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From: ichikawa@huis.hiroshima-u.ac.jp (Tadao Ichikawa)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,misc.misc,fj.misc,misc.wanted
Subject: Call-For-Student-Participation (In English)
Keywords: Graduate program, Hiroshima University, Teaching classes in English
Date: 18 Aug 92 08:42:50 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Info. Sci., Hiroshima Univ., Japan


CALL-FOR-STUDENT-PARTICIPATION

in

The Graduate Program of Information and Computer Sciences
Hiroshima University, Japan
______________________________

Starting in 1994, the Information and Computer Sciences Graduate 
Program at HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY will begin TEACHING 
CLASSES in ENGLISH-only.

  ------  Students from all over the world are welcome to join the program.
______________________________

[Programs of Study]   The Graduate School of Information Engineering 
at Hiroshima University offers programs leading to a Masters or a 
Doctorate.  Dissertations are necessary both for Master's and Doctoral 
degrees to complete the applicants' research requirements.

[Staff Organization]   Teaching staff consists of the professors of the 
Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, 
who specialize in information and computer sciences. Their technical and 
research interests span a broad spectrum of areas such as information 
science fundamentals, information statistics, information processing, 
information machinery, information systems and networking, distributed 
systems, and software engineering. Intensive courses will be given by 
visiting professors.

  ------  Professors are also welcome from foreign countries.

[Financial Aid]   Financial aid possibilities for graduate students include 
teaching assistantship, Government Scholarships given by the Ministry of 
Education of Japan ('Monbusho'), and some other public funds. 
Applicants are encouraged to acquire 'Monbusho' scholarships in 
advance of their admission to the graduate programs.

[Location]   Hiroshima University is located 37km east of Hiroshima 
City, where you will appreciate 'sake', fresh fish, and peace. Student 
domitories (public/private) are accommodated mostly within walking 
distance of the univerisity campus. The weather is mild throughout the 
year with moderate variation between summer and winter.  

[Application]   Student will be selected mostly on the basis of past 
achievements in research and study. Applications for 'Monbusho' 
scholarship are accepted at the Japanese Consulate general in your area. A 
booklet describing details of lectures, research topics, and seminar 
progams is available on request.

[Correspondence] 

Professor Tadao Ichikawa
Chair, 'Teach-in-English' Promotion Committee
Graduate School of Information Engineering, Hiroshima University
1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan 724
Phone: +81-824-22-7029, Fax: +81-824-22-7195
E-mail: ichikawa@huis.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
From: ntetsuya@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Nishimura)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: lotteries
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:55:55 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

In article <1992Aug20.080443.4961@nmit.mt.nec.co.jp> d-itasak@nmit.mt.nec.co.jp (Daisaku Itasaka) writes:

[stuff deleted]
>
>You can get all the prize money at once in Japan. But you can't in the US.
>For what it's worth, you get a small amount of the money every year for
>over 20 years. (I don't know exactly.)

	And there will be *NO* income tax on this prize money.  :-)


						Tetsuya Nishimura
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: shin@krusty.ee.udel.edu (Jeong-Gyun Shin)
Subject: Re: An open letter to the Emperor Akihito of Japa
Organization: University of Delaware
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 19:48:27 GMT

In article <911@hobby.ukc.ac.uk> mhs@ukc.ac.uk (M.H.Smith) writes:
>PRC -- 3,030,000 (75.9% army, 8.6% navy, 15.5% airforce) so the army
>is actually about 2,300,000 strong.
>
>Japan -- 246,400 (63.4% army, 17.8% navy, 18.8% airforce) so the army
>is about 156,00 strong.

It's off subject line but obviously numbers by itself doesn't tell whole
story.  One also would have to look at what they are defending (territo-
rial dimension), armaments (overall budget in comparison to GNP, especially 
high tech warfare), training (do Chinese conscripts receive platoon leader's 
training as most of Japan's Self Defense Force's enlistmen do?), etc.
From: smittie@beach.csulb.edu (Smittie)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: An open letter to the Emperor Akihito of Japa
Date: 20 Aug 92 03:00:23 GMT
	<2408@aegis.or.jp> <15064@umd5.umd.edu>
Organization: Cal State Long Beach

>Donot be surprised if someday China attacks Japan. It is Japan who invites
>that invasion!

