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From: faga7094@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Looking to Teach
Date: 10 Oct 92 14:49:30 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

Looking to teach

If anyone could send information about the opportunities of teaching 
English in Japan it would be greatly appreciated.  I have just begun 
researching employment and could use some tips about how to conduct 
my search.  Any input would be useful. 

Mark Faga
From: pearl@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: PENPAL INFO WANTED
Date: 12 Oct 92 14:30:26 GMT
Organization: the Worlds Welfare Work Association, Rutgers Anime division

In article <1992Oct10.220204.5742@gw.wmich.edu> 939messana@gw.wmich.edu writes:

> 	HI!  I really don't know if this is the right newsgroup to be posting
> this in, but I'll give it a try.... I would like to have a Japanese penpal
> and I don't know how to go about getting one....Any help would be
> appreciated.
> 
> 			Arigatoo Gozaimasu,
> 					Ronin

You could try posting to the newsgroup soc.pen-pals.

Steve
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From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Mr. Robertson, I'm sorry..
Date: 15 Oct 92 05:51:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.serLRPK00WBK821mN_
	<1bil94INN8mn@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Mr. Robertson, 


                   I'm sorry for our differences in the past. I hope
that our furture can be profitable to all. Your last post was very good.
But, one point in which I would like to contend is that it is natural
for humans to feel that they have a grudge against one another. The
Korean feeling is valid. Also, I feel that your are correct in your
opinion that no one entity is at fault. the West had very much to do
(especially, Britian) with those "drug Crazed Plutocrats"( they may be
the reason that they were drug crazed). I have every confidence in the
Chinese.


                          Your letter excites me. I agree with you that people
can change and grow. Have a very special day! AND, THANK YOU.
Xref: sparky soc.culture.japan:8786 soc.culture.china:27549
From: luke@newt.ee.byu.edu (David Luke)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.china
Subject: Re: Actually
Date: 12 Oct 92 17:27:13 GMT
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA

In article <Iepplqq00YV9E2fnkf@andrew.cmu.edu> ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano) writes:

>Mister Luke,
>
>                  Your youth definetly proceed your maturity. It
>probably seems 
>like I look cute when I it seems like I'm being sarcastic; This is only because
>I'm using English. Just as though it seemed as though I was rambling,
>English is
>very shallow when one is trying to translate an paradigm from lets say
>Japanese(or any asian character language).Difficult but shallow. Sorry
>for the inconvience.

Feel free to re-explain yourself in Japanese.  It may be that you were 
attempting to make clear, logical points, but just had problems with the 
language.  I find this explanation unlikely, based both on this and your 
previous psots, but I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.  

I only have Romaji capability, though.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

>By live in America, It is a lie to say that all the
>White racists live in, excuse me, run around in the woods. There are
>those who run around in center city Tokyo.

True.  But the weirdest of the weird are those who congregate in back-woods
places like the mountains of Montana and northern Idaho.

>I see that you like Ansel Adams.  

More accurately, I like this quote from Ansel Adams.  But, thank you for
noticing.

-- 
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|  David Luke                      "There's nothing worse than a brilliant     |
|  luke@wombat.ee.byu.edu           image of a fuzzy concept."                 |
|                                                               -- Ansel Adams |
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: sakimura@sscl.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: Heian Alphabet
Organization: Social Science Computing Laboratory
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 22:10:52 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.155940.1@sissa.it>, radikkio@sissa.it writes:
> 	Hi netters,
> 
> 	I've just began to read "Hanazakari no mori" of Yukio Mishima (it's 
> translated in Italian and they say it's absolutely the first translation).
> 	There are five novels written in the early years of Mishima's life 
> (1940-43). The fourth of these novels, entitled "Yoyo ni nikosan", has 
> something curious. There are 27 chapters and each of them is named with a 
> sign coming from the Heian alphabet (First is "i", second is "ro", then 
> "ha", "ni", "ho", etc.).Is there a particular meaning? Or it is just a 
> strange way to name the chapters of a book?
> 
> 	Thanks a lot,  Riccardo.
> 
> 
> 
> 	*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*
> 				Riccardo IANCER
> 
> RADIKKIO@TSMI19.SISSA.IT	38028::RADIKKIO		RADIKKIO@ITSSISSA
> INTERNET			DECNET			BITNET

AIUEO
KAKIKUKEKO ....
 
sort of 50-on (alphabet) is now usually used.
While it is perfectly logical to layout in a way that the "sounds"
are decomposed to vowels and consonants, it has no meaning
in it.
 
