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Junior High School & High school l teachers not only have to teach their classes, they also have to coach the various clubs after school & weekends. Even though many of them no nothing of the sport or whatever it is they're coaching. & they move to different clubs every year or 2. My nephew, a junior high teacher, leaves @ 7am & returns from work past 9pm every day. Also has to go in on weekends as there are clubs to coach.

Instead of the bulletin boards, maybe they could use that money to hold debates , so we could actually hear their policies instead of just seeing their faces & names.

Electrify it. That will shock the tourists.

Newborns will be growing up with AI music, so they will be content with it.

I was always under the impression that Sapporo was the 1st brewery in Japan, but with these dates it would mean for sure that Copeland & Kirin were the 1st.

I just don't understand why people would want Lawson in the foreground of a photo of the beautiful Mt. Fuji.

The problem with "shoganai" is they use it wayyyy too much. They say it w/out even trying to fix or alleviate the problem.

Besides the bears and the inoshishi, crows seriously need to be culled as well. They're taking over cities.

They have to start the allowance much much earlier. Potential parents are thinking more about the immediate future. Nursery schools are expensive. New clothes basically every year because they're growing. Etc....

It's their country so it's fine to do it here, but they should avoid it when traveling overseas.

I also believe when slurping you also get in some of the broth. In the states, as kids, we'd blow on the noodles to cool em off, but then they lose lots of the broth flavor.

I would think some are & some aren't. intern trainees are used in most places. It can be a win win. Trainees get some free training & trainers get some free labor. Pretty sure there are some companies out there abusing the system though.

Sure was hoping for some new blood ( teams) in the SB. Oh well. Maybe next year :-(

Exactly. Should have just adjusted the greeting to fit the situation. Warm message from the Emperor soothes many.

Key here is "synthetic". That's the problem.

Excellent article for front page news during the holidays.

Jetstar is an LCC . So, if everyone doesn't mind the prices going up then they'll be able to pay better wages.

BigP. I haven't heard anything from my Honda dealer yet.

2 things: The Dodgers instantly gained basically 120 million new fans with the 3rd largest GDP in the world. Great investment. & I'd rather see the players get the $$$ than the billionaire owners.

Probably best to skip both of them & go with the Independent party.

Just the way the 21st century is. You can worry about it all you want, but that's not going to change anything.

I have a question. Someone here is saying that there was luck involved in finding finding the Japanese fleet.

If they had cracked the code, wouldn't America then be able to find the fleet?

Gaypen,

Have you ever seen the moon when it is rising or setting? Quite the yolk color.

This is why they are not being culled. Something has to be done though.

It may seem like the crow has a negative association, that could not be further from the truth. Japanese culture places a great emphasis on these birds and they believe that they symbolize gratitude, guidance, divineness and good luck.

Yatagarasu (八咫烏) is a mythical crow and a guiding god in Shinto mythology. During Emperor Jimmu's Eastern Expedition, he was guided from the Kumano Region to Yamato Province by Yatagarasu, who was sent by Takamimusubi.

As their plan is to charge a high entrance fee for Japanese, their obvious goal is overseas gamblers coming in. Gamblers do spend lots of money, but I wouldn't think they'd be the best type of tourists you'd like in your country.

J Gov always complaining, rightly so, about these missile tests & so freezes certain funds. But, if I'm not mistaken, the bulk of the Pachinko profits, which are mainly owned by the North Koreans, goes to NK. Can't understand why they don't put a stop to that. Profits in the billions from pachinko.

I put my napkin in the garbage bin on the way out. Extremely simple to do.

Meiyouwenti I wonder why you got some thumbs down on your comment as it's a fact that many Pachinko parlors are owned by N Koreans & the profits are sent back to NK. Possibly they just don't know the facts.

The school told the board of education that the student had not explained "his ethnic background and the reason for wearing cornrows."

If find it extremely hard to believe that the school didn't know his ethnic background.

His approval ratings are up because the Japanese are all giddy about winning the WBC tourney. Smartest thing he's done yet was inviting them to visit him after the wine.

Usually if you kill 2 or more in Japan you hang. I wonder how he avoided the hangman?