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Subject: intercultural scientific CMC
From: <KXK120@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:30:27 EST
Organization: Penn State University


Hello,

     I'm very much interested in computer-mediated communication
in international/intercultural teamwork. I'm planning to write
an M.A.thesis on American-Japanese scientific collaboration utilizing
CMC, specifically email.

     If you know any journals or books which deal with such topics
(or have any other suggestions), please could you let me know?

Thanks in advance.

Kayoko Katsuya-Corbet
kxk120@psuvm.psu.edu
Speech Communication Dept.
Pennsylvania State Univ.
From: hiraga@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Yuzuru Hiraga)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Sumo - Kyushu Basho (Day 2)
Date: 17 Nov 92 07:37:46 GMT
Organization: Stanford University CSLI

In article <458@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP> tobac@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP (Bach Frederic) writes:
>Concerning the Sumo vocabulary, I publish the banzuke (ranking) before each
>tournament.
> ...
>Makunouchi : Top Division
>
>Yokozuna : Grand Champion
>Ozeki : Champion
>Sekiwake : Junior Champion (1st level)
>Komusubi : Junior Champion (2nd level)
>
>(You might not agree with these translations, but I have seen them used).

Well, I don't agree :-)
but then, there is no good alternative either.
Think of the rankings and divisions as a kind of seed system,
or separation into major/minor leagues in pro-sports.

Add "Maegashira" here, which name the non-champion rank wrestlers
in Maku-uchi (I think this is more commonly used than "Makunouchi").

>Juryo : Second Division
>
>Sekitori : A wrestler in one of the top two divisions.

And the Sekitori (Maku-uchi, Juuryou) are the ones who bout the
full 15-day period.  The rest (Makushita to Jonokuchi) have only
7 bouts, and 8 days off.

>Other more general words : sumotori, deshi (student, pupil), O-sumo san,

Maybe "apprentice" or "disciple" would be better for "deshi".
And the apprenticeship is to the "Oyakata", or the head of the "Heya".
Well, heya is a kind of club that the wrestlers belong to.
Members of the same heya (eg. Taka- and Waka-hanada) do not fight each other
except in playoffs.

>Makushita : third division
>Sandanme  : fourth division (third from bottom, hence 'san')
>Jonidan   : fifth division  (same with 'ni')
>Jonokuchi : sixth and bottom division.

Add "Maezumou (= Mae + Sumou)" here, which are for novice disciples
seeking admittance to Jonokuchi.  I thought they have 3 bouts (correct
me if I'm wrong), and those who win the majority make the "Shusse"
(literally, "promotion") to Jonokuchi.
There are some exceptions (like College Champions) that jump start
at a rank as high as Sandanme.

-Yuzuru Hiraga
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: shin@krusty.ee.udel.edu (Jeong-Gyun Shin)
Subject: Re: Fingerprinting Gaikokujin
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 14:28:20 GMT

In article <1992Nov22.030518.16139@leland.Stanford.EDU> underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe) writes:
>[regarding discrimination]
>Then, those Koreans should get Japanese citizenship right away; my Taiwanese
>co-worker got Japanese citizenship.  Then, they should sue to obtain
>compensation for discrimination on the basis of ethnic backgroud.

Second sentence sounds like something of eat cookies if you don't have
bread any longer.
From: mako@uihepa.hep.uiuc.edu ("Makoto Shimojima, Univ of Tsukuba/CDF")
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: _o_
Date: 18 Nov 92 06:15:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BxwEp1.L7L
Reply-To: mako@uihepa.hep.uiuc.edu
Organization: High Energy Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

> (^_^;)   I saw this in fj.* but don't know what it means. Big ear?

I always thought the semicolon in ^_^; was meant to be a "cold sweat"...

						mako
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: shin@krusty.ee.udel.edu (Jeong-Gyun Shin)
Subject: Re: Fingerprinting Gaijin
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:43:35 GMT

>Damn f cking Dwight Joe, don't dare to say those Koreans and descendents
>etc.

