JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Part Time Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥9,000 / Day per 4 class shift
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Yes, I've been feeling the ground moving every day & night since Jan. 1st. Am I a dog? I've become very sensitive....even today I asked my wife while we were sitting under the kotasu table if she felt movement.
Actually, the ground is always moving but as most said, we don't normally feel it. I know the bumps of the street if the cars or trucks pass by or the wind (since I live in a old house)...but it is/was the ground beneath moving. I did manage to capture the March 11th on video cam here as it happened. And on a few other occasions as well. Had my camera on the kotatsu on Jan. 1st but was charging my battery. Still had time to go into the kitchen and run upstairs and film the monitors swaying back and forth...
Posted in: 6,757 aftershocks felt in Japan from March 11 until Dec 31
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ummmm don't know where he got his cash. perhaps if it wasn't taxed beforehand...well...that's a problem. But, actually, do you think it's wrong to save your cash at home? I don't think so. In my case I just make enough to live on, but find no wrong doing if ya want to keep your cash at home. What is the interest rate anyways? ¥0.025?
Posted in: Ozawa: Nothing unusual about keeping Y400 mil in cash at home
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Speed Test here: (Mac) or.... http://www.speedtest.net/
I use JCom 160 mbs cable for the net.
My speed test showed: 40.25 Mbps DL 6.20 Mbps UL
One never gets the full speed as advertised.
Though I feel it's pretty fast.
Posted in: NTT Com's Japan-U.S. backbone bandwidth reaches 600 Gbps
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An excellent lunar show. I sat outside and watched almost the whole eclipse. I took about 45 minutes of video the video is O.K., but not as clear as the naked eye. I had to run into the house to charge the two extra batteries and ran back out in a flash to change them. The moon was high in the sky. Some wispy clouds swept in during the first 20 minutes or so given it a mysterious look. The half time shadow was distinct. Not so cold either. What a great experience.
Posted in: Sky-watchers get rare treat: total lunar eclipse
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Please please I need the yen rate to go up to ¥120 to the $.... Who controls this? Heard way back when (1983~) the yen was ¥150 to the dollar, everything would be fine....and now in 2011 Honda, Nissan & Toyota loses $400,000,000 dollars for each yen increase. And they say China is manipulating the currency.
Posted in: Japan unlikely to win currency 'war of nerves' against speculators: analysts
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I stop stop after just one kiss....
Posted in: Nice offer
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I heard about 3?% of soldiers coming back from Iraq are homeless...with no jobs or benefits....thank you America for bringing a nice word called, "Democracy" to a country that doesn't have hardly any....shit, America still censors pictures and words and giving the finger as if no-one knows what that means...
Posted in: Obama announces total U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq by year's end
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tax and legalize drugs...then we'd have enough for free medical, education and a few who would probably die from using too much...ummm cigarettes & alcohol are O.K. though.....duped or a good pay off?
Posted in: Japanese woman sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug smuggling
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Wish the yen rate would go up to at least ¥110 to the dollar. (Yes, I'm dreaming) Some (most of) my savings is in Dollars (from my Ma passing away)...and I sure ain't gonna change it at this yen rate...
Posted in: Japan to take 'decisive action' against yen's rise: report
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"Mission Accomplished" ???? yeah, help break down the US economy.... what a waste of tax payer money. Did they ever find that pallet load of new $100 dollar bills that somehow got misplaced? A car bombing last week, still hundreds dying. One person in the US might be assassinated (not even an American nor from a Democratic country) and we want to start the "War" machine. Power outages. Originally had a No-Fly zone in northern Iraq to give our help to the Kurds...and now what? We sure don't help them now when Turkey is going into Iraq to chase the Kurds down....ummmm
Posted in: Obama announces total U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq by year's end
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Sure wish the yen would go up to ¥110 to a dollar.
Posted in: G7 ready to fight excessive currency moves: Japan
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I don't mind paying a higher tax for such things (I don't want to pay taxes for the arms race). But, I think the higher income people should take a little more responsibility to pay more taxes. Me, I living almost to the poverty level now. Hope Japan isn't like America in this sense. G.E. makes millions and doesn't pay any taxes. And the rich use loopholes to get out of paying taxes. Then they wonder why America is having problems.
Posted in: The government is considering the introduction of a new tax to finance the huge costs of reconstruction in the Tohoku region following last month's earthquake and tsunami. What are your thoughts on such a tax?
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The "Sun" my friends. An hour extra of light. Great...offices, streetlights won't need to be on. And we can stay at the beach until almost 9:00PM instead of 7:30.
Posted in: Do you think switching to daylight saving time in summer in Japan will help ease the power shortage?
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I'm always hearing announcements over the town loudspeakers whether it be, we just had another aftershock and take care of your kitchen appliances, stove and gas or there's going to be a power outage from 6:20~10:00AM...although my power never went off. I see the train lines listed which are running or at what percent on TV. Most of this at the town level. Oh, here comes an announcement now. They start at distant loudspeakers about one kilo away and get closer after about the third or fourth time. This is about TEPCO rolling outage and the area of town and time affected....I haven't seen any looting either. As far as English info. Well, the net magazines and news sites have lots of English. NHK BS1 runs a sub channel in all English... I'm living...but not working. No big gripes yet.
Posted in: What do you think of the Japanese government's response to the earthquake-tsunami disaster so far?
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I wonder how much meth she had on her. Here in J-Land if they find any amount, even if it is NOT enough to even get high on, you are busted. KInd of a waste of time and tax payer money.
Posted in: Komukai denies drug allegations; says she is not afraid of arrest
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There are lots of Chinese illegals in Japan. And probably she didn't want to go back to China I'd figure.
Posted in: Chinese woman goes missing after security inspection at Narita Airport
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I have a regular yen account and another one that is in dollars. I went to the bank to cash a $630.00 income tax (govt) checkto put in my regular account...besides the terrible yen rate which would really have given me about $500.00 worth of yen they also wanted a ¥3,100 transfer fee. Glad I forgot my inken (stamp) and didn't do it. I had my friend deposit in his American bank account to get the whole $630.00, sorry to say the yen rate for dollars now is (at the bank) about ¥79.?? bad bad bad...
Posted in: What do you think of the banking system in Japan? What are the pros and cons?
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ah come on "accidents will happen"!
Posted in: 11-year-old boy playing on roof falls to death
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About time America has apologized for something they've done wrong....Never heard any apology about Vietnam....I guess they are still chasing the Commies...
Posted in: U.S. apologizes for attack on Pakistani soldiers
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Democracy in America are the "Lobbyist" who collect money for the senate's or congress's vote.... with nothing to do with what the people voted for...
Posted in: Do you think democracy is the best form of government?