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From: davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: non-natives in Japan
Date: 21 Jul 92 15:00:58 GMT
Organization: Aegis Society, Kyoto Japan

nibber@nevada.edu (KEIKO SHIMMYO) writes:

>In article <1992Jul17.175814.12969@acuson.com> miklg@acuson.com (Michael Goldman ) writes:

>>	I believe that those born in Japan where one parent is Japanese are
>>	Japanese by default - someone else on the net would know better than I.

>Yes, but this is a fairly new law, only about 10 years old.  Before that,
>if the babys's mother was a Japanese, the offspring could not gain automatic
>Japanese citizenship.  

>Also, babies born to Jewish father and non-Jewish mother are not regarded
>as Jewish.

On a slightly different but somewhat related topic, as far as I
know, being married to a Japanese doesn't automatically give you the
right to live in Japan. I know one guy who has lived here for ~14
years and is now married to Japanese and he had to fight to get a
three-year visa. Not so easy to become part of the culture unless
you are a "Big Blue" Japanese (born here of Japanese parents).

Dave

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: bbs.lar@tsoft.sf-bay.org (Larry Greenfield)
Subject: Re: Japanese Animation (Subtitle, bilingual) ?
Keywords: Animations
Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 06:18:04 GMT

Well Samuel, you main problem is that you live in Australia. Since you 
use PAL as your TV standard, a tape from the USA (NTSC), Japan (NTSC) or 
even a Chinese editin from Taiwan (NTSC) won't work in Australia.  Your 
best bet might be to find a source in Hong Kong. HK is PAL, and they do 
show Japanese animation a lot. For instance, last december, Pearl TV (HK) 
showed Miyazaki's "Tenku no Shiro Laputa" (Laputa, Castle in the Sky) in 
English (yes, the ENglish dub), with Chinese subtitles.
   The best way (albeit expensive) to see Japanese animation if you live 
in a PAL (or possibly SECAM/MESECAM) country is to buy a multi-standard 
LaserDisc player. Pioneer makes one they sell in England that will play 
both NTSC and PAL discs. Then you can buy the original Japanese LDs from 
different mail order shops throught the world and watch them.
   On a side note, I posted this in rec.arts.anime, but I just picked up 
the dual-language LaserDisc of Disney's "Little Mermaid" today at a local 
store. (The disc is NTSC of course).  It's an import from Japan. The 
Analogue stereo tracks contain the Japanese stoundtrack and the digital 
stereo tracks contain the original English stoundtracks. I just culdn't 
resist it so I'm giving my original (domestic USA version) Little Mermaid 
to a friend and I bought the dual-language one. I also have Lady & the 
Tramp and Robin Hood as dual-language Laserdiscs from Japan.
   Living in a PAL country is a bummer, although sometimes things come 
through. Akira is currently available in PAL (saw it when I was in the UK 
a few months ago), and I believe 3x3 Eyes and others are coming out in 
PAL if you belive the posts you read here.  I don't know how accessable 
UK videos are in Australia, but try to join an Australian Japanese 
animation club. I see a lot of posts from people living in Australia in 
rec.arts.anime (the usenet Japanese animation sig), so there are others 
in your same boat.  
:::::Larry:::::

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From: root@mordor.com (Chris Mauritz - SysGod)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Spratly Islands (War coming over oil?)
Date: 25 Jul 92 13:34:50 GMT
Organization: Mordor - Public Access Unix - Jersey City, NJ.

tedrick@whistle.Berkeley.EDU (Tom Tedrick) wrote:

>Evidently tensions are heating up over the oil fields under
>the Spratly islands. If it comes down to war (possibly
>involving China, Vietnam, the Philippines, and/or Japan),
>who do you think will win? What are the comparative strengths
>of the naval forces of the various countries? What about
>the role of air power? Might China threaten a land invasion
>of Vietnam in order to get their way in the Spratlys?

Well, this is going to be an ugly scene.  China has already
indicated that it is willing to fight.  They sank two small
Vietnamese military vessels in the vicinity 1-2 years ago.
I remember some time ago that Vietnam had given oil exploration
rights to some company, but I also saw that China recently
gave oil exploration rights to an American company in the
region (and I think they've actually started drilling).

