Bizarro said...

Bizarro at 11:51 AM JST - 24th May

Funny one, timorborder!

Got your message, illsayit. To all pregnant women - JUST STAY HOME (or within walking distance of home. And if one of you would like to have at least some semblance of her normal life and go somewhere that requires a train once in a while, you're…

Posted in Giving birth in Japan at 11:51 AM JST - 24th May
Bizarro at 12:40 PM JST - 21st May

This however is in a medium-size conservative city. Maybe in the big cities, people are afraid of getting their butts gang-kicked.

Having lived in a small Japanese city in addition to Tokyo, I have found the opposite. I saw more "gangs" and overall rudeness from young people (including smoking on…

Posted in Giving birth in Japan at 12:40 PM JST - 21st May
Bizarro at 08:19 AM JST - 21st May

Historically low C-section rates in Japan seems to me a plus compared with the US, where malpractice fears probably play a role in the high rates of surgical births. Our hospital here in Japan has a philosophy more on the natural side, and we have been happy with the care.…

Posted in Giving birth in Japan at 08:19 AM JST - 21st May
Bizarro at 08:44 AM JST - 6th May

What I see the problem that will arise is the xenophobia that will occur.

Hmm, as opposed to now? Generally I believe that more contact with outsiders decreases xenophobia, not the opposite.

There will be Japanese who will not accept the foreigners who work here, and inevitably they will face…

Posted in Gov't looks to immigrants as population shrinks at 08:44 AM JST - 6th May