koizumi said...

koizumi at 09:56 AM JST - 2nd August

And medical care here is tops, simply superior - but, for heaven's sake, DO NOT have any major medical procedure done in Japan ... this would be superiorly putting your life on the line.

Posted in Why the Japanese Are a Superior People at 09:56 AM JST - 2nd August
koizumi at 11:52 AM JST - 24th July

Gogogo, key money and contract renewal, as large, institutionalized bribes to the landlord ... this system exists in NO OTHER first world nation in the world. These payments are illegal, immoral and otherwise stink to high heaven. It's about time some Japanese court stopped this nonsense, which gives the upper…

Posted in Court: Landlords collecting renewal fees violates tenants' rights at 11:52 AM JST - 24th July
koizumi at 10:20 PM JST - 7th July

The concept of amae also goes a long way to explain why the average Hiro in Japan is so lacking in critical thinking skills and so reluctant to challenge authority ... and so satisfied to raise his children exactly as his parents raised him.

Posted in Takeo Doi, scholar on Japanese psyche, dies at 10:20 PM JST - 7th July
koizumi at 10:16 PM JST - 7th July

The whole 'kawaii' thing here in Japan is an sterling example of the overt expression of 'amae' among the Japanese.

'Kawaii-ese' starts in the cradle but all too often exists in all too large measure in the characters of all too many Japanese adults. I'm pretty much embarassed by how…

Posted in Takeo Doi, scholar on Japanese psyche, dies at 10:16 PM JST - 7th July
koizumi at 09:33 AM JST - 29th May

Don't worry, be happy ... it's true, Roos is just another foreign face in the end.

Posted in Japan welcomes nomination of Roos as U.S. ambassador at 09:33 AM JST - 29th May
koizumi at 11:16 PM JST - 28th May

Don't worry folks, the work of the U.S. Embassy will proceed in a good fashion with this new Ambassador. His work will be less brain surgery than intelligent, thoughtful human relations. Obama's pick will prove to be an excellent one.

Posted in Japan welcomes nomination of Roos as U.S. ambassador at 11:16 PM JST - 28th May
koizumi at 11:44 PM JST - 26th May

I'm with your line of thinking, hakujin, but ... on the passport thing, please allow me to correct you.

As it happens, my young daughter's middle name is Anne, just as in your example ... and it appears alone and by itself - as her middle name - on her…

Posted in Child abductions, but not by North Koreans at 11:44 PM JST - 26th May
koizumi at 11:36 PM JST - 25th May

I've been living and working in Japan for nearly twenty years and have never paid even ONE ¥ in nenkin/pension fees ... and after reading what a total scam it is for foreigners, I'm am sure glad of this fact.

Also, I'll leave Japan before my kids enter any form…

Posted in Foreign residents rally against bills to revise immigration law at 11:36 PM JST - 25th May
koizumi at 11:34 AM JST - 22nd May

timorborder ... deport these individuals back to the U.S.? Never gonna happen. For the Japanese government, blood is thicker than just about anything.

Posted in Japan urged to sign accord against parental abductions at 11:34 AM JST - 22nd May
koizumi at 09:37 AM JST - 22nd May

To illustrate how completely out of whack things are here with regards to this issue ...

there has NEVER been a SINGLE return (to its foreign parent) of a child kidnapped by its Japanese parent (at least not a return orchestrated by the Japanese authoriities.)

This system is truly part…

Posted in Japan urged to sign accord against parental abductions at 09:37 AM JST - 22nd May