JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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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wanderlust
Interesting that the receptionist in the female bath-house was a male!
Posted in: 49-year-old man dresses as woman, enters female public bath area
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wanderlust
Japan is circling the drain politically, economically, socially, everything-ally, but the press get to write of a rare police success story of catching a dastardly villain quickly! Don't underestimate the "feel-good" factor here...
Posted in: Why do you think such a big deal has been made by media and police about a student's online cheating during university entrance exams?
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wanderlust
Do people really jab the screens so hard that the people in front feel it? I think they are more likely to gently push it for fear of breaking it?
Posted in: Are seatback touch screens on planes a good idea?
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wanderlust
The more rights you claim, the less freedom you have.
Posted in: Does freedom of speech include the right to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater, yell "Shark" at a beach or joke about having a bomb on a plane, for example?
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wanderlust
With all the costs of berthing, licenses and upkeep, it takes an awful lot of money to own one of these, compared to a boat in the UK or USA.
Posted in: Boat show
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wanderlust
Both the Shangri-La and the Mandarin Oriental down the road from it seem to specialise in making guests feel as uncomfortable as possible. Stayed at both last year; it's hard to relax at those places, they are just too formal, the staff look down their noses at you, despite you're paying top prices for their services. As AB said, there are nicer places in Tokyo...
Posted in: Shangri-La Tokyo offers special package to mark 2nd anniversary
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wanderlust
A number of ex-731 members have confessed to their activities as they were close to dying, in the hope of obtaining some form of forgiveness/ absolution. The author Rumiko Nishino held meetings around Japan where many came forth and spoke of what they had done; the bizarre surgical experiments, live autopsies, and the rest. Many are documented in her book. There is a unique memorial in a park near Kokubunji, in West Tokyo, where they meet each year.
Posted in: Japan excavating site linked to WWII human experiments by Unit 731
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wanderlust
The stricter forms of Islam forbid the rendering of the human image, hence the elaborate calligraphy that comprises most of its art; so it may be a long, long time before they start making their own films. When Saudi Arabia started up it's own TV station, they had to get a special religious dispensation to allow live pictures to be sent over the air.
Maybe those countries with less strict interpretations and a more modern outlook can do it...
Posted in: Muslims seek change in way Hollywood movies portray them
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wanderlust
They spared no expense in making that sign for him! Looks like a taxi-driver's cheap welcome board from LA Airport.
Posted in: Grammy man
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wanderlust
Before entering politics, he should have remembered the classic Hollywood line, "Don't give up your day job!"
Posted in: Schwarzenegger says he's returning to acting
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wanderlust
Already use the Panasonic EVERLEDs in the office and at home. Their bases get VERY hot after 12 hours continuous use - obviously the high heat dissipation technology - but it can also be dangerous in enclosed spaces or ceiling fixtures - there is a small warning on the box. They also can't be used in dimmable circuits, they are really bright, but also give quite pronounced shadows.
Posted in: LED bulbs feature wide light distribution angle
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wanderlust
Maybe she is just on holiday, avoiding a cold, miserable Japan?
Posted in: Philippines confirms fugitive stripper Minako Komukai arrived in Manila
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wanderlust
@sarge - when they don't have air-bridges to both levels, around 20-25 minutes! But then I was behind a massive tour group of farmers from Kyushu, first time abroad for them.
Posted in: Korean Air to launch A380 flights to Tokyo, Hong Kong
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wanderlust
Should be a comfortable flight - only 407 seats. Flew on a Lufthansa A380-800 last year, 120 upstairs, and 440 cramped like cattle into the lower cabin. The seat pitch was just about from my elbow to my finger tip. Never again...
Posted in: Korean Air to launch A380 flights to Tokyo, Hong Kong
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wanderlust
Maybe the poor old guy was freezing? The smallest room is the easiest, quickest and cheapest to warm up. So sad, such a lonely way to go...
Posted in: Man's body discovered in toilet following apartment fire
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wanderlust
Too early for this - WikiLeaks has not 'Told all' itself yet. It has only released a fraction of the material it received.
Posted in: Assange portrayed as 'emperor' in WikiLeaks insider book
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wanderlust
Did more petro-dollars flow into the FIFA bank accounts, making sure that he and his cronies did not change their minds?
Posted in: Blatter now expects 2022 World Cup to stay in summer
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wanderlust
It's bad enough that car drivers are distracted with mobile phones and car navigation systems, having cyclists doing the same will just give rise to more fatalities...
Posted in: Navigation system for bikes
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wanderlust
One problem is that Islam ( or the scholars who interpret it) bans so many things, that for many in the Middle East, there is little of interest left or to talk and write about. Virtually no sports, no mixed-sex dancing, no taking of human images, no drinking alcohol, no dating, no going outside unless covered up and with a male member of your family; it really does not give a lot to write about within the Hollywood genre.
The milder forms of Islam practised elsewhere in the world do offer a variety of topics of interest, with less stereotyping; but the silent majorities rarely attract attention.
Posted in: Muslims seek change in way Hollywood movies portray them
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wanderlust
@zenny there is a "Garry Moore" who died of Emphysema - different person. Gary Moore had been drinking brandy, champagne, chatting with people, then went to his room around 23:00, found by his girlfriend at 4 in the morning... guitar close to his bed. PM on the way.
Posted in: Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore dead at 58