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From: jturley@netcom.com (Jim Turley)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: speaking of Mori Ohgai...
Date: 26 Jan 93 19:32:25 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

Hey guess what Ohgai fans....I think i stayed in his house in Ueno...
now called the Hotel Suigetsu (highly recommended, Y6500 ippaku, great
Japanese Bath overlooking the Ueno Koen).  His house is preserved in
the courtyard.  Cool.

BTW...how can I read the kanji in your posting?

Jim Turley  (Old Asia Hand)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: tlai@cs.toronto.edu (Tony W H Lai)
Subject: Re: HDTV in Japan
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Date: 22 Jan 93 19:39:38 GMT

In article <mVksXB1w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> k3amichi@student.business.uwo.ca (Kentaro Nakamichi) writes:
>I was under the impression that the US delayed their announcement of a 
>HDTV standard and provided funds to RCA to do research becuase they were 
>annoyed with the Japanese destroying their TV manufacturers until only 
>RCA was left.  I am sure that they will adopt an incompatible format; I 
>am not a technical guy and couldn't begin to speculate on the 
>implications, however.

Zenith is the only American TV manufacturer left.  Isn't RCA owned by
Thomson, a French company?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: miklg@acuson.com (Michael Goldman )
Subject: Re: Japan and Israel
Organization: Acuson; Mountain View, California
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:17:06 GMT

larryg@batpad.lgb.ca.us (Larry Greenfield) writes:

>Well, it looks as if finally, the Japan-supported Arab boycott of Israel 
>will end.  But it is indeed something for corporate Japan to be ashamed 
>of.  On a side note, not all of Japan decided to go along. Some companies 
>actually had minds of their own and proved they could have an original 
>thought and not be bullied.  

	Not to puncture your bubble, but these things are controlled
	by the J. govt.  They choose one co. in each industry to do
	business with Israel, the others get the 100 million Arab
	customers.
	
	That way, Japan can say the govt doesn't enforce the boycott
	thus pleasing those opposed to it while its cos. make money
	on both sides.

	- Michael Goldman

-- 
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have
exhausted all other alternatives." - Abba Eban
	Disclaimer:  All views are solely my own & not the views of Acuson.
	<sun!sono!miklg>  or  [miklg@acuson.com]
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From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: Aji no Moto - MSG (was Re: Yaohan...
Date: 24 Jan 1993 03:12:58 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: headcrash.berkeley.edu

The only effect may be the need to drink fluids
and urinate a lot, but that is just the body's way of regulating the 
total electrolyte concentration.  

As for me, I will continue eating UFO's (instant ramen), using tonkatsu
sauce instead of ketchup, and enjoying dimsum.  As for Mexican food,..
the refried beans can be very harmful and painful for people (especially
Asians) who lack a specific enzyme to breakdown the protein in certain 
types of legumes.  The undigested protein which makes it to the large 
intestines can become a source of food for hungry bacteria which produce
prodigious amounts of nitrous and CO2 waste gases.  For most people, this
results in a minor audible and nasal inconvenience to friends and
bystanders, but for some individuals, there are known cases of severe
abdomenal pains and even intestinal rupture.

Jaa, James
=======================================================================

James C. Liu,

You are hereby extended an honorary invitation to join the international and
growing movement of alt.tasteless.  With your grateful permission, this will
be cross-posted to the newsgroup.
From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Recognizing A Japanese Industrial Lobbyist
Date: 26 Jan 93 13:26:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.EfNQWwy00iV1I7WVRE
Organization: Masters student, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Mr. Anon writes and suppies:

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This image and the content of this post is insulting to me but since the
creators of this junk is a coward(I Should paint a yellow strip up your
crack too)I feel that there is no need to scold the air!
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Ratings in Japan
From: larryg@batpad.lgb.ca.us (Larry Greenfield)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 21:39:34 PST
Organization: The Batchelor Pad

Does anyone have a list of the highest rated TV shows in Japan 
currently they might want to post?  Also, what's "new" in the movie 
theares in Japan now?
:::::Larry:::::

:::::larryg@batpad.lgb.ca.us::::: // :::::Larry Greenfield:::::
:::::::::::Using a 6809-based Tandy Color Computer 3:::::::::::
::::::::Just your average modeming Classical Violinist:::::::::
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: an3205@anon.penet.fi (ROI)
Subject: Recognizing A Japanese Industrial Lobbyist
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.japan
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:03:58 GMT

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From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Japan May Hit China for Dumping
Date: 26 Jan 1993 01:19:32 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: locusts.berkeley.edu

San Francisco Chronicle, 1/25/93
Business Section

Japan, long regarded as an unfair trader by other countries, is preparing to
take retaliatory trade moves of its own for the first time, a leading
financial daily said.