THIS is how the perpetration of hatred will cause China to become the problem.
It is a logical fallacy to say that two wrongs make a right. This is exactly
what I've have been talking about.

smittie

-- 
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smittie@beach.csulb.edu |  current world problems would be yesterday's news.
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From: harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: USA vs Japan Men's Volleyball in Olympics
Date: 17 Aug 92 08:01:40 GMT
	<1992Aug6.234321.13413@Cadence.COM> <scrotch.713206836@milton>
	<77489@ut-emx.uucp> <1992Aug11.23003.23148@ms.uky.edu>
Organization: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
In-reply-to: borders@ms.uky.edu's message of 11 Aug 92 06:30:03 GMT

In article <1992Aug11.23003.23148@ms.uky.edu> borders@ms.uky.edu
   (Johnny Borders) writes:

 =}In a poll
 =}I still dig up from time to time, 85% of all Americans felt they possessed:
 =}"A God-given right to interfere and oversee the activities of all other 
 =}sovereign nations."

   Strange, probably less than 85% of Americans believe in God...

 =}Only when THAT attitude is changed will Americans grow up.

   Speaking of attitudes and growing up, what about your own post?
Do senseless generalization and bashing now demonstrate maturity and
'the proper attitude'?

 =}Anyone want to trade places? I'd rather move to Japan (if only I could work
 =}harder on learning the language.. :)

   You should try going to Japan, it might give you new insights into
your post...
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: yoichi@milton.u.washington.edu (Yoichi Ii)
Subject: Re: Osaka Airport directions
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 16:03:20 GMT

In article <Bsyt3o.HG3.1@cs.cmu.edu> jfriedl@cs.cmu.edu writes:
> [about money]
>I recommend exchanging nothing before you arrive.  If you really want
>to exchange in The States, just flush your money down the toilet and
>save yourself a trip to the bank....

I would tend to recommend that you have some money in yen (in lower 
denominations). Some flights from US (especially those from the West 
coast via Narita-Tokyo), tend to arrive in Itami-Osaka around 7pm.  
By that time banks will have closed and you won't be able to exchange 
your TC.  Also banks are closed on certain holidays (and maybe weekends).
I had the misfortune of doing just this, but fortunately, a nice lady at 
a JAL ticket counter personally exchanged some money for me :-)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: Death of Yamamoto (Was: 50 YEARS AGO: August 7, 1942 -- Guadalcanal)
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:57:06 GMT

In article <jwb.713493785@capek.rdt.monash.edu.au> jwb@capek.rdt.monash.edu.au (Jim Breen) writes:
>buckley@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (BUCKLEY  CHARLES RAY) writes:
>
>>In article <jwb.713403302@capek.rdt.monash.edu.au> jwb@capek.rdt.monash.edu.au (Jim Breen) writes:
>>>
>>>Some Allies had been there all along. When Australia evacuated the island of
>>>Bouganville earlier that year, several small teams of "coast-watcher"s were
>>>.....
>>Is this the same island where Admiral Yamamto was killed?
>
>I think so. I'll try and remember to look it up when I get home tonight.
>
>Many now think that Yamamoto's death was practically suicide. His flight plans
>were broadcast in a low-grade cypher that was sure to have been read by the 
>Allies. Even so, there were many on the Allied side not happy with the
>deliberate taking out of an enemy leader.

While I remember hearing interviews with the pilots on that mission, and they 
all expressed the feeling that that mission had a different "feel" to it than
others (ie, they were targetting a specific individual, rather than engaging
a nebulous "enemy"), I find it difficult to believe that many on the Allied 
side felt more unhappiness than relief that the top (in ability) naval officer
of Japan had been removed from the scene. Deliberately taking out an enemy
leader is normally considered desireable.

Mike
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From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Electronic Matchmaker
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 00:56:27 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

Japanese women, having a problem finding a Japanese man?  I am about 
to launch a free electronic matching service on Usenet.  Thanks to 
the imbalance of men to women on Usenet, more guys than gals have 
expressed an interest so far.  If you would like to see the fifth 
draft of my questionnaire so we can alter it to also fit women's 
needs as well as men's, either send me mail or look at the copy I 
posted in alt.personals.  
 
This service is serious and I already have 291 men and 162 women 
signed up so far.  The site of the service has already been selected 
and programming has begun.  
 