As I recall, the countries claiming the islands are:
China, Japan, Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam

I think that the Philippines would have made a serious effort for
the islands if this had come to a head 5-10 years ago (since
they had the tacit backing of the US military and they *really*
need the oil), but now that the US is out of the Philippines I
think that it will be a fight between China and Vietnam.

Regards,

Chris

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From: thomas@aic.co.jp (Thomas Johannsen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Course in Jap. Studies for Overseas Students
Date: 21 Jul 92 09:48:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: beat.THOMAS.92Jul21184812
Distribution: soc.culture.japan
Organization: Advanced Intelligent Communication Systems Lab.,Sendai,Japan

I just came across the following ad in todays JAPAN TIMES. Perhaps some of you
folks outside of Japan are interested...

"Kyoto University of Foreign Studies invites applications for admission to the
 Course in Japanese Studies for Overseas Students

The course is designed to provide instruction in the Japanese language and 
related subjects for students from overseas who wish to enter Kyoto University
of Foreign Studies or other Japanese universities, but whose Japanese is not
yet sufficient to enable them to participate in an academic setting.
The course is also suitable for someone who wishes to study Japanese and to
learn something about Japan.
The school year starts in April and ends in March of the following year.
Students are admitted in the course in April each year.

Period for Applications: From 14 Sept to 9 Oct 1992.

For further information, contact:
Office of International Programmers
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
6 Kasame-cho, Saiin, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto 615
Tel: (075) 322-6043"

I hope somebody is going to read that after keying in all that stuff :-)

Thomas
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: davev@bnr.ca (David Villeneuve)
Subject: Re: Japanese language bible
Reply-To: davev@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 01:36:24 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.083416.8976@prl.philips.nl>, dacosta@prl.philips.nl (Paulo da Costa 42147) writes:
|> In article <3645@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda) writes:
|> [...] in order for both of them, the host and the 
|> >guest, to enjoy spending a few weeks together, it might be practical not
|> >to bring up anything too religious. Of course, the host would be welcome to  
|> >show how happy he is to be a Christian as long as it's not pushy, and the
|> >guest would appreciate it as a part of American culture. In addition,
|> >if the student is provided with a bible in "English" as a farewell gift at 
|> >the end of stay, he/she will remember the host as a friendly Christian. 
|> 
|> I totally agree. A Bible _in the guest's language_ sticks out as a
|> "canned" gift, prepared by the hosts before they ever knew him. It
|> would be much nicer to give him an _English-language_ Bible (or any
|> other book) at the end of his stay. I also think that the hosts should
|> not impose their religion on the guest during that stay (expecting him
|> to go to church on Sunday, for instance): it is the guest who should
|> decide how much he wants to learn of it.

   BTW, it would be most useful to find a billingual Bible (Japanese
   and English). I've only found the New Testament in billingual
   format though.  It might be nice for the reader to refer to
   their native language so that they can clarify any English
   meaning that they are unsure of.  

   Besides ... how many parallel English/Japanese books are out
   there anyway?  :-)  

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My opinions are my own, though please don't quote me on that.
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From: yjhbhc@dante.lbl.gov (Joe Huang)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.korean,sci.archaeology
Subject: Re: Mimana Theory Revisted (due to the Nara tombs being excavated)
Date: 22 Jul 92 07:14:11 GMT
Reply-To: yjhbhc@dante.lbl.gov (Joe Huang)
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.254.106

In article <1992Jul21.025445.23026@syacus.acus.oz.au> woongki@syacus.acus.oz.au (Woong-Ki Chong) writes:

>...Paekche seems to have advanced
>into the Chinese mainland during the reign of King Geun-cho-go (346-375 AD).
>Those history books clearly state that Paekche seized and ruled Liao-shi
>(Yo-Seo) and Chin-ping (Jin-pyeong, region around the present day Bei-jing?).

This sounds garbled to me. If any Korean state occupied Liaoxi 
(Yoseo), it would be Koguryo, which was much stronger and just next 
door. Unfortunately, this was same period when the Former Yen (Qian
Yan), based in Beijing, invaded Koguryo (342), looted its capital, 
and nearly destroyed that kingdom.

