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From: ozt@ddg.sony.co.jp (OZAWA Toshiro)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Tokyo Trip Questions (Off the wall)
Date: 27 Jul 92 00:53:04 GMT
Reply-To: ozt@ddg.sony.co.jp


In article <1992Jul24.195256.26060@lsil.com>,
        mitch@lsil.com (Mitch Sako) says:
>   1.  Are the foreign exchange counters inside or outside the immigration and
>       customs area at Narita?  I don't remember since I never have used them.
There are some banks with foreign exchange facility outside the customs area
at Narita Airport.  Nothing inside the customs, as far as I can remember.

>   2.  Any info on automobile factory showrooms in central Tokyo would be
>       appreciated.  I just want to look and maybe pickup a glossy or two.
>       I'm not interested in buying and I understand that most dealerships
>       are very high pressure.
Toyota has a large showroom called Amrax (sp?) in Ikebukuro.  Nissan has one
in Ginza but it is small.

>   3.  Where can I view HDTV?
In my workspace :-)

>   4.  Any info on electronics manufacturer's showrooms in central Tokyo?
>       I know Sony has one in the Ginza area.  Any others that might be
>       interesting?
At Sony Building in Ginza, you can see a lot of interesting/surprising/stupid
(at least not boring :-) products and demoes including HDTV.  Toshiba also
has a showroom nearby.

Hope this will help.

-----------------------------------
Toshiro OZAWA      Sony Corporation
               (ozt@ddg.sony.co.jp)
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From: lamb@jasper.CS.ORST.EDU (Ben Lam)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: USA vs Japan Men's Volleyball in Olympics
Date: 29 Jul 92 23:49:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: CS.1992Jul29.234955.26995
Organization: Oregon State University, Corvallis Oregon

In article <RSI.92Jul29144422@scf16.scf.loral.com> rsi@scf16.scf.loral.com (Rich S. Ishikawa) writes:
>   in Message-ID: <Bs1DzI.9nG@news.cso.uiuc.edu>Mon, 27 Jul 1992 07:26:04 GMT
>   >I cannot believe what I just saw on the NBC coverage of the Olympics.
>   >Men's volleyball between Japan and the U.S. was so bizarre and infuriating
>   >that I had to throw in my own opinion about the game.
>   >
>   >Why did the Japanese coach just let the game go on after the obvious
>   >mistake of the judge at the end of the 4th set?  "Do-not-protest-the-
>   >judge, it-is-against-sportsmanship" type of attitude is so very much
>   >Japanese-like, but it won't lead you anywhere.
>
>Well, I think it was really an officiating mistake.  Even though
>the coach should have protested during the 4th game, the rules
>seem pretty explicit about the penalty flags.  
>
>What I didn't like were the attitudes of the American players.  They
>seem to think that they're so superior.  The game was really pretty close
>and I think the Americans were really lucky to have pulled it off.  I 
>also feel that Americans should learn to lose more graciously like
>the Japanese players (not the coach) appeared on TV to be able to do.
>

Talking about American attitudes,  the basketball players are even worst.
OK, so they are the best.  I enjoy watching NBA too.  But do they have
to humiliate their opponents by winning with more than 80 points?
In NBA, if a team know for sure that they are going to win, they don't
pull away that much.

Also, John Stockton said something really irritates me when people critise
them for not staying in the Olympic village.  He said, "The Indians didn't
dine with Custer."  For Pete's sake, we are talking about a sport, not
a gun battle!

--Ben Lam
From: ggarber@usc.edu (Glenn Garber)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Japanese Bible RE:
Date: 27 Jul 1992 09:56:06 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
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>My family has agreed to host an exchange student from Japan for
>a few weeks.  I would like to be able to provide a bible.  Can
>someone give me a mail-order pointer to a good translation?
                           
>Many thanks.             
                          
>===============================================================               \
                          
Whoah!  The first question I have is "Did they ask for one?"  I am sick
of people who think that their religion is the "correct" religion.
                           