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun daily said Japan will soon impose anti-dumping duties
on imports of ferro-silicon manganese from China, suspected of dumping the
steel-making raw material on the Japanese market.

Tokyo finance and trade officials have just completed a two-month study
concluding that China, Norway, and South Africa dumped ferro-silicon on
Japanese markets by selling the material well below fair market prices, the
report said.

Japan, which has never imposed anti-dumping measures against another country,
is expected to penalize China by slapping up to 25% duties on imports of the
material, it said.

Honda Forecasts Higher U.S. Sales

Honda Motor Co. President Nobuhiko Kawamoto projected that Honda will sell
800,000 vehicles in the US in 1993, up from 770,000 in 1992, the Daily
Yomiuri newspaper said.

Kawamoto said vehicles exported from Japan will rise to 610,000 units
this year, up from 589,000 last year.  He estimated that automakers will sell
a combined 8.7 million vehicles in the United States this year, the 
newspaper said.  Honda last week produced its 3 millionth car in the 
United States at its plant in Marysville, Ohio.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: tlai@cs.toronto.edu (Tony W H Lai)
Subject: Re: HDTV in Japan
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Date: 24 Jan 93 03:48:30 GMT

In article <1993Jan24.015704.19099@gibdo.engr.washington.edu> tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (Tad Perry) writes:
>In article <93Jan23.121309est.47602@neat.cs.toronto.edu> tlai@cs.toronto.edu (Tony W H Lai) writes:
[some >s removed for clarity]
>>...  Also, the ideal viewing distance depends on the height H of the
>>screen.  The ideal viewing distance of NTSC is more than 6.5H.  An HDTV
>>system is supposed to have an ideal viewing distance of less than 3.5H.
>
>...you're the only person I've heard 3.5H from. Last I heard
>6 to 7H was still the rule of thumb for HDTV (according to that Nomura
>market analysis I already referenced). But even without quibbling over
>this figure, 2m viewing distance is all you're going to get in most
>Japanese homes after putting the set itself in, so I hope you're
>right. My point has been that I think the shear size of HDTV sets will
>hinder their popularity (diffusion) in Japan. I doubt that anyone would
>argue that point.

The July/August 1988 issue of _IEE_Review_ has an article on HDTV with the
following quote:

       The question thus naturally arises -- how large a screen should
   be considered?  Much of the early work on HDTV was carried out by NHK,
   the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation, at the beginning of the 1970s.
   The research led it to assume a figure of about 1 metre for the
   diagonal dimension of the display screen, together with a viewing
   distance of about three times the picture height.

I've heard that the ideal viewing distance with MUSE-E is a bit more than
3H, so I've pulled 3.5H out of a hat.

I would agree that future EDTV systems are likely to hinder the popularity
of HDTV in Japan, though.  I don't really mean to be so picky, but all the
talk about HDTV happens to touch a nerve with me.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: tnishi@lsa.ncl.omron.co.jp (NISHIYAMA Tetsuto)
Subject: Re: Japanese names & Finnish names
Reply-To: tnishi@lsa.ncl.omron.co.jp
Organization: Omron Corporate R&D H.Q.- R&D Support Dept.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 09:08:56 GMT


In article <525@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP>, tobac@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP (Bach
Frederic) writes:
|> In article <1jur12$pdl@agate.berkeley.edu> robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu
(Henry Robertson) writes:
|> 
|> >	It is the Chinese characters' meaning that
|> >gives rise to the name, not the sounds,
|> 
|> I am afraid this might be wrong. The names existed first, and the
characters 
|> were added on top, just like all the kun-yomi. This is why you can write

This is exactly what I thought.  Perhaps it would have been more correct
if the sentence had read, "It is the Chinese characters that gives rise
to the meaning of the name."...just a misplaced "meaning"?  :)
=========================================================================
Teddy Nishiyama  (tnishi@lsa.ncl.omron.co.jp)  OMRON Corporation  (^_^;
R&D Support Dept(LSA), Shimokaiinji, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto-fu 617  JAPAN
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: aijuin@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Ruler of the Sun)
Subject: Re: a woman's ankle?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: soc
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:09:39 GMT

tnt@netcom.com (Terry Turner) writes:

>a friend told me recently that japanese men talk about women's ankles.
>this seemed strange to me. this friend then explained that an ankle is
>supposed to tell you something about the woman. but do to the "delicacy"
>of the topic no explanation was given.

