JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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Confrontation
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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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tigris
@bgaudry
Agree totally with your excellent posts.
@Damien 15
Your arguments about DAT (dolphine assisted therapy) display the same ignorance you see in others. I am sure Ric O'Barry wouldn't approve that dolphines from Taiji are caught and kept in captivitiy in questionable conditions for the 'rapidly expanding DAT industry'. In fact the Whale and Dolphin Conservation society is calling for a total ban on DAT because it is 'cruel and ineffective'.
Ineffective because: '- There is no scientific evidence to prove that the therapy is effective.'
Cruel because: '- Dolphins are removed from the wild to stock the growing number of DAT facilities, and this has both serious conservation and welfare implications for the animals.'
Exactly what Ric O'Barry is fighting against.
http://www.blisstree.com/autismvox/no-more-swimming-with-the-dolphins/
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/10/dolphin-assisted-therapy-cruel-and.html
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tigris
Exactly. I own an iPod Touch but rarely use it as a music player. Instead I use it for the job loaded with software specifically written for my professional needs. I also carry around data bases and presentations which I can connect to any digital projector. In addition I use it as a phone internationally - anywhere with WiFi - without worrying about telephone contracts and local standards.
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@davidattokyo
You seem to be well informed. Maybe you can answer a question for me. Some (most) news reports speak of 2,300 dolphines killed in a year, others talk of 23,000. What is correct?
@Jaegger They count killed dolphines and whales, Afghans are not counted. They don't.
Posted in: Star of Taiji dolphin-hunt film wants to win over Japan
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tigris
That's indeed nonsense. Can you give us one example where the bad publicity have had any impact on Japanese fishing practices in the last 30 years? That movie will not save one dolphine - if that is really the intend. It will make fame and fortune to the makers. They can also congratulate themselves that they have done something. Indeed the movie and its followers have been instrumental in severing the friendly relation between Taiji and Broom. Are the hate mails and racism experienced by innocent residents of Japanese heritage in Broom really worth the cause? Ah, that's collatoral damage. Fomenting tension will bring nothing but grief to people. It probably feels good to follow the war drum "to do something" about anything, but this won't save one dolphine in Taiji. After the whale wars and all the other wars and being 'intelligent' beings we should have worked out by now that this approach doesn't work.
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tigris
The Russians deployed almost 110,000 troups in Afghanistan. They had a huge strategic and logistical advantage considering the proximity of the location and being able to walk in overland. They still couldn't control the place. When will the US ever learn?
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tigris
Poorly researched article with some ludicrous comments thrown in at the end. The sampling of 10 families by Pierpoint - 38 persons, to be exact - is not near enough to draw any conclusive evidence of a specific problem with all wind farms. One would want to know if there are similar complains in countries where wind energy is most common and technology is most advanced - namely Denmark and Germany. To throw in the argument of the tobacco debacle is ridiculous. Apart from comparing energy issues with a bad habit there is the issue of respiratory problems caused by oil and coal based energy - worldwide. It is a difficult balance between benefits and risks. And throwing in the sights of wind turbines - poetry in motion for some - in a country like Japan where the landscape is covered with electrical overland power lines and masts and more masts and cables everywhere is laughable.
sf2k - excellent posts, interesting information.
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tigris
No surprise. Looking at Afghanistan's history the only surprise is that anybody would have wanted to invade again. Many tried and were smashed or couldn't control the country. Among others the Persions tried. The English tried twice and left humiliated. The Russians - ditto. All of them with superior numbers and weaponry than the locals. Just a matter of time till the US and its allies get out of there too.
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tigris
My posts are on topic. The underlining suggestion is that there wouldn't be such a big dispute or fuzz if all victims were non-Americans. History shows that there is no such thing as "justice for all" in the American psyche.
Posted in: Lockerbie bomber release stirs diplomatic dispute
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urufuls
I wrote ...mere "oriental human beings" not "mere oriental human beings". Visually easy to overlook but big difference. I suggest that you google "oriental human beings" to learn where this phrase comes from. Don't forget to include the quotation marks. The origin of this phrase also explains my "slight if not full out bias" when Americans count non-American victims of terrorism and war - if they count them at all.