Sorry folks for outburst; someone indicated that wasn't necessary
and I agree with that suggestion even if it was Dwight Joe; soaps
on me hypothetically if anybody had to wash hands because of it.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Is Russia Softening??
Date: 19 Nov 1992 23:48:12 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: headcrash.berkeley.edu

Japan watches Russia's courting with South Korea so defensively, since South
Korea has no inhibitions about expanding ties with Russia, to mine lumber
from Siberia, buy its natural gas, etc.  Russia also sees South Korea
as a country with more potential for rapid economic growth than the 
mature economy of Japan.  Korea can still afford to dispatch laborers to build up
lumber mills & gas refineries abroad, whereas Japan more & more just 
invests in the facilities, & leaves it up to foreign labor to do the work
under the Japanese brand of draconian management, 100% submission to team
interests-philosophy.  Culturally, Korea gives more credit to individualism,
so it would be interesting to observe Korea's long-term progress with
multicultural management.
, as in how it diverges from kill-individual-interests Japanese management.
From: esrbu@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr I M Hunter)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: I WANT TO WORK IN JAPAN : Need help
Date: 18 Nov 1992 13:58:29 -0000
Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
NNTP-Posting-Host: clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk

My girl friend went to teach English in Tokyo last August. She first had to gain
a qualification in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language). I believe the
standard required was quite high to work in Japan but the ability to speak 
Japanise was not a requirement. Joanna is working on a "sort of freelance" 
basis but under the control of Shane English School. Since then (2.5 months) 
her Japanise has become quite good (she is a graduate in languages so maybe she
knows how to learn another language quite well) but there is not a lot of time
to actually attend language courses etc. If you want more info on how she got
there (and what the implications are for your relationships) or info. on other
possible jobs (I'll ask her to find out whats around for foreigners) give me 
a buzz through Email on:

	es286@uk.ac.warwick.eng
or
	esrbu@csv.warwick.ac.uk

Cheers Iain
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 22:11:41 GMT
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Organization: The University of Leeds, School of Computer Studies
From: ross-c@scs.leeds.ac.uk
To: usenet@phaze.cam.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: Sumo Conclusions (spoiler warnings...)

Re: Sumo result

What happens if Akebono wins the next tournament?

?????????

Ross-c

PS: Serious question, I only regained usenet access for this tournament,
and don't know his recent results.....
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: jfriedl+@CS.CMU.EDU (Jeffrey Friedl)
Subject: Re: Sumo - Kyushu Basho (Day 2)
Reply-To: jfriedl@cs.cmu.edu
Organization: Carnegie Mellon / Omron Corporation
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 06:52:15 GMT

tobac@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP (Bach Frederic) writes:
|> keis@psy.uwa.oz.au (Keis Ohtsuka) writes:
|> >   I don't appreciate calling two Ozekis, Akebono and
|> > Konishiki, and one Komusubi, Musashimaru, Hawaiians.
|> 
|> The only reason I sometimes use Hawaiians is because there are only a limited
|> number of words for wrestlers, fighters, sekitori, sumotori, grapplers, etc.
|> The purpose is only to introduce variety.

Here you go Fred... a little tool to help you out with the Sumo updates.
Just write "X" in your text when you want a descriptive name for a wrestler,
and the tool will fill in an appropriate phrase:

For example, it might turn the input
    Konishiki easily won, and after the match, the X appologized
    for squishing the official.
Into
    Konishiki easily won. After the match, the strong grappler appologized
    for squishing the official.

Requires perl.  Enjoy! (-:
	*jeff*
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -p
sub phrase {
  @adj = ('acrobatic', 'blubbering', 'brawny', 'energetic', 'fat', 'huge',
        'lightfooted', 'powerful', 'pretty', 'strong', 'swift', 'youthful');

  @noun = ('bellybopper', 'chikkan', 'fighter', 'grappler', 'sekitori',
	 'sumo dude', 'sumotori', 'wrestler', 'guy');

  @adj[rand(@adj)] .' '. @noun[rand(@noun)];
}
srand if 1==$.;
s/\bX\b/&phrase/eg;
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: cmr@world.std.com (Charles M Richmond)
Subject: Plutonium #3
Organization: Integrated International Systems Corp. One Longfellow Place, Suite 3309, Boston, Ma.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:03:01 GMT