I should point out that this questionnaire really, really, really, 
needs some more input on CULTURES.  I need some questions to make 
sure that matches are compatible culturally.  
 
                                                          Eric Klien
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: marc@watson.ibm.com (Marc Auslander)
Subject: Re: Planning to be in Tokyo on September 5th.
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 20:26:38 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
	<DAVE.92Aug20183919@pipi.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, New York

In article <DAVE.92Aug20183919@pipi.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp> dave@pipi.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp (David Wuertele) writes:

>In one day, you could see (in rough order):
> the fish market
> the rush-hour Yamanote (or Chu-Oh, etc.) train line
> the new Government Tower
> [Netters --- help me fill in this time slot]
> Harajuku (a 14-18yr playground)
> Shibuya (a 16-24 playground)
> Roppongi (a 21-29 playground)

>Don't expect any natural wonders.

>Dave


How about one piece of "old" Japan - namely Asakusa.
--


Marc Auslander       (IBM)<marc@marc.watson.ibm.com>      914 784-6699
                     (Internet)<marc@watson.ibm.com>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: d-itasak@nmit.mt.nec.co.jp (Daisaku Itasaka)
Subject: Re: New Year's Eve in Japan
Keywords: New Year's Eve
Organization: NEC Microcomputer Technology Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Distribution: world 
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 00:33:40 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.144245.19501@bnr.ca>
	therese@crchh588.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Therese McCarthy) writes:

>I will be traveling to Kyoto at the end of this year (after Christmas and
>through to New Year's) and was wondering what type of typical celebrations
>for New Year's Eve can I expect in Japan?

I guess that more than 90% of total population just sit and watch TV
at home. Some of them might eat noodles at night hearing a temple ring
the bell exactly 108 times. Midnight comes and a year turns to be new.
And then Somenosuke and Sometarou appear on TV as usual, loudly saying
"akemashite omedetou gozaimasu". That's what it's all about.

>Are there any type of gatherings
>as similar to Times Square in NYC or Trafalgar (sp?) Square in London?
>This is my first trip to Japan, but I'm interested in spending New Year's
>Eve somewhere other than a bar/beer hall.

If you want it, go to a shrine. Kyoto has lots of them.
Don't leave home without a coin. You throw it in a box at a shrine
and wish may you spend this year with no trouble. 

-- 
A wrong guy in a wrong place at wrong time...
						 Daisaku Itasaka
				      d-itasak@nmit.mt.nec.co.jp
				NEC Microcomputer Technology Ltd.
From: davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Have some cash; Was: Re: Osaka Airport directions
Date: 21 Aug 92 12:31:11 GMT
Organization: Aegis Society, Kyoto Japan

harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom) writes:

>In article <2360@aegis.or.jp> davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) writes:

> =}Sorry, but I can't take your claims to mistreatment so seriously.
> =}Were they really doing this to you, personally? That is, they were
> =}accepting other people's Corporat AmEX cards, but not yours? 

>   He didn't seem to claim that he was being mistreated.  He claimed
>that he made the mistake of not bringing enough cash with him and
>made the further mistake of choosing a hotel which didn't accept
>credit cards.  A rather embarrassing situation to be in...

>   To this claim another poster expressed doubt as to the honesty of
>this claim since he believes almost all Japanese businesses accept
>credit cards...

>   In the post you responded to, the original poster was providing the
>information neccesary to support his claims.  You may want to reread the
>thread if you are still confused...

I did, and what I was responding to was the line:

  | In all honesty, this was the only business hotel I
  | checked in that would do that to me :-(

This sounded like he had been in some/many business hotels and this
one took a personal dislike to him. But, being curious after
reading what you had to say, I checked back to the original post:

  | Here is my recent experience with coming to Japan
  | without any yen:
  |
  | A Japanese friend gave me a ride from Narita to
  | Kawasaki and took me to a "business" hotel (Sun Royal).
  | They would not accept _any_ credit cards nor traveler's
  | cheques; if for my friend lending me Y10,000 on the
  | spot, I'd be stuck till the next day ;-).
  |
  | So, get at least $200 exchanged to yen just in case.

That sounds a lot different. I guess I jumped the gun on him but it
does seem that I lot of people only post to complain about how they
feel they have been mistreated. But that's now excuse and I'm sorry
that I didn't check it out further because what he was saying was,
basically, "This happened to me, here's a way to not let it happen
to you."

