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From: kenji@tom.astem.or.jp (Kenji Rikitake)
Newsgroups: fj.misc
Subject: Re: How to survive in Japan [English]
Date: 9 Sep 92 01:56:01 GMT
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In-reply-to: okamoto@earth.chigaku.souka.osakafu-u.ac.jp's message of 8 Sep 92 05:15:16 GMT

In article <4620@earth.chigaku.souka.osakafu-u.ac.jp> okamoto@earth.chigaku.souka.osakafu-u.ac.jp (Kenji Okamoto) writes:
 >>Funny, these seem to me very natural reaction for anyone not familiar with
 >>foreigners.  I wonder this kind of behaviour, very naive, hurt a foreigner.

Stereotyping itself is harmless. But forcing your stereotyped image to
other non-Japanese residents is a discriminative action. And you
should be careful on asking a personal question (e.g. questions about
one's age, nationality, preferences) - I think people in Japan are
unaware of this because a personal question is not necessarily
considered impolite among Japanese.

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// Kenji
Newsgroups: fj.misc
From: araki@sfc.keio.ac.jp (Sumio Araki)
Subject: Re: How to survive in Japan [English]
Organization: Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus.
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In article <4487@earth.chigaku.souka.osakafu-u.ac.jp> okamoto@earth.chigaku.souka.osakafu-u.ac.jp (Kenji Okamoto) writes:

 |In article <ARAKI.92Sep4182246@u33.sfc.keio.ac.jp>, araki@sfc.keio.ac.jp (Sumio Araki) writes:
 |
 |> Remember, at the immigration desks in Narita Airport, the indications
 |> were 'Japanese' and 'Alien' (recently, changed into another word).
 |
 |Really?
 |It's only mean the officials to order that indications did not know
 |English. :-)
 | 

Sorry, I forgot to indicate :-) mark.

Thanks.

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From: kenji@tom.astem.or.jp (Kenji Rikitake)
Newsgroups: fj.misc
Subject: Re: How to survive in Japan [English]
Date: 10 Sep 92 02:52:42 GMT
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In-reply-to: araki@sfc.keio.ac.jp's message of 9 Sep 92 09:44:36 GMT

In article <ARAKI.92Sep9184436@cs1.sfc.keio.ac.jp> araki@sfc.keio.ac.jp (Sumio Araki) writes:
 |  I suppose Japan is well-segmented into "Mura".  It's a symbol of
 |segmented, homogenized and exclusive society.

One of the reasons that politics in this country gets too much
diverted - each representative of Japanese Congress or Senate
represents their supporting communities and don't care much about how
Japan should behave.

// Kenji
From: kenji@tom.astem.or.jp (Kenji Rikitake)
Newsgroups: fj.misc
Subject: Re: Real Name Declaration (Was: How to survive in Japan)
Date: 16 Sep 92 01:06:19 GMT
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In-reply-to: claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp's message of 14 Sep 92 06:09:51 GMT

In article <CLAUDE.92Sep14150951@tokyo.trc.mew.mei.co.jp> claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp (Claude Huss) writes:
 |Kenji> $@LdBj$OJD$8O6$C$F$$$k?MC#$K<+J,C#$,JD$8O6$C$F$$$k$H$$$&<+3P$,$J$$$3$H$K(J
 |Kenji> $@$"$j$^$9!#$=$N0UL#$G$OF|K\$O$+$D$F$N%=%S%(%HO"K.0J>e$K>pJsJD:?$5$l$F$$(J
 |Kenji> $@$k$N$+$b$7$l$^$;$s!#M}M3$H$7$F!"8@MU$NLdBj$,$b$C$H$bBg$-$$$@$m$&$H;d$O(J
 |Kenji> $@9M$($F$$$^$9!#!!(J
 |
 |I don't think we live in a "closed" society as was in the USSR. If you
 |want access to information, this wouldn't be that difficult.

Yes, we ARE living in the closed society - most of Japanese don't
understand what CNN, BBC, ZDF, Antenne 2, CCTV or KBS say. 
Accessibility should be defined by how people can understand the
contents - not by what people can see and hear. 

 |The problem
 |is some people close inside themselves and reject any kind of different
 |values and information. I always heard something like |$@!VF|K\$OEg9q$G$9(J
 |$@$+$i;EJ}$,$J$$!#!#!W(J

Well UK (or the federation of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern
Ireland) and Ireland are also $@Eg9q(J or island nations - and UK is
acting very much diplomatic and still is one of the leader of the
world - so being a $@Eg9q(J or an island nation does not necessarily mean
being a closed nation.

 |YES! Welcome to Zhipangu: The shikata-ga-nai-no-kuni!
 |Everything you want to do and cannot, you will hear a shikata-ga-nai...

