JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Core Developer - コアディベロッパー
- Midokura Japan K.K. - ミドクラジャパン株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M ~ ¥10.0M / Year Negotiable
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williamsmith
Crazy, absolutely crazy. Now we can definitely expect bottled water to have chemicals and drugs in them. Nothing in this world will be natural, pre or healthy. Drugs that keep you sick to keep you taking drugs.
Posted in: Otsuka Pharmaceutical takes 49% stake in French bottled water firm
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williamsmith
Someimes we introduce people in such a way: This is Mark, Mark's Australian. Or this is American Karl. Please meet British Bob, or this is my drunk British friend Bob. This normal. So what's wrong with Gaijin Joe?
Posted in: Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist?
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williamsmith
Using English as the reference for language, the word "gaijin" is racist and very non-PC.
Posted in: Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist?
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williamsmith
Barbarian: A member of a people considered by those of another nation or group to have a primitive civilization.
Posted in: Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist?
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williamsmith
No I don't see the difference. gaijin=outsider/alien=foreigner Is English less offensive than Japanese?
Posted in: Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist?
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williamsmith
What's your point?
Foreigner = a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien, a person from outside one's community.
Foreign = of, pertaining to, or derived from another country or nation; not native, not belonging to the place where found.
Posted in: Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist?
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williamsmith
I think in many cases Japanese treat "gaijin" better than they treat other Japanese. I wouldn't even mind if they called me "big round-eye whitey" or something else. In perspective Japan treats people quite nicely. Without perspective it is easy to complain. At least the word isn't pronounced "gay-jin".
Posted in: Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist?
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williamsmith
Problem = Greed, gluttony. Answer = Generosity.
Posted in: What is causing the global food price spike and what should be done about it?
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williamsmith
It won't make any difference. Crime will continue to rise because of the violence in the media. Publishing a name may even give some a sense of fame, not shame. Shame goes to all of us. Shame on you.
Posted in: Is there anything to be gained by the media reporting the names of minors involved in crimes?
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williamsmith
The same thing was asked about young women in the US. Actually young western men cook more than young western women now. This trend may or may not come to Japan, but young Japanese are only following the trend of the USA! Soon to come...violence and obesity. I Also think it is interesting how "young people" was interpreted as "young women".
Posted in: How come so many young people today don't know how to cook?
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williamsmith
I hate all Stallone movies. So stupid. I also hate that he is so stupid that he doesn't realize people might actually get information about the world in other ways than watching formulaic and mindless movies like his. I really don't think the people who have gone into any Rambo movie unaware of Burma will come out enlightened. What a load of....
Posted in: Rambo takes aim at Myanmar junta
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williamsmith
I would like to leave these kind of relief efforts up to our governments and the UN. I always feel worried that my individual donation is reduced to nothing as it changes through sticky hands. No doubt Burma's government is a disgrace, but the Burmese are beautiful and I hope the world's governments will offer any help that is needed.
Posted in: Do you think reports of the Myanmar junta hoarding cyclone relief aid and China's stance on Tibet will make people think twice about making donations to disaster relief in those two countries?
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williamsmith
Get some perspective! Is it so bad to not want to read a movie but to just watch and listen? And why do people figure that Japanese youth are less bright than, let's say the super brilliant youth of America? Or how about those fancy talking geniuses of Great Britain? Get over yourselves. By the way, Japan is the second biggest book market in the world. Japanese people are not dumbed down more than anywhere else, it is just a changing time. I won't know most of the popular singers or actors of even my parents time, just the most popular maybe. Also I'm not sure why everyone is so preoccupied with Nazis. Let it go and let's evolve already.
Posted in: 'What are Nazis?' Today's kids can't handle movie subtitles
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williamsmith
That grandfather must have felt very disappointed when he was dying.
Posted in: 16-yr-old boy held for allegedly beating grandfather to death in Kagawa
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williamsmith
Love.
Posted in: What advantages does married life offer in an era of increasing divorce rates?
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williamsmith
I think the pornographic movies need to stop censoring the vagina.
Posted in: What changes are needed in Japanese society to stop the falling birthrate?
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williamsmith
Good, I hope the Chinese situation continues to deteriorate. These Olympics should be a delicious disaster.
Posted in: Protests erupt at Carrefour stores in four Chinese cities
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williamsmith
I think old people should bring up children.
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williamsmith
I don't believe discipline of any kind is necessary. Discipline only teaches what to think, not how to think. We will not evolve if this idea of discipline is not discarded altogether.
Posted in: What are your views on parents hitting young children as a means of punishing or disciplining them?
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williamsmith
I don't believe Japanese people know how to ride bicycles. With or without iPods and mobile phones it is a disaster. Ever been to Osaka?
Posted in: What do you think of attempts by police to get people to stop using cell phones and listening to music while riding bicycles?