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  • taiko666 at 12:29 PM JST - 6th August

    I'll be watching this FOOTBALL match (only countries with a history of NOT playing football call it 'soccer') tomorrow in the pub (I wish the date / time had been included in this article.) It sounds like a great occasion! My only worry is that all my Japanese friends will…

    Posted in Japan's soccer team fired up for Olympic opener against U.S. at 12:29 PM JST - 6th August

  • taiko666 at 05:43 PM JST - 5th August

    I wouldn't want to drive any car that makes decisions for me

    If you're American or Japanese, it's a near certainty that your car is already deciding when to change gear for you. (Europeans prefer to make that decision themselves :-)

    Posted in Nissan cars to push back when drivers floor it at 05:43 PM JST - 5th August

  • taiko666 at 01:25 PM JST - 5th August

    I agree with USAPatriot- 'haafu' and 'gaijin' are related in that the important nuance that's conveyed is the subject's lack of Japaneseness, rather than an appreciation of the subject's nationality, or heritage of the other 'half'.

    Moderator: All readers back on topic please.

    Posted in 1 out of 30 babies born in Japan had non-Japanese parent in 2006 at 01:25 PM JST - 5th August

  • taiko666 at 11:20 AM JST - 5th August

    So your problem is not with some imagined deep-rooted prejudice against people with 'tainted blood' that stops them from getting on in Japanese society, but with the sound of a Japanese word? It sounds too much like an English word that you don't like?

    We've reached an impasse here. I'm…

    Posted in 1 out of 30 babies born in Japan had non-Japanese parent in 2006 at 11:20 AM JST - 5th August

  • taiko666 at 09:56 PM JST - 4th August

    Cleo has been so well spoken on this topic that there really isn't much left to say...

    Well, possibly, but I'd still maintain that to most non-Japanophile ears, 'half' sounds like 'half-caste', or something similar. I guess when it comes to topics such as these, one just has to accept…

    Posted in 1 out of 30 babies born in Japan had non-Japanese parent in 2006 at 09:56 PM JST - 4th August

  • taiko666 at 06:10 PM JST - 4th August

    Duh. It's just the Japanese word for a person of mixed ancestry. How is >it any different from folk in another country referring to themselves >and each other as 'African-American', 'Irish-American', 'Asian-American' >etc, even though the people concerned may never have set foot in Africa,

    I'd say it was completely…

    Posted in 1 out of 30 babies born in Japan had non-Japanese parent in 2006 at 06:10 PM JST - 4th August

  • taiko666 at 11:07 AM JST - 4th August

    USAPatriot: when my g/f was around 8 years old her classmates would regularly taunt her with 'haafu! haafu!' because her hair is dark brown rather than black. Her teachers' response? They demanded that she dye her hair black.

    Posted in 1 out of 30 babies born in Japan had non-Japanese parent in 2006 at 11:07 AM JST - 4th August

  • taiko666 at 11:04 AM JST - 4th August

    cleo: I agree that 'tainted blood' is going a bit far, but there must a reason why Japanese refer to some kids as 'haafu' (which you must admit they do.) That habit alone is indicative of Japan's attitude to race issues.

    Posted in 1 out of 30 babies born in Japan had non-Japanese parent in 2006 at 11:04 AM JST - 4th August

  • taiko666 at 01:11 PM JST - 1st August

    Shunkodai: And if I want to pump any other obnoxious, carcinagenic gasses into the faces of people near me, should I be allowed to do that too? It's a free country after all. And what's more, if people don't want the gasses in their faces they shouldn't be in the…

    Posted in Life is one rule after another for taxi drivers at 01:11 PM JST - 1st August

  • taiko666 at 05:36 PM JST - 30th July

    Thanks to Japan, Korea has roads, trains, schools, a functioning government and literacy. Japan educated women as well as men.

    So what? Thanks to the Chinese, the Japanese can write. All three countries share an intertwined history.

    Korea has a lot of thanking left to do.

    All three countries have…

    Posted in Japan criticizes S Korean PM's Takeshima visit at 05:36 PM JST - 30th July

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