>The Northern Wei's assault on Paekche is recorded in Nan-Chi-shu (Nam-je-seo,
>a history book of Southern Chi, 479-502 AD) as well as in Samgug-Sagi,
>a Korean source, and according to these, the assault took place in 490 AD
>and the attacking Wei force consisted of several hundered thousand soldiers.
>
>Now, it is quite unlikely that Northern Wei would have dispatched a force
>of this magnitude all the way across the Yellow sea to the Korean peninsula
>while it had more serious adjoining enemies namely, the Southern Chi and
>Koguryo, nor is believable that a naval warfare of this magnitude was indeed
>possible.

Using the same logic, it would be even more difficult to imagine 
Paekche maintaining an army on the Chinese mainland at a time when it
was being constantly threatened by both Koguryo and Silla. Whereas
Paekche was trying desperately to survive, the Northern Wei was 
clearly the strongest power in East Asia at the time, having almost
exterminated the Ruanruan to its north and seizing Shandong from the
southern dynasty in 479 or thereabouts.

I agree that a major naval war involving several hundred thousand
soldiers is hard to believe. However, ancient history is prone to
outrageous exaggerations of the size of armies. I also wonder why
this supposed major war was recorded in the Liang Shu but not 
in the Wei Shu itself. Now, if the "war" was a raid across the 
Yellow Sea, that would certainly be within the capabilities of 
the time. Of course, that could also go for Paekche, but somehow
it's hard to imagine Paekche sparing any soldiers when the king
had to jump from Seoul to Kongju to Puyo, all during that century !

Joe Huang

>I think it is more logical to interpret Nothern Wei's war with Paekche as a
>process of its eastward expansion into the coastal regions of northern China.

I'm more 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.korean,sci.archaeology
From: woongki@syacus.acus.oz.au (Woong-Ki Chong)
Subject: Re: Mimana Theory Revisted (due to the Nara tombs being excavated)
Organization: ACUS Australian Centre for Unisys Software, Sydney
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 00:34:50 GMT

yjhbhc@dante.lbl.gov (Joe Huang) writes:

>In article <1992Jul21.025445.23026@syacus.acus.oz.au> woongki@syacus.acus.oz.au (Woong-Ki Chong) writes:

>>...Paekche seems to have advanced
>>into the Chinese mainland during the reign of King Geun-cho-go (346-375 AD).
>>Those history books clearly state that Paekche seized and ruled Liao-shi
>>(Yo-Seo) and Chin-ping (Jin-pyeong, region around the present day Bei-jing?).

>This sounds garbled to me.

It is written in the Chinese history books nevertheless.


>..... I also wonder why
>this supposed major war was recorded in the Liang Shu but not 
>in the Wei Shu itself.

It's written in Nan-Chi-Shu that Paekche won the war.
Northern Wei probably wanted to hide that (Chinese history books are
notorious for hiding embarrassments).

Why, then, the war is recorded in the history books of Sung, Nan-Chi,
and Liang?
Well, during that period, China had been divided into the northern and southern
dynasties who were enemies, Sung, Nan-Chi, and Liang being the southern
dynasties in succession and Northern Wei being the northern dynasty.
The southern dynasties obviousely didn't mind exposing some embarrassments
of their enemy.

Furhter more, according to Nan-Chi-shu the Paekche king thought that Nan-Chi
benefited from Paekche's win over Northern Wei and demanded Nan-Chi king
that he awards prizes to the Paekche generals who fought in the war.

This fact alone proves that the war was on the Chinese mainland.


>Joe Huang


Woong-Ki


Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: non-natives in Japan
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 19:39:46 GMT

In article <2090@aegis.or.jp> davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) writes:
>cmr@world.std.com (Charles M Richmond) writes:
>
> >Quoting from page 3 of a US passport issued in June of 91 (p24 of one
> >from January 83 is essentially the same):
>
>Oh my. Is my face red. I should have looked at my passport. Sorry....

> >The above should take care of lingering questions.
>
>Pretty much. Perhaps the most important point about this information
>(thanks for posting it!) is that the LOSS OF NATIONALITY would seem
>to contradict Amendment XIV.  

