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From: uzawa@seki.math.psu.edu (Tohru Uzawa)
Subject: Re: Universities in Japan
Organization: Penn State Computer Science
Distribution: soc
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 15:01:15 GMT

I thought of just adding some numbers.

The enrollment of foreign students at the University of Tokyo for
Doctor of Engineering is now 50% ; for Doctor of Science, it 
is now (about) 10%.

According to an article in Yomiuri (3 April)  the average spending of   
students attending private universities in Tokyo is 1,348,030 yen for  
persons living at home (0.1% increase from previous year) and  
2,041,730 yen for students living away from home (2.2% increase).   
For students living away from home, the average of rent is 51,600  
yen.  For the incoming students (the academic year in Japan starts in  
April), 38.9% of the student's parents earn more than 10 million yen.

The private university system in Japan is resposible for 72% of the  
total university student population (1987) with the student/faculty  
ratio at 24.3.  The national universities account for 24.7% of the  
university students with the student/faculty ratio at 10.9.

Admissions to national universities (and to most private universities  
) are based on a competitive exam, which is quite fair, given the  
fact that there is a national curriculum.  However, there is a rising  
concern that given the fact that the exams have been in existence for  
about 50 years under the current system, the exam problems are  
becoming predictable hence giving unfair advantage to students who  
can afford to pay for special tutoring.  Some quote the rise in the  
average income of parents of students of U. of Tokyo as evidence for  
this (forgot the figures).  

Since the point for a competitive exam under a national curriculum is  
to find talent from as broad a spectrum as possible (to reward the   
bright but poor), it is understandable that reexamination (rather  
experimentation) of the selection procedure at Japanese Universities  
is now under way.

 I would like to add to this that a Professor of Ecole Normale  
Superieure remarked that he felt the same to be now happening in  
France (this is over several glasses of beer without any sociological  
study to substantiate.  The same applies for my comment above.).

Tohru Uzawa
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: swaigen@netcom.com (Dan Swaigen)
Subject: S/W Startup - Help Wanted in Tokyo 
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 09:15:46 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Keywords: Japan, Software

If you are interested in acting as an investigative research 
assistant for a Silicon Valley Software startup, please send
e-mail and/or resume to:

swaigen@esl.com

a Fax number would also be appreciated. This job would involve 
minimal market research (i.e. request literature, fax info to 
our offices in the U.S.,etc) and we are very flexible when it comes
to hours, pay, and misc. benefits. Must be bi-lingual. Must be a 
resident for 5 years or more in the Tokyo or surounding areas.
Must be willing to travel on occasion to research physical locations
within Tokyo. Foreign (English must be your first language if you 
are not a Native Japanese Speaker) applicants are welcome. All $$
will be paid in Yen or U.S Dollars per your request. Please 
mention the incorrectly spelled word or words in this posting
when you reply. Thanks (no this is not a test!).
From: blamb@sparc1.hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: "New fingerprint Procedure"
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:34:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: bigbird.6213
Reply-To: blamb@sparc1.hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Organization: Horizon Research

In article <1992Apr5.200717.14101@island.COM>, fester@island.COM (Mike
Fester) writes:

< much Alton Harkcom baiting deleted>

> In article <HARKCOM.92Apr2135129@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp>
harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom) writes:

<much Mike Fester baiting deleted>

C'mon guys.... when are you going to kiss and make up :-)

Ok.... so one guy doesn't mind getting finger printed, and
the other one does. Can't you leave it at that?

It takes both kinds, doesn't it?

Admit it!

Bill
From: t_yamasi@hoffman.cc.sophia.ac.jp (Yamashiki Tsuyoshi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: What do you pronounce Nippon?
Date: 17 Apr 92 05:06:39 GMT
Organization: Computer Center, Sophia Univ., Tokyo, Japan

Just curious; what do you pronounce Nippon (Japan), especially in
eastern language (Korean, Taiwanese, Chinese) where the same set
of Kanjis or characters of `Nippon' is used?  Email it to me and
I'll summarize...

Tsuyoshi Yamashiki, lost boy in cyber space.
Sophia University, JAPAN
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: marcos@pdx047 (Marcos O. Camargo)
Subject: An Agricultural Institute in Japan
Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 22:56:28 GMT

I am looking for an email/regular address of an Agricultural Institute in
Japan.  Actually I am interested in peach varieties offered in Japan.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 


-- 
Marcos O. Camargo             |  e-mail:  marcos@ichips.intel.com
Intel Corp.  JF1-19           |  phone :  (503) 696-4273
5200 N.E. Elam Young Parkway  |  FAX   :  (503) 681-9017
Hillsboro, Oregon  97124      |
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: ricko@ee.uts.edu.au (Rick Jelliffe)
Subject: Re: Asian Cultures inability to develop democracy
Organization: University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 07:37:32 GMT

khan@acf5.NYU.EDU (Hasnain Khan) writes:

>Tse-Sung Wu <tw1u+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

>Absent this realisation, Oriental despotism developed.   I
>>would suggest that until East Asian culture recognises that individuals
>>can be 'dangerous,' and that benevolent despots are few and far between
>>despotic Emperors, it will be a long time before we see a Western style
>>democracy among indigeous East Asians.