The shikata-ga-nai syndrome itself proves why Japan is more communist
than any other countries. The government does not have to educate the
ideology of authoritarianism (sp?)... well, I might be a bit too
sarcastic. :)

 |I think the media, the education, the government make the people believe
 |in their "uniqueness" and many people don't think they need to adapt
 |to what the world is requiring about Japan: A leadership to make new
 |financial, economical, political and moral values.(My opinion)

It's NOT the media, or the educaion, or the government - it's the
society itself to force people to think your closest neighbors more
important than others (e.g. other countries).

// Kenji
From: ishikawa@ds5200.personal-media.co.jp (Chiaki Ishikawa)
Newsgroups: fj.misc
Subject: Re: Real Name Declaration
Date: 14 Sep 92 14:16:22 GMT
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In-reply-to: kim@gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp's message of 11 Sep 92 20:55:54 GMT


I don't know about ASCII card. But at, least, two French engineers I
know could not have Credit Card issued locally here in Tokyo, and so
they had to open a credit card account of VISA or American Express in
France so that they can use them here and have the payment charged to
their French account. My guess is it would be difficult for me to open
a credit card for me over, say, in Vancouver if I am just temporarily
sent over there as a worker of Japanese company (or if the credit card
company views me as a temporal worker there) unless the Japanese
company is a big one, or I am from a very rich family or married to a
local girl from a rich family, etc..

 Chiaki Ishikawa,  Personal Media Corp.,  MY Bldg, 1-7-7 Hiratsuka,
 Shinagawa, Tokyo 142, JAPAN. FAX:+81-3-5702-0359, Phone:+81-3-5702-0351
 UUNET: ishikawa@personal-media.co.jp
Newsgroups: fj.misc
From: araki@sfc.keio.ac.jp (Sumio Araki)
Subject: Re: How to survive in Japan [English]
Organization: Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus.
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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 09:49:29 GMT

In article <CLAUDE.92Sep8153236@tokyo.trc.mew.mei.co.jp> claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp (Claude Huss) writes:

 |Really, I would like to know... :-) However, when I say that
 |I came from Brazil, everybody says: "Oh! Drink this and that
 |coffee", when I say:"No, I don't drink coffee" eveybody get
 |so surprised:"How can! You're a brazilian! (sic)". And the

 |wife:"Hey you cannot be american!" (she is a taiwanese-american)
 |or "I think your english is strange" (god.. she is american!
 |but how she doesn't look "american", many japanese say this
 |kind of stupid things.)
 |

In my experience, I stereotyped in Poland.
I stayed a hotel, and sometimes used the restaurant in the hotel.
at the evening time, a band played some music.
When the band members found out us who are of cource typical
"Japanese", they always played "Sukiyaki Song"!  Every time to eat!

In another case in Thailand, I told me from Thai staffs, "You are
funny Japanese.  Because, you always make jokes and laughs."

To stereotype foreigners is international common sense.  But Japanese
behaves too heavy, I suppose.


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From: inagaki@aclab1.resrch.anritsu.co.jp (Shintaro Inagaki)
Newsgroups: fj.misc
Subject: Re: Real Name Declaration[English]
Date: 10 Sep 92 10:16:07 GMT
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In-reply-to: claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp's message of 10 Sep 92 01:44:36 GMT

In article <CLAUDE.92Sep10104436@tokyo.trc.mew.mei.co.jp> claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp (Claude Huss) writes:
    >>
    >>(Real name). It's very sad to know that Korean-Japanese and
    >>Taiwanese-Japanese have to hide their identities, their language,
    >>their culture to don't be bothered by the other japanese. I admire
    >>how that girl is going against all these things.
    >>
I agree with you.

Some narrow-minded people dislike anything different than their own way.
I do not like to say any right/wrong to that.
Instead, say your life will be more fruitful,
if you have foreign friends with different culture.
Say it loud.

Two comments:

Note some taiwanese use their real name without any trouble in Japan.
A friend of mine in high-school age was taiwanese;
she said she uses her real name and have no trouble at all.
She uses her Japanese name only after she became an actress as her profession.

Say $@B?MM2=(J , i.e. to have more variety.

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From: ishikawa@ds5200.personal-media.co.jp (Chiaki Ishikawa)
Newsgroups: fj.misc
Subject: Re: Real Name Declaration (Was: How to survive in Japan)
Date: 14 Sep 92 14:09:22 GMT
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In-reply-to: davidg@aegis.or.jp's message of 11 Sep 92 15:10:41 GMT


Hi Dave,

>You see what I find very curious is why such a big thing is made of
>having to change your name, but no mention is made of how people
>born in Japan of non-Japanese parents are not able to hold dual
>nationality. 