Not really. I think, and have posted (and having recieved no contrary 
information, will have to believe) that the US will, at least tacitly recognize
dual citizenship *IF* the other nation in question does as well. I.e., if you
do NOT need to renounce your US citizenship to gain (eg) Tahitian citizenship,
the US doesn't care.

>The way I sort it out for myself is to think that while people born
>or naturalized in the United States are considered citizens, they
>may lose this depending on certain cicumstances.

A difference: a person who receives US citizenship by being born here cannot
(I belive) lose that citizenship, save by actively (ie, renouncing) or
passively (selecting another citizenship at the age of choice) changing
nationalities him/herself.

> And as always,
>there are case-by-case details to be obtained from the nearest
>American embassy or consulate. 
>
>From what has been said, it is evidently possible to be a dual
>national of the U.S. and the U.K. But from what my friends tell me
>about the status of their children, it is evidently not possible to
>be a adult dual-national of Japan and the U.S. As a child, yes,
>but they have all told me that when their children come of age,
>they will have to chose. 

Well, kind of. I know several such "dual nationals". When the proper age comes,
they simply neglect to renounce one of the citizenships ("Oops! I forgot.")
and continue on as dual citizens.

>I suspect this is the situation is with respect to people born in
>Japan of Korean parents. For whatever reason they can't hold dual
>nationality; thus they live here with Korean passports. I'm not sure
>what their visa status is, but a Swiss friend is married to a
>Korean-born-in-Japan and they had to return to Japan each year from
>Switzerland for her to renew her visa/whatever (now they live in
>Tokyo, so no problem).

Actually, one of the major sticking points is that the Koreans don't want to 
give up their Korean names, which, while not strictly *required* by Japanese
law, is, er, "encouraged". But you are correct (so far as I know); they cannot
be dual citizens.

Mike
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From: lpj@col.hp.com (Laura Johnson)
Subject: Re: non-natives in Japan
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:20:53 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

> >It's true. There was a case a few years ago where a US Coast Guard
> >cutter picked up a boat load of Cuban Refugees, and a pregnant woman
> >gave birth on the boat. The child was (is) a US citizen as the boat
> >is considered US "soil" while in international waters (or otherwise).
> >I believe the woman successfully fought deportation in this case, as
> >the parent of a US citizen.
> 
On the other hand, there was a case recently in or near Denver where
a woman (Irish, I believe?) was in fact deported although her small
daughter was a U.S. citizen. The INS made it clear that the daughter
was welcome to stay, without her mother :-(. (The father was a U.S.
citizen; the parents were divorced.) 
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: noriaki@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (Noriaki onodera)
Subject: Help ! Info wanted for my friends !
Organization: Electrical and Electronic - University of Melbourne 
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 03:08:55 GMT

Hi,

I have friends (a couple, Japanese lady and Sri Lanka man) who are going to
Japan to live.  They are married and the man can get resident VISA from
Japan.  Currently, they are living here (Melbourne Australia) and planning
to go back to Japan in the end of this year.

I want to get some informations about following things.

1. Job oppotunity. (He can speak English but can NOT speak Jqapanese well)
2. Accomodation. Do real estate agents accept them ?

I am a Japanese so that I can give them general informations, but I have
been living here (Melbourne) for more than 2 years, and I need updated
information.

Before, I saw many postings about this kind of problem but I could not
remember the details.  

Any informations are welcome.

Thanks in advance.
From: burress@twics.co.jp (Tim Burress)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Sexual fertility festival in Japan (for real?)
Date: 22 Jul 92 01:33:09 GMT
Organization: TWICS, Tokyo, Japan

In article <1992Jul19.161219.2109@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, wa2ise@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (robert.f.casey) writes:
> [About fertility shrines and festivals and general merriment]

Sure, this is real.  Fun, too.  And there are lots of related traditions.  It's
just a different way of treating sexuality:  celebration instead of guilt.  All
part of the great cycle of life in a culture that grew up close to the land.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: shk@newt.phys.unsw.oz.au (Shigetoh Kumagai)
Subject: [?] fj.* NNTP server -read/write- sites ?
Organization: University of New South Wales, Sydney
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 23:56:24 GMT

