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From: tobac@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP (Bach Frederic)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Sumo predictions
Keywords: Mark my words...
Date: 28 Jul 92 00:29:23 GMT
Distribution: soc
Organization: UBS Phillips & Drew Int'l Ltd., Tokyo

In article <MAGNUS.92Jul23135652@is19e0s00.jaist-east.ac.jp> magnus@jaist-east.ac.jp (Magnus Halldorsson) writes about Sumo:

Let me add my comments :

   >The most talented wrestler in the years to come... Kotonoshiki
							Musashimaru
   >The next non-foreign ozeki.... Akinoshima
					Takahanada
   >Old-timer yusho mid next year... Kirishima
					OK, and then he retires...
   >The most popular non-yokozuna of all time... Takahanada
						   Jesse (Azumazeki Oyakata)
   >Longawaited back-to-back yushos... Konishiki
					Akebono
   The next Chiyonofuji...  Musashimaru
				agreed...

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: tj32633@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ronin)
Subject: Would Japan Welcome An American Game Called Paintball?
Summary: Paintball
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 22:54:54 GMT
Keywords: Paintball

Hi, I am looking for responses from people who are living in Japan about a 
American game called Paintball.  The game involves a special type of Carbon
dioxide gun that fires a small ball of paint.  I was wondering with the way
that Japanese people feel about guns, would people play this game if it was
introduced into Japan?

Please post response or email me.

Thanks in advance!!!!  :)


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: irwin@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Irwin David)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Questionnaire/Survey
Date: 30 Jul 92 04:57:25 GMT
Distribution: qc
Organization: Universite de Montreal



To whom it may concern,


In order to complete a Ph.D. dissertation in the field of political science 
I must verify a certain number of propositions. To do so, I must gather data.
To gather data I must ask people to fill a questionnaire.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |If yourself or your parents were born in a country other than Canada you| 
 |qualify as a respondent.                                                |   
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If you wish to receive a copy of the questionnaire or further details, please 
send me a message or provide me with a postal address. You should expect the
questionnaire to arrive via Canada Post within the week. 

P.S. Thank you to those who have already accepted to participate in the
study.

Regards.

David H. Irwin

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
David H. Irwin				E-mail: irwin@ere.umontreal.ca
University of Montreal
			<<Have a Nice Day>>
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: non-natives in Japan
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 15:42:04 GMT

In article <2118@aegis.or.jp> davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) writes:
>nibber@nevada.edu (KEIKO SHIMMYO) writes:
>
>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).

This brings up a repeated sore point for foreigners in Japan: the "case-by-
case" mentality of granting visas. Technically, you can get a five year spouse
visa to live in Japan. In practice it is rare. In *my* case, my first visa
was a 1 year work visa. (I had applied for a 3 year visa). The next year,
they granted me a 2 year visa (!?). I got married that year, and changed my
status, and they gave me a 5 year spouse visa without even blinking (!!!). I
have only met 2 other people who had been granted 5 year visas, most others
got a 1 to 3 year spouse visa. For some reason, they just liked me.

Mike
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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: 23 Jul 92 17:05:42 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

In article <1992Jul23.153457.1665@island.COM> fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:
>>
>>>I think most police (actually, all on-duty male police in Tokyo) carry 
>>revolvers;
>>^^^^^^^^^
>		-  -  -  -  -  -   -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
>
>>Just a minor correction. From what I can see, they are automatic pistols,
>>not revolvers. A revolver is what you play Russian roulette with. A(n automatic)
>               -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -

>Standard issue for Tokyo police is a .38 caliber revolver. I've seen them.
>Same weapon as the US police used to carry as standard equipment.
>
>Mike
>-- 
	You are right, Mike.  As I mentioned before in the article I posted, 
	standard equipment of Japanese police is the New Nambe M60, a five shot
	38.spl. revolver, through which you cannot shoot .357 Mag. (for your
	surprise; it is said that they just load four rounds and make the
	chamber behind the barrel empty to avoid accidental discahrge.  I
	haven't confirmed it yet, though.)
	
	Actually, there are some Japanese made auto loaders, such as New Nambe
	M57A, but police do not use them.
	Some officers, especially in some local offices, may still use US      
	surplus weapons such as S&W M1917 revolvers and Colt M1911A1 autos.
	BTW, Self Difense Forces use SIG 9 mm auto pistols.

	Just for reference.

							Tetsuya Nishimura
From: root@mordor.com (Chris Mauritz - SysGod)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Homebrewing in Japan
Date: 26 Jul 92 15:26:54 GMT
Organization: Mordor - Public Access Unix - Jersey City, NJ.

