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  zaichik at 06:50 AM JST - 20th July

  Cleo has expressed perfectly my own feelings on translation. I hated my occasional forays into teaching at eikaiwa (primarily covering for friends while they were on holiday) and would walk barefoot over glass to avoid teaching English again.

  I used to work as an in-house translator for a research institute,…

  Posted in No substitute for human touch in translating at 06:50 AM JST - 20th July

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  zaichik at 08:32 AM JST - 18th July

  There's a certain market in Japan for ivory products for use in tea ceremony as well (tea scoops and chaire lids)

  Posted in Japan worried after China gets OK to import African ivory at 08:32 AM JST - 18th July

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  zaichik at 08:29 AM JST - 18th July

  My 8-year-old Sony Vaio is still going strong - primarily only used for surfing the net and listening to internet radio in the living room now, so that I don't have to be antisocial and withdraw to the study to look something up, but it still gets employed on occasion…

  Posted in Actress-pianist Nao Matsushita and model Izumi Mori introduce new VAIO laptop at 08:29 AM JST - 18th July

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  zaichik at 09:04 AM JST - 17th July

  Most of the NZ supermarkets do this - it's a pretty good incentive.

  Posted in Ito-Yokado to offer gasoline coupons at 09:04 AM JST - 17th July

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  zaichik at 01:56 PM JST - 16th July

  Most unfortunate, to say the least.

  I used to live in Joetsu....

  Posted in 2 workers die in explosion at Niigata pipeline construction site at 01:56 PM JST - 16th July

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  zaichik at 09:03 AM JST - 11th July

  I remember when Niigata's Daiei closed a couple of years ago - that was quite a shock and meant that there were no decent supermarkets in the Bandai area of town. The closure of these branches of Aeon could prove similarly inconvenient for people who perhaps don't have their own…

  Posted in Aeon to close 40 supermarkets at 09:03 AM JST - 11th July

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  zaichik at 08:59 AM JST - 11th July

  I guess my departure from Japan has caused Yebisu sales to drop :-)

  I'm surprised that Suntory has captured third place, though - I really don't think much of their beer....

  Posted in Suntory rises to 3rd in beer product market at 08:59 AM JST - 11th July

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  zaichik at 07:27 AM JST - 2nd July

  I wonder if it's a scam by health insurance companies to get a database of smokers.

  Wouldn't have thought so, since the J-govt (J-fu?) is the primary insurer for the majority of Japanese residents and there's no actual insurance approval involved for treatment.

  Do they accept dual tapaskonality, or do…

  Posted in 'Taspo' tobacco card introduced nationwide at 07:27 AM JST - 2nd July

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  zaichik at 07:24 AM JST - 2nd July

  I wonder if it's a scam by health insurance companies to get a database of smokers.

  Posted in 'Taspo' tobacco card introduced nationwide at 07:24 AM JST - 2nd July

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  zaichik at 07:22 AM JST - 2nd July

  There's little evidence to suggest that high tobacco prices due to high taxes actually deters most smokers - in a lot of cases, people just cut back on other areas of expenditure to finance their habit. A pack of 20 is getting on for $11 NZD (around the 1000 JPY…

  Posted in JT, farmers, stores' groups oppose tobacco tax hike at 07:22 AM JST - 2nd July