HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: dskim@eng.umd.edu (Daeshik Kim)
Subject: WORMS? (was Re: new newsgroup)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 22:52:13 GMT
Organization: What Org?

In article <7443@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com> blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert) writes:
>.... opened the same kind of can of worms that occurs when the
>Chinese/Taiwanese/Koreans jump in from time to time. Me? I admit
>I am one those trying to put the worms back in their can, but
>I'm going to give up as there are just too many damn worms.

	Since no one seems to argue on this, let me ask people on s.c.j?

	Maybe my short years in U.S. gave me wrong interpretation; but
	for me, it was too shocking statements to pass or accept as it
	; so, I want to make sure I got the right meaning.

	Can this be summarized as
	"if you are Korean, get the hell out here, worms"?

	And if so, is this generally accepted attitude on s.c.j?
-- 
	Daeshik Kim	H: (703) 273-1517 O: (703) 689-5878
	DAESHIK.KIM@sprintintl.sprint.com	dskim@eng.umd.edu
	/PN=Daeshik.Kim/O=SprintIntl/ADMD=Telemail/C=US/@Sprint.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: Mark Crispin <mrc@Ikkoku-Kan.Panda.COM>
Subject: the mystery of Rikiya Asano
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Organization: University of Washington
Mime-Version: 1.0
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:43:34 GMT

Someone else complained to the postmaster at CMU about the garbage
Rikiya Asano has been puking on soc.culture.japan, and the CMU
postmaster investigated.  It just so happens that the the CMU
postmaster is a colleague of mine, working on an R&D project with me,
and he saw my call for a new newsgroup.

I learned from him some interesting information.

It turns out that Rikiya Asano is not currently affiliated with CMU,
and his account is scheduled to be terminated during a normal account
purge scheduled for December 18.  Asano is listed in last year's
student directory as a Junior (*not* graduate student) in the Art
Department.  It isn't clear when his affiliation with CMU ended, but
most likely it was before the beginning of the semester.

A cursory examination of some publicly readable files on the account
shows some evidence that someone else may be using the account.  In
the absence of hard evidence, though, the easiest thing is to wait a
month for the account purge.

There also seems to be a pattern of accounts belong to students in the
College of Fine Arts being used by other people, many times because
the account owner just gives his password to someone else.  Apparently
art students don't appreciate the need for system security.

Given that the infamous Rikiya Asano rants started at about the
beginning of the current semester, it is quite likely that we are not
dealing with the real Rikiya Asano.  Possibly, the real Rikiya Asano
is back home in Hokkaido^, completely clueless that he is being made
to look like an idiot in front of the entire world, perhaps sad that
he dropped out of CMU.

[Asano is even being mocked on the fj.* newsgroups!  Curiously, the
 Japanese posters have been writing his name in katakana.  Could
 this be a psychological way of distancing Asano from the Japanese
 race?]

This would explain a lot.  The postings allegedly coming from Rikiya
Asano use sentence structure and syntax that is very un-Japanese, with
misspellings of place names that no Japanese would make.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,talk.politics.guns
From: masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda)
Subject: Re: A Japanese student killed in Lousiana
Organization: Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 03:06:03 GMT

In article <Bx8sts.G38@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> amirza@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Anmar Caves) writes:
>In article <Bx7xpM.FJr@ncifcrf.gov> masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda) writes:

>> What prevents people from defending themselves? 

>Restrictions on gun ownership.

  Would you be more specific?

.....
>When you *invite* someone into your house, you have a certain
>obligation for their safety, by your definitions, the japanese
>students actions would not be construed as threatening *had he been
>invited onto the property*.

   It is said that the student might be understanding that he WAS
invited. Yes, it was his misunderstanding.
   It is said that the shooter might be understanding that the sutdent
WAS a robber. Yes, it was another misunderstanding of the shooter's side.   

   I think that one of the reasons why this incident had such a strong impact
(at least in Japan) was that in the US, just a couple of misunderstandings
could end up with creating a tragedy (both for the deceased and the shooter)
which involves a handgun.
   It might be a common knowledge for Americans, but Japanese learned a
lot, I believe.
 
