JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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yokomoc
Here's another one on how poor they are at predicting sovereign default
http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904823804576502481646797782.html?mod=WSJhpLEFTTopStories&mg=reno-wsj
Posted in: Moody's cuts Japan debt rating by one notch to Aa3
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yokomoc
The ratings agencies have power that isn't in line with their competence, integrity or level of accountability. They make money from the same companies they give ratings to - it's a total conflict of interest - but not enough money to hire the best people.
This is a good article on it I came across this morning. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/aug/22/ratings-agencies-conflict-of-interest
Posted in: Moody's cuts Japan debt rating by one notch to Aa3
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yokomoc
Toilets
Posted in: In what technological or scientific fields is Japan still ahead of the rest of the world?
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yokomoc
Unless it's sustained for a long period this is meaningless. It'll be another 2-3yen bump then back to where you were a week later, with a tidy little loss locked in.
Posted in: Japan ready to act over yen's historic rise
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yokomoc
And if you take 14:36 and turn it around you get 63:41, then if you add the last three number you get 68 - 6.8 the magnitude of the quake. I think you guys are onto something, I really do.
Posted in: M6.8 quake jolts Fukushima, Miyagi prefectures
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yokomoc
Declaring this minutes after the quake? Good to see they're as thorough with their inspections as always.
Posted in: M6.8 quake jolts Fukushima, Miyagi prefectures
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yokomoc
And this is why you keep your rants on Twitter.
Posted in: Australian man fired for Facebook rant
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yokomoc
Yesterday was a scorcher but it's forecast rain tonight then cooler temps (under 30C) for the rest of the week so the supply should be fine for now.
Posted in: Power consumption peaks in TEPCO service area
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yokomoc
I agree Ishihara should step down and let a woman take over.
Posted in: Ishihara recommends World Cup team captain Sawa for PM's job
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yokomoc
Or he could simply have been monitoring for illegal dumping.
Posted in: Patrol officer arrested over convenience store toilet camera in Kagawa
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yokomoc
They'd have to change the All Blacks to the Blue Balls
Posted in: All Blacks fans reject no-sex campaign during World Cup
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yokomoc
Serrano, I posted a graph in the last post showing month-on-month changes in the unemployment rate and I'm perfectly aware that the rate is much higher now than at the point Bush left office, but if you don't understand the concept of momentum I'm wasting my time here.
Posted in: Obama hits Republicans on anti-tax stance
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yokomoc
He inherited an economy that was rapidly hemorrhaging jobs, the loss of which slowed down almost exactly when he took over from Bush.
http://adage.com/images/bin/image/6-us-employment-chart-417.jpg
Posted in: Obama hits Republicans on anti-tax stance
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yokomoc
How so? You think he can circumvent income tax? Legally? Companies that try that usually end up on the wrong end of the IRS in time (if not the law) with penalties attached and I doubt Buffett is that unscrupulous. It's also still missing the point, even with a reduced income tax rate if that was somehow doable, it would still be well above the capital gains tax.
Posted in: Obama hits Republicans on anti-tax stance
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yokomoc
Long-term capital gains tax is 15% in the US to my understanding, well below income tax rates. The article you linked to is pure fluff and simply wrong - Buffett is discussing taxable income which excludes anything he's "holding onto forever".
Posted in: Obama hits Republicans on anti-tax stance
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yokomoc
I think you've missed the point here, his income comes from his personal investments and not from a salary. To tie a salary to the performance of the BH investment portfolio would still incur the standard income tax rates. That's the point he's making - those with more money and who earn there income more from investments than from their salary are subject to lower tax rates.
Posted in: Obama hits Republicans on anti-tax stance
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yokomoc
This was going to be a charity match for Street League International which helps young out-of-work people turn their lives around. A bit of irony there.
Posted in: Cameron vows `fightback' as Birmingham seethes
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yokomoc
Bluesafteypin, you seem to have misread my post and taken it as a slight on Japanese people in general. "Sad, sad people" is directed specifically at the people who attended the rally. You then call it "pathetic parade of delusional nationalism" so we're in agreement here.
Posted in: Anti-Korean Wave in Japan turns political
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yokomoc
Nobody's questioning their freedom of speech, just flabbergasted at their warped sense of what is important.
Posted in: Anti-Korean Wave in Japan turns political
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yokomoc
The protest was on Sunday afternoon so unlikely they were all unemployed. Just sad people with nothing useful to do at the weekend.
Posted in: Anti-Korean Wave in Japan turns political