Is it legal???  The consensus at work among the older Japanese
is that homebrewing is probably illegal in Japan.  However, I 
thought I'd seek a little net.wisdom on the subject.  Having
been an avid homebrewer since I was in college, I would hate
to give it up while staying in Japan.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

Chris

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From: masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Japanese language bible
Date: 28 Jul 92 21:46:01 GMT
Organization: Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center

In article <1992Jul28.013232.13470@tkymail.sps.mot.com> rto051@hippo.sps.mot.com (Chang Suk-Kyung) writes:

>Most Japanese are basically
>"mushukyo" -- they don't of themselves believe in or belong to anything.
>This is particularly true of young people.

   I agree.

>  The chances of an exchange
>student having some kind of religion of their own to the extent of
>being offended by a Bible is astronomically small.

   The student may not be offended though he/she might be surprised or
even scared.
   There's a background for this. About 10 years ago or so, there was a 
home stay or exchange student program which turned out to be a religious
conversion program. I don't remember the detail, but there seemed to be a 
serious conflict between the college students who supported this program 
and those who were against it.
   If a student were given a bible shortly after arriving at the US, he/she
might interpret that the program is a religious one. Influence of a host
family on student's impression or feeling is not insignificant. 

>Second, there I didn't see the original poster saying that they were
>planning on forcing anything on anybody.  If they had said, "I plan
>to hold a gun at their head and make them read it", then maybe your
>tirade would have been justified...

   However, our culture makes us feel that it's impolite not to appreciate 
a gift even though it may not be something that we can be really thankful for.
For example, if we are given some food that we don't like, we would feel very
guilty for throwing it away without tasting. If we are given a book, we 
would feel very guilty for not reading it.

>Finally, you yourself said that they "are coming to North America to
>sample our culture."  What is more cultural than religion?  If you
>go to Japan, you go to see Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples.  

   This is true. A student would appreciate it if he/she is taken to
churches with beautiful stained glasses.

   My ESOL teacher, who knew that I am not a Christian, gave me a bible before. 
Honestly saying, I was surprised. According to my American colleagues, a bible
is regarded as a very personal gift rather than a general one in the US, too. 
Of course, I don't mean to say that it's bad to give a bible to an exchange
student, but it's pretty difficult to predict what kind of reaction or response
the student will show. 

   When we stay at a hotel, we can usually find a bible in the room. It is
supposed to be a part of service. The original poster might have thought of
preparing a Japanese bible just to show his hospitality without any religious
mind. If that is the case, all the religious discussions including mine
in this thread are out of line, and the proper answer to him might be just, 
"You don't have to bother 8-)."

Michiaki Masuda
From: ian@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Ian Watson)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 13:32:38 GMT
Subject: ARIGATOU sounds like Portuguese !
Organization: Hewlett-Packard NSG-PWD, UK.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan

I got a message from a Japanese colleague with the sign-off "ARIGATOU",
meaning "thank-you".  This sounds so like the Portuguese word for thank-you
"obrigado", that I wonder if there is some linguistic connection.  Any ideas,
anyone ?

Reply by e-mail.

Ian W.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Help!!!
From: clooi@oread.cc.ukans.edu
Date: 22 Jul 92 23:42:40 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Serces

HI:  

Is there anyone who is studying in Columbia Universiy?  I am looking for a 
guy whose name is Minoru Ito.  If anyone knows him, please tell him FU is 
looking for him, but lost him phone number.  Please ask him to send me an 
e-mail.  Thank you.

Fu
fu@hawk.cs.ukans.edu
From: tygar+@cs.cmu.edu (Doug Tygar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Homebrewing in Japan
Date: 27 Jul 92 03:19:08 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

In article <288207@mordor.com> root@mordor.com (Chris Mauritz - SysGod) writes:
>Is it legal???  The consensus at work among the older Japanese
>is that homebrewing is probably illegal in Japan.  However, I 
>thought I'd seek a little net.wisdom on the subject.  Having
>been an avid homebrewer since I was in college, I would hate
>to give it up while staying in Japan.

A friend of mine brewed his own beer in Japan.  His experience was that it is
very difficult to buy hops in Japan, so he brought a suitcase full of hops
from the US.  He told me that customs was quite upset when they saw the hops,
and suspected him of drug smuggling.  Eventually, however, he was able to get
his hops into Japan.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: cmr@world.std.com (Charles M Richmond)
Subject: Re: Japanese Bible RE:
Organization: Integrated International Systems Corp. One Longfellow Place, Suite 3309, Boston, Ma.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 02:53:35 GMT

tygar+@cs.cmu.edu (Doug Tygar) writes:

>In article <kerry.712266236@manning> kerry@cs.UAlberta.CA (Todyruik Kerry D) writes:
>>Volunteering your bible is a completely different case, here.  This, 
>>I believe is inappropriate with any guests and especially in an 
>>international exchange.  Hypothetically, Would you give your muslim 
>>dinner guests a christian bible?  I doubt it!

