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From: cad28526@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chuck Douglas)
Subject: Re: How to buy these mangas in Lafayette,IN area ?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 21:03:01 GMT

BIOROID@cyberweb.UUCP writes:

>Re: How to buy these mangas in Lafayette,IN area ?
>By: yongseok #0 @porpoise.ecn.purdue.edu (Yongseok Park) USEnet      
> 
>> I have been interested in Japanese mangas for a long time.
>> I am wondering if I can buy some in USA.
>> I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, which is in the middle of
>> Chicago and Indianapolis.
>> Is there any mail order possible ?
>> I will really appreciate your help.

>The place you want to contact is called NIKAKU ANIMART in San Jose
>California. They have a good selection and they mailorder--
>NIKAKU ANIMART
>615 NORTH 6TH STREET
>SAN JOSE, CA  95112
>TELEPHONE 408 971 2822

There is also a place he might want to try that is a bit closer to
where he lives.

	ASAHIYA BOOK STORE
	100 EAST ALGONQUIN ROAD
	ARLINGTION HEIGHTS, IL  60005
	T:  (708) 288-9851

They have a rather large selection and if they don't have something, they
can order it.  Prices are about at about 100% markup from the current
conversion rate of dollars to yen.  They offer a conversion rate of
Y100 = $1.50 (probably subject to change but I don't know).  This seems
fairly reasonable considering how much a plane ticket to Japan would cost.

If you go there, also be sure to check out the supermarket, toy store, and
food concourse.  This bookstore is in the Yaohan (I guess you could call it)
mall.  I may have to go back up there again, soon.

-- 
Chuckers -- a computer operator/programmer/benthic sorter/emaciated aryan.
cad28526@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu	          |"You know I'll give you everything
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: kimata@convex.com (Hiroki Kimata)
Subject: Re: Children vs Corporation
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:17:33 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <7934@skye.ed.ac.uk> timd@ed.ac.uk (Tim Duncan) writes:

>In article <1992Nov16.162431.2241@island.COM>, fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:

>|> An interesting aspect of this is that if you have a child in Japan, and the
>|> child can be considered legally Japanese, most cities pay you a 
>|> "congratulatory" sum of anywhere from Y120,000 to Y200,000. 

>Most cities?  I don't think so.  Maybe a few underpopulated areas (due to the
>large number of younger generation who have moved to Tokyo area for jobs) will
>offer "congratulatory" payments to encourage settlement, but you won't find that
>in any of the larger cities (eg: Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya etc).  However, it
>is quite common for health insurance unions to give congratulatory sums.

>	-- Tim

I've seen an article on newspaper which tells that several ward in 
central Tokyo offer such kinda "congratulatory" payments.
I think "underpopulated area" include center of Tokyo,where residential
areas are changed into commercial areas.
--
----------------------------------------
   Hiroki Kimata   kimata@convex.com
   CONVEX COMPUTER CORPORATION
   Richardson, Texas  U.S.A.
From: kelly@rigel.cs.pdx.edu (Kelly Mismash)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Japanese exchange student killed in Louisiana...
Date: 16 Nov 92 20:11:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: pdxgate.6311

This is not a direct response to any of the previous arguments,
but just an opinion from myself and a friend. I am for strict
gun control and believe that all hand guns and semi automatic
assualt rifles should be outlawed. My friend on the other hand
is a gun enthsiast and owns a hand gun and several other kinds
of rifles. I down loaded most of the arguments so that he
could read them and open the way for a great discussion.

Now that I have given the set up for the opinion, I will now
give the conclusion from our discussion.

We went to the library to find the actricles on the shooting
and according to the reports the kid made no sudden movements
but simply proceeded to enter the house. Now if you have a gun
pulled how long does it take to pull the trigger? I can tell 
you it takes less than a second (we went to firing range and 
were able to get off six rounds in just over 4 seconds). We 
then time each other to see how quickly we get draw a gun to
firing position, the fastest was a little over 3 seconds and
that was in a ideal postion i.e. the gun being visiable with
no clothing concealing the gun. When the gun was concealed
it took about a second more. The point I am trying to make
is if the kid would have made a sudden movement then the 
guy with the gun could have easily gotten off a couple
rounds. Going back to the point that the kid did not make
any sudden movements, but just continued towards the door,
does not justify the shooting. This guy was probably just
a little pairnoid and probably did not have sufficent 
training in the proper use of his gun.

Due to lack of time and not wanting to go over board with
this, I will tie things up. In this case the opinion me 
and my friend is that the shooting was not justified. And
for  the argument about gun control relating to this case,
it should be mandatory for gun owners to be licesenced and
to get this licesence they should have to go through training.
My friend goes to the firing range at least once month and
believes that all hand gun owners be required to practice
handling a gun a least twice a year to keep their right to
own a gun. I agree with him as long as we are allowed to own
hand guns, but I still believe they should be outlawed and
I think I will always feel this way.

our two cents worth
	kellydon
From: djohnson@cs.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: It seems to me
Date: 15 Nov 92 21:13:02 GMT
Organization: =CSE Dept., U.C. San Diego

>                                               I feel that the people
>here love to hate me is because they(being in America)here what I say
>coming from the minority community.

