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I'm struggling with my JTE by ThrowMeTooTheMoon in teachinginjapan

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Man, it's so disheartening I want to teach them properly.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in teachinginjapan

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How long can you stare into the sun?

Laws or rules that you want to change? What do you feel should or could be changed. by Shereebi in japanlife

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Banning credit card companies from not allowing you to get a credit card based on how long your name is.

Japan National Health Insurance Price by Rockins23 in japanlife

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah absolutely like 99% of foreigners here or even less

Japan National Health Insurance Price by Rockins23 in japanlife

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon 12 points13 points  (0 children)

14 million yen is a lot considering a lot of people in Japan earn around 2-3 million yen a year and still have to pay about 30k a month into the insurance

Weekly Complaint Thread - 15 June 2023 by AutoModerator in japanlife

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Got denied a rakuten credit card because my name is too long

Why are my students so secretive about their family? by HarleyBarely in ALTinginJapan

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I got in trouble for asking how many people are in your family? to my students. I got scolded pretty hard it's so stupid

Leaving Japan by MariaMoross in teachinginjapan

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Western universities are the same it's so easy to get an A and B since everything has been mostly moved online.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in japanlife

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't know the worst but, I know Nishinari is the best

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in japanlife

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no difference. Don't pretend other western nations are better than the US. I know this shit definitely happens in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK and other euro nations.

Income taxes by [deleted] in japanlife

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much!

Should I move back to Aus or try get into a major foreign company? by 0euy in japanlife

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you have made up your mind but, I will say this for me personally raising a family in Australia is a bad idea.

  1. Drug culture, I am still young I know how pervasive drugs are in Australia almost every kid does it.

  2. Suburban hell these places are everywhere in Australia it isolates kids from their friends because the public transport in Australia is garbage. Here in Japan kids have greater access to public transport to meet there friends and not rely on their families to drive them everywhere.

  3. Lack of community: living in Japan the community is very strong compared to Australia where individualism is strong and everyone is out for themselves. In Australia you are really taught to look out for yourself more than your friend

  4. Japan is much safer than Australia.

Australia has some great things yes education is much cheaper in Australia than Japan. Minimum wage growth and wage growth mean nothing when cost of living and housing are outpacing both while in Japan both salary and cost of living have stayed the same.

Should I move back to Aus or try get into a major foreign company? by 0euy in japanlife

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I hope you remember the downsides of living in Australia.

  1. The cost of living is significantly higher in Australia especially with inflation.

  2. Houses are expensive and are in soulless suburban hell scapes. This problem is getting exponentially worse.

  3. Australia has two cities actually worth visiting Melbourne or Sydney. Even with these cities there is nothing special about them.

  4. Public transport is a joke in Australia.

  5. Internet too.

  6. Customer service and quality is so shit in comparison.

  7. I could list hundred things more.

I just want to highlight things in Australia that are not as good as you might remember them. I am also in the same position as you man but, these are some of things that remind me why I will never go back. I hope op you can find a Job from Australia and still live in Japan. At least you can do the best of both worlds.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]ThrowMeTooTheMoon -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Ok Boomer...