Most Japanese people are Buddhist and Shinto.  While it is great to share
==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=                                
                                                                  
Many of my Japanese frineds have taken me a Buddhist Temple and Shito Shrine--w\
hat is the big deal of exposing them to the Bible, as long as it is not forced \
down their throat.
From: nakano@suncom1.cs.shinshu-u.ac.jp (NAKANO Yasuaki)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Japanese exprisoners of war
Date: 21 Jul 92 10:51:48 GMT
Reply-To: nakano@suncom1.cs.shinshu-u.ac.jp (NAKANO Yasuaki)
Organization: Dept. of Information Engineering, Shinshu Univ.,500 wakasato, Nagano, Japan

In article <AAO1dPgSg5@ibc2.irkutsk.su> loa@ibc2.irkutsk.su writes:
>     Firm "Arkom" suggests a map  of  location  of  dead  Japanes
>prisoners of  war,  which  were  internmented to the territory of
>Irkutsk Region after the end of the Second World War.

>     We'll consider the  question  about  selling  the  right  of
>realisation of this map in Japan by mutually beneficial conditions.

I strongly recommend you and "ARCOM" to abandon the project.

Why most Japanese dislike the Soviet Union, or Russia ? 
Of course, there is the problem of the four north islands. But the 
greatest reason will be in that SU attacked Japan violating the Peace 
Treaty between Japan and SU, after the defeat of Japan became definite. 
Moreover, SU employed surrendered Japanese soldiers as slaves in Siberia. 
Many soldiers died in the hard labor. You are just planning to earn money
utilizing the sad event.

I suppose people in many countries, especially in Asia, will feel just 
like me, because they have suffered from Japanese violent deed in WWII. 
However, it does not justify the evil treatment of SU to Japanese soldiers. 

>This map is provided by explanatory text in English. The authour
>is Dr. Kuznecov S.I.(Irkutsk University).
>     The study of this problem is continued.
>     We are glad to cooperate with you.

Please tell Dr. Kuznecov to publish his work as an academic paper.

Yasuaki NAKANO
nakano@wakasato.cs.shinshu-u.ac.jp
Xref: sparky soc.culture.japan:6332 rec.sport.olympics:1751
From: vl11+@andrew.cmu.edu (Victor Lin)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,rec.sport.olympics
Subject: Re: USA vs Japan Men's Volleyball in Olympics
Date: 30 Jul 92 07:10:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.MeS0Nxa00WBOQ2J=pE
	<1992Jul27.164830.23195@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
	<RSI.92Jul29144422@scf16.scf.loral.com>
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

From netnews.soc.culture.japan, rsi@scf16.scf.loral.com (Rich S. Ishikawa)
wrote:

>What I didn't like were the attitudes of the American players.  They
>seem to think that they're so superior.  The game was really pretty close
>and I think the Americans were really lucky to have pulled it off.  I 
>also feel that Americans should learn to lose more graciously like
>the Japanese players (not the coach) appeared on TV to be able to do.
 
>At least after the defeat, the Japanese were able to shake hands with
>the American players and accepted the loss in a sportsmanlike fashion.
 
>I guess if I were part of the American team, I'd wouldn't mind too
>much if I lost to a team who played as well as they did, and show 
>their level of sportsmanship.  The game, afterall, is really between
>the players and not the coaches or the officials.
 
>This is the part of being American I don't particularly like--a
>very gung-ho attitude about everything.

Can't agree more.


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Victor H. Lin                  vl11+@andrew.cmu.edu      
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University     TEL: (412)681-3139
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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From: rto051@hippo.sps.mot.com (Chang Suk-Kyung)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Automatic U.S. citizenship
Date: 22 Jul 92 04:23:00 GMT
Organization: TDO

In article <masahiro.711685984@tgevax.life.uiuc.edu> masahiro@tgevax.life.uiuc.edu (Masahiro Kono) writes:

>As a
>general rule the US does not recognize dual citizenship except (and
>I could be wrong) with people from England and Israel.

