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    It was really foolish of me to write what I wrote without elaborating, but there's no need for an explanation. Because it doesn't matter. Life gets in the way. I may be on here from time to time, but most likely just moving on.

     

    Sayonara.

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    Not sure if you are referring to the United States when you say "my country," but we certainly have unpaid overtime. It's called a salary...In most cases you are expected to to work over time there, or really whatever it takes to get the job done. I know that when my father was working her worked about 50-55 hours a week normally and my girlfriend who is a middle school teacher between actually teaching, lesson planning, and grading works about 60 hours a week. I certainly don't like Japan's work culture, but their overtime policy doesn't seem that insane.

     

     

    From my understanding this was brought in to law after WWII when Japan was under US occupation. I don't know the reason the law was enacted, but it was. Lots of people find this law to be terrible, but the problem is that no one is willing to bring it up or challenge it. They don't want to be the politician that want to change the censorship law.

     

    Oh, yeah, I am speaking of the US. Thanks for the reminder about salary... I totally forgot about salary pay and how that works in the US. I've heard that jobs in Japan that aren't based off a salary system tend to not pay for overtime like in the US. But of course, that's from only what I've heard.

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    I've heard they work overtime because they don't get shit done in time. :'D Like seriously, they like, nap and have breaks every hour and talk with their co-workers more than actually do work, so to do a task meant for that day takes 12 hours rather than normal 8. So... kinda their own fault to be overworked.

     

    Can this also be a "what is weird about Japan" thread? Because, you know, a specific fetish for striped panties only exists in Japan. No kidding here. I've got nothing against that, but... just... it's so... it's such a detailed thing. 

     

    I have a Japanese friend who told me the overtime thing is expected of you whether you work hard or not. And I have another friend who did study abroad in Japan for a year or so and had various jobs in Japan. And from what I've read that's what it seems like, but of course, I could be mistaken. But the karoushi thing is a serious problem in Japan.

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    Not a fan of Japan's work culture. When you work overtime, it is expected of you and from what I've heard you usually don't get paid for that overtime. No wonder why many Japanese men and women die of being overworked. If you work overtime in my country, by law you have to be paid double for every hour you work over 40 hours or something like that. It's illegal to not be paid overtime. And that should be the same in Japan.

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    And what is the hype for Kiryu? A lot of their music sounds the same to me and their singers voice is kind of annoying at times.

     

     

    I second this. I've never gotten the hype over Kiryu. Can someone explain this? I was so surprised to see a preview of a live DVD of theirs and to see so many fans in the audience. 

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    Trying to get into more jpop.  The groups, artists, w/e I dig right now are:

     

    Azuma Hitomi

    BENI

    BoA

    FLOW

    Home Made Kazoku

    ICONIQUE

    Koda Kumi

    melody.

    MINMI

    Namie Amuro

    STYLE FIVE

    Tommy February6

    Utada Hikaru

    Yamashita Tomohisa

     

    So, based on those, does anyone have any recommendations?   Even God doesn't know everything...

    btw, I don't really like Ayumi Hamasaki, so I guess keep that in mind.

     

    I personally enjoy HEAD SPEAKER, bomi, and yun*chi.

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