Michiaki Masuda
From: mburke@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Matthew Burke - grad student)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Sumo on (US) tv?
Keywords: sumo
Date: 6 Nov 92 15:15:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1992Nov6.151502.8567
Distribution: na
Organization: Washington State University!


Does anyone know if sumo ever finds its way on tv in the US (say ESPN
at 3:30 in the morning, or some such)?

Thanks,
Matt



-- 
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%      Matthew M. Burke        mburke@eecs.wsu.edu         %
%   Where am I and what am I doing in this handbasket?     %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: Yoshi Hattori
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 15:55:44 GMT

In article <SMITTIE.92Nov5135426@tui.csulb.edu> smittie@beach.csulb.edu (Smittie) writes:
>>7. Those of you in Japan could at least inform your acquaintances there that
>>   the shooter was remorseful. And that the lack of arrest does not mean that
>>   he will not be indicted.
>
>I am sure that Hattori's parents find great relief in the fact that the shooter
>says he's sorry. I am also sure that all of my Japanese friends will feel much
>safer coming to America knowing that the shooter, who took the life of another
>human being MIGHT be indicted.

Don't know about how safe anyone feels, but the remorse felt by the shooter 
probably *is* important to Hattori's parents. That seems to play a very 
important role in the Japanese criminal/legal system; that someone who committs
an act that causes someone else to suffer plainly indicate his/her sincere
sorrow at the incident, without necessarily admitting guilt or innocence.

Mike
-- 
Disclaimer - I'm only doing what the little voices tell me to do. 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,talk.politics.guns
From: osan@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (Mr. X)
Subject: Re: Japanese exchange student killed in Louisiana...
Organization: Twilight Zone
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 22:09:30 GMT

In article <Bx8224.HMG@ncifcrf.gov> masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda) writes:
>In article <1992Nov4.185308.8461@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes:
>>In article <Bx6oH8.IFM@ncifcrf.gov> masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda) writes:
>>>   It is illegal to drive a car without a license. ...
>>
>>It's only illegal to drive it without a license if you are on public property.
>
>  Can you run over someone in the next door when you are driving in your 
>private property?
>  Can you shoot someone in the next door when you are handling your gun in your
>private property?
>

	Uh... what's your point?

	-Andy V.
From: justin@mik.uky.edu (Justin Sullivan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Yoshi Hattori / UPI
Date: 8 Nov 92 17:40:39 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

Charles M Richmond writes
> 
> The following is taken without permission. 

But for our benefit, right? :)
  
[stuff deleted]

> 	The story got front-page coverage in Japan, which prides itself on
> its low crime rate.

As well they should.. America merely prides itself on being 'Number One..'
For no reason in particular. You know how it is.. If you tell yourself
 something enough times, eventually you'll believe it.

> 	Many Japanese now understand at least the English word ``freeze,''
> but the new education program, which is aimed at high school and
> university students planning to go to the United States, will also
> explain how to react when confronted by ``gun-toting Americans,'' the
> Mainichi said.

It's a blunt phrase, but many Americans do carry guns.. I don't think there
really is any 'proper' way to deal with an irrational hothead (unless you
have a bigger gun! :). It will be interesting to see how they approach
this problem.

> 	The government plans to produce a handbook that will explain American
> manners, culture and school life -- in addition to proper deportment when
> confronted with a gunman. 

Something tells me this handbook will not be very accurate.. 

> 	Since 1986 four Japanese students have been murdered while attending
> high school in the United States.

Is that all? While I was in high school, four people were killed in a year.
ONE school.. Three were suicides, but I blame society.. :) <hehehe>
d
> university students planning to go to the United States, will also
> explain how to react when confronted by ``gun-toting Americans,'' the
> Mainichi said.

It's a blunt phrase, but many Americans do carry guns.. I don't think there
really is any 'proper' way to deal with an irrational hothead (unless you
have a bigger gun! :). It will be interesting to see how they approach
this problem.