>first do men really spend time talking about women's ankles? and if so
>what is it supposed to tell one about them?

I can say that I personally do not go wondering around thinking about women's
ankles.  However, I have heard that in the Edo Era, Japanese had this think
about women's toes.  I was told that on many ukiyo-e's of women, their toes
are curled up, and that was supposed to have some sexual connotation.
I heard from the same source that this trend continued until about the
Meiji Era.

Akira Ijuin

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Japanese names & Finnish names
Date: 27 Jan 1993 02:08:08 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: headcrash.berkeley.edu

>       I don't think that posting in a Japanese culture-oriented group
>       absolves you from trying to be at least a bit more accurate wrt
>       other cultures.
>
All right, why don't you give me more precise information then.  Prove to
me that there are no gypsies or cattle-herders in Bulgaria, and that the 
steppe does not extend into Bulgaria.  Cite your sources to me, whichever 
region you come from.  I do have access to the third largest library in the
United States here.  As for the language-differences factor, Well it may not
be every town, but it does appear to amount to that with Yugoslavia at least.









Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (Tad Perry)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: HDTV in Japan
Date: 25 Jan 1993 07:03:37 GMT
Organization: unaffiliated
NNTP-Posting-Host: gibdo.engr.washington.edu

In article <93Jan24.151256est.47623@neat.cs.toronto.edu> tlai@cs.toronto.edu (Tony W H Lai) writes:
>
>Well, when I first starting reading about HDTV, I was quite hopeful about
>HDTV's prospects, but since then, I've become very cynical about HDTV.
>I get annoyed at all the misinformation that is floating around, and it
>seems that many people and organizations with vested interests are happy to
>spout all sorts of nonsense.  One thing I found particularly annoying was
>the pre-recession talk on what I call the HDTV domino theory: if a country
>"lost" HDTV, its entire economy would be destroyed.  Such talk seemed to
>always be accompanied by wildly optimistic projections for HDTV and pleas
>for government money.

Maybe this part is a more interesting discussion. I follow the argument
about why HDTV is an important future technology, but I myself don't
buy it completely.

The claim is that whoever controls this technology will make
mega-bucks off of every tv set and computer monitor sold throughout
the world. It seems reasonable on the face of it, but it seems a pretty
large leap to only go from near-photo quality resolutions to photo
quality resolutions.

Specifically, Nomura claimed that home entertainment systems (driven
by the demand for movie theater quality picture) and DTP applications
(requiring the ability to display little tiny letters that still look
like little tiny letters) would somehow drive HDTV technology into
homes and offices around the world. Do you have specific reasons why
these demands don't make HDTV a critical future technology? (Even one
supposedly relating to defense?)
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From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Is this offensive?
Date: 24 Jan 93 11:29:44
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
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In-reply-to: keis@psy.uwa.oz.au's message of 21 Jan 1993 10:57:21 GMT

Us old folks remember that "Nip" was a euphemism invented for Hollywood
use after the JACL convinced people that "jap" *was* offensive.
--
		Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/martinc@cs.unc.edu
     Dept. of Computer Science/CB #3175 UNC-CH/Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
	    3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/(919) 419 1754
     "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T
From: rhb@world.std.com (Robert H Brueckner)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Weapons are too easily available
Date: 27 Jan 93 11:33:52 GMT
	<528@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP>
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

In article <528@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP> tobac@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP (Bach Frederic) writes:

   In article <RHB.93Jan26063849@world.std.com> rhb@world.std.com (Robert H Brueckner) answers to Norman Diamond who wrote :

   ND>   I would like to see petitions circulated in other countries, requesting
   ND>   the Japanese government to implement sword control for the protection of
   ND>   its own society and the world community.


   RHB>While you're at it, could you get them to circulate one in the U.S.
   RHB>about gun control? Our problem here is *far* worse than Japan's. You
   RHB>can run away from a sword. You can't from a bullet.

   At first I thought it was a joke, but the only smiley around was the ubiquitous
   invisible smiley as in     . But then, I read the .sig (remember, always
   read the .sig. Reading a post without the .sig is like eating camembert
   without the crust : it might taste better but it is not the real taste.).
   Anyway, here it was :

   .sig>-- 
   .sig>|"The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who  |
   .sig>| have loved it."

