one like that before!
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tokyochris
Guest - I've met teachers who hold teaching degrees or celta/tesol qualifications yet have the personality of a loaf of bread. Eikawa is just as much a sales industry as it is a teaching industry and just because you hold a qualification doesn't mean that you are good at a job... There's only so far you can go with experience gained through studying in any profession!
It would only be 'fraud' if schools were advertising teachers as holding qualifications which they don't have!
Posted in: The state of the language school industry
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tokyochris
I'm surprised that nobody has commented on the statistics in this article - it makes for some pretty harsh viewing for anyone who is an English teacher right now because it probably means another big eikaiwa (everything seems to point towards GEOS as being Japans next casualty) is eventually going to go belly-up in the same way everyones favourite pink-bunny-brand did 2 years ago.
Regardless of which way you view the English teaching industry, this isn't a particularly great time for a lot of people and that suggests it's going to get worse... a lot of GOOD teachers were also hit hard when Nova collapsed so it's a bit unfair to label all teachers as being unskilled and unable to do anything else (although there's no smoke without fire and I'm sure everyone has met at least one muppet only teaching so that they can get a visa to sleep with as many Japanese girls as possible...)
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tokyochris
Absolutely spot on in my opinion - I think that the people who actively search for things to find racism within are part of the reason it's still a problem in most countries!
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tokyochris
I'm pretty sure you can safely upgrade 'surely' to 'definately' because he's dead!
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tokyochris
I've been twice and (in my opinion) the best time is a day or 2 before the festival actually begins... almost everything is on show but there are a lot less people!
If you're in the area, also try and make time for a visit to OTARU... that night view is beautiful!
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tokyochris
Maybe these are all people who lost their jobs and are praying for a new one?
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tokyochris
They don't.... people in Tokyo have very little choice though
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tokyochris
It's about 4 times bigger than San Diego comic con according to Wikipedia (140,000people in San Diego vs 560,000 in Tokyo for summer 2009)
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tokyochris
I think America should be proud that they have a president who respects the cultures/traditions of other countries...
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tokyochris
Ratpack... are you wearing a t-shirt??
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tokyochris
best dressed eyes....
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tokyochris
Is it some kind of ironic joke that people dress that badly to collect any kind of 'best dressed...' award?!?
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tokyochris
Only if she likes gundam ;-)
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tokyochris
Haven't you seen 'Back To The Future'? People don't age when travelling forwards/backwards in a time machine ;-)
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tokyochris
Japanese women seem to have nice skin because they wear so much makeup ;-)
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tokyochris
Because you won't win and will probably just get deported for trying to cause trouble ;-)
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tokyochris
Exactly right, it's upto the individual to get down to their ward office and sign up to kokumin hoken
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tokyochris
There are ways for companies to get around it... For example, the English school I work for has teachers contracted for less than 20 hours a week (or on 'temporary' 12month contracts) and everything else is classed as 'optional overtime' so they have no obligation to pay into the scheme.
I would imagine others are doing the same
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tokyochris
Isn't most Japanese manga drawn in other Asian countries???
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