JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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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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yasukuni
I was waiting for a woman to say "That explains why I always thought men were idiots when I talked with them".
Actually it's worse in Japan with all the shy guys. No wonder people find it hard to get married. Women's beauty is highly overrated anyway. You soon get used to it then you have to live with what's behind the face.
Posted in: Men act stupid when talking to beautiful women, study shows
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yasukuni
Yes, probably some of them will seek help. Many of them never had to work because Daddy paid the mortgage, and there was always Mom to bring them their food to their rooms.
It's great to be able to afford the luxury of doing absolutely nothing. TV, internet, free food and laundry service, but if you like you can go down the road to the combini for smokes and beer.
Inter-family violence will increase when the parents of the hikkikomori get older.
Posted in: 'Hikikomori' disorder could complicate Japan quake recovery
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yasukuni
Interestingly enough, Mormon missionaries all left Tokyo. Not on bikes either!
Posted in: Why did those foreigners who decided to leave Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 disaster come in for so much derision from some people who labeled them with words like 'flyjin?'
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yasukuni
@nemuregaijin. I just got back to this thread noticing that you took a lot of offense at one of my posts... Wow 367 posts!!
Look, I'll say it again. I don't blame people for going to Osaka, Okinawa or Orange County. I really don't. The only time offline I heard the word "flyjin" is when someone used it to describe themselves and they laughed! And I didn't condemn them. I actually understood how they felt.
As for my "meiwaku" comment, I wasn't saying ALL who left caused problems by leaving!!! I was just mentioning a Japanese girl I know who I worked with who was sad that her students left, have still no come back, and there has been no contact. I am NOT saying all, or even 10% of "flyjin" caused meiwaku or any kind of problem. I have no idea! I even explained to my friend that some people were freaked out and left as fast as they could.
So, I don't think my post was really that disgraceful. Let's just put it this way. A lot of people who left are glad they left and are happy to feel safer back home.. That's cool. Nobody says gaijin have to come to Japan and live their whole lives here. Second, some left then came back and think they didn't have to leave in the first place. But some also feel that it was better to get out of the country for a while. Heck, holidays are nice.
This is obviously a super sensitive issue for some. I guess I'm the kind of person who doesn't take offense...gaijin, eigojin, haafu, flyjin. I think there are worse things you can be called.
I dunno, I just hope the economy gets better, people get new housing, everyone gets genki, and the guys working at Fukushima stay healthy. Peace.
Posted in: Why did those foreigners who decided to leave Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 disaster come in for so much derision from some people who labeled them with words like 'flyjin?'
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yasukuni
@stevecpfc. Maybe you can call yourself a toughguy-jin. Or a nofly-jin.
Posted in: Why did those foreigners who decided to leave Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 disaster come in for so much derision from some people who labeled them with words like 'flyjin?'
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yasukuni
This is the most telling comment on all of the threads.
"as a journo, I know to take what I read with a pinch of salt"
Quote of the year. Maybe "as a journo" you should do the right thing and start a campaign to call for honest reporting. And start with yourself. Is it such a crazy idea that people want to believe what they read and hear in the media - especially when they are making decisions about leaving a country temporarily or permanently.
Hopefully the world can clean up the media AND Fukushima at the same time. I wonder which would be harder?
Posted in: Why did those foreigners who decided to leave Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 disaster come in for so much derision from some people who labeled them with words like 'flyjin?'
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yasukuni
@horrified.
Your post made a lot of sense. I won't use the term flyjin even in jest from now on.
Posted in: Why did those foreigners who decided to leave Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 disaster come in for so much derision from some people who labeled them with words like 'flyjin?'
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yasukuni
@nemuregaijin.
Maybe a letter, email, phone call from the other country would have been a nice courtesy. They had been taught by this girl for some time. On the Friday of the earthquake, she wanted to just go home but she stayed and looked after kids and made sure they got home. Next week they just didn't come. As you say, they had their reasons, but a lot of Japanese who teach take the relationship perhaps more seriously than gaijin, and thought there would have been at least some notice.
