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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If I had a hatchet I'd swing it in the morning I'd swing it in the evening All over this town . . . . . .
I need my sleep!
Posted in: Carpenter attacks neighbor with hatchet over noise
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I can whip up a good and tasty tonkotsu ramen. Any ladies want to sample and be impressed?
Posted in: Guys, take note: This is what you should cook to impress women
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The Republicans aired their manifesto the moment that Obama was elected. Rush Limbaugh led the charge with, "I hope he fails". The appellation, "The party of NO", came into being immediately after the inauguration. This is no big secret. With opposition like that, the words, "clout" and "sway" are meaningless. President Obama IS the CEO of the USA and he will NOT be kicked out by the shareholders, (who happen to be his faithful and hopeful electorate.) Rather, the obstructionists will be kicked out as soon as they are up for renewal of their jaded posts. Like it or not, many nations point their fingers at the USA and accuse it of racism. They are correct - because it is THAT which lies at the dirty root of the problem. Our debt was increased by President Obama by 16%, compared to GW Bush's 115%, Clinton's 37%, GHW Bush's 55% and Ronald Reagan's whopping 189%. THEY sure could build consensus, couldn't they? THEY did not receive the flak that this President is getting. I have already stated why!
Posted in: Obama says Republicans would 'cripple' U.S.
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I think they fear them driving off to other oases.
Posted in: Saudi king revokes woman driver's lashing sentence
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How can the United States continue to keep a major military machine when we have to borrow money from China? (Borrow to the point that perhaps we can repay our debt to China someday by ceding Hawaii or Alaska to China.) I am a Democrat, not a Republican, so maybe not as fiscally savvy as the conservative mind, but I know that one cannot have income without having product or service in some form. (Not unless you borrow, which is exactly what we are doing!)
I think that most of the "Captains of Industry" are probably Republicans. It is that ilk who have shipped out complete factories to China and India, et al and outsourced personnel and jobs to other nations. Also, they imported "skilled" labor from other countries to these shores even when we had the talent here and wanting to work.
Complain as they might about President Obama's policies, they are - and have been the problem! The problem which President Obama has tried to fix under the poor conditions set up by his predecessor and, of course, without any support from the other side of the aisle. Oh, I know that NAFTA was signed by President Clinton, but I am also aware that it was forged By President H W Bush and that several presidents, such as President Reagan and even Clinton touted it as "good for the country, good for the worker and good for the economy." Hogwash! GATT, NAFTA, and the upcoming "prosperity" projects can suck wind, as far as I'm concerned. At least, as long as we have the labor/manufacturing/production gaps that we now have.
It is shameful that the partisanship in Washington renders the adage, "Loyal Opposition" as null and void now, because, without that idea flourishing, the motto, "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" comes starkly into play! - and we are headed for failure simply because of the lack of unity.
President Bush squandered our monies on wars that were badly researched and poorly planned. I could cite the waste and even theft but I'm sure that you are as aware of the reports of such abuses as well as I am.
Since we are becoming poorer, it is fitting and suitable that we downsize our military.
I don't count at all on the Republican Party to address or repair these wrongs. Far from it! They will merely exacerbate the situation if they get in. More military spending. More outsourcing. More McJobs, more unemploymant, much more dissatisfaction and disillusionment among the electorate and consequently, apathy among so many, that more wrong will be committed. It's the beginning of the slide "down the tubes".
Perry? Fat chance! Romney? Bachmann, Palin? the others? Give me a break! C'mon! Who are we trying to fool here again?
President Obama is my choice for 2012 once more simply because the alternative is disaster!
You know what happens when people have just had enough.
Canada is looking good these days. Anyone want to buy a house in California?
Posted in: Obama says Republicans would 'cripple' U.S.
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Probably more about the boy's disobedience after being told not to do it AGAIN. If Japan does not have places to seek remedies for situations like this then everything cannot be laid at the feet of the mother. What is a single, working mom to do? HOW can she redress grievances?
Posted in: Woman arrested for beating 13-year-old son with wooden sword
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Suicide: A permanent solution to a temporary problem. Life is a gift and should be treated as such.
Posted in: Woman jumps to her death at Shin-Koiwa Station; 5th suicide there since July
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Suicide: A permanent "solution" to a temporary "problem".
Posted in: Body found in sea off Otaru identified as JR Hokkaido president
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In 1954, '55 '56, the Yes was 365 to a dollar.
Posted in: Dollar hits postwar low of 75.94 against yen
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No.
Posted in: Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes?
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No Statute Of Limitations on murder cases. Perhaps the best that a murderer should get is life in prison. (Personally, I think that's a fate worse than death.)
Posted in: Do you think there should be a statute of limitations for murder cases?
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Familiarity breeds contempt. .. Sometimes! .. When people start to get on your nerves it is best to get away from them, at least, for a while. .. If you still can't be around them, you have to look into the possibility that you just dislike them or can't stand them. .. In THAT case, divorce is a viable option. .. Or, separate cities.
Posted in: 89-yr-old man held for strangling 85-yr-old wife to death
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Alath! Forthooth, he broke my tooth.
And now I dribble, drinking juith.
Posted in: Starbucks customer, told to stop hitting on girls, assaults worker
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President Obama hosted Chinese President Hu Jintao lavishly. However, in the following days Obama "talked tough" about China's trade positions. Still, he was not NEARLY as harsh as Donald Trump was. Trump has a very obvious HUGE disdain for China's trade policies. Trump is even considering a run for POTUS in order to correct what he perceives as Chinese unfairness and greed. We live in interesting times.
Posted in: Obama holding first White House dinner for China in 13 years
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I voted, "Yes!". To qualify my answer further, I mean that I support the right of citizens to own and bear firearms in the United States. Japan has its own laws and ways of doing things.
Posted in: The gun control debate: Do you support the right of citizens to own and bear firearms?
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Prosecute the pirates to the full extent of the rope!
Posted in: EU force says anti-piracy raids endanger hostages
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The answer is simple. We are human and we are not saints . . . yet. Human beings who are not yet saints can see only PART of problems. When they evolve to a certain point they see THEMSELVES in the problem, (the BIG picture.) An apt analogy is that when someone points a finger of blame at someone else there are three pointing back at the blamer.
Posted in: Why are so many people unable to debate contentious issues such as whaling, gun control, politics and so on without getting acrimonious?
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Here is an opportunity for all the nature lovers in Japan. Plant berry bushes in areas of the mountain not frequented by humans. It could be a lot of fun for people to contribute effort or bushes or money to this cause. Just a thought.
Posted in: Officials warn of spike in bear attacks
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The "refereeing" sucks!
Posted in: What do you think of the quality of refereeing so far in the World Cup?
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Could have been anyone or anything from a disgruntled student to an uncollectible debt.
Posted in: Iran blames U.S., Israel after bomb kills physicist