   I guess Robert is a free man now. (include your favorite smiley).


Yes, those are my true feelings on the subject. I didn't recognize the
sarcasm in the original post for two reasons: 1. I missed the earlier
postings on this subject. 2. I was in a bad humor from a recent "flame
war." But I will point out that this newsgroup frequently turns up
posts that are at least as absurd as Norm Diamond's and uttered
completely without irony.

But for anyone who is interested, my sense of humor is back in full
working order. :-> See?

RB

-- 
|"The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who  |
| have loved it." -- George Santayana  // Opinions expressed here, when |
| clear and persuasive, are my own. --Rob Brueckner (rhb@world.std.com) |
From: kaygee@hardy.u.washington.edu (Kevin Giansante)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Is this offensive?
Date: 22 Jan 1993 04:41:57 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: hardy.u.washington.edu

In article 21857, keis@psy.uwa.oz.au (Keis Ohtsuka)
reflects:

>I have never heard "Nip" used by Americans except in war-time
>movies. "Nip" somehow sounds more British or Australian to
>my year. It evokes an image of Japanese soldiers rampaging
>through Asia. I use an adjective, "nippy," during winter or
>go to a hardware store to buy a "nipper" but have never 
>wondered what people think of me using "nip-" stem word.

>Hearing a word fragment such as "nip-", associated
>lexicons such as "nip" are activated in the mind of  a   
>listener. If the listener notices that a speaker appears
>to be an Asian possibly a Japanese, the listener may
>realize an unfortunate pun with the uttered word. Of course,
>the contextual information inhibits run-away associations
>in most cases.  

When I hear the word "nip", I think of Cheeze Nips, those tasty, bite-
sized little morsels of salty yellow carboard.  I associate the word
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Japan and Israel
Date: 23 Jan 93 23:59:19 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: headcrash.berkeley.edu

In article <k1JRXB5w165w@batpad.lgb.ca.us> larryg@batpad.lgb.ca.us (Larry Greenfield) writes:
>I'm not confusing economics with anti-semitism, but then what you're 
>basically admitting by your post is that Japanese business on the 
>whole has no morals. There is nothing wrong with making a profit, and 
>I don't mean to insist on Judeo-Christian morals in business, 
>however, for the world community, there should be some things where 
>business is affected.  For instance, the world-wide alienation of 
>South Africa.  Right now, China is a touchy subject. Japan Inc is 
>doing a great job there, and some US companies are doing a good job 
>there too (ie, making $$). However I am in favor of revoking MFN for 
>China.  In the long run, it is the best we can do for them. Here we 
>spend billions and billions trying to let democracy bud (and 
>sometimes cramming it down other's throats militarily, ie, Grenada) 
>but what do we do with China? Reward the hardliners with MFN. I'm 
>glad Clinton is president now... I hope he does not continue MFN.  
>Purely business-wise, you could argue who cares?  In fact, who cares 
>if they use prison labor?  Who cares if they beat and whip their 
>workers, hey, this is business.  But there does come a point where 
>you have to have some personal morals, I believe, in business. Not 
>someone else's perhaps, but your own.  
>:::::Larry:::::

Japan is not a Judeo-Christian country, so their busienss practices could not
be considered morally right by our standards.  Neither could China; however,
their use of prison labor is capitalism taken to a beautiful perfection.  There
is no waste of human resources.  By comparison, the West is more socialist in
insisting that prisoners lead a torturously unproductive lifestyle.

As for South Africa, it is the blacks who suffer most from boycotts, since 
they are the ones who mine diamonds, gold, work for factories.  A drop in
production quotas translates to layoffs for these guys.  The management 
hardly suffers.  Rather, they can be led to start trade with other blacklisted
countries like Cuba or Iraq.  

The world is leading to a more even distribution of wealth & power.  To

Uncle Sam, some of these prospects are threatening.  I say, stop all intervention, let the rest of the world kill each other, and focus our energy on economics.Soon enough, Japan will be dwarfed by China's economic prowess.
Sorry, Joe....
Organization: Masters student, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:16:03 -0500 
From: Rikiya Asano <ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Honda: America's choice!

Mr. MJose: :)))))Writes:

.

Well, Maybe I'll skip this! Human beings are very exciting! The most
complexed of creations!