My biggest problem with "flyjin" is that their leaving was meiwaku for lots of people who stayed and had to cover for them. If they come back they should acknowledge it. Some people wanted to leave but stayed out for good reasons. The worst thing is when flyjin caused problems by leaving, come back and want to be treated well, and then had the gall to accuse those who stayed of not caring about their kids.
Personally I have never called anyone a flyjin, and at first I thought it was just a joke. The only person I heard talk about flyjin referred to themselves as one and laughed about it.
Anyway, flyjin, gaijin, cryjin - who cares. Let's just stay safe and build a safer, happier Japan. Being called a flyjin is not such a horrible thing compared with what a lot of people have gone through. Harden up, princesses.
Posted in: Why did those foreigners who decided to leave Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 disaster come in for so much derision from some people who labeled them with words like 'flyjin?'
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yasukuni
I agree. Keep it there forever so people never forget.
Just make sure they secure it well, and make sure kids don't play around in or near before they do.
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yasukuni
People just seem to love bashing other people. Nobody could be PM now and have everyone happy. That's the nature of disasters.
Posted in: Gov't under fire for disaster response; TEPCO chief heckled in Diet
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yasukuni
Yep. There are a lot of Japanese pretty hurt that foreigners just left without saying anything. I know a girl pretty upset that there was not even a goodbye -thanks for everything until now. Just, not turning up.
But there were some pretty scared people back then. Watching explosions at nuclear power plants on TV is no fun.
Posted in: Why did those foreigners who decided to leave Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 disaster come in for so much derision from some people who labeled them with words like 'flyjin?'
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yasukuni
Can't win. Obama gets in trouble for bowing too low, now Clinton gets in trouble for being too touchy/kissy.
Maybe they both just did what they felt like. And in both cases it's not Japanese who are offended but a few Americans. That's the strangest thing.
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yasukuni
Guys groping on trains is disturbing enough - but really crazy when it's police and legal people doing it.
Posted in: Assistant prosecutor arrested for allegedly groping woman on train
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yasukuni
@Sarge. Yes, you are right.
I was intoxicated when I wrote that post, and don't remember writing it. I'm very sorry if anyone was offended by it.
Posted in: Assistant prosecutor arrested for allegedly groping woman on train
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yasukuni
Only two types of males in this world. Those who grope and those who control themselves.
Posted in: Assistant prosecutor arrested for allegedly groping woman on train
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yasukuni
Dangerous alright. If you stay, be strong.
Posted in: M7.0 quake jolts eastern Japan; two killed
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yasukuni
Good news. An aftershock of that size was to be expected but the damage was minimal. Japanese and gaijin of all different religious and political persuasions - we will get through this.
Posted in: 4 killed, 141 injured after 7.4 quake hits Miyagi Pref, vicinity
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yasukuni
"And now the North American grain belt is at stake, and, that is the worlds food supply. They have to vaporize those reactors through nuclear detonations. And they have to do it right now."
Okay, at first I thought this was a joke. But with all the crazy things that people are saying I'm not so sure. If it was satire, it was brilliant.
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yasukuni
I wish people wouldn't immediately jump on the parents. I watch my kids and am pretty paranoid, but I can tell you that some kids can run or hide or whatever in about a three second lapse. Yes, the parents could have been irresponsible and been not watching. Or the child could have gone around a machine and then out of sight in a few seconds.
Some kids like to play like that. (yes I know you can do this or that...but I've yet to meet a parent who hasn't experienced losing a child somewhere even if it's only for one minute only to find them in the next aisle or hiding behind something).
The lesson that has to be learned and it's sad but necessary is that there are obviously disgustingly rotten men out there who are just waiting to molest a child, and they no doubt frequent places like that.
So, as I say to my wife, if you can't see the child, assume the worse.
Good on the girl for crying, and good on the shop assistant for following his instincts.
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yasukuni
It's all very simple isn't it. You humans over there, stop burning things that are important to other people. And, then you humans over there, stop murdering innocent people in retaliation when people in another country burn books that are important to you.
Burning korans, bibles, flags, Justin Bieber posters should stop. But, how do you reason with people who will kill over it. Terry Jones is a clown. But, I'd rather live next to him than the people who would riot and kill over it.
Couldn't they just burn Terry Jones photos? Scary world.
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