	TOKYO (UPI) -- Japan has no intention of changing its nuclear energy
policy despite worldwide criticism of plans to ship 30 tons of highly
toxic plutonium from Europe over the next 20 years to power a new
generation of nuclear reactors, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said
Tuesday.
	Foreign Minstry spokesman Masamichi Hanabusa, telling reporters Japan
is committed to its current energy policy, quashed speculation officials
are reconsidering the use of plutonium for its power generators in the
wake of international condemnation of its high-seas shipment from France
of a ton of the toxic substance.
	Japan is of the view that because the world supply of uranium is
limited, Japan's dependence on plutonium, which is produced by
reprocessing spent fuel from nuclear power plants, is a sensible policy,
Hanabusa said.
	``We are pursuing this national policy in a very serious fashion,''
he said. ``Therefore, any rethinking of that policy is not under
consideration.''
	Critics of Japan's policy say the shipments of plutonium from
reprocessing plants in France, where the current shipment originated, as
well as Britain, pose an unnecessary threat to the global environment.
	They argue Japan should import uranium from the former Soviet Union,
which would be both safer and cheaper than plutonium.
	``We are the only nation under the sun to suffer from the atomic
bomb, and there is a strong abhorrence to anything nuclear,'' Hanabusa
admitted. Yet Japan has been forced to adopt its current energy policy
because of the lack of energy resources in the country, he said.
	While Hanabusa said Japan is convinced it can safely transport
plutonium, Malaysia said Tuesday it will voice its concern over the
shipments at next month's meeting of the International Maritime
Organanization in London, the Kyodo News Service reported.
	Malaysia has barred the shipment from sailing in its territorial
waters in the Strait of Malacca.
	Despite Japan's safety precautions, Malaysia is one of several
contries along possible routes to Japan that has banned the transport
ship Akatsuki Maru and its armed Japanese coast guard escort from
approaching their waters.
	The voyage to Japan is expected to take two months. 

-- 
*****************************************************************************
*  Charles Richmond 	Integrated International Systems Corporation        *
*  cmr@world.std.com	(Temporary) cmr@koneko.shr.dec.com		    *
*  Specializing in UNIX, X, Image Processing, and Communications.           *
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: a7657@mindlink.bc.ca (Stephen H. Kawamoto)
Subject: Re: It seems to me
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:06:55 GMT

It seems that the holy war in soc.cult.jp re: Asano Vs. Everyone else
has taken a new twist. (But why is it that when Mr. Asano gets upset, his
English skills falter?)

HYPOTHESIS MODE ON:
"Perhaps when a person is anxious or excited, his language skill regress to a
time when the mother tongue is strongly impressed upon him that he thinks
only in that language, and newly acquired languages are forgotten."
HYPOTHESIS MODE OFF

--
Stephen Kawamoto <a7657@mindlink.bc.ca>
    "It is the very mind itself
     That leads the mind astray;
     Of the mind,
     Do not be mindless."
     (an old Japanese folk song)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda)
Subject: Re: What's REALLY wrong with you guys.
Organization: Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 04:04:31 GMT

   Oh, what an excellent and obvious bait for another flame war! Since no 
one seems to bite, I do. (Ok, ok. I admit I'm an easy one.)

In article <2412@usna.NAVY.MIL> wdw@math2.sma.usna.navy.MIL (Wm. Douglas Withers -- math  FACULTY <wdw@sma.usna.navy.mil>) writes:
>I think I've figured out what is the most shameful and despicable aspect
>of Japanese culture: namely, the belief that no public event is complete
>without a few hours of speeches.

  Hey, hey! That's the most respectable and proudest aspect of our culture.

>I've watched Japanese weddings, both real and fictional, on video several
>times.  I've never been to one in person (I remind myself of this fact
>whenever I'm tempted to believe I have nothing to be thankful for).  No
>matter how many times I see it, the shock never wears off.  What a parade
>of speakers! Every third cousin and every former roommate has to make a speech
>congratulating the happy couple.  Meanwhile a roomful of wedding guests
>sits stiffly with eyes glazed over as their beers slowly flatten.

  That's what the wedding party is for...

>My son's graduation ceremony from Japanese school was not as bad as this
>but still several times more tedious than its American counterpart.
>We heard speeches from teachers, the assistant principal, the principal,...,
>up to and including an official from the Japanese consulate.

  Uh, I'm afraid that you forgot to mention about the speech from graduates
and junior students (zaikou-sei).

>  All this for
>graduation from *kindergarten*.  We saw a similar phenomenon on Field Day.
>After seven hours running around and knocking each other down in the hot sun,
>someone decided that what these kids really needed was to stand in a
>rectangle and listen to three or four speeches.

  The team that survives this speech-endurance game gets 5 extra points.