Switzerland is another exception, I believe.  At least I have a friend
with both Swiss and US passports.  To do this, I believe, requires one
parent with US and one with Swiss citizenship.
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From: harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Japanese street addresses
Date: 23 Jul 92 23:06:47 GMT
	<3587@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> <2103@aegis.or.jp>
Organization: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
In-reply-to: davidg@aegis.or.jp's message of 20 Jul 92 15:24:50 GMT

In article <2103@aegis.or.jp> davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) writes:

 =}This is not to doubt that Mark Crispin met people who considered
 =}addresses to be meaningless and worse than useless. Only to say
 =}that it's not been my experience.

   I believe Mr. Crispin said that the Japanese consider them to be
useless.  And IMHO he is correct.  Almost all advertising which expects
the customer to use it to find the place advertised includes a map
with station names and landmarks (also walking times)... Some of this
advertising doesn't include an address...

   And when Japanese people ask where a place is, they are usually given
a station name, landmarks, and/or walking times.

   When I first came, I had the habit of giving addresses when telling
my Japanese friends where to meet me (I like maps so I never had a
problem).  Most of the time I had to give directions (station name,
landmarks, walking distance...) because I would be told "with just the
address, I can't find it"...  Since then I have always drawn maps...

   Looking through magazines which give information about places
(restaurants, theatres, museums...) will show one that addresses are
unimportant as almost everything comes with a map.  The rest usually
come with descriptions like "use the north exit of station X, walk
towards Y tower until you pass deparment store Z, turn right and walk
for 5 minutes.  the restaurant is on your left, beside the police
box..."  Some of these magazines don't include addresses...

   For company parties, maps and phone numbers are usually included
for employees who are not familiar with the party place.  Addresses
are not usually included (never in the case of the parties I have
attended).

Al
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From: harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: non-natives in Japan
Date: 23 Jul 92 02:56:13 GMT
	<1992Jul18.051531.1956@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> <2078@aegis.or.jp>
Organization: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
In-reply-to: davidg@aegis.or.jp's message of 18 Jul 92 10:01:03 GMT

In article <2078@aegis.or.jp> davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) writes:

 =}arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes:
 =}
 =}>In article <2070@aegis.or.jp> davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) writes:
 =}>>If so, then it would mean the child of any couple who happened to be
 =}>>traveling in the U.S. when it was born would be a U.S. citizen and
 =}>>this doesn't make sense to me.
 =}
 =}>Except it's true.
 =}
 =}Not to doubt your word, but how do you know? Can you quote the
 =}relevant law/regulation? The U.S. Consulate doesn't open until
 =}Monday and I'm planning on giving them a call then.

   They probably won't know the answer :)

   The answer is: The US constitution.

 =}If this is so (and people are saying that it is), it's very
 =}surprising that more Japanese aren't complaining at their children
 =}losing their Japanese citizenship.... 

   The children will have both US and Japanese citizenship.  When they
get to a certain age (and under certain circumstances), they will have
to choose between the two.

   Some expecting parents take trips to the US precisely for this reason.

 =}Luckily for people coming to Japan to work, their children can remain
 =}citizens of their parents' country even when born in Japan.

   Actually in Japan, they "must" remain citizens of their parents'
country.  I'm not saying this is bad.  In the case of the US, they
have a choice and roughly 18 years to make the decision.

Al
From: rto051@hippo.sps.mot.com (Chang Suk-Kyung)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Marriage Logistics
Date: 30 Jul 92 07:37:56 GMT
Organization: TDO

In article <6827@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com> blamb@rodan.hri.com (Bill Lambert) writes:

>Second case - Fiance(e) Visa: You apply for this visa category at
>the U.S. embassy in Tokyo. It's a fairly painless, by sometimes
>lengthy procedure as I understand it. I believe this allows your
>fiance(e) 6 months stay in the US during which time it is presumed
           ^^^^^^^^
>you two will marry and apply for PR status for the non-US honeymooner.