Speaking of checking it out, in another post, you say:

 =}Accepted no credit card?  Sounds very odd to me.  Today, almost any type of 
 =}business accepts visa or mastercard in Japan...

 |   At first I too was surprised to hear that a business hotel would not
 | accept credit cards.  So I checked out a couple near me.  They don't
 | accept credit cards...

Curious, yet the original posting claimed it was only this one....

Dave

--
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JUNET: davidg@aegis.or.jp (ONLY within Japan: post otherwise)
Nagaokakyoshi, Kyoto Japan Tel: +81-75-951-1168 Fax: +81-75-957-1087
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.china,soc.culture.hongkong,soc.culture.taiwan
From: claudius@leland.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Re: An open letter to the Emperor Akihito of Japa
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 07:00:29 GMT

In article <SMITTIE.92Aug20222341@beach.csulb.edu> smittie@beach.csulb.edu (Smittie) writes:
>>Most Jews (who still live, anyway) didn't experience Hitler's genocidal
>>concentration camps.  If they denounce neo-Nazis, do you accuse them of
>>racism?
>
>Denunciation is in no way synonymous with hate.

I see.  A call for an apology is synonymous with hate.  I would like to buy
a thesaurus from you.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: kimi@newsance.att.com (Kimiye Tipton;ball of confusion;net nemesis;407-660-6472)
Subject: Re: Have some cash
Organization: AT&T IMS, Maitland, FL
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:11:57 GMT

In article <Bt71wJ.B9o.1@cs.cmu.edu> jfriedl@cs.cmu.edu writes:
>I also called American Express. They had similar but more complex rates.
>With $1,000 one could get 118,381 yen cash, or 120,198 yen in traveler's
>checks (well, 120000 + change).  However, I'm not sure how useful yen
>traveler's checks would be (i.e. would you have to pay a fee in Japan to
>convert them to cash... wouldn't surprise me at all).

I'm a Gold Card member, so I got the checks at no charge, at 125 per 
dollar, plus, they mailed them to me at home, so I saved a trip.
My aunt took me to her bank in Sagamihara, where they cashed in my Amex 
yen travellers' checks at no charge.  Unfortunately, I ended up taking
about 50K yen back to the States, since I wasn't about to transfer to
dollars at 138 in LA!  (My relatives wouldn't let me pay for anything--
I sent the 50K to my mom to spread around).  I'm advising my mom who is 
coming back next week to exchange her yen in Tokyo, or just go wild in
the duty free shop on her way out of Narita (the Seiko II five language
and Japn.-Eng. translators sell for around Y5900, and there are good 
deals on Shiseido soaps and some cosmetics).

Most places in Japan don't take traveller's checks, even in yen.  You
don't need them where there's very little robbery, so no one handles them.

Don't forget the 2K you need for your airport exit tax.  And buy a 
package of those chocolate covered sticks before you board and think 
of me and my addicted 4-year-old son while you eat them.  We are 
really missing those Pookies or whatever they're called!


Kimiye Tipton  kimi@kokomo.att.com or kimi@newsance.att.com  Maitland, FL
"That smile of yours makes the Mona Lisa look self-doubting."
From: pavlik@apap4.pap.univie.ac.at
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,rec.travel
Subject: Re: Bullet Train
Date: 13 Aug 92 09:37:44 GMT
Organization: Vienna University Computer Center

In article <1992Aug11.152633.15916@uqvax.cc.uq.oz.au>, ccloretta@uqvax.cc.uq.oz.au writes:
> Does anyone know the cost of the bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka? Is it
> possible to purchase a ticket for different class (eg. sleeping, first class)?
> Or is the train only a single class?
> 
> How far in advance should one book?

Sorry, I do not know the price for a ticket. As the Bullet train journey lasts
only about 3 hours a sleeper would not make much sense. The Bullet Trains have
two classes called Ordinary and Green, which are comparable to second and first
class in Western Europe. There are, however, rather slow overnight trains on a
conventional railroad between Tokyo and Osaka which do have sleepers. When I
was in Japan (1987 and 1989) I used the Japan Rail Pass, so I never had to pay
for a single ticket. I never had a problem to find a seat in without prior 
reservation, as they have a number of non-reservable ordinary class coaches on
every train. And if a train is really overcrowded you may just wait for for the
next. Between Tokyo and Osaka they run about every 15 to 30 minutes.