"Iroha-uta (Iroha Poem)", which is the other and older way of
representing the hiragana and katakana is not so logical in the 
sense that it is not decomposed in such a way that "AIUEO" 
stuff does, but has meaning in it. And it is quite beautiful. I think
it went like;
 
Iro ha nihoheto
Chirinuruwo
Wakayo tareso
Tsune naramu
Ui no okuyama
Kefu koete
Asaki yume mishi
Ehimo sesu
 
Since I am not quite sure of the words like "Ui", I cannot give a 
translation with confidence, but following is my "guess work."
Each line corresponds to the Japanese verse I stated above.
 
Though the flowers flourish, 
They will fall.
Whose life then,
Can be unfailing.
Deep mountain of "Ui,"
Today I crossed over.
It was a shallow dream that I saw,
For which I did not "Ei."
 
I am not sure what "Ui" and "Ei" mean. I think "Ui" means 
"Everything of this world hich was formed by destiny  (it is a 
Buddhism Terminology, I think)" and "Ei" means "to sing or cry."
I may be totally wrong, though. After all, I grew up in Kenya, not 
in Japan! 
 
So, that's it. I will end up by quoting a "Tanka" by Kino Megumi.
 
Iroiro ni 
Iro ha nihoheto
Chirinuruwo
Bara ha Bara de atte
Akumademo Bara.
 
P.S. I have been wondering why do we use "r" to represent Japanese
     "r". I think "LaLiLuLeLo" is closer to the real pronounciation.
 
--
Natsu Sakimura - sakimura@sscl.uwo.ca
Dept. of Economics
Univ. of Western Ontario
From: yoichi@carson.u.washington.edu (Yoichi Ii)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: gifts to bring to Japan?
Keywords: gift,beefjerky
Date: 13 Oct 92 04:03:16 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <1992Oct12.184830.13502@lsil.com> mitch@lsil.com writes:
>If you really want to make a kid happy, take beef jerky.  It's like gold over
>there.  Everyone (unless they have bad teeth) loves beef jerky.  Plain smokey
>generic beef jerky is best.  Avoid the sweet "teriyaki" type at all costs.

Not just kids. Ol' dad will be happy, too.  Mom of the family I brought BJ to
was complaining that dad had hoarded the whole package for himself (to have 
with beer) 8-()
From: jcliu@four-lab4.Berkeley.EDU (James C. Liu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Looking for Southern Allstars and J-Walk CDs
Date: 16 Oct 1992 18:59:29 GMT
Organization: UC Berkeley Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
Distribution: bay area
NNTP-Posting-Host: four-lab4.berkeley.edu

Hello Minna-sama:

I'm trying to purchase CD's with collections of South All Stars
best hits and J-Walk's smash hit "Nani mo Ienakute...Natsu."
I've checked Taido-yo Record Shop in S.F. Nihon Machi and they don't
have what I'm looking for. I don't know where else to get Nihongo CDs.

Anybody out there know where I can get these in the bay area?
Mail order okay too.  Prices would be nice, if you know them.

BTW, the shop does have the Hound Dog Bridge (Asahi Supa Dry commercial)
are getting a shipment of Princess^2 "singles 87-92."

I'm also looking for some other stuff:
      Daijiman Brothers Band
      Kome Kome Club (K^2C)
      older Matsutoya Yumi stuff
      Checkers
      Tanimura Shinji
      Yamakawa Yutaka

If you got used CD's you wanna sell...let me know...

Arigato!

