JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Full-time English Teacher - Osaka
- Epion English Language Schools, Osaka
- Salary: ¥200,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month Depending on your ability and experience
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- Part-time English Teacher - Osaka
- Epion English Language Schools, Osaka
- Salary: ¥10,000 ~ ¥15,000 / Day Depending on how many days a week are worked
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whitepocky
Take it on the chin and move on with your life. My wife, Japanese native, and son would get more hassle in the UK than they do here. *A supposed multi-cultural society. * If you really care what everybody thinks or says at/about you you wouldn't get anywhere in life. For those who wish to discriminate, let 'em. It will make them real up-tight when fail to acknowledge it.
Posted in: Half and haafu
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whitepocky
Pittance really in comparison to the amount of civilians killed in Iraq. Not to mention those who have been displaced. I must say though the words echoed in the preface to the Vietnamese Remnants War Museum stating that American power would never put another nation through what the Vietnamese suffered is somewhat laughable.
Though I don't condone his actions, I can see just why Al-Zeidi did what he did.
Posted in: Iraqi says he threw shoes at Bush to restore pride
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whitepocky
Isn't that because old Japan whallops them everytime somebody aspires to something great. People have no dreams as the country does not like change!!
Posted in: Tokyo Big Talk
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whitepocky
Nice terminology that bebert. Keep it up!!
Posted in: Hunter shoots himself to death in Okayama
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whitepocky
Which makes you wonder why she is promoting it in the first place. Great marketing!!
Posted in: Chinatsu Wakatsuki investigates DVD release of 'Dexter'
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whitepocky
This story doesn't really surprise me to the say the least. Growing up in the UK during the 90's, I knew of a few girls dropping out of school due to have children at a young age. They also got splashed over the tabloids on a regular basis when of special note came to light.
I think the most shocking thing is that as a UK citizen, who left the British Isles some 6 years ago, I do not wish to go back to what I would consider a lower standard of life. There seems to be a real exodus of Brits at the moment, and on the par of most Brits I have spoken to about it, the whole country seems to be folding. If its not under-age pregnancies, its youth crime or some other nuance.
God Save the Queen....God save our country!!!
Posted in: Baby-faced dad, 13, raises 'broken Britain' fears
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whitepocky
**Woman in Japan go into hospital early and take medicine to induce artificial labour **
Don't recollect my wife having to do such a thing.
A doctor will delivery the baby when its ready. Me & my wife had to pay a little extra for an out of hours delivery, but none-the-less was born in the small hours of the morning. What a nonce!!
Posted in: Mother and child die after birth in toilet in Aichi apartment
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whitepocky
It seems they just pluck some random people to advertise anything these days. What the relation between her and firefighters is I don't know. Of all the tarento, there must be one out there whose dad/brother/sister must be in part of the wellie wearing brigade!!!
Posted in: Megumi Yasu serves as poster girl for female firefighter recruitment drive
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whitepocky
Seems some people have the nicest ways in which to show their gratitude to their parents for all the work involved with raising them!!
Posted in: Man arrested for stabbing mother in Fukuoka home
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whitepocky
Japan lacks that killer ball that is going to unlock a stubborn defence. They perform poorly on the world stage because they can not penetrate the oppositions defence with speed and guile. All these nice passes to feet mean nothing when the opposition has two lines of four behind the ball.
So Australia came for the draw, what's wrong with that. As the home team it is Japan's priority to play attacking football and find that winning goal.
I wish Japan the best of luck for reaching the finals in SA, only so that there is some interest generated in this country. Trouble is I fear they will be on the first plane home when they come up against decent opposition.
Posted in: Japan, Australia draw 0-0 in World Cup qualifier
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whitepocky
Throw the book at 'em!!
Posted in: Australian police questioning two arson suspects
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whitepocky
Having to put strawberries on cakes; was this seasonal work as the old Xmas cake is only a 2mths a year job.
Posted in: Moe Oshikiri releases book detailing earlier hardships and how to find happiness
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whitepocky
Agree with wontond. Why don't they use actual female firefighters over some tarento bint!! As for reaching the magical mark of 100,000, I think that figure is a bit optimistic.
Posted in: Megumi Yasu serves as poster girl for female firefighter recruitment drive
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whitepocky
Considering the Japanese language has a richness of words already in existence there is no need for mi-ru-ku to be milk (gyunyu)
As for such words as ra-i-o-n to be lion (shishi) , biiru for beer (bakushu), and o-re-n-ji for orange (daidaiiro). Why the hell these words and many more like them have been erased from standard Japanese is a mystery!!! And the fact that many more standard words are entering conversational Japanese makes it all the more baffling e.g. ka- for car (kuruma). Raising a child in this country to speak proper English is difficult when they are surrounded by such incompetence. I suppose it's even worse when the children, who absorb language like a sponge may I add, have parents and teachers alike communicating this rubbish to them on a daily basis.
In short, if you were to pick the most common items a child will interact with/use/need on a daily basis, a high percentage of them are katakana based words. Brainwashing starts before they get to school. It starts at birth when the parents ask for the be-bi ka-, instead of the ubasha!!!!
Posted in: What's wrong with the way English is taught in Japan?
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whitepocky
*Kewell to miss game through injury * Hardly news. This seems to be the norm!!
Posted in: Australia's Kewell likely to miss World Cup qualifier against Japan
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whitepocky
You will also find that English is extensively taught not as an educational tool, but a vantage point to enter that all so prestigious school. Once there accepted, the knowledge taught quickly disappears.
Posted in: What's wrong with the way English is taught in Japan?
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whitepocky
Hit the nail on the head there Cleo. My neighbour pointed out the same thing in conversation just the other day. He described how Japanese can be said to be a visually learned language, whereas other languages, in this case English are more audio-orientated.
Posted in: What's wrong with the way English is taught in Japan?
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whitepocky
Learning a language in it's natural environment is key. The fact that everything is dubbed and/or edited with the use of that dreadful Katakana system makes it near impossible to learn. Given the choice, would you refer to your native language or a foreign one?? That coupled with the atrocious English signposting/labelling that is used to no effect here makes it all the more mind-boggling.
The English language is so rich in diversity that putting your head in the books for XX period of time is not sufficient to manage the complexity of innuendos, double-entendres and the like that makes up the core of the language. As a Brit. living here in Japan, our humour is somewhat wasted on this very lack of understanding.
Posted in: What's wrong with the way English is taught in Japan?
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whitepocky
I nearly mistaked this picture for an AKB48 concert. My god, what handsome chaps....
Posted in: Job rally
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whitepocky
With this level of thinking, perhaps every nation in the world should prop up the European economy for the mountain of things that our grandfathers made to benefit our lives today. Perhaps we should take 10% of everyone's train ticket and give it to the UK for funding early locomotives, or 10% to the Germans for their ingenious idea of developing the modern car. Honestly, what a nonce!!!
Posted in: Five-car pileup in Tokyo caused by 80-year-old driver