> 	The government plans to produce a handbook that will explain American
> manners, culture and school life -- in addition to proper deportment when
> confrois country, but I don't think Mr. P. of Baton Rouge will get off
the hook.. If he does, there will be hell t
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,talk.politics.guns
From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Mr. Charles Richmond
Date: 8 Nov 92 16:13:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.MezQYt_00iUyE4LNMI
	<BxDqqn.2qq@world.std.com>
Distribution: soc
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Dear Mr. Charles Richmond,

                            I will not kill you on sight. I have
regained my senses, now. I have decided to compromise and play your
little "Kill file" game.
But, in light of violence of the American society, this kill instinct
that you have is animalistic. After, talking with Mr. Joe, I have
withdrawn my attempt to
eliminate you as a threat to my like. I sincerely hope that you stop your evil
killin' ways. I also hope that you "play" this game only over the computer.
 
                            Well, have a good life!
From: smittie@beach.csulb.edu (Smittie)
Subject: Re: internment camps
Organization: Cal State Long Beach
	<19921113043838IYI4DTN@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 18:24:26 GMT

>However, they did it anyway, and used the media to whip up hysteria with false
>charges of espionage, sabotage and subversive activities.  Thus, the "perceived
>threat" you mention is correct, but it is extremely important to know why ANY
>threat was perceived at all.

Most of my knowledge of the incarceration of the Japanese-Americans is from
reading the Los Angeles Times. I read every issue from December 1940 to June of
1941.

Several trends become obvious. Inflammatory statements about the Japanese and
Japanese-Americans routinely made front page. Statements to the affect that
Japanese and Japanese-Americans posed no threat and statements by the
Japanese-American community itself were buried in the issue. The statements of
those officials who rose to the forefront of the drive to intern the
Japanese-Americans always made headline news and contesting statements seldom
made the paper at all.

In short, the media was employed and/or made itself available to be used as a
tool by those who held the racist views. It was, at least for me, truly
frightening to see the power the can be wielded by one who holds the media
captivated.

smittie

--
                             Tada mono de ha nai
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
GEnie, MCI, AOL:Smittie   All of these accounts except MCI will die on or
smittie@beach.csulb.edu   about Dec 31. UNIX will be forwarded for 2 weeks.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: tcheung@cc.uow.edu.au (teresa cheung)
Subject: Travelling in Japan and Korea - info needed
Keywords: travel, Japan, Korea
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 00:27:34 GMT

I will be travelling in Japan for ~10-15 days in December.  I plan to buy a
7 day Japan Rail Pass to travel from Tokyo to Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto,Hiroshima.
I plan to end up in a town (sorry, I can't remember the name) where I
can take a boat to Pusan, Korea.  In Korea, I will spend 3 days in Pusan
and Soeul.

Has anybody done this trip before?  I need some recommendations.

For example,
(1)  On the boat to Pusan, which class fare do you recommend?
(2)  Is a 7 day rail pass enough time to travel to all those places in Japan?
(3)  Should I choose a 14 day rail pass instead? (I will be in Tokyo for a
     few days)
(4)  Any suggestions for travelling ECONOMICALLY in Japan?
(5)  What is there to see in Pusan vs. Soeul?  Which is a better
     shopping place.
(6)  Which of the Japanese cities mentioned above is worth staying longer
     (other than Tokyo).


Thanks in advance,
please email me at:     tcheung@wampyr.cc.uow.edu.au

-Teresa Tak Yan Cheung-
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,talk.politics.guns
From: cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,talk.politics.guns
Subject: Re: Japanese exchange student killed in Louisiana...
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:13:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: transfer.1dmd91INNbdt
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: rocket.sw.stratus.com

In article <BxE08w.JyJ@ncifcrf.gov>, masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda) writes:

> >Citizens able to defend themselves. Especially women and the elderly
> >who are often the victims of rape, assault, and robbery precisely
> >because the criminals think they can not defend themselves.
> 
>    Do you propose a policy to distribute a free handgun to all the women and
> elderly who want to have one?

In your ideal world, is the government required to give you, free, everything 
it doesn't prohibit?
-- 

cdt@pdp.sw.stratus.com      --If you believe that I speak for my company,
OR cdt@vos.stratus.com        write today for my special Investors' Packet...
From: pancho@oakhill.sps.mot.com (James B. Lee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: EAGLE JAPAN PROGRAM
Date: 9 Nov 92 22:00:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: oakhill.1992Nov9.220052.11845
Reply-To: pancho@oakhill.sps.mot.com
Organization: Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector

I am looking for people who participated EAGLE JAPAN PROGRAM in Koriyama..
Please acknowledge by responding to my node.