Jaa, James
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: fester@etorofu.island.COM ()
Subject: Jieitai
Originator: fester@etorofu
Organization: Island Graphics, Marin County, California
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 21:43:43 GMT

From the Associated Press as reported in the Fri, Oct 16, 1992 SF Chronicle
page A12.
Presented without comment.
Begin
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Tokyo) A day after a leading politician resigned in disgrace, an army 
officer publically proposed that a coup d'etat is needed to stop persistant
political corruption.
  Senior defense officials quickly rebuked the major, whose magazine article
echoed sentiments voiced in the 1930s before the Imperial Army took over the 
civilian government and led Japan into war.
  Shinsaku Yanai, a 45-year-old instructor in military history, wrote in 
Japan's largest-circulation weekly magazine:"It is no longer possible (for
those in power) to correct injustice through elections in a legitimate way
that is the basis of democracy."
  The only option is "a coup d'etat or revolution," Yanai wrote in Shukan
Bunshun.
  Yanai said his opinion is shared by others in Japan's military. His article
quoted an unidentified senior officer as saying that "the time will surely 
come when someone stands up" to political corruption.
  Sohei Miyashita, the director-general of the civilian Defense Agency, which 
oversees the military, said the agency will take appropriate measures" 
regarding Yanai.
  "Such a thing as a coup d'etat could never be permissable under parliamentary 
democracy; it's out of the question," Miyashita said.
  The article came amid public anger over the acceptance of $4 million in 
illegal donations by Japan's most powerful kingpin, Shin Kanemaru, from a
mobster-linked trucking company. Kanemaru resigned from parliament on 
Wednesday.
  Yanai, who teaches at the defense forces' Shimoshizu Garrison in Chiba, east
of Tokyo, was unavailable for comment on the article, said the garrison's 
spokesman, Kiyotaka Iwamura.
  Still, Yanai's comments underlined the concern of some observers that Japan's
240,000-man armed forces are effectively outside civilian control because they
are not given a role in the country's constitution.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mike

-- 
Disclaimer - I'm only doing what the little voices tell me to do. 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: cshi@cs.ulowell.edu (Chunde Shi)
Subject: Re: Shameless Japaness must recognize and apologize for Invasion China
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 01:04:33 GMT

In article <1992Oct16.030833.12645@cs.ucla.edu> kanekawa@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Nobuyasu Kanekawa) writes:
>robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson) writes:
>: Guiltless Chinese, go jump in the lake.
>
>No flame of WWIII, please !!
>
>Or ...
>Japanese will be criticized for shameless deeds during WWIII again. :-)
>
>-- 
>Nobuyasu KANEKAWA  (E-mail address in Japan : kanekawa@hrl.hitachi.co.jp)
I want to let majority of Japanese who read this news group, but even do not
have the courage the post their oppinion on it to know that the main stream
chinese are willing to have friendship with Japanese. We do have people
among us have difficulty to control their emotion, hope you guys understand
it. 

From: ajeans@hplred.HP.COM (Albert Jeans)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:14:06 GMT
Subject: REPOST: Volunteer Work
Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan

Does anyone know of Japanese teaching English in the Tokyo area? I'd like to
find out if there are any opportunities to tutor English part time as a 
volunteer.
From: wa2ise@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (robert.f.casey)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Smoking by Japanese adolescents
Date: 16 Oct 92 02:27:29 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <1980@hsdndev.UUCP> rehir@gauss.med.harvard.edu (Hirokatsu Watanabe 432-2275) writes:
>    
>    The association of protecting the health from smoking in Tama asked 
>the fresh adults about their smoking habit at the coming-of-age ceremony
>of Hachio^ji in 1991. 66% men and 23% women have smoked. But the sample
>size of this research was only 95 (65 men and 30 women). Maybe it isn't
>reliable.

Usually, kids in school in USA who take up smoking do it to "look cool".  
In my case, I knew that I was too nerd-y to ever look cool, so there
was no point in smoking.  