Hi!
I am looking for NNTP server that let me read and post articles to fj.*
newsgroups. I own two Japanese computers, Toshiba J-3100SX note book and 
NEC PC-98, and have tones of questions to ask. IF there is, please forward
me address(es) of NNTP server(s) by E-mail.

thanks,
shigetoh Kumagai
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From: ntetsuya@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Nishimura)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Reasons for rise in violent crimes? (Re: policewomen may now carry guns)
Date: 28 Jul 92 02:16:57 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

In article <nr6s794@fido.asd.sgi.com> danac@morc.asd.sgi.com (Dana Crom) writes:
>
>On most older revolvers, the end of the hammer had the firing pin attached,
>so that if the hammer was down (not cocked for firing) the firing pin was
>actually resting on the primer! All that was needed to set the cartridge off
>was a good rap on the back of the hammer, a heavy jar, etc. For safety's
>sake, these guns are usually carried with an empty chamber under the hammer.
>
>Most of the more modern revolver designs have a "transfer bar" or an inertial
>firing pin that makes only momentary contact with the primer. You could
>beat on the back of the uncocked hammer with a rock without any danger of
>the gun going off.  Because of this, you can safely carry any of these with
>a live cartridge under the hammer.  And those US police departments still
>using revolvers usually carry their weapons with all six chambers loaded.

You're right.

Funny thing, at least to me, is that the Japanese officers still carry their
weapons's one of the five chambers empty while their revolvers have the similar
rebound mechanism as S&W revolvers.  It seems to me that those higher 
authorities do not (want to) trust the safety mechanism, or most likely, they 
do not know anything about firearms.


							Tetsuya Nishimura
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: danac@morc.asd.sgi.com (Dana Crom)
Subject: Re: policewomen may now carry guns
Followup-To:  soc.culture.japan
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 23:25:58 GMT

In article <Jul22.090723.36394@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> ntetsuya@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Nishimura) writes:
>In article <ni6h6bg@fido.asd.sgi.com> danac@morc.asd.sgi.com (Dana Crom) writes:
>>
>>Charles, have you ever *shot* a handgun?  Except for the monster calibers,
>>perceived kick is more a function of the *noise* the pistol makes than
>>the actual kick. Yes, weight is a factor, but the standard-issue pistol
>>was a " 9mm ", wasn't it?  My wife, 45 kg and not terribly muscular, can handle
>	======
>	
>	If you are talking about the standard-issued pistol for Japanese police
>	forces, it is New Nambu M60, which is a five-round .38 spl. revolver.
>	
>	Just for reference.
>
>	Tetsuya Nishimura

Actually, about the same kick.  The 9mm and the .38 special fire almost the
same size slug at about the same velocities.  The point that I was trying to
make was that since .25 caliber automatics tend to be tiny, they kick as
much as the standard police load *in the standard police sidearm*.

The only real advantage the .25 posseses is how easy it is to conceal, but that
is balanced by its almost nonexistant stopping power.  There is an old joke
about the .25 that ends "If you shoot me with that thing, and I ever find out
about it, I'm gonna be real irritated with you."

Since the reason given for arming policewomen with the .25 was "easier to
handle" rather than concealment, to me it sounds as if the person making the
decision didn't know much about weapons and decided that the cute little .25
automatics were much more "ladylike."  It's a common mistake - my wife felt
the same way until she had a chance to try several different handguns.  Now
I have to pry *her* away from the .38 if I want to shoot it - she finds it
much more comfortable to shoot than the little .22 that she originally chose.

Finally, with training, almost anyone can handle any firearm.  A couple of
years ago I was at the local rifle range sighting one of my hunting rifles.
While I was talking to the range master, his 14-year-old granddaughter was
begging him for a chance to sight in an *Elephant Rifle* in .458 Winchester
that he had just got in.  He let her; I watched. She sighted it in, firing
about 20 rounds or so. She only stopped when he told her "no more, these 
cartridges are too expensive to waste."  This was a medium sized girl,
certainly no more than 50 kg or so, and she was *enjoying* firing one of
the heaviest, hardest-kicking, rifles currently available.
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