>Comments from Japanese and non-Japanese are requested.  Is there some
>secret thrill involved here that I've been missing out on?

  Ummmm. Maybe, I should wait until the flame is more heated up.
   
--Michiaki
From: ee152fdm@sdcc15.ucsd.edu (Maiko Covington)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: _o_
Date: 17 Nov 92 22:43:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: sdcc12.41149
Organization: University of California, San Diego

I think the smiley itself was invented in the USA just because
that's where the USENET started out. But, there are many local
variants all over the world. I think ^_^ is a Japanese one, as is
;_; (crying face). There was an article about smileys and the
semantic meaning they carry in "Gengo" magazine sometime this past
year (it was in the special on computers, I can find the exact month
if people would like).
		*^_^* (ringo no hoppe no Maiko?)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: cmr@world.std.com (Charles M Richmond)
Subject: Re: Green Peace a band of Hypocrites
Organization: Integrated International Systems Corp. One Longfellow Place, Suite 3309, Boston, Ma.
Distribution: soc.culture.japan
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:52:46 GMT

shah@orange.tutee.tut.ac.jp (Q. H. Shah) writes:


>Why green peace is so much concerned about plutonium shipment to Japan
>where it is going to be used for peaceful purposes?
>Where was this GP when US forces bombed Iraq and Kuwait destroying
>those two countries and causing fire to so many oil wells?
>What about French nuclear experiments and what about US's nuclear armament?
>They protest so much about this shipment only because Japan is not
>a western country. They are (GP) extremely irresponsible people when
>they collided their ship with the Japanese ship. Was it safe and secure
>action if there had an large scale accident due to this collision?
>Why GP isn't doing anything for the thousands of children dying in the 
>world because of hypocritical policies of western governments?

>There are many more questions but green peacers may answer only these
>for the time being so that we can judge their sincerity.
>--

Perhaps you are not familiar with Green Peace. I tend to disagree with
them quite often, but I must confess that they are consistent. They are
continually attempting to disturb the French nuclear tests and some of their
members have been _killed_ by French agents. They consistently protest 
the use of nuclear energy worldwide. In fact they probably concentrate on
the "West" disproportionately , on the principle that they are able to have
more effect on open societies. The reason that so many people are disturbed
by these shipments (including pro-nuclear energy people like myself) is that
the potential for an enviromental disaster greater in effect than all previous
man made disasters summed up is relatively high. These shipments are a prime
target for terrorists. While atomic bombs are passe' to governments that
much weapons grade material must be very enticing in some quarters. The
worst scenerio would involve one of the 3 war heads that were lost (sold)
by Uzbekistan and which are believed (known) to be in Iran being used to
spread the plutoium over a large area of the pacific. This would ultimately
wreak unbelievable damage perhaps even closing down that entire ocean as a
food source. A person can be pro-nuclear energy and still be against this
transfer by ship with one 3 gun escort cutter , without even considering
the normal hazards of the oceans.  Remember this is not one shipment, it is
many, the watchfulness and carefulness will only decrease with each success.


Charlie 
-- 
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*  Charles Richmond 	Integrated International Systems Corporation        *
*  cmr@world.std.com	(Temporary) cmr@koneko.shr.dec.com		    *
*  Specializing in UNIX, X, Image Processing, and Communications.           *
From: blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Slow News Day on "Today's Japan"
Date: 20 Nov 92 20:36:07 GMT
Organization: Horizon Research, Inc.

In article <32103@twics.co.jp>, chopin@twics.co.jp writes:
=> On what kinds of TV stations is "Today's Japan" aired in the U.S.?  Here in
=> Japan we can see it only on NHK's satellite news channel, BS-1.

It is aired on a PBS affiliate in Boston, Channel 44.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom)
Subject: Re: Please give your opinions...
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 02:31:49 GMT
	<31613@twics.co.jp> <BxKuFv.CHF@ncifcrf.gov>
Organization: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

In article <BxKuFv.CHF@ncifcrf.gov> masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov
   (Michiaki Masuda) writes:

 =}The word by itself does not convey any concept of inferiority nor
 =}superiority.

   I agree.  But the poster to whom you were replying was discussing the
emotional (stereotypical) baggage associated with the word.  The word
gaijin can (and sometimes is) used to refer to non-Japanese as inferior.
And the word gaijin is often used to refer to a stereotyped group
(caucasians) which are considered to be inferior.  The statement "gaijin
can't speak Japanese because it is too difficult" is one example of this
racist "baggage".