I see a reference to a "comming of age ceremony, Hachio^ji" in Japan.
There is no equivalent thing in USA, maybe getting your driver's license
is one "comming of age" event, graduating high school or college is 
another, having your first beer (legally) maybe :-), and to a lot less
extent, religious ceremonies like Confirmation or Bar Mitsazhs(sp).
In my case, "comming of age" was a gradual thing spanning age 17 to 25.
Events: Getting driver license, graduatiog high school, drinking in 
college :-), graduating college, getting first real job.
From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Let's See!
Date: 12 Oct 92 02:05:11 GMT
	<YeqASTm00Uh_E3PpQB@andrew.cmu.edu>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Obviously,

                 I was not born at this time. But, I do feel that I have
a special interest in Ko-ryu being one nation again. I have a special
attraction for the North Ko-ryuan people.(To me the human existance is
more important to me that either Communism, Capitalism or Religion. So,
therefore I have a respect from all because I know of a power Greater
than all. The Lord Christ Jesus. whether I 'm a Christian is not
important but rather whether I can be. Nippon, as it is known, supplied
varies support to the U.S. and South Korea in the attempt to defeat
North Ko-ryu. In my opinion, Nihon did a great disservice among it's own
race because we helped non-Asians kill Asians. I would be less than a
man not to admit this. Because it is common knowledge! Personally, I
feel embarassed about this. This was a new low(at that time) for the
NIhon as a people. South Koreans also. I've met some(about 5) South
Korean pilots who've flown bombing mission over North Ko-ryu(you know
when you say Japanese they Spell their guts) they would tell me stories
that when I heard I could hardly hold back the tears. And, then they
would say Japan gave us this or that. Japan
let us land here or there... Wait my program...
From: harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: the Rikiya Asano rants
Date: 13 Oct 92 01:17:11 GMT
	<UeqAz3200Uh_E3PqVq@andrew.cmu.edu>
Organization: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
In-reply-to: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu's message of 12 Oct 92 01:07:15 GMT

In article <UeqAz3200Uh_E3PqVq@andrew.cmu.edu> ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu
   (Rikiya Asano) writes:

 =}Don't get me started, Sir.

   You cranked it up yourself.  The rest of us are trying to get your
ignorance out of gear before you have a head on collision with a real
white supremist...  Like the Japanese neonationalists, they use baseball
bats...
From: whitaker@eternity.demon.co.uk ("Russell E. Whitaker")
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Companies in Japan?
Date: 12 Oct 92 16:10:56 GMT
Organization: Extropy Institute


In article <Bw0B87.308@world.std.com> vwright@world.std.com writes:

>I am trying to find out what databases are there available on the
>Internet in English about Japanese businesses and corporations. This
>includes databases that charge money and any other kinds.
>
>Could you suggest some clues as to how I would start researching this?
>
>Any ideas will be sincerely appreciated.
>Please respond via e-mail.
> 
>
>Vedder Wright

This is very useful information!  Vedder: I understand that your "Please
respond via e-mail" is courteously intended to keep the newsgroup
clutter to a minimum.  However, what you ask is of great interest to
many others of us here.

Anyone responding: please post the information /to this newsgroup/.

Thanks,

Russell Earl Whitaker                   whitaker@eternity.demon.co.uk
Communications Editor                       71750.2413@compuserve.com
EXTROPY: The Journal of Transhumanist Thought         AMiX: RWHITAKER
Board member, Extropy Institute (ExI)
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu ()
Subject: Re: Thanks for the confidence
Organization: clearer than blir
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 10:09:13 GMT

In article <YeqASTm00Uh_E3PpQB@andrew.cmu.edu> ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano) writes:
>
>But I see that he (Peter) and his (Peter's) high morality are more valuable
>to Nihon than all ya'll fucking whiteboys put together. Ya'll ain't doing
>nothing socially for my fucked-up country. Third generation Koreans
>can't even vote. Listen to this young brother. If he was in beloved
>Nihon he may not understand the Baraku problem but at least he'll be
>able to express outloud, in public that that is wrong and unfair and
>shouldn't be. And, I would even go as far as to say that given the right
>tools he might even take on their struggle. Malcolm X did something for
>this proud people that white America(99.9%) don't have. Tad was right
>I'm the asshole. How do I expect you to care about the disadvantage in
>Nihon when you only came to my country to make money. Or, to take
>advantage of it's high educational oppurtunities and fuck everything
>else. As long as you make a pretty Yen? YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS!   