>	They seem to pick up the idea pretty well when they get to vote
>	in places like Korea, and Taiwan, or they emigrate to the west.
>	Chinese and Koreans have died to get democracy in their own
>	countries.

Late last century it was still possible to buy a seat in parliament in
Britain. And such things as proportional voting and universal franchise 
are still largely only occurring this century. If it took Britain
100s of years for democracy to evolve why should we expect it to
occur overnight anywhere else? America was largely founded by 
non-conformists and so is fairly unique and not a very applicable
model for the the rest of the world, I think.

And even a large number of people in the US appear to believe they 
suffered a benevolent coup when Mr Kennedy was assassinated. So perhaps
even the US may need to evolve its democracy further too, if it is
actually an oligopoly-guided democracy..

Don't you think you're making a bit of a sweeping generalization
that East Asian culture cannot recognize that indivuals can be 
dangerous? You could just as well say that they are too aware of 
the power of dangerous men to believe in change, just as easily.
-ricko	
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: leon@unixg.ubc.ca (Leon ter Beek)
Subject: Re: International Student ID
Keywords: ISIC , TRAVELL...
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 19:10:04 GMT

In article <Apr.15.15.44.40.1992.7982@gandalf.rutgers.edu> alhamdan@gandalf.rutgers.edu (alhamdan) writes:
>
>Hi,
>
>  anybody knows if the International Student ID Card (ISIC)
>is helpfull in japan in getting discouts on train or buses
>tickets or any other services.
>
>Thanks very much.
>
>|Hamdan

I didn't found any opportunity to use ISIC after I purchased a discounted
airfare with it.
But do buy a Japan Rail pass before you enter Japan. That will really save
you a lot of money (eg. 1 week unlimited travel on all JR lines: $230.-).
Otherwise a single Shinkansen ticket from Tokyo to Hakata may be close to
$800.-

Leon
From: ecovingt@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Maiko Covington)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Looking for Top-20 Song listing from Summer 1982
Date: 10 Apr 92 19:34:16 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

To find that song from 1982, the only thing I can think of off hand
is if you can get your hands on some old "Heibon song" and "Young
Song" lyric books from that year (they came in Heibon and Myo^jyo^
magazines, respectively). Also I have a book at my house which has
the words for all the popular songs of 1982 in it. I think it's
called "Best Hit 1982" but I will find out the title and send it to
yu.
		Maiko Covington
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: oshiro@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Woodrow S Oshiro)
Subject: Re: Yaohan, was Japanese CD's in NY?
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 08:34:44 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.033904.17378@cbfsb.cb.att.com> wa2ise@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (robert.f.casey) writes:
>In article <1992Apr8.185740.4138@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> jsk7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Jun S Kutsuzawa) writes:
>>BTW It's YAOHAN.
>>I have the great pleasure of being able to visit this Japanese establishment
>>
>>As far as the plaza goes, it may be the 'most Japanese "culture" you can find
>>in the East Coast.'  However, it is quite surprising that in a recent poll
>>of shoppers, 30% or so were non-Asian.  The place attracts Americans as
>>well as Asians.  (I have noticed this phenomenon many times as I was
>>shopping).

Well, keep in mind that you can't always tell who is or is not an American
just by examining physical appearance.

>
>I'm a ordinary American and I've been to this place several times.  

So what exactly is an "ordinary American"?

I know that you guys didn't have any racist motivations for writing these 
things.  However, writing like yours only serves to perpetuate the silly notion
that AMERICAN=WHITE.  The fact that you were unaware of the implications of 
what you said proves that this racial stereotype is well entrenched in society.
So, in the future, please keep in mind that Americans come in all shapes, sizes,
--and colors.

						Woody Oshiro
 						oshiro@en.ecn.purdue.edu

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: yren@flower.Princeton.EDU (Yong Ren)
Subject: Re: Looking for Top-20 Song listing from Summer 1982
Originator: news@ernie.Princeton.EDU
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 20:43:37 GMT

I checked the reduced-size compilation of the Asahi Shinbun [newspaper], 
August 1982.  There is a (small) hit chart in the radio-program-page in 
every Saturday evening edition.  (Of course, in Japanese :)
As Maiko pointed out, if the Heibon Song-book is available, it is the 
perfect.