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think U.S.A. is in the minority in
that the country gives a baby born in U.S.A. automatic nationality (or
was it citizenship). I believe there are more countries in the world
who don't have this practice especially in the Old World (including
Japan). It looks to me that U.S.A. and some countries in the New World
wanted to have as much as population as possible by giving favorable
treatment to babies born even on an airplane flying over the U.S. air
space!

But, again, we need some authoritative comment. Anyone?

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 Shinagawa, Tokyo 142, JAPAN. FAX:+81-3-5702-0359, Phone:+81-3-5702-0351
 UUNET: ishikawa@personal-media.co.jp
From: claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp (Claude Huss)
Newsgroups: fj.misc
Subject: Re: Real Name Declaration
Date: 16 Sep 92 01:12:12 GMT
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Dave> I guess ... but I guess it also depends if you want to fight for
Dave> justice or just get a credit card. 

At least for me, justice is above everything. Probably, there are
people that will be happy with a credit card only. 


>that in California, minorities as black people or "hispanics"
>(I don't like this expression...) are refused more frequently
>to receive mortgages loans than white people with same income
>level. And I particularly admire one person's character when
>file a complain about prejudice. Never late to say, but oppresion
>leads to mental suffering what could cause someone to become
>"angry".

Dave> Hmmmm, when I hear people complain I think they are lazy. It's a lot
Dave> easier to complain than do what it take to get what you want. 

I think you're mistaking "complaining" with "ask for their rights".
It's not that easy to ask for rights, as you may think. Have you
ever tried? It's a very stressful and tiresome process... Think
about it.
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From: okamoto@earth.chigaku.souka.osakafu-u.ac.jp (Kenji Okamoto)
Newsgroups: fj.misc
Subject: Re: How to survive in Japan [English]
Summary: Yes, I know you paied much efforts to adapt to japanese.
Date: 5 Sep 92 04:45:13 GMT
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Organization: Univ. of Osaka Prefecture, Dept of Earth Science, Sakai, Japan

In article <CLAUDE.92Sep4170018@tokyo.trc.mew.mei.co.jp>, claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp (Claude Huss) writes:

> I really tried to adapt to Japan, and I think I was very
> successful on it. 

Yes, definitely, I can imagine you have paied much efforts, because I
know you have written your opinion in Japanese.  So, I am now
supporting your effort to create fj.life.in-japan. 

>    "How to be an adapted person when everybody is expecting
>     to you act 'as a foreigner'"? 

You say, 'they' do not accept you as their colleague ?  If so, I can
understand your angry.  However, in this news group, someone (although
may be small) showed their friendship, didn't they ?  So, I may say to
you that you would not become desparate to behave yourself.  Please be
patient, and let's talk about it on our new fj.life.in-japan, where
many people would know how you are limited or what kind of problems
you have in Japan.  As you can say your opinion in Japanese, your
article should be read by many netters.

>    -> Don't Japanese stereotype foreigners?

Is this true ? Please tell me more about this.

> Since I had some very serious problems here, I gave up and now
> I'm trying to me RE-adapt to my original values. (now I cannot
> speak well neither my mother languages nor japanese... :-) ).

Sorry, I will pay more effort to support you in this NG.

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From: claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp (Claude Huss)
Newsgroups: fj.misc
Subject: Re: How to survive in Japan [English]
Date: 8 Sep 92 06:32:36 GMT
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Shintaro> By the way, what is foreigner's stereotype exactly?

Really, I would like to know... :-) However, when I say that
I came from Brazil, everybody says: "Oh! Drink this and that
coffee", when I say:"No, I don't drink coffee" eveybody get
so surprised:"How can! You're a brazilian! (sic)". And the
same thing for "soccer", "carnival", "samba", etc. etc.
I don't play soccer. (I like Basketball). I don't like samba
or carnival. (I like Bossa-nova instead...). I never have
been in Amazon (3,000 Km far from my home...). It's very
interesting because when working and I say that I'm a brazilian
everybody start to think different about me, because in their
first thoughts they thouhgt I was american, and wonder how
a "brazilian" can know all those things... (sic) :-)
My wife is american and she has the same kind of problems.
Sometimes "stereotype" can be for good. I know some americans
(Blond and blue-eyed) who back in the US would be nothing and
hardly would be earning more than 20,000 dollars, but they 
can do it here because some japanese stereotype this kind 
of people as "Kakkoii" or "Should know many things" or
typical american... Many times many japanese said to my
wife:"Hey you cannot be american!" (she is a taiwanese-american)
or "I think your english is strange" (god.. she is american!
but how she doesn't look "american", many japanese say this
kind of stupid things.)