   I recently have started trying to ignore concentrating on the words
used and spending more time addressing the intent of the statements
made.  I've had mixed results but I feel this is the best way to
communicate...

   Recipe for dealing with racist remarks:

	When someone intentionaly makes a rude remark as to the
	inferiority of some group of people, flame them with invective
	as to their personal inferiority and baste them with a few
	challenges to their intelligence.  After they begin to turn
	color (an angry red glow is best), sprinkle them lightly with
	some witty cut downs and serve them to their friends...
From: wdw@math2.sma.usna.navy.MIL (Wm. Douglas Withers -- math  FACULTY <wdw@sma.usna.navy.mil>)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Name Registration (Was: Re: Fingerprinting Gaijin)
Date: 20 Nov 92 14:02:52 GMT
Organization: U.S. Naval Academy

In article <1992Nov20.111815.9474@Csli.Stanford.EDU> hiraga@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Yuzuru Hiraga) writes:
 [some discussion of name registration policy omitted]
>The registeration defines only the characters of the name,
>and not its reading (yomi).  So the pronunciation of a name is
>officially "undefined", and is totally conventional.

This suggests a strategy for those who want to become Japanese citizens
without changing their names.  One can adopt as one's written name the
characters normally used to write (for example) `Honda Taroo' and then
insist that the proper reading is (for example) `Igor Cowznofski.'

-- 
Els Withers                   email: wdw@math2.sma.usna.navy.mil
Department of Mathematics     phone: (410)267-3192 / fax: (410)267-4883
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD  21402-5002     Senri no tabi mo ippo yori...
From: timd@ed.ac.uk (Tim Duncan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Children vs Corporation
Date: 19 Nov 92 11:32:26 GMT
Reply-To: T.Duncan@ed.ac.uk
Organization: AI Applications Institute, University of Edinburgh

In article <1992Nov16.162431.2241@island.COM>, fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:

|> An interesting aspect of this is that if you have a child in Japan, and the
|> child can be considered legally Japanese, most cities pay you a 
|> "congratulatory" sum of anywhere from Y120,000 to Y200,000. 

Most cities?  I don't think so.  Maybe a few underpopulated areas (due to the
large number of younger generation who have moved to Tokyo area for jobs) will
offer "congratulatory" payments to encourage settlement, but you won't find that
in any of the larger cities (eg: Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya etc).  However, it
is quite common for health insurance unions to give congratulatory sums.

	-- Tim
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From: nadja@jetsun.weitek.COM (Nadja Adolf)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,talk.politics.guns
Subject: Re: Yoshi Hattori
Date: 19 Nov 92 19:57:55 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: WEITEK Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <BD.92Nov18133022@fluent.UUCP> bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU writes:
>pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>
>>In article <BD.92Nov16075725@fluent.UUCP> bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU writes:
>>>In light of all this hassle, maybe it's not too smart
>>>to kill unarmed people who are not making any actual threats
>>>to your life?

>>An apparently unarmed person is approaching you despite the fact
>>that you have a gun pointed at him and told him to stop. What
>>are the consequences of allowing him to get close enough to use
>>a hidden knife on you? Of allowing him to grab your gun, take
>>it away, and shoot you with it?

>If an unarmed Asian was walking toward me (wearing a tux, I heard?)
>I wouldn't be pointing my gun at him and telling him to stop, I would
>ask him how I could help him.

What makes you think there aren't Asian criminals. Ever heard of the
Vietnamese gangs? They are sort of a problem in some places.




-- 
The Earth Pig Bourne....

nadja@node.com (prefered email address)
nadja@weitek.com
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Organization: The University of Leeds, School of Computer Studies
From: ross-c@scs.leeds.ac.uk
To: usenet@phaze.cam.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: Fingerprinting Gaikokujin

In article <By3509.E2B@world.std.com> you write:
>As I understand it, the problem is not so much that resident aliens get
>fingerprinted. It is rather that they get fingerprinted again each year
>
>Charlie

I don't remember being fingerprinted each year. I'm pretty sure it only
happenned to me once. And that was immediately following 30 hours with no
sleep, so I don't even have a memory of the event itself.

Cheers,

Ross-c
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