Thanks.
Pancho


--
James B. Lee
sMiLe.. LiFe Is ToO sHorT....     
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: a7657@mindlink.bc.ca (Stephen H. Kawamoto)
Subject: Re: call for a new newsgroup
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:38:54 GMT

Here! Here!
At first I was interested, and mindlessly snarfed the message flow but after
200K of the same old song and dance, I have stopped making a record of the
arguments. Instead, I look for such things as nichiren militants, pop songs,
 and anything related to contemporary culture in Japan.
 I'm also happy this BBS has an IGNORE feature

--
PGP 384/D7484F Stephen Kawamoto

a7657@mindlink.bc.ca.


UUENCODED on MIND LINK! Fri Oct 30 10:35:08 1992


begin 666 sign1a.pcx
M"@4!`0`````K`3L`+`$\`````/___P``````````````````````````````
M```````````````````````````!)@``````````````````````````````
M``````````````````````````````````````````````````#E_\'PY?_!
M\.7_P?#E_\'PY?_!\.7_P?#$_\'/X/_!\,3_P<_@_\'PQ/_!Q\W_/]+_P?#$
M_\''S?\
From: tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Slow News Day on "Today's Japan"
Keywords: balding
Date: 7 Nov 92 00:57:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov7.005732.4190
Organization: clearer than blir

In article <1992Nov6.162527.5015@u.washington.edu> yoichi@carson.u.washington.edu (Yoichi Ii) writes:
>It must have been a slow news day yesterday on "Today's Japan".
>They had an extended segment on treatment for baldness.  They
>said various potions and hair-growing clinics were BIG business.
>
>An especially touching moment of the segment was an otou-san (dad)
>who was visiting one of the clinic because his little daughter
>didn't want to hang around with a baldy daddy.  "Kanashii yara,
>okashii yara" ("I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry")
>
>My question is this: Isn't there a law against false claims
>(advertisement) in Japan?  I mean, obviously these things don't 
>actually work ...

Oooh, a topic I really enjoy. Apparently there are such laws but they
seem to be enforced arbitrarily. There was a machine called the
Bubblestar that would force air through jets so you could make bubbles
in the bath and relax. They always used a pretty gaijin model in the
bath and the old guy who invented it would come on and say that: "My
whole life is devoted to Bubblestar." or something similar.

A friend of mine working in the stock analysis section of Nomura
Research Institute told me that this company went bankrupt because of
fines, etc. resulting from unsupportable health claims in its
advertising!  I couldn't believe it. This is in a country where
pasting magnets on your shoulders is supposed to help with katakori by
getting your blood flowing right. (The add shows how iron filing in a
red fluid flow toward one of the poles of a magnet and we're supposed
to make the leap in faith that: 1. Blood acts the same way, and 2.
Even if it does, it has any beneficial effect whatsoever.)

I think these companies must be paying someone off or contributing to
someone's political campaigns because on the face of it a jacuzzi type
bath (used by professional sports people in their training) seems
much more benificial to your health (especially reducing stress)
than any magnets on your body.

So what are the new ridiculous aids in Japan anyway? I always enjoyed
these and I'd like to know.

-- Tad Perry   Internet:    tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu
               CompuServe:  70402,3020
               NIFTY-Serve: GBG01266
From: blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Japanese exchange student killed in Louisiana...
Date: 6 Nov 92 20:44:58 GMT
Organization: Horizon Research, Inc.


=> As quoted from <Bx61H8.3G1@ncifcrf.gov> by masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov 
=>(Michiaki Masuda):

=> > Pushing the
=> > gun-happies by insisting the ban of gun possession could have even an
=> > adverse effect (they might even shoot us!). 

In article <BxAsAG.3yI@NCoast.ORG>, cmort@NCoast.ORG 
(Christopher Morton) writes:
=> NOBODY here has threatened to shoot you.  If you don't try to break
=> into my apartment or commit some other anti-social act, it isn't
=> likely that I would.

