Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    hakujinsensei

    gandhi speaks thru me and he says this guy is a total whack job ; )

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    hakujinsensei

    if mom's japanese and she put them on the family register, then they are japanese. I am sure their mom views them as japanese the way my wife thinks of my american daughter as japanese, even with her curly blond hair ; ) their speech is funny? so is the japanese of inakamono around the country. this isnt a technicality as some have written here, it is the law. good luck to them

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    hakujinsensei

    simple offense, cant imagine much investigation would be involved. wonder why it took 2 months to decide to arrest the guy.....

    on a brighter note, seems there are still plenty of carnivores in japan ; )

    Posted in: Man arrested after embracing female employee in hotel

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    hakujinsensei

    Gusto had the best famiresu hamburger on the market until they dropped it from their menu last year. Haven't been back and cheese filled meatloaf wannabe doesn't hold much appeal for me because their meat is not all that good-too many fillers- kinda spongy-guess the jfolk like it that way... I think of the famiresu here in Kansai that Joyfull has the tastiest hamburger steak these days. Still lamenting over the passing of Wendy's and wondering when we will be lucky enough to get a Burger King or Taco Bell down here ; )

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    hakujinsensei

    I suppose it is human nature for people to slam or discount what they do not understand, but I get so tired of listening to 'Japanese experts' about how dumb and soul-less the J-folk are. How can anyone who has been in Japan drone on as so many posters here have done about J folk being unable to think critically... Of course they can solve problems, think thru issues, create art etc. Does anyone really think that Americans and Europeans have come here and told the J folk how to create the finest cars and most advanced electronics in the world? Idiots created the second largest economy in the world with no raw materials and a tiny land mass that a quarter of is habitable? Thanks for the laugh.

    Of course manga is dumbing, so is tv. Any studies on who watches more TV? Americans or J folk? How many Americans read a book this year? Simple people look for simple answers to complex problems.

    Sure things are different, and sure there are problems but one can't compare apples to oranges. I have had 4 kids go thru the school system here so I am intimately acquainted with it. And as my children have also spent off years in American schools I am solidly convinced in the superiority of a Japanese school education. Dont get me wrong, there are problems in any system and I have wanted to pull my hair out many times but my children have no lack in acquired knowledge or the ability to think critically. If one were going to point fingers at a country unable to think critically, I think America would be a prime example as shown by their choice of presidents over the last 20 years.

    If we are going to compare learning, we are going have to start with language as the base of that learning. And in Japan, that learning will take place using Kanji. It simply takes longer to learn the Kanji, and more time is spent remembering it than in countries with alphabetic languages. Chinese student need to learn twice as many kanji as Japanese so they will obviously need to study more to acquire the same level of proficiency in any subject. The short of it, American or German students can study less to acquire the same knowledge as their Japanese counterparts, and far less than their Chinese counterparts.

    Yes, without a doubt, the yutori education philosophy and the changes it brought are at the root of decreasing academic performance. Who in their right mind would think that studying less would bring any other results? However there are many other factors contributing to the malaise permeating the academic community here.

    One large factor is the wide spread adoption of cell phones over the last decade. I myself had learned the joyo kanji when I came here 15 years ago and remembered them as I used them for work. However, since my computer and keitai selects the kanji for me, I usually have to check my keitai now if I even write a simple note for someone... Many of my Japanese friends have suffered the same fate. Ever wonder why professors request hand written essays and resumes are written by hand?

    A second looming factor is the necessity to master a second, formal, language for work and research. Though similar, the need to master and maintain a second language simply adds to the time requirements and stands as a major stumbling block to communication that western folk need not bother with.

    If Japan wants to continue to use hieroglyphics to write their language, they are going to have to add substantial study time and ditch the idea that J kids can study the same amount of time as their western counterparts. Some very influential and forward thinking people actually proposed ditching Japanese as the national language for English during the Meiji period. It would have been a smart move but the Elite put a lid on that movement because it threatened their position in society. The best laid plans of mice and men....

    Posted in: The dumbing down of Japanese students

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    hakujinsensei

    she looks great in that uniform. strike while the iron is hot is what they say so she should make the most of it before she cools down.