Wrong.  This is commonly used as an excuse when people can't see
the real reason.  People are annoyed with you because they are
convinced you are a hoax.  People that think you are real are
annoyed because you are the annoying type.  Nothing at all to
do with ethnic background.
-- 
Darin Johnson
djohnson@ucsd.edu  --  How come my mind went off for lunch before I did?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: cmr@world.std.com (Charles M Richmond)
Subject: Fingerprinting Gaijin
Organization: Integrated International Systems Corp. One Longfellow Place, Suite 3309, Boston, Ma.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:01:36 GMT


	TOKYO (UPI) -- Japan's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the government's
authority to fingerprint alien residents of Japan in a case that has
kept an American woman living in the nation from traveling abroad for
10n years.
	The court rejected the appeal of Kathleen Morikawa, 42, a columnist
who had demanded the justice ministry's decision denying her a re-entry
permit because she refused to allow the fingerprinting be declared null
and void.
	The court also rejected Morikawa's demand for $8,000 in compensation
from the government. The ruling upheld earlier decisions of the Tokyo
High Court and Tokyo District Court.
	Morikawa, a U.S. citizen, has lived in Japan since 1973. In September
1982, she refused to allow officials to take her fingerprints in
accordance with the Alien Registration Law.
	Two months later, the Yokohama branch office of the Tokyo Regional
Immigration Bureau refused to issue a re-entry permit following a
planned Christmas holiday trip to South Korea. The Justice Ministry
maintained Morikawa was in Japan illegally because she refused to be
fingerprinted.
	She later appealed to the Supreme Court, claiming the ministry's
action violated the constitutional guarantee of free travel. Morikawa
remained in Japan over the past 10 years while her case has moved
through the court system.
	In his ruling, Justice Motoo Ono said judicial precedents have
clearly established that the Japanese constitution does not guarantee
free overseas travel by foreign residents of Japan.
	The ruling quoted a 1978 court decision that said the human rights of
foreign residents are guaranteed under the constitution, but only within
the framework of the system of a foreigner's residence in the country.
	The Tokyo District Court and Tokyo High Court previously ruled in
favor of the ministry, noting foreign residents do not share the same
rights as Japanese citizens to re-enter the country.
	All foreign residents over the age of 16 who stay in Japan for more
than one year are required to have their a print taken of their left
index finger when applying for registration certificates.
	A new law which will take effect in January will eliminate
fingerprinting for South Koreans, Taiwanese and other foreigners with
permanent resident status.

-- 
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*  Charles Richmond 	Integrated International Systems Corporation        *
*  cmr@world.std.com	(Temporary) cmr@koneko.shr.dec.com		    *
*  Specializing in UNIX, X, Image Processing, and Communications.           *
From: akuma@netcom.com (Steven E Barnes)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Hayari Kotoba (Fad Expressions)
Summary: WC
Date: 17 Nov 92 09:24:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.1992Nov17.092452.19221
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

> 7. Washington: - restroom
>                - From W.C. (abbrev. usually used to mean restroom in Japan)
>                  -> "expanded" to "Washington Club" -> Washington
>                *** Anyone know what W.C. actually stands for?

WC == Water Closet.

-steve
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 23:33:42 -0500 
From: Rikiya Asano <ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: CLDF: Crispin Legal Defense Fund
	<9211141836@ritz.mordor.com>

Mr. Mauritz, 

             It doesn't surpize that those Japanese are laughing at me.
I know that they are the yes yes island people. But, I can bet you I'll
have the last laugh. 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Via: uk.ac.leeds.scs; Sat, 21 Nov 1992 14:03:58 +0000
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Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 14:04:14 GMT
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Organization: The University of Leeds, School of Computer Studies
From: ross-c@scs.leeds.ac.uk
To: usenet@phaze.cam.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: historical fiction

In article <1ejs1aINNsu4@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> you write:
>
>As a break from reading more or less scholarly works about Japan,
>I checked the local paperback exchange for historical fiction.
>My first try was a good one: _Harpoon_ by C.W. Nicol.  There is
>
>Does anyone have any other recommendations for accurate and
>reasonably well written historical fiction?
>
>Cathy

I haven't reread Shogun (the most obvious one) since I returned to Japan,
but saw the TV series again. Seemed to have some accurate reflections of
Japanese society, tho' as it was set a long time ago in the past, things
are different from today.

