JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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hannari
For better or for wose, no firsthand experience in either...
... but enough bad news and tears on my shoulder to know both are disasters waiting to happen.
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hannari
I wont speak for other women, but really... sex before you get to know the person? uh, no thanks. I imagine that's just about as wince-worthy as a child happily getting into the car of a stranger for some candy.
and someone who can't respect that? uh, no thanks again.
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hannari
Yes, I think this is a sentiment that is/was badly needed. Something to move beyond the apologizing/not apologizing... accepting/not accepting business that is so difficult to sort out for many reasons.
It's also a gracious point of view that can only come out of the victim side for it to carry much weight.
I hope this is the kind of attitude that will really open the doors for the two countries.
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hannari
woah, you're right, that's pretty darn close. Just need a built in scanner... but then again, I suppose I could just use a digi-cam instead!
Thanks kurisutofu for the link (was able to link to https://www.irexshop.com/ ).
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hannari
omg monseur Atwan... what a character...
Posted in: Japanese teach Parisiens about street tidiness
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hannari
I think it's just down right RUDE, to participate in a tournament... ANY tournament, and not take it seriously. Rude to the organizers, rude to the other participants, rude to the fans, rude to yourself...
Posted in: 'Samurai Japan' return to heroes' welcome after WBC triumph
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hannari
I would buy this if it had a scanner component to it... and a touch sensitive panel to scribble in some notes.... oh, and half the thickness and weight.
Posted in: Digital paper viewer
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hannari
If this were a pic of the inside of the cabin, just after it happened or something, implying the photographer darted across the field and took pics rather than search for survivors, that would be inappropriate. As would be a pic of a private funeral.
Photojournalism as I know it, is supposed to make you think. Sure, having a pic buried in an article is better than no pic, but showing it sepparately also has meaning.
Posted in: FedEx plane crash
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hannari
Very informative and absolutely appropriate.
I don't think JT has a rule saying "the pic of the day will be something light and fun and visually appealing"..... or does it? If it does, I'll reconsider.
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hannari
unscrejects: You presume a lot. I wont go into the various possible ways her father could have the name Hasegawa while not being ethnically Japanese. But one thing I do know, with the existing laws of Japan (at least when I was born), if my Japanese mother married a Canadian and wanted to give her children both nationalities, she would have had to register her children under her name in Japan, as foreign nationals are not counted in Koseki records (not 100% on the details there). So her children would have lived under their father's name overseas, but if they wished to come to Japan and live under a Japanese nationality, they would officially go by their Japanese mother's maden last name. Much more to it than your 'its for the money' accusation.
I think that's an extreme stance that in itself could cause your children a lot of pain. Particularly if they wouldn't have minded the term otherwise.
Also, I think some ppl forget that this is a Japanized word. Many words borrowed from one language and used in another are used with meanings that are quite different from the original. I would never ask someone in Canada "are you half?" simply because they would have no idea what I was talking about. They might guess at what I was trying to say, and they might guess negatively (half-wit? half-height? half-person?). That is understandable. But this is in Japan, where the word is widely used to refer to a certain person with a certain background, and is widely understood as such. The Japanese find it convenient to use and fits their cultral situation. There is no need to use/not use it because of the connotations that it has in another language. Ofcourse, I am NOT saying there is no racism at all in Japan. That is another thing altogether and has nothing to do with whatever name-calling that bullies choose.
whyamiinjapan: great post with first-hand info!
Posted in: Jun Hasegawa capitalizes on 'haafu' look
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hannari
Sorry if that's the impression I'm giving... I was just trying to get the point across that a lot of people seem to just not get it.... Corey included. Ethnocentrism (wiki has a good explanation) is a crime that people the world over are guilty of. It is less about race, and ethnicity, and more about culture, although the borders are extremely grey. I find that at the root of Japanese thinking is a hate for ethnocentrism. I wont say they aren't guilty of it themselves either. Its just that if some people can get away from crying "racism!!", or saying "japan is medieval", because that is what it looks like from the western definition, we might get just a bit closer to resolving the actual problem of foreign nationals and mixed race people having a hard time communicating with the Japanese people.
Posted in: Half and haafu
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hannari
Ah, I was thinking of 'ethnocentric' = "based on the ideas and beliefs of one particular culture and using these to judge other cultures" as was the definition in the dictionary I was looking at.
Posted in: Half and haafu
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hannari
jonnyboy: I'm curious as to what "this" in "i think it's basically undeniable that THIS is an intensely ethnocentric society" points to ... the global society, or the Japanese society?
I would agree more strongly to the former interpretation.
Posted in: Half and haafu
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hannari
Thenewfront:
Master Judo and teach all the half children the art. Therein lies your solution. Judo is all about taking in the flow of things and turning it around. Understand the workings of that, and maybe you'll get somewhere in saving those around you.
Apathy is what Corey resorted to. Many posters here are trying to tell you that your gungho action may be the bane of your life in Japan, as well as those being bullied around you.
I do not post this to hurt you or Corey, it is because I hope life will change for the better for the half children around you. It is NOT apathy. I hope you understand.
Posted in: Half and haafu
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hannari
I don't think its a double standard. In a Japanese conversation, I think it would be perfectly acceptable to ask a person where their parents are from, or blood type or whatever, versus a question asking something less factual or genetic, like "what are your parents like? (__ no oya tte donna hito?)" - which could imply that you think the way the person's parent brought them up was inappropriate.
Foolish or not, it's just a different set of rules from in English, and one that is dreadfully difficult to pick up on subtleties when learning. I imagine somewhere in the world - in some culture somewhere - asking someone you don't know very well how their day was, is taboo.
Posted in: Half and haafu
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hannari
Ah, sorry, thought it was both :p
Posted in: Ryokan: Japan’s Finest Spas and Inns
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hannari
If the world would find a way to recognize that the main stream English language cultures and ways of thinking is not the only 'truth', then maybe some cultures would not have to feel the need to be so defensive... and would reduce racism and discrimination on the whole.
Posted in: Half and haafu
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hannari
Some of the 'top ryokan' rooms I know go for anywhere between JPY 30k-100k per person per night (with meals). eg. Kyoto's Hiiragi-ya, Tawara-ya... but those are just some of the places accessible to people without connections. THE ryokan in Kyoto is Ichiriki-tei ... wish I knew how much those rooms cost...
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hannari
"When I moved to Japan, I was simply a recent college graduate struggling to fit in."
Jumping into the midst of "backward" and "uncivilized" society is much easier if you remember to SMILE like there's no tomorrow, and make it a point to say good morning, and other greetings, and persist for however long it takes - until you make sure they understand you're harmless.
These are all things that the Japanese require of fellow Japanese. Simple courtesy, and respect for those that have been there longer. You can call them 'racists' or 'backward' or whatever, but just remember that in many Japanese ppls' eyes, any outsider - regardless of race - is an 'uncivilized barbarian' until you show that you can understand & will try to follow the local rules.
Its easy to struggle, and give up and stick to a small group of ppl that have similar backgrounds as you... but that's exactly what the Japanese are doing when they are being 'racist'.
If you find yourself in a country with a culture and values completely different from your own, that is NOT your 'homecountry', and you need to acknowledge that there may be a system in place that you need to explore. Liking tea and azuki does NOT mean you are a cultural insider.
Posted in: Half and haafu
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hannari
It stops a blast of cold air hitting you when you open the fridge in the summer... which is sometimes disappointing - but proves it does something.
I take it off in the winters tho :p
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