JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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Himajin
Actually, NetNinja, the skirts aren't supposed to be short, the girls hike them up in defiance of the rules.
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Himajin
Very true.
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Himajin
You're not overreacting a bit? One murder and it's time to evacuate Osaka? I don't want to see your boss' reaction when you give them this article.
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Himajin
Every country has emergency plans for a variety of scenarios, they aren't made public unless acted upon.
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Himajin
Cleo, you do have to wonder what he and his family is doing here at all....he speaks no Japanese, work must be hard to adjust to, the kids can't make friends out of their little bubble, and his wife can't relax on her home country. Sounds like hell to me...
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Himajin
No, evidently. Last year one of the mods said that only 30% of the posters are in-country. I wonder of the statistics are the same as last year.
American foreigner, your wife has no problem with your edict to speak only English at home? Your kids get Japanese as part of their curriculum at school, don't they? I'd think it would affect their grade. They don't have any trouble getting around? It just seems strange to me that you don't want them to learn the language of the country they live in, let alone that it's their mother's native language.
Isn't that the same anywhere? I tend to think so whenever there's one of those work place shootings in the US. Do you avoid America, English and American TV because of gun culture, or any other of the unsavory aspects of American culture? No, you avoid those aspects you dislike...surely you could do the same here without forbidding your kids to learn Japanese. Japanese TV might be 'garbage' but American TV has a lot of violence...
Laguna, that made me laugh, we only started a Tokyo-style gomi schedule in Kobe a year or two ago. Until then we had no plastic gomi separation, and steel cans, aluminum cans and pet bottles were all separate, although put out on the same day. Mornings do definitely revolve around which gomi day it is...if it's plastic, it must be Monday :-) It takes some getting used to , having gomi days five days a week. Having to buy four different kinds of bags is a pain.
The biggest difference for me was in child-rearing. Using a front carrier a lot, going out with our son instead of leaving him with a sitter. It was a new perspective. It's great fun to wake up with your child instead of having them in another room. As he's almost 30, those days are far in the past :-D but for me that was a big change.
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Himajin
And that's a problem, why?
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Himajin
As requested......
"Jan. 18, 2012 - 06:20PM JST
There isn't anything non-Japanese can't understand. If anything, "we" get the family bond and social bond more than the Japanese. Which is my whole point. There is little to no social bond or family bond in this country. "
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Himajin
Adam Sandler? Not the first person I'd think of...to each his own I suppose.
In the soup, remember Ojingazetto?
With all the complaints about hitting people etc I see there are no Three Stooges or Laurel and Hardy fans here. It's so easy to say Japanese humor is stupid when one forgets the roots of humor in our own countries...Charlie Chaplin, vaudeville, the roots aren't all that different.
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Himajin
and I keep explaining........
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Himajin
You keep posting...........
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Himajin
zichi, get well soon.
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Himajin
You may not be aware of the fact that the Kanji Kentei association in Kyoto presents the kanji every year that citizens choose by ballot to symbolize overall what transpired that year. It has nothing to do with relief efforts, it's not the government, it's become a tradition in Kyoto, and it is featured on the news at the end of the year. So picking a kanji that symbolizes what many, many people lost this year in the Tohoku region in no way detracts from, nor is it meant to substitute for, any kind of aid. It's a reflection at year's end of the year in total.
"The Kanji of the year (今年の漢字 Kotoshi no Kanji) is a kanji chosen by the Japanese Kanji Proficiency Society (財団法人日本漢字能力検定協会 Zaidan hōjin Nihon Kanji Nōryoku kentei kyōkai) through a national ballot in Japan. It began in 1995. The character with the most votes is selected to represent the events of that year, and is announced in a ceremony on December 12 (Kanji Day) at Kiyomizu Temple."
Here's a link to the full list of kanji from 1995-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanjiofthe_year
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Himajin
Let me make it simpler.
You state that there are no family ties in Japan. You claim it's all a sham. I counter with info about my family and you say
"Thinking that way must make your life easier"
So, you're either saying I'm deluding myself , or I am misrepresenting my family.
Do you get it now?
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Himajin
You're quite literal, aren't you, tmarie? I answered your posts point by point.
I was addressing this quote--
""Thinking that must make your life way easier. I prefer to look a little deeper - at what I see daily - and then laugh at all the crap the locals go on about with kizuna and the like."
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Himajin
You said--
"Thinking that must make your life way easier. I prefer to look a little deeper - at what I see daily - and then laugh at all the crap the locals go on about with kizuna and the like."
Your tone implies superior knowledge, a superior ability to observe, just smacks of 'I know better than you. My point being that you aren't the only one with understanding of the culture. But you knew that, you're just being argumentative because I don't automatically agree with you.
Laughing at people has never been nice, you attitude is extremely condescending.
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Himajin
" And Christmas used to be Saturnalia...and?
Which has nothing to do with Nazis. Saturnalia is originally a Pagan Holiday.
Hmm...sounds like "somebody" borrowed something from the Pagans again.. LOL"
Just pointing out that because something has weird roots it isn't necessarily weird. Nazis postulated on blood type. Does that mean the anyone who buys a blood type book is thinking of wiping people out? Just because Christmas used to be a pagan holiday, does that make Christmas a bad holiday?
You people really can't understand inference or sarcasm?
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Himajin
Laugh all you want, because thinking that must make your life way easier.
Deeper? I am married 32 years this June, have a 29 year old son, and a grand baby here. Not exactly just off the boat. If anyone is trying to make themselves feel better it's you. It's so much easier to hate and ridicule than to understand. 'Everything they do is so dumb' is the easiest route, and you and many here are taking it.
I am beginning to feel sorry for you and others on this thread; it sounds as if you know some really shallow people.
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Himajin
I simply referred to the construction of your initial post, regarding lack of family ties in japan which said in effect 'Yes that is the case in Japan, look at my J-family. The two brothers haven't spoken in years'. Which I said was a false parallel, as it isn't common to just Japan.
Your second post was 'p'shawing' at carp banners, ohaka maeri, and the idea that Obon and all other Japanese holidays are a farce, and a front, ("Ha!") and so I answered that one too.
No tangents. Just reacting to what you yourself wrote and implied.
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Himajin
And Christmas used to be Saturnalia...and?
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