    Posted in: Fuji TV newscaster Aiko Kaito poses in high school uniform for CD

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    hakujinsensei

    best article of the year, thank you JT

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    hakujinsensei

    bamboohat, you would have to do better than that. internet cafe's make you register so you would have to show fake id, wear a costume, and they would still get your gmail account in a heart beat by tracing the ip to the cafe, then trace the server from there, with the time the provider would give them the gmail server and gmail would give up your mail in a heartbeat because they would have the time if it wasnt sitting in the cache on the ip server.... need to hack some boxes with spoofed ips n set up a proxy network of unsuspecting xp users...

    you would think that with the amount of studying to get into high school here kids would be a bit more savvy ; )

    I love all these digs at saitama ; ) its just unfair.. but it is the tacoma or chino of kanto ; )

    Posted in: 15-year-old boy arrested for Saitama school bomb threat

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    hakujinsensei

    Where are these computers and which stores have this information? I haven't seen anything like this since 2003.....since in reality, most of the meat is sold in mom n pop meat shops and small 'supers', I cant imagine they have the funds to promote this kind of program. Any body in kansai seen this promoted?

    I usually buy aussie beef because as far as I know, they are still BSE free. Since most hamburger is mixed with pork here, do they trace the pigs too?

    The pastry had a picture of the farmer? Yeah, when you by 50 dollar cantalopes and J beef at 20 bucks a pound, I am sure the farmer comes n shakes your hand, but how many of us are buying those specialty products for daily consumption?

    Posted in: Tracing meat - Japan has the right idea

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    hakujinsensei

    who knows what really happened but after driving here for 15 years I can agree with many of the posts here that people on bicycles here are out of their mind and exhibit no recognition that exercising their right of ways will be of little value when dead. As has been said here, every day behind the wheel is nerve racking as hell with school kids, grandmas and grandpas just dodging in and out of traffic at whim....

    That being said, it is a shame that this woman lost her life regardless of the circumstances. RIP

    And goddog... you think that 30 bucks a day is ridiculous compensation from a municipality that owes you nothing? Just how much do you think that the state of california would be offering you had you been run down in compton?

    Posted in: 66-year-old woman dies after being hit by truck in Tochigi

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    hakujinsensei

    Kronos had the only reasonable post so far. talk all you want about work conditions, leisure time and the average width of beds, it's the economy stupid. big talk, but I would like to hear from a few people out there with 2 kids in college, one in highschool, and a couple others following. Let me help you out. 70000 yen- food for family of 7 20000 yen- water 25000 yen- heat/cooler/electricity 60000 yen- college 50000 yen- high school 50000 yen- high school 20000 yen- uniforms etc and school trips for hs/jh/elementary school 200000 yen- 5 bedroom house in osaka/kyoto/tachikawa/chiba. x4 if you are in tokyo proper

    just the big stuff is going to set you back about 4 or 5 thousand bucks US if you decide to have 4 kids. dont forget that insurance doesn't cover maternity in japan, kids of average intelligence will have to go to juku adding a couple hundred bucks a piece if you want them to go to high school or beyond. want a phone? cell phones so you can keep track of your kids? some life insurance? train fare? a car? you think your wife is going to have any time for you now? add 800 for adult entertainment. clothes? dont forget that insurance will be crazy since you make all that money and your daycare will be 6 hundred a month per youngun ; ) the list goes on and on...

    have 4 kids and prepare to see about 7 or 8 thousand a month disappear just to get by. dont even think about an overseas vacation. ever drop 10K US for a vacation? I have, needless to say, the kids dont see grandma too often ; ) the time to talk about having birthrates remain what they were, was before all the social engineering and keynesian geniuses created this runaway freight train.

    japan has made their choice and it is probably not a bad one considering the social destruction that would occur with a major economic adjustment of enough magnitude to allow for the average family to have 3 kids. robots are the answer. robot factory workers, robot waitresses, robot teachers... center on technology, export it to the neighbors, provide managerial and information technology to boot and make sure all your medium skilled workers and below are foreign and make sure there are no real provisions for permanent residency so their retirement accounts can be absorbed and there should be enough to pay the pensions that will max in 25 years that williB forgot about in his utopian vision ; )

    Tahoochi... let me know how that works out for you ; ) you must have a trust fund.

    Posted in: Where are all the babies?