Andreas Pavlik
University of Vienna
From: kenji@reseau.macrofield.or.jp (Kenji Rikitake)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Fare from Osaka Airport into town
Date: 14 Aug 92 02:03:18 GMT
	<2289@aegis.or.jp>
Reply-To: kenji@reseau.macrofield.or.jp (Kenji Rikitake)
Distribution: soc
Organization: Macrofield Corporation, Toyonaka-city, Osaka, Japan
Posting-Front-End: Terakoya-u kaku 2.06 DEBUG 11-AUG-1992

Hmmm, maybe we need soc.culture.japan.kansai :) (just kidding)

In article <2289@aegis.or.jp>
	davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) writes:
>You might also ask them if they really want to go to Umeda or if
>that is only some place where they will transfer to another line.
>If so, then they can change at Juso (one stop before Umeda) or maybe
>they won't even need to go in that direction at all! There are many
>Hankyu lines and they go all over... 

A roughly-written topology of three major Hankyu Lines:

               Takarazuka               My House :)
                   |     walk               || walk
               Ishibashi ==== Osaka University Toyonaka Campus
         BUS       |
Airport ===== Hotaruga-ike
                   |
                   |<- Takarazuka Line
                   |
     Kobe Line     |    Kyoto Line
Kobe ------------ Juso -------------- Kyoto (Kawaramachi)
(Sannomiya)        |
                  Umeda (All three lines get here)
                   ||
                   ||
                JR Osaka station
                Hanshin Umeda station
                Subway Umeda/Higashi-Umeda/Nishi-Umeda stations

I recommend you, however, to take a bus to Senri-Chuo if you are 
going to ride JR Shinkansen bullet train. Here comes another 
topology:

         BUS
Airport ===== Senri-Chuo 
                  |
                  | <- Kita-Osaka express
                  |
Shin-Kobe === Shin-Osaka === Kyoto === Nagoya === Tokyo
                  |
                  | <- Subway Midousuji line
                  |
                Umeda
                  |
              (south downtown stations)

You can take a JR Shinkaisoku (rapid express) between Shin-Osaka 
and Kyoto - it's much cheaper. 30 min from Shin-Osaka to Kyoto.

Just FYI,

// Kenji
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"Humour is by far the most significant behaviour of the human mind."
                                -- Edward de Bono, "I am Right - You are Wrong"
From: kenji@macrofield.or.jp (Kenji Rikitake)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Irresponsibility (Re: An open letter to the Emperor Akihito of Japan)
Date: 16 Aug 92 09:41:31 GMT
Reply-To: kenji@macrofield.or.jp (Kenji Rikitake)
Followup-To: soc.culture.japan
Distribution: soc
Organization: Macrofield Corporation, Toyonaka-city, Osaka, Japan
Posting-Front-End: Terakoya-u kaku 2.0612 DEBUG 14-AUG-1992

In article <2351@aegis.or.jp>
	davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) writes:
>This may come as a real surprise but I have been in Japan for 10
>years and during that time I've had many conversations with a wide
>variety of people here and there is a "large" (can't say exactly,
>but among those I have spoken with approx. 90%) segment who do *NOT*
>feel that Japan was responsible for the war.  Instead, they have a
>well-developed set of reasons why and how Japan was tricked into the
>war and they believe this to be the case. Thus I don't think asking
>the Emperor to apologize is going to get anyplace. 

Emperor or Tenno's decision has nothing to do with what the
people think, so it's another issue - but quite a lot of people
do believe that they were BETRAYED AND TRAPPED into the war (by
whom? I dunno but they say Russians were the bad guys (no offense
intended to Russian people)) - typical irresponsible attitude
seen among old people (e.g. Ishihara Shintaro). While I can
understand why they want to hide themselves into a false sense of
self-pity, they simply don't want to see what they had done.

>[...] By the Japanese government
>remaining relatively silent on the issue, people in other countries
>can continue to believe that Japan was responsible, and people here
>can continue to believe that Japan was tricked. 

And those peoples are wasting time indulging themselves. I can
give my personal apology to peoples of offended countries. But I
don't know how much my apology contributes to erase or to forget
the past - all we can do is to record the fact and replay it to
others.

// Kenji
// Well, 47 years have passed since the WWII ended.
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                                -- Edward de Bono, "I am Right - You are Wrong"