Any foreigner in Japan, including us whiteboys, risks deportation for
any political demonstration or activity of any kind. Those with high
enough moral fiber will go ahead and fight anyway. A Catholic
missionary was threatened with removal while I was there (=while
you've been here) for fighting for the rights of Japanese-born
Koreans. If intolerant, fork-tongued Americans were as afraid of your
opinions as Japanese politicians are of ours you would already be
kicked out of CMU and on the plane home by now, I'm sure.

-- Tad Perry   Internet:    tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu
               CompuServe:  70402,3020
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: vlee@dgp.toronto.edu (Victor Yuencheng Lee)
Subject: Re: Shameless Japaness must recognize and apologize for Invasion China 
Date: 16 Oct 92 00:35:37 GMT

There is no reason for denying.

There is also no excuse for covering-up history.

As I said, if you still want to distort the history, you are absolutely
a SHAMELESS Japaness.
From: smittie@beach.csulb.edu (Smittie)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Shameless Japaness must recognize and apologize for Invasion China
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:23:13 GMT
 10@bosporus><Oct16.154358.28909@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
Organization: Cal State Long Beach

Uhm, seems to me that we're rehashing this issue a little early this time.
Usually we get about a three or four month respite before the Nanking rape
issue comes 'round again.

smittie
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From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: More Understandable Titles Please(was THIS ONE PROVES IT! etc.)
Date: 15 Oct 92 07:00:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.8erMSO600WBKI21tVB
	<1992Oct15.041544.27700@cs.ucla.edu>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Dear Noduyasa Kanekawa,

                             I'm glad that you are not mad at me. I was
taking a big risk in expressing my feelings. I was very afraid. But, my
love for brotherhood and Humanity became more important than fear. So,
I'm sorry if at times I caused you frustration and choas. And, if I
didn't than I'm very happy.


                                        Thank you for your edifying suggestions
you are very important to me. Please write me. 
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:23:41 -0400 
From: Soshi Iba <si0l+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Kanemaru Shin o, shasatsu shitai.

Nani ittenda?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: kanekawa@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Nobuyasu Kanekawa)
Subject: Re: Kanemaru Shin o, shasatsu shitai.
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 19:44:03 GMT

robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson) writes:
: Stanford Meiyo kyouju Kanemaru Shin ga,
: korekara kougi o kaishi itashimasu.

On what subject ?  He is a very smart financial planner with excellent 
tax reducing skills.  He paid only JPY200,000 TAX for JPY500,000,000
INCOME.  :-)

I would like to take his lecture.

-- 
Nobuyasu KANEKAWA  (E-mail address in Japan : kanekawa@hrl.hitachi.co.jp)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: justin@mik.uky.edu (Justin Sullivan)
Subject: Re: Re: Actually
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 12:46:39 GMT

HAJIME YOJI writes
> Ah, i want to raise two question. First question is 'Which countries is 
> more racist oriented, Japan or America.' The way I see is that Japan is 
> more racist oriented than US. But, on the other hand, US is VERY 
> discriminating in term of wealth distribution(I think it is one of the 
> worst in OECD). So it is bloody hard for some racial or ethinic
> groups to gain equality if they have been segmented into poor income  
groups. 
> So, for examples, Japanese Korean would face much harrash discrimination 
> like being rejected good job or marrying to Japanese but they would
> enjoy far better living standard than those ethnic minority living in slum.
> I think many of racist incident like recent L.A riot are rooted from
> poverty and corruption of American society than the simple matter of
> racism.

You know what they say, though.. America is a land of opportunity.. As long  
as you're rich!
 
> Second question is 'Which do you think is better, racism or poverty?'
> My opinion is I really don't know.

Well, in the south, we have both. Take your pick..