The time limit is three months.

>Permanent residency takes a few months to acquire. You must have all the
>documents - and translated if needed, a physical exam, a couple of hundred
>bucks, and a little patience. I believe the usual case is to get a final
>interview for approval  1-3 months after filing the papers and having
>the physical exam. It might take 3 - 4 trips to the INS. Please note
>that your fiance will have trouble getting work (if they're so inclined)
>without PR status, so plan on 2-4 month vacation for them.

If your fiance(e) comes into the country on a fiance(e) visa, they are
cleared to work at that time (even before you're married).  When you
get married and do the paperwork and interview and are granted PR status,
it's only conditional permanent resident status, which means that the
green card expires in two years.  Towards the end of the two years you
have to do more paperwork and maybe an interview (and shell out more
big bucks...) to have the conditional status removed.
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From: thomas@aic.co.jp (Thomas Johannsen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Japanese Radio Program in Europe ?
Date: 25 Jul 92 07:45:32 GMT
Organization: Advanced Intelligent Communication Systems Lab.,Sendai,Japan
In-reply-to: SHIMOKOSHI@129.69.123.1's message of 24 Jul 92 07:03:24 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.070324.19783@news.uni-stuttgart.de> SHIMOKOSHI@129.69.123.1 (K. SHIMOKOSHI) writes:

> I have heard once that we can listen to japanese radio program (NHK: Nippon
> Hoso Kyokai?) in Europe.
> 
> Is that true?  If so, whitch day?  What time?  Which channel?  AM or FM?

Even better: There is an NHK satellite TV program that you can receive in 
Europe. (I think it's a special edition for foreign countries, not NHK-Sat 1
or 2 that can be seen in Japan. Anyway, it's in Japanese and English).

A friend of mine used to record some items and gave it to me before I left
for Japan (just do give me the impression that I don't understand one word :-(

Check out with Telekom whether that program is fed into cable in your area. 
If not, tune in your own dish.

Thomas

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: E8007@vmcms.csuohio.edu
Subject: need address of Japanese University
Organization: CSU
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 14:14:32 GMT

I need mailing addresses of some Japanese universities which offer master's and
 doctoral program in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering. I would appreciate i
f some body post those in my email or in the net.
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Ezaz
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: Reasons for rise in violent crimes? (Re: policewomen may now carry guns)
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 18:06:53 GMT

In article <Jul23.170542.46661@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> ntetsuya@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Nishimura) writes:
>In article <1992Jul23.153457.1665@island.COM> fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:
>>>
>>>>I think most police (actually, all on-duty male police in Tokyo) carry 
>>>revolvers;
>>>^^^^^^^^^
>>>Just a minor correction. From what I can see, they are automatic pistols,
>>>not revolvers. A revolver is what you play Russian roulette with. A(n automatic)
>>Standard issue for Tokyo police is a .38 caliber revolver. I've seen them.
>>Same weapon as the US police used to carry as standard equipment.
>>
>>Mike
>>-- 
>	You are right, Mike.  As I mentioned before in the article I posted, 
>	standard equipment of Japanese police is the New Nambe M60, a five shot
>	38.spl. revolver, through which you cannot shoot .357 Mag. (for your
>	surprise; it is said that they just load four rounds and make the
>	chamber behind the barrel empty to avoid accidental discahrge.  I
>	haven't confirmed it yet, though.)
>	
>	Actually, there are some Japanese made auto loaders, such as New Nambe
>	M57A, but police do not use them.
>	Some officers, especially in some local offices, may still use US      
>	surplus weapons such as S&W M1917 revolvers and Colt M1911A1 autos.
>	BTW, Self Difense Forces use SIG 9 mm auto pistols.

Thanks. I THOUGHT the Japanese revolvers looked a bit odd (only five chambers).
As for accidental discharge, strange that they don't include a safety on the
weapon.