>Well, National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane took a Bible autographed
>by Ronald Reagan as a gift when he negotiated the arms-for-hostage deal
>with the leaders in Tehran.

....and that worked out swell!

Charlie


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From: harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Japan, a car thieves paradise...
Date: 21 Jul 92 23:07:50 GMT
	<1992Jul17.013829.24428@omrongw.wg.omron.co.jp>
Organization: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
In-reply-to: andy@nff.ncl.Omron.Co.Jp's message of 17 Jul 92 01:38:29 GMT

In article <1992Jul17.013829.24428@omrongw.wg.omron.co.jp>
   andy@nff.ncl.Omron.Co.Jp (Andy Krantz) writes:

 =}I drive a scooter around here and come upon such cars often enough. Usually
 =}they are parked in front of a convenience store (for convenience, of
 =}course). 
 =}
 =}Scooters go along the curb so it has happened often enough that I have had
 =}to perform some drastic maneuver not to ram a parked car or to get squeezed
 =}between it and the taxi that won't let me move over.
 =}
 =}At night the emergency lights are usually on so it it possible to see and
 =}avoid them in time. The black cars that are parked without lights, half on
 =}the road and half off are, in my opinion the most dangerous stationary
 =}obstacles on Japanese roads. I have already lost one mirror from sideswiping
 =}one such vehicle.

   And us poor bicyclists have to face those cars (and huge trucks) also.
But we do have the freedom of switching over to the sidewalk (if one
exists... and if it doesn't have a car parked on it... and if it isn't
jam packed with parked bicycles or scooters... and if it doesn't have
ignorant dog-walkers-on-one-side-with-the-dog-on-the-other... and if
there isn't an obatarian brigade waddling along at 0.1 kilometers per... :)

   I ride bicycle for my health.  But maybe I should stop for my sanity :)

Al
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: Reasons for rise in violent crimes? (Re: policewomen may now carry guns)
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 15:34:57 GMT

In article <395@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP> tobac@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP (Bach Frederic) writes:
>In article <1992Jul17.184659.5297@island.COM> fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:
>
>>I think most police (actually, all on-duty male police in Tokyo) carry 
>revolvers;
>^^^^^^^^^
>
>Just a minor correction. From what I can see, they are automatic pistols,
>not revolvers. A revolver is what you play Russian roulette with. A(n automatic)
>pistol is what enables you to fire up to a dozen bullets in succession
>without rearming. John Wayne and Dirty Harry use revolvers. The Beverly
>Hills cop uses a pistol.

Standard issue for Tokyo police is a .38 caliber revolver. I've seen them.
Same weapon as the US police used to carry as standard equipment.

Mike
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From: weigert@etlhit.etl.go.jp (Thomas Weigert)
Subject: HP95LX available in Japan?
Reply-To: weigert@mcs.anl.gov
Organization: Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba-shi, Japan
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 05:53:03 GMT


I realize that this is not quite a cultural questions, but
does anybody know whether and where one could buy an HP 95LX
palmtop in the Tokyo area?

Any hints are greatly appreciated.

Cheers, Thomas Weigert

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From: notkin@cs.washington.edu (David Notkin)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: NFL-Budweiser American Bowl 92
Summary: scalpers cheaper?
Date: 22 Jul 92 16:46:28 GMT
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle

In article <84070@netnews.upenn.edu> yoshio@tuna.cis.upenn.edu (Yoshio Yamamoto) writes:
>
>Hi folks,
>
>Recently I have come across the interesting ad in a satellite edition of 
>Yomiuri newspaper.  
>
>	NFL-Budweiser Americal Bowl '92  - August 2nd (Sun)
>	Dallas Cowboys vs. Houston Oilers at Tokyo Dome
>
>	Tickets:	GS:	30,000 yen (US$ 240)
>			SS:	20,000 yen (US$ 160)
>			S:	10,000 yen (US$ 80) 
>			A:	 5,000 yen (US$ 40) - sold out
>
>	Note: This is a PREseason game. 
>
>Also I've just heard that America's Olympic basketball team, aka."Dream Team"
>will come to Japan to play a game.  I don't know either when or where, but
>one of my friends told me that a ticket costs as much as US$ 200. 
>I just hope they won't play against Japan's national "Nightmare Team".
>
>This kind of absurd ticket price is nothing unusual in Japan for a long time.
>It is understandable in the sense that there is no chance for Japanese to 
>enjoy NFL or NBA inside Japan except via occasional satellite broadcasting.
>Also considering BIG money which players will receive, even such expensive 
>admission may not bring a big profit.
>
>I'm just wondering it might be interesting when we think about what reason
>makes this kind of business pay in Japan. 