Shusaku Endo IMHO does a good job of this sort of thing. Most of his books
are set in the last 30-40 years, and often reflect the trials of Christians
in Japan (Endo is Catholic). "Scandal" describes the underbelly of Japanese
society from the viewpoint of an innocent (a Catholic author as it was).
I was disturbed by the ending, I can't exactly say why, but it left me
feeling very uncomfortable (it's rather ambiguous).

"Volcano", a researcher who has studied a volcano and lays his career on
the line that it will not erupt again. Interesting study of the way "they
way things are decided to be" (can't use "tatemae", just doesn't fit) 
can stretch and strain when faced with disparate reality. Interesting reading
for those who like "The maintenance of truth" chapter in Van Wolfren's book.
"Wonderful Fool", an innocent foreigner in Japan. 

The best one is historical fiction, and describes a priest who comes to 
Japan during the time Christianity is banned. Most of the book describes
the way he is broken, and made to serve "Mudswamp Japan" (* - "Mudswamp
Japan" is a favourite term of Endo's, it may or may not be actually used
in this book, but the concept is there). I can't remember the exact title
of this book, could someone post, or I'll look it up if anyone's interested.

Many of Endo's books are available as translations (I haven't been able to
obtain the originals) published by Penguin.

Cheers,

Ross-c
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: Fusion (was RE:  Plutonium)
Keywords: cold fusion?
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:19:34 GMT

In article <1ea0kbINNh3v@agate.berkeley.edu> robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson) writes:
>OK, cold fusion may never become a practicality as an energy source, but
>it does have plenty of potential to open up an interesting new branch of
>chemistry, namely electrochemistry.  The discipline is more complex than
>it sounds, because many different reactions go on at once, resulting in
>nonlinear equations, so it is the kind of discipline that hopes to 
>advance with new computing power in fuzzy logic circuitry.  Fuzzy logic
>invented by a Berkeley professor was not taken seriously by anyone in the
>US, and now the Japanese have come forth with various marvelous products,
>so I sure hope we will not abandon cold fusion because it isn't "cool" enough
>for the scientific establishment.

Couple things: electrochemistry is a fairly old branch of chemistry, as attested
by (among other things) the existence of batteries. Also, fuzzy logic is 
being taken very seriously in the US. The Japanese are developing a wide array
of fuzzy applications for their consumer electronics, though they are (so far)
incredibly expensive. An area where it IS cost-effective is in the running of
trains. Fuzzy control units have been shown to be very good at keeping trains 
on time, stopping them at exactly to proper points, etc. In fact, I believe
some of the newer trains in (esp) Tokyo run almost exclusively under fuzzy
control, though of course there is a human operator on board with absolute
override authority "just-in-case".

BTW, non-linear equations are not at all unusual in any branch of science of 
which I am aware.

Mike 
-- 
Disclaimer - I'm only doing what the little voices tell me to do. 
Xref: sparky soc.culture.japan:10948 sci.lang.japan:4728
From: yoichi@carson.u.washington.edu (Yoichi Ii)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,sci.lang.japan
Subject: Re: "Otoko kotoba" and "On-na kotoba" (Male language and female language)
Date: 17 Nov 92 17:31:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov17.173159.15758
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda) writes:
>  Some Japanese netter responded to me by mail and pointed out that there
>are some dialects that have "ore" as on-na kotoba, which I know is true. 
>Although I didn't mention it clearly in my previous posting, I had a
>standard Japanese (hyoujun-go) in my mind.

What exactly is hyoujun-go and what does it encompass?  My impressiong of
the term is that it is something spoken by an NHK announcer.  As such, it
is gender neutral to the point of being bland.  Are "-dawa", "ore", etc
considered part of hyoujun-go?

# When I was a grade schooler, I thought "watashi" was feminine :-)
# Kyoto-ben (dialect) sounds very feminine to me.  It's great when spoken
  by women but sounds a little ... well, too feminine, when spoken by men :-)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: IYI4DTN@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU
Subject: Re: internment camps, could it happen again?
Date: 15 Nov 92 17:24:16 PST

In article <1992Nov15.172040.12109@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, on 15 Nov 1992 17:20:40 GMT,
wa2ise@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (robert.f.casey) writes:

>Makes me wonder if the USA government could get away with doing this
>again in the near future (internment of some nationality ethnic group,
>not specifically Japanese).  I would think that there would be enough
>people outside of the target group protesting and saying it's illegal
>nowdays.  I suspect there are enough Americans around that won't blindly
>obey a bad government order now.  Maybe a higher percentage of Americans
>have graduated college and harder to dupe?
>Hope I'm not wrong on this one  :-)
>
Well, they may not get away with it again, but we sure came close!  In
the 80's, proposals were brought forth to intern Palestinians in a
concentration camp in Louisiana (this was during the Iran hostage
crisis).  The government went so far as to actually build such a
facility!