This is another lesson for poor uninformed Masuda-San. You should
be careful not to pick your nose on someone else's property, lest
someone might assume that you're reaching for a lethal booger.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: Mark Crispin <mrc@Ikkoku-Kan.Panda.COM>
Subject: 50 YEARS AGO: November 12, 1942 - Guadalcanal counterattack
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Organization: University of Washington
Mime-Version: 1.0
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 23:23:28 GMT

The failed Japanese offensive at Guadalcanal in October set the stage for a US
counterattack.  With Japanese-built Henderson Field now securely in US hands,
US Marines began chasing the northward-retreating Japanese forces on November
1.

But Japan was not going to give up that easily.  They needed the airstrip they
built at Henderson Field if they were to keep the military offensive.  The
Navy was dispatched to land reinforcements on Guadalcanal.

On November 12, a series of naval battles were fought between the US and
Japanese navies, ultimately ending in defeat for the Japanese.  The failure to
land reinforcements on Guadalcanal was the beginning of the end for Japanese
hopes on the jungle island.  It would be 2 1/2 months before the last Japanese
forces evacuated, but the tide had turned irredeemably towards the US.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,talk.politics.guns
From: yoichi@carson.u.washington.edu (Yoichi Ii)
Subject: Why the Fear of Right?
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:37:25 GMT

Recently, the incident regarding LDP using a yakuza organization to
silence the Koumintou (a right-wing group) has been attracting much
attention.  LDP's aim, supposedly, was to quiet the Koumintou's trucks
equiped with loudspeakers which were broadcasting condiscending message
about Mr. Takeshita who was being positioned to be the prime minister.

My question is this: Why does LDP fear so much a couple of loud trucks?
It certainly couldn't be public opinion, as indicated by their forced
removal of a popular prime minister like Kaifu.  What is missing here?
From: cf379@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (J. Alan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Homosexuality in Japan
Date: 11 Nov 1992 02:37:03 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


I am doing research on this topic and would appreciate
any input I can get from people who read this group.  I would
like to hear from people with any orientation: same-sex or
opposite sex.  I am interested in your comments, views,
experiences, biases, fears, concerns, etc.  

Some topics you might address:

If you have a same-sex orientation --

	*How do you feel about yourself?  What is your self image?
	*What is the status of people like you in Japan?
	*Is there tolerance?  Violence?  Shame?
	*Do you feel there is "community" among same-sex
		people in Japan?  What about the government?
	*What about your relations with family and friends?
	*What about your experiences?  Relationships, etc.?

If you have opposite-sex orientation --

	*Answer any of the questions you can above.
	*What is your view of same-sex persons?
	*Do you know (or have friends) people in this category?
	*How would you react if your brother or sister told
		you s/he was gay/lesbian?  What if your child
		had a same-sex orientation?  What would you do?

This is only a start.  Use your own creativity.  If you just want
to flame, that's ok as I will incorporate what you write as part
of my data.

I guarantee full anonymity to anyone who responds.

As the questioner inevitably gets questioned, let me just explai
that I am a scholar, I'm male, and I am same-sexual in oreintation.
This research is part of a broad study I am doing of people
around the world with same-sex orientations.

Thank you for your kind cooperation.

J. Alan
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda)
Subject: Re: Japanese exchange student killed in Louisiana...
Organization: Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 20:37:12 GMT

In article <7430@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com> blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert) writes:
>
>=> As quoted from <Bx61H8.3G1@ncifcrf.gov> by masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov 
>=>(Michiaki Masuda):
>
>=> > Pushing the
>=> > gun-happies by insisting the ban of gun possession could have even an
>=> > adverse effect (they might even shoot us!). 
>
>In article <BxAsAG.3yI@NCoast.ORG>, cmort@NCoast.ORG 
>(Christopher Morton) writes:
>=> NOBODY here has threatened to shoot you.  If you don't try to break
>=> into my apartment or commit some other anti-social act, it isn't
>=> likely that I would.
>
>This is another lesson for poor uninformed Masuda-San. You should
>be careful not to pick your nose on someone else's property, lest
>someone might assume that you're reaching for a lethal booger.

    Shhhhh. Don't let them know about my secret final weapon, Lambert-san.

--Michiaki
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,talk.politics.guns