In the summer of 1990, I was living in Tokyo.  My home team, the
Seattle Seahawks, were playing the Denver Broncos.  I showed up an
hour or two before game time at the "Big Egg".  In less than five
minutes I bought (what turned out to be) a very good ticket for 10,000
yen from a scalper.  ("Dofuya", in Japanese, if I remember correctly.)
I suspect if I had spoken Japanese I could have done significantly
better, but I felt I was in no shape to shop around.  I suspect that I
would pay $75 or more for a good seat at a Seahawks-Broncos game in
Seattle, too, if I had to buy from a scalper.  In any case, we found
buying sumo tickets from scalpers even more pricey!



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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: kig9584@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kyoko Inoue )
Subject: USA vs Japan Men's Volleyball in Olympics
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 07:26:04 GMT
Keywords: Olympics



I cannot believe what I just saw on the NBC coverage of the Olympics.
Men's volleyball between Japan and the U.S. was so bizarre and infuriating
that I had to throw in my own opinion about the game.

Why did the Japanese coach just let the game go on after the obvious
mistake of the judge at the end of the 4th set?  "Do-not-protest-the-
judge, it-is-against-sportsmanship" type of attitude is so very much
Japanese-like, but it won't lead you anywhere.  

Think it this way.  If the Americans were in the Japanese position, would
they have just let it go like that?  Noooooooooo!  The head coach, all the
other teammates, and the injured player would have burst into the court
and protested against the judge, pointing out the two yellow cards one
player in the opponent team received, and surely started celebrating the
winning of the game.  Instead, what did the Japanese do?  Nothing!!!

Two announcers broadcasting the game sounded very puzzled about the
situation, but they did not want to admit the defeat of the American team
and commented the "lucky" mistake the judges made as "controversial."

In the middle of such an intense game, players in the court may not realize
what's going on.  And I wouldn't criticize American players' "I-don't-know-
what-,but-as-far-as-the-judge-hasn't-called-off-the-game,I'm-still-palying"
kind of attitude.  They were doing what they were trained for.  And my
heart simply goes out to the Japanese players.  

It is very unlikely the American's win will be reversed in the official
meeting that they say will take place on Monday, 7-27-92 (please forgive me
if I'm wrong, but I cannot get the latest Olympic news until the NBC decides
to tell us after half a day later, since I haven't subscribed to the absurd
cost of Triple Cast).  

It may sound very unlike Japanese, but after spending the last 6 years in
America, I have learned how important it is to speak up one's opinion in the
international settings.  If you don't say anything, they don't hear anything.
It's time for the Japanese to set aside the traditional belief in 
ISHIN-DENSHIN, or SEIGI HA KATSU.  Speak up!


Kyoko Inoue
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: kerry@cs.UAlberta.CA (Todyruik Kerry D)
Subject: Re: Japanese language bible
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:00:41 GMT

snorthc@nswc.navy.mil (Stephen Northcutt) writes:

>My family has agreed to host an exchange student from Japan for
>a few weeks.  I would like to be able to provide a bible.  Can 
>someone give me a mail-order pointer to a good translation?

>Many thanks.

>===================================================================

Whoah!  The first question I have is "Did they ask for one?"  I am sick
of people who think that their religion is the "correct" religion.

Most Japanese people are Buddhist and Shinto.  While it is great to share
with them them your city and your culture, it is unacceptible to force your
religion upon them.

These students are coming to north america to sample our culture, practice
their English, and have a good time.  They are not coming to go to church
or change their beliefs.

When participating in international exchanges it is EXTREMELY imporant
to respect their beliefs as I am sure they will respect yours.  I would
be very offended if somebody gave me a bible.

I realize that your intentions are good, but religion is a sensitive area.
Please do not go into it unless asked first.  And certainly do not
volunteer a bible.  This would certainly be crossing the line between
sharing and imposing.

I hope I did not offend anyone.  I could have spoke much harsher on this
subject, but I tried to keep MY beliefs as objective as possible.

I hope this makes you think.
-Kerry