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From: kenji@tom.astem.or.jp (Kenji Rikitake)
Newsgroups: fj.misc
Subject: Re: No money for basic research?(was Re: How to survive in Japan [English]
Date: 16 Sep 92 01:27:39 GMT
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In-reply-to: claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp's message of 14 Sep 92 06:29:28 GMT

In article <CLAUDE.92Sep14152928@tokyo.trc.mew.mei.co.jp> claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp (Claude Huss) writes:
 |Kenji> It's very sad to find out that only few domains in Japan are
 |Kenji> read-write accessible to non-fj newsgroups. And it's really disgusting
 |Kenji> that very very few Japanese domains are paying money for overseas
 |Kenji> email traffic. I urge those domain to subscribe international mail
 |Kenji> service such as InetClub or UUNET ASAP; otherwise they do a very
 |Kenji> harmful thing to our Internet society.

 |YES.... However, the main problem is university in Japan is **Terribly**
 |underfunded... It's cheaper and easier to get basic research from the
 |US or Europe. Don't forget that both Junet and Wide-net were 
 |started not from governamental agencies, but from some brave professors.
 |I really admire them.... 

I respect Prof. Jun Murai and other founders of WIDE/TISN/JAIN and
JUNET projects too. They are getting their money mostly from
non-governmental organizations so that they keep themselves free from
gov't policies. But what I'm saying is something different -
piggying-back to an academic link to perform not-exactly-academic
communication WITHOUT paying money is indeed UNFAIR.

I see many organizations who are violating the usage rule of Japan-US
academic link - the link is only for academic and WIDE-supporting
organizations (such as mei.co.jp and astem.or.jp). I insist that those
who want to join and support Internet culture MUST have international
reachablity by their own money - since it's technically very expensive
and time-consuming to make international email UNreachable. Just
paying some ten-thousand-yen bills to InetClub or subscribing UUNET
will solve this problem peacefully.

 |In my opinion this system is mutually perverse: US taxpayers paying 
 |billions of dollars in basic research to Japanese corporates use it
 |in their products and Japanese universities condemned to be ethernal
 |workforce "repositories"  to Japanese companies. 

Their have to be some kind of borderless economy and agreements
between nations on the Internet - otherwise somebody will pay too much
and somebody will pay too less.

// Kenji
From: kenji@tom.astem.or.jp (Kenji Rikitake)
Newsgroups: fj.misc
Subject: Re: How to survive in Japan [English]
Date: 9 Sep 92 02:19:51 GMT
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In-reply-to: okamoto@earth.chigaku.souka.osakafu-u.ac.jp's message of 8 Sep 92 05:53:08 GMT

In article <4621@earth.chigaku.souka.osakafu-u.ac.jp> okamoto@earth.chigaku.souka.osakafu-u.ac.jp (Kenji Okamoto) writes:
 >>Claude> I think we have to "understand' how the other part (in this case,
 >>Claude> foreigners) will interpret what we are talking. 
 >>
 >>Yes, I'm aware of this.  However, I think many Japanese( except of me:-) 
 >>have much ability of this kind, haven't they?

I am afraid to say this but most Japanese people DO NOT understand the
context of non-Japanese people - because they haven't learned and have
not been taught about it. And it's not easy to learn this without
actual conflict and confrontation with non-Japanese residents.

 >>Although you may not know (sorry), I think there are no "ishin denshin" 
 >>in Japanese society.  Ironically, this is my view, there are
 >>much of guess to meditate how he/she could accept my proposal( or
 >>something like that we want to do), or what he/she want to let me to do......
 >>These processes are carried out without any words, only in his/her mind.

The notion of "ishin denshin" can mislead to wrong conclusions. I
think ishin-denshin style of communication will not work unless a
rigid social framework of communication is established, understood,
and accepted. The framework has been being dissolved and deteriorated
in our Japanese society as Okamoto-san mentioned above - but that does
not mean our Japanese social context has been changed to something
different from that of 50 or 100 years ago.

 >>Of course, sometimes, we fail to pull out the wright conclusion, in
 >>this case, the relation between me and him/her could be broken.  This
 >>is the real process which is called as "ishin denshin" in Japanese
 >>society.  This is so much diffferent process from you ?  

Many countries outside Japan belong to contract-based societies.
Ishin-denshin style of communication is considered strange if you are
living in a contract-based society, all issues possible to happen
should be written and no exception will be accepted - and if an
agreement is not declared you are totally free from it.

 >>I believe humans have some common intrinsic values all over the world.

I also think many ethnic groups share values such as love, peace, and
humanity. But the problem is those values are differently implemented
among different societies and language groups.

// Kenji