And during the Gulf War, Arab American community leaders were harassed
by the FBI.  They were asked to come to the FBI office to be
interviewed "for their own protection."  However, documented evidence
shows that once these people got there, they were asked questions such
as, "Are you a terrorist?"  "Are you a member of any terrorist
organizations?" "Do you know any terrorists?"  "What information can
you provide us about (organization name)?"

Of course, who would answer "yes" to any of those questions?  This is
very similar to the treatment that Japanese American community leaders
received from the FBI immediately after Pearl Harbor was attacked.  As
you might guess, Japanese Americans were outraged by the harassment of
Arab Americans, who were being singled out because of their ethnicity.

So, although we may never see another internment episode (we won't if
Japanese Americans have anything to say about it), our government has
continually shown that it has NOT learned its lessons about this issue.
Sad... :-(

The main problem, though, is that there is NOTHING on the books that
says that internment cannot happen again.  Only if ALL of us remain
vigilant in protecting and preserving our Constitutional rights can we
prevent this from EVER happening again, to anyone.

Gann
From: yu@plains.NoDak.edu (Albert Yu             )
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Does anyone have news on Judo?
Date: 16 Nov 92 17:24:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: ns1.BxtKDE.A58
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

I'm just curious that since there are so many news on SUMO, Baseball, etc.
Is there any information on Judo?
I'm interested in the Japan local competition and also who's top now in
Heavy weight and men's open?
Domo...
Yama...
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: jwb@capek.rdt.monash.edu.au (Jim Breen)
Subject: Re: ha and wa (Was Re: Lawyer wanted! Immediately!)
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:57:41 GMT

nakano@suncom1.cs.shinshu-u.ac.jp (NAKANO Yasuaki) writes:

> Fortunately, "ro^ma zi" is
>seldomly used to write Japanese sentences. It is only for proper nouns.

Ah, Nakano-san, you have not experienced the indescribable pleasure of
using those wonderful textbooks from the likes of Jorden and Alfonsin,
who so truly uphold the standards of the old ro-maji pushers like
Naganuma and Rose-Innes.

The damage caused by early overexposure to ro-maji is considerable. 
I studied in a university
course which *never* used romaji. The students who had taken Japanese
in high school often had trouble. I can remember many of them 
painstakingly writing the romaji on top of all the kana before they
could read even a simple passage, despite the fact that they were supposed
to have been fluent with kana for years.
-- 
Jim Breen                           JIS:$B%8%`!!%V%j!<%s(J
Department of Robotics & Digital Technology. Monash University. 
PO Box 197 Caulfield East VIC 3145 Australia (ph) +61 3 573 2552 
(fax) +61 3 573 2345  AARNet/Internet:jwb@capek.rdt.monash.edu.au  
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: tony2@prefect.cc.bellcore.com (gozdz,antoni s)
Subject: Re: Train from Osaka to Tokyo
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 17:26:59 GMT

In article <-1363800375snx@izumi.DIALix.oz.au> michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte) writes:
>Next year, on my back from the US (to Australia) I plan on making a two
>day stop in Tokyo. However, the only reasonable airfare I can get goes
>via Osaka, not Tokyo (I'd like to fly JAL, but they're $500 more
>expensive)...
>
>So, what I'm wondering is, how easy is it for a minorly fluent (oh
>heck, I guess I'm smart enough NOT to get myself lost completely)
>student of the japanese language to get from Osaka airport to Tokyo
>(via Shinkanzen would be easiest/fastest, I assume).
>
>How much money would be involved in return train tickets to Tokyo?
>

I'm quoting from memory (6 weeks, so long ago...):

There is a bus running between Osaka Airport and Osaka
Hankyu Station (just in front of the Shin-Hankyu
Hotel), it costs ~Y500. Cross the pedestrian overpass
to the Osaka Station and take the JR train to Shin-Osaka
Station (1 stop). The Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka to Tokyo one way 
is ca. Y14,000, <3h, the reserved seat unnecessary (cars 1-5 and
some others are not reserved).

Tony
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: justin@nx30.mik.uky.edu (justin sullivan)
Subject: Re: Germany tweaks Japan
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
X-Path: nx30.mik.uky.edu!justin
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 04:14:11 GMT

In <Bxz9t1.zM@world.std.com> cmr@world.std.com (Charles M Richmond) writes:

[UPI article about Germany's gripes with Japan's way of doing business deleted]

This is probably a good example of the single largest flaw with Western
thinking (American thinking, to be exact): We think everything should be 
done *OUR* way. I'm sure Western businessmen HATE to do business in Japan
because of this complex distribution system. They can't compete because
they don't know how it works, they're not used to it, etc. I hear that the
Japanese markets are wide open.. It's not Japan's fault that Western
businesses aren't familiar with the Japanese way of doing business.