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The End of the Nikkei Visa?
A while back I wrote a post regarding the Ministry of Justice proposing changes to immigration/foreign worker policy, and specifically how the Nikkei (Japanese ancestral) visa will be affected. Gen Kanai left a comment on that post yesterday which I will reproduce here in full (the only change I made was to add hyperlinks and remove double hyphens because I think they might still cause problems in MT): J, I was holding back my opinion on this because I knew that there was information lacking. I’ll forward a review by Arudou Debito of the proposed changes. He was, like you, initially angered by the proposal, but after investigation into the…
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Independence
I miss big fireworks shows on the 4th of July at the beach every year. Hell, I miss just having the day off from work. Barbecue, longnecks, bottle rocket wars, I miss all of it. Y’all have a good time on my behalf, I think I will go out of my way to buy a bottle of shitty American beer at the convenience store and maybe light off some incense when I get home. On the brighter side of things, I intend on seeing a natural fireworks show as soon as I get to Thailand in October: The Naga Fireballs And I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to tell the…
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Promoting Decay
Article in question: “YouTube” Web site has Japan’s broadcasters in a tizzy “Piracy of web contents, both in Japan and abroad, has been increasing recently,” an NHK spokesperson tells Shukan Asahi. “NHK devotes time to confirming these violations one by one, and requests their removal. Even if extra efforts are involved, we believe that it serves as a discreet means of preventing illegal use of program contents.” Good luck with that, assholes. And stop coming around my house to beg for money to squander on this bullshit… Resistance is futile, biooootches! “One of Japan’s top promoters of showbiz talent, Johnny’s Jimusho, the office of Johnny Kitagawa, said it is mulling…
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Retirement Lawson
As if it wasn’t already official, convenience store chain Lawson has now sealed the fate for my beloved island as the Isle of Dentures (and Onions): Lawson opens 1st store tailored for elderly I am so gonna get the first photos of the brown Lawson sign up on the net. w00t. BTW, Awaji-shi is the new name for the area of the island north of Sumoto, including Tsuna-cho, Higashiura, Hokudan, and Iwaya. UPDATE: Oh no, I’ve been scooped! So I imagine photos are online at some Japanese news site, as well. Oh well, I’m just gonna have to make up for it by taking really good photos, say of an…
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Ocean Odyssey
I have just watched possibly the best ocean documentary, ever. That’s pretty much all I can say, because it just completely blew me away. Well, on second thought, I guess I can quickly describe it as a two-part show (1 hour each) that traces the life and amazing journeys of a sperm whale. I should also add that this show features some of the best computer graphics I have ever seen in the sense that the models are just real enough – they aren’t too real so as to seem spooky ala the Uncanny Valley effect, but they were good enough in places to make me wonder if it was…
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Sumoto River Barge
I took my camera to work last Thursday so I could snap some photos on the way home. This is a construction barge that’s been scooping mud from the river bed in the city’s effort to deepen it, as an anti-flooding measure. There was a huge school of mullet fingerlings under a bridge I crossed, where two branches of the river merge and the current runs strongest. Another shot of the barge, and the adjacent “dump boat,” taken from the opposite bridge. The high resolution shots are available here: 2006 Sumoto River
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obvious conclusion
me: i need to delete this chat later Taro: hahaha why? me: or my grandchildren will know what a disgusting old man their grandfather is when they go through my gmail account Taro: How? me: you can access all of your past chat sessions through gmail look at the Chat item in the menu on the left Taro: oh but it was not me it was not written by Taro. me: holy shit, I am not me, either! who the fuck is taro? who the fuck are you? Taro: I dont know me: dont write depraved shit here! Taro: maybe somebody just broke in this chat me: hah you’re a…