Yes, I knew the Jieitai carried Sigs, but isn't there a Japanese pistol 
manufacturer? I remember that when the US decided to replace the .45, a 
Japanese 9 mm was tested and found to be quite good. Do you remember the
name of the manufacturer?

Mike
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From: tygar+@cs.cmu.edu (Doug Tygar)
Subject: Re: Japanese Bible RE:
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 00:21:47 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

In article <kerry.712266236@manning> kerry@cs.UAlberta.CA (Todyruik Kerry D) writes:
>Volunteering your bible is a completely different case, here.  This, 
>I believe is inappropriate with any guests and especially in an 
>international exchange.  Hypothetically, Would you give your muslim 
>dinner guests a christian bible?  I doubt it!

Well, National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane took a Bible autographed
by Ronald Reagan as a gift when he negotiated the arms-for-hostage deal
with the leaders in Tehran.
From: irwin@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Irwin David)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Questionnaire
Date: 30 Jul 92 17:31:09 GMT
Distribution: qc
Organization: Universite de Montreal



To whom it may concern,


In order to complete a Ph.D. dissertation in the field of political science 
I must verify a certain number of propositions. To do so, I must gather data.
To gather data I must ask people to fill a questionnaire.

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send me a message or provide me with a postal address. You should expect the
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P.S. Thank you to those who have already accepted to participate in the
study.

Regards.

David H. Irwin

Please note: this posting should appear only in the Quebec distribution
area. If you can read this posting outside the province of Quebec, please
disregard it. The survey is limited to Quebec residents. Thanx!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
David H. Irwin				E-mail: irwin@ere.umontreal.ca
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From: tobac@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP (Bach Frederic)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: non-natives in Japan
Date: 24 Jul 92 00:31:17 GMT
Organization: UBS Phillips & Drew Int'l Ltd., Tokyo

In article <21JUL199209395208@vxcrna.cern.ch> ikeda@vxcrna.cern.ch (IKEDA,M./EP) writes about acquiring French or Japanese citizenship:

As for French citizenship, it is very complicated. Some countries have special
agreements because of France's colonial past. For example, Ali was born in 1950
in Algiers. At that time, Algeria was part of France, so Ali was French. In
1962, Algeria gained independance, so Ali became Algerian. In 1970, Ali goes
to work to France. In 1980, he gets married in Algeria and brings his wife
back to France. In 1981, his son Ahmed is born in Paris. When Ahmed reaches the
age of 18, he will become French automatically, in virtue of the special
agreement. Yet, he may, if he chooses, do his military service in Algeria.
Ali could be expelled from France, but not his son Ahmed. However, having been
in France for such a long time, Ali can claim French citizenship.

Generally speaking, being born there doesn't automatically give you the right
to French citizenship. You have to live there ten years too, five years in
some cases, even less if you marry a French citizen.

As for Konishiki, he is trying to acquire Japanese citizenship because he
wants to start his own stable, and this requires being a Japanese national.
Although he did say once he wanted to be promoted to yokozuna as an American,
he apparently started the paperwork soon after he was denied promotion after
his second tournament win this year (try to make me lose my suspicion about
the real intention behind this...). If I understand previous posts correctly,
if he does so without signing any paper where he renounces his American
citizenship explicitly, and especially if he does so for 'business'
purposes, then he will remain American. (Anybody out there been naturalized
Japanese lately, who can tell us what you have to do exactly. Is it true
they tattoo you with a little dragon on your left buttock?). But it is also
true that the Japanese do not recognize dual citizenship (except for minors).


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From: snorthc@nswc.navy.mil (Stephen Northcutt)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Japanese language bible
Date: 27 Jul 92 12:11:18 GMT
Organization: NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER

My family has agreed to host an exchange student from Japan for
a few weeks.  I would like to be able to provide a bible.  Can 
someone give me a mail-order pointer to a good translation?

Many thanks.

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