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    hakujinsensei

    Whaling opinions aside, the large vehicle is always at fault in japan in any collision besides a rear ending. Seems the Japanese have once again failed to honor one of their time honored customs when foreigners are involved. That being said, if the whales were as smart as the SS boys say they are, why dont they just run away when warned of the impending danger? There were better ways for Bob Barker n Andy Gil to make the world a better place.

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    hakujinsensei

    People move close to bases, garbage dumps, and other lousy places because the land is cheap. But the cheap looses its appeal in a hurry ; ) Especially when they have to build schools and infrastructure to support the population. That that is what planning and zoning is all about. Okinawans did a piss poor job of planning and they are now paying the price. Jigo jitoku.

    Though I whole heartedly believe that the US should pull completely out of Japan, the problems will not go away even if that happens. Japans defense is primarily air and sea and those bases are going to exist whether the soldiers there are named Smith or Suzuki.

    If Japanese people want progress, they need to think a bit deeper than just getting the damn yanks out. And if they want to have a nice place to live in, they need to adopt rational planning, zoning and embrace the laws of eminent domain. This remains the only country that I have lived in where they put the telephone poles in the middle of the roads ; )

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    hakujinsensei

    I absolutely can not believe the arrogance of North Korea maintaining that it has a right to defend itself and maintain and develop its defense. I also think that for NK to make a statement that the US is an aggressor and fears that it may be attacked is completely unfounded.

    The US has not such track record of of unilaterally attacking countries for their own political advantage. Except for a few places such as puerto rico, cuba, hawaii, philippines, mexico, iraq, afghanistan, vietnam....

    If the US wants NK to mothball its weapons program, it should pony up and buy it. And not for 2 ships of oil and a half dozen ships of food. A countries sovereignty ought to be worth a bit more I would imagine? Maybe NK would take Japan and the US attempts at negotiation seriously if they put something real on the table.

    Posted in: N Korea calls for end of hostile relations with U.S.

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    hakujinsensei

    I just dont understand why decent burger franchises have so much trouble here. Mac doesn't even count. Even subway seems to have a hard time of it, had 4 here in Kyoto when I came 15 years ago, now there is one... Pollo Loco was here to with two stores at that time too, they disappeared as well. Would love to have a burger king and a taco bell or taco time in kansai ; ) Best idea yet, lets convert the wendy's to arby's ; )

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    hakujinsensei

    great success story. go susan!

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    hakujinsensei

    bisoy is right, that fight scene made the movie ; )

    I hope they both learned a lesson... I have a hole in the wall from saying 'go ahead, throw it'.... I wont make that mistake again and its a good thing my wife can't lift me ; )

    all kidding aside, I hope that they can find a home for the kids, this woman has not the mental capacity to make appropriate decisions and this guy does not have a deep enough understanding of humanity to enable them raise them. the time for counseling was about 15 years ago....

    cant think of a better reason for extended family living situations ; )

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    hakujinsensei

    soap

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    hakujinsensei

    thanks fishy http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/crime/091210/crm0912100811005-n1.htm what she called herself could have also been translated as burden, parasite, or looser... sounds like a tough marriage... either way, my heart goes out to everyone involved.

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    hakujinsensei

    bamboohat, everybody goes thru life seeking for something to make their lives worthwhile and fulfilling, do you really think that raising the next generation of workers, leaders and citizens is somehow second rate to devoting your live to making your boss/company more wealthy and influential hoping and dreaming to the chance to become the user as opposed to the usee? ; ) gimme a break...

    osakadaz, this is a real man.

    sure japan is a different land but I cant really understand all the japan bashing every time there is a tragedy like this. especially from people from the land of crack whores on every corner. You can get the US news full of horror stories on the net as well...I have been with a lot of j women and in my job I work with many and I cant see that there is any more of a victim mentality here.

    this poor mom was just strung out, dad must have been tired from commuting, probably living in a company dorm, and now probably deeply regrets his decision. as usual with a lot of these tragedies, economics is probably the major factor and should be a wake up call to us all. myself, I am not communist but I saw a poster from the communist party this last summer that said, "not just a thing/tool" ,depending how you translate it, with a young lady pictured calling for social economic responsibility. as usual I wonder where all the christians were that are always so vocal on these posts when this woman needed someone.

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