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Fear for jobs ignites "English crisis" in Japan

 
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World Traveler



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:39 pm    Post subject: Fear for jobs ignites "English crisis" in Japan Reply with quote

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Now nearly half of Japanese companies planning new hiring require applicants to be "business English users" - a big rise from 16 percent in July 2009, she said.


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As a result, Japan's foreign language education market is growing, with learners more than willing to fork out plenty of money on lessons, DVDs or e-learning.


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"The English crisis shows the rapidly changing environment Japanese firms face. Most Japanese businessmen, for a long time, avoided an English-speaking environment," Gaba's Kamiyama said.

"But they now know that they can't stay that way... It's been a real kick in the pants for them."


http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/22/uk-japan-english-idUSLNE78L02A20110922
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Ineverlie&I'malwaysri



Joined: 09 Aug 2011

PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For a long time I thought about making the transition to Japan, and this article makes it seem like now would be a good time to do it IF it were not for the fact that most of the main island has now been contaminated from the Fukushima disaster, and food grown there is still being around the whole country. Maybe when all that goes away in a milion years or so...
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The Floating World



Joined: 01 Oct 2011
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ineverlie&I'malwaysri wrote:
For a long time I thought about making the transition to Japan, and this article makes it seem like now would be a good time to do it IF it were not for the fact that most of the main island has now been contaminated from the Fukushima disaster, and food grown there is still being around the whole country. Maybe when all that goes away in a milion years or so...


Is it really that bad? Shocked Confused
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ZIFA



Joined: 23 Feb 2011
Location: Dici che il fiume..Trova la via al mare

PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome. This might actually start to take some pressure off the korean market.
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The Floating World



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Japanese prime minister drinks Fukashima water

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15533018

Can't be that bad eh?
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Ineverlie&I'malwaysri



Joined: 09 Aug 2011

PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Floating World wrote:
Japanese prime minister drinks Fukashima water

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15533018

Can't be that bad eh?

Your article says the water had been decontaminated first, but even then he was nervous drinking it. Anyway, they also told us that Chernobyl had little effect on human health.

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�less than 50 deaths have been directly attributed� to that disaster and �a total of up to 4,000 people could eventually die of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.�
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"They�re lying,� says Dr. Janette Sherman, a toxicologist and contributing editor of the book Chernobyl: The Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment� published by the New York Academy of Sciences in 2009. Using medical data from between 1986 and 2004, its authors, a team of European scientists, determines that 985,000 people died worldwide from the radioactivity discharged from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

The Fukushima disaster will have a comparable toll, expects Dr. Sherman, who has conducted research into the consequences of radiation for decades. �People living closest to the plants who receive the biggest doses will get sick sooner. Those who are farther away and receive lesser doses will get sick at a slower rate,� she says.

We�ve known about radioactive isotopes for decades,� says Dr. Sherman. �I worked for the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1950s and we knew about the effects then. To ignore the biology is to our peril. This is not new science. Cesium-137 goes to soft tissue. Strontium-90 goes to the bones and teeth. Iodine-131 goes to the thyroid gland.� All have been released in large amounts in the Fukushima disaster since it began on March 11. There will inevitably be cancer and other illnesses� as well as genetic effects� as a result of the substantial discharges of radioactivity released from Fukushima, says Dr. Sherman. �People in Japan will be the most impacted but the radiation has been spreading worldwide and will impact life worldwide.�


http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/06/16-4
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Butterfly



Joined: 02 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I suppose one of the very few benefits of this stupid, charlatan-infested, low-status, unappreciative industry is that the more crappy things get in the world, the more people feel they need to improve their skills. I guess that's the sting in our tail. I hope anyone who makes the transition to Japan get their work's worth.
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The Floating World



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ineverlie&I'malwaysri wrote:
The Floating World wrote:
Japanese prime minister drinks Fukashima water

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15533018

Can't be that bad eh?

Your article says the water had been decontaminated first, but even then he was nervous drinking it. Anyway, they also told us that Chernobyl had little effect on human health.

Quote:
�less than 50 deaths have been directly attributed� to that disaster and �a total of up to 4,000 people could eventually die of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.�
...


"They�re lying,� says Dr. Janette Sherman, a toxicologist and contributing editor of the book Chernobyl: The Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment� published by the New York Academy of Sciences in 2009. Using medical data from between 1986 and 2004, its authors, a team of European scientists, determines that 985,000 people died worldwide from the radioactivity discharged from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

The Fukushima disaster will have a comparable toll, expects Dr. Sherman, who has conducted research into the consequences of radiation for decades. �People living closest to the plants who receive the biggest doses will get sick sooner. Those who are farther away and receive lesser doses will get sick at a slower rate,� she says.

We�ve known about radioactive isotopes for decades,� says Dr. Sherman. �I worked for the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1950s and we knew about the effects then. To ignore the biology is to our peril. This is not new science. Cesium-137 goes to soft tissue. Strontium-90 goes to the bones and teeth. Iodine-131 goes to the thyroid gland.� All have been released in large amounts in the Fukushima disaster since it began on March 11. There will inevitably be cancer and other illnesses� as well as genetic effects� as a result of the substantial discharges of radioactivity released from Fukushima, says Dr. Sherman. �People in Japan will be the most impacted but the radiation has been spreading worldwide and will impact life worldwide.�


http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/06/16-4


Man.

Could it spread to Korea? Will it effect ME? I've ben here since the event happened and only a cpl hours inland from the East Coast too.
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sirius black



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The interesting thing is if you read the Japanese threads on here when people ask about going there, there are a lot of negatives being said. Some positives but enough negatives to give you pause. However, when ever I have spoken to anyone working there on a one to one basis, I hear the opposite.

A friend worked in Korea and told me it was a good gig. I read this forum and started to have second thoughts. He told me to ignore those that post on here because they only complain.

He was sooo right. I have had a great experience working and living here overall.

I assume the same for Japan. If it was so bad then why are the people who are living there and posting negative things still working there? Why haven't they gone to Korea or Taiwan? Maybe some don't want people to come to see how good it is.
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Stout



Joined: 28 May 2011

PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ran into a couple of Jpn girls tonight. Asked the one from Osaka, aren't things okay since Kansai is so far from Fukushima?

She got a soulful look in her eyes and stated that it's just a matter of time before signficant doses of radiation make their way into the water and food down there as well.
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hagwonnewbie



Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Asia

PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds trippy.

Anyhoo 80 yen to a dollar vs 1150 won. I might do it for a year...
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travel zen



Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada

PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ESL Teaching? Are you under 40 ?

My advice:

Have fun, teach, kiss and use tongue, travel and meet people.....then return home with lotsa money and put down roots back home.

Don't waste too much time out there....even if you've married out there.

Just my advice peoples Very Happy
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