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tigris
Yep, that's about it. Nothing to do with Yasukuni shrine whatsoever.
He bought a camera and now stands around like Look-at-me-I-am-a-filmmaker.
Posted in: Don't try filming at Yasukuni Shrine
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tigris
270 people were killed. You only count 189 people - the Americans. As usual. Where is your justice when the US shoots a civilian airliner out of the sky killing 290. Oh I forgot, they are not people, but mere "oriental human beings".
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tigris
Wrong feeling. You just have to go through the proper channels, procedures and get accredited. Search "Yasukuni August 15th" and you get dozens videos. A good example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQVBZ3CcOUE
There are much more difficult places to get a media permit and you would be surprised about the examples. Hachiko square is notoriously difficult for example. But Japan is still relatively easy (and cheap!) compared to for example New York and Washington. That's for documentary film makers or photographers. Not movies where you might have to close down roads - a big no-no in Japan.
The skill to get things done, get the arrangements and permission is what makes a producer. That takes tremendous skill with people, tenacity, and patience - all qualities Jesse Veverka obviously doesn't have. You also have to be very well informed about your subject. Research can take years. Jesse is - as he described himself above "a pretentious wannabe" with an attitude. Ignorance and arrogance won't get you far - in any business.
Posted in: Don't try filming at Yasukuni Shrine
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@ Jesse Veverka
Don't try filming with that approach anywhere!
Reading your essay you seem to be an amateur blessed with naivity or you simply choose to ignore the procedures of film making and media productions. Both will result in exact the experience you describe almost anywhere. If you try to build up a tripod on any shrine or temple grounds - or Hachiko square for that matter for film/media productions you need a permission. Just like most other places in the world including and especially in New York. Try to walk into a church or a synagoge with your attitude and start filming.... You will be thrown out immediately, no matter your 'good' intensions. You know, there are film commissions even in Tokyo who will tell you about the procedures to follow - just like at home. This is why professionals use a location manager or fixer. If you want to avoid that because it is alot of paper work and often costs time and money to get the permits you have to work guerilla style with a minimum of equipment. That's what real pros do. Getting permissions is the key in todays media business and that needs effort, tenacity, lots of time and patience. Anybody can buy a HD camera and start filming. Your lament has nothing to do with the Yasukuni issue in particular. It just describes a 'film crew' with an attitude whose members don't know what they are doing.
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tigris
out of plastic cups...
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tigris
So the Land of the Free is now a Stasi state.
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tigris
Last of my posts (2:25) is addressed to herefornow.
Posted in: Ambassador of cute
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tigris
Have you been to Bangkok lately or other cities in the neighborhood there? Ask young people there... it is a real eye opener. Maybe that can convince you. Anything Japanese - current Japanese trends mentioned above, including cute fashion - not Japanese traditional stuff - is what it's all about. My Japanese lady can't believe it herself and in the meanwhile she is enjoying the popularity. (Just that you don't misunderstand: she's a bit older and herself not much into Japanese pop art.) Quite a change from 20 years ago when there were strong anti Japanese feelings. Taxes well spend. What you, or for that matter I think (anything kawaiiiiii gives me the shivers) - or our taste, is irrelevant. It's these kids who count.
Posted in: Ambassador of cute
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@herefornow
I think you misunderstand the purpose of these 'ambassadors' There isn't a word about promoting tourism to Japan in this article. It is about soft power - the power to attract and shape the preferences of others. If you figure in J fashion, J make-up, manga, anime, J music, J movies, J TV programs, J food, J motor bikes.....Japanese whatever, it is a billion dollar business. And not just big business: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4290.html
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tigris
@abrofomo Excellent post(s). Maybe some people have a generation problem - as old as Adam & Eve. In my time it was the hippies, long hair, rock music. The negativity here tells more about the posters than the kids. Unhappy souls with too much time.
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tigris
Me neither. My guess is that it only exists in the warped phantasies of some posters.
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