@JapanIntercult As a SHS teacher in Osaka, based on my experience, there hasn’t been any forbidding to students dating. At most, schools may separate them when making homeroom classes the following year to avoid any potential issues with the class atmosphere
@kansaibeyond If it helps (& it’s the prefectural job that I think it is), it sounds like other reapplying veterans I know also have no idea on what the interview is asking either- just prep some general activity/teaching ideas based on the passage they sent? Good luck! 😊
My latest in the Japan Times, on Japan's re-entry ban on foreign residents. This situation dragging on so long is doing real damage to Japan's reputation and ability to attract foreign businesses and talent. https://t.co/DBKIxTZwPF
NHK apologizes for controversial video on anti-racism movement. The broadcaster deleted the video introduced in its Sunday news program following criticism including from the U.S., as offensive and... racist. It was supposed to educate people about racism. https://t.co/My9sNe2PGg
The next one is another favorite of mine as an interpreter w/ Turkish in their language combination: simultaneous between languages w/ inverse structure. I'd like to share w/ you 3 graphs that show a sentence translated from French, German & Turkish into English:
Sharp had a lottery to sell 30,000 boxes of masks in Japan- 4,706,000 people applied. 0.64% chance of being able to buy a box if you managed to access the website and apply #SHARPマスク#シャープマスク
"The Korean government gave power to the disease control center, not to politicians," Lee told Nikkei. "Whereas in Japan, the bureaucracy just supported the political decisions of the Abe government."
My latest
https://t.co/rclHY58Jz6
Brutal assessment of the Abe administration's handling of the #coronavirus outbreak.
Taiwan hired experts, Japan relied on LDP ministers.
https://t.co/2kOhe6ifKQ
Head of Public Health in Saitama (which has much lower numbers than Tokyo) admits withholding PCR tests because they don't want hospitals flooded 保健所長、pcr検査拒否「病院があふれるのが嫌で厳しめにやっていた」と白状 https://t.co/DfKySqtBb1
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son: "In the United States, they put Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in charge of fighting the coronavirus. Why has Japan put our Minister for Economic Revitalization in charge?" (MP) #Covid19#Japan
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike so frustrated with the Shinzo Abe government that she's now taken to Twitter to appeal for a national declaration of emergency. She says the legal authority will help support Tokyo's efforts to encourage people to stay at home. (MP) #Covid19#Tokyo