According to that chart, (8/4) (Natsukashii ne)

  Title                   singer (family/first name)  male/female    
Highteen Bugi                Kondo Masahiko               m
La Saison                    Ann Louis                    f
Seibo Tachi no Rarabai 
 (= Lullaby of Madonnas)     Iwasaki Hiromi               f
Yo^en in the Night Club      Southern All Stars           group (m+f)
Sei Shojo (= Saint Girl)     Saijo Hideki                 m
Kita Sakaba (= North Bar)    Hosokawa Takashi             m
Komugi-iro no Ma^meido 
 (= Sun-tanned Mermaid)      Matsuda Seiko                f
Aishu no Kasaburanka 
 (= Casablanca, Sorrow)      Go Hiromi                    m
Natsu no Hiroin
 (= Summer Heroine)          Kawai Naoko                  f
100% So Kamone
 (= 100%, Maybe So)          Shibugaki-Tai                group (all m)

(next week etc only female)
Matsu wa (= I will Wait)     Amin                         2f group
Ano Basho Kara 
 (= From that Place)         Kashiwabara Yoshie           f
Yurete Shonan 
 (= Shonan, Swinging?)       Ishikawa Hidemi              f
From: n8341780@henson.cc.wwu.edu ("the traveler")
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Business Info Questions
Keywords: Business Info Questions
Date: 15 Apr 92 22:55:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Apr15.225554.22779
Organization: Western Washington University


  I am taking a japanese business course and some we are doing some research
on various aspects of Japanese business.  Two of the research questions
are as follows:

1.  Why do Japanese managers and corporate officers suffer greater pay
reductions than new hires during business reversals? 

2.  Why have there been so few workdays lost to strikes and so little labor
unrest since 1955?

I thought it would be interesting to get feedback from those working
in Japanese companies, or have been studying business practices in
Japan to get a varied perspective from your own experiences or
insights..If is interested in sharing their information it would
           (anyone)   
be greatly appreciated..Just answer on the net news or send me 
info via my above E-mail address.  Many thanks..
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: david.lloyd-jones@rose.uucp (david lloyd-jones)
Subject: Ri
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 15:46:17 GMT
X-Gated-By: Usenet <==> RoseMail Gateway (v1.2)


Date Entered: 04-10-92 00:27

S(>In article <481@wakasato.cs.shinshu-u.ac.jp> nakano@suncom1.cs.shinshu-u.ac.
S(>NAKANO Yasuaki) writes:
S(>> In modern age, 1 Ri = 36 Tyou, 1 Tyou = 360 Syaku and 1 Syaku is nearly
S(>> equal to 1 foot. Thus 1 Ri = 4 km. But in ancient age, 1 Ri was 5 Tyou
S(>> or 6 Tyou. If 1 Ri were 5 Tyou, it would have been about 0.5 km and equal
S(>> to Chinese and Korean Li. I think Li also had been changed in China and
S(>> Korea, but I don't know the detail.
S(>>
S(>> It will be needless to say that Japan has adopted metric system since 1885
S(>> It is illegal to use Syaku-based measure (as well as yard-pound measure)
S(>> in a commercial transaction. Please do not ask how to play American footba
S(>> games in Japan :-).
S(>>

S(>It may be illegal to use in commercial transactions, but the Syaku
S(>measures crop up unexpectedly (for a gaijin).  When we were being packed
S(>to move back to America from Tokyo, I borrowed a packer's tape measure to
S(>take some measurements of our furniture for planning our new home.  I had
S(>a full page of measurements when I realized as I was measuring a bookcase
S(>that towered high over my 6' head that the tape measure was only showing 5
S(>'feet' and some 'inches'.  I had just met the Syaku.

Between 1972 and 1983 I built nearly 400 coin laundries all over Japan.
I doubt that I used metric in more than 10% of the construction.  Kan,
shaku and tsubo all the way.

Pipes, however, are sized in mirri -- millimetres.

                                                -dlj.
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From: ecovingt@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Maiko Covington)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Japanese CD's in NY?
Date: 10 Apr 92 19:19:59 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

There is a YAOHAN Plaza in LA, right in Little Tokyo (333 S. Alameda
St, to be exact). This is the largest one I've been in (I've only
been to this one and the one in Chicago though ^_^). It has a
grocery and also a dept. store sort of area upstairs with
stationery, household goods/appliances, clothes, toys, AV equipment,
etc. Also in this plaza are an Asahiya Bookstore, many small shops,
and lots of good restaurants on the 3rd floor. Also there is Little
Tokyo Bowl and an arcade.
	In the main part of Little Tokyo you can also find many
Japanese shops like Kinokuniya Bookstore (in Weller Court, by the
New Otani Hotel at the corner of Los Angeles and 1st), Bunka-do (a
record shop with Japanese records) and several rental video/record
shops. There are also bakeries etc. For the culturally minded there
is the Japanese Cultural Center (I think that's what it's called),
the Little Tokyo branch of the LA public library, which gets
Japanese books, and also the East Temple (Los Angeles Higasi
Hongaji). Have fun!!
		Maiko Covington

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: asano@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (ASANO Yoshiteru)
Subject: Japan Night at U. of Colo.
Summary: Japan Night will be held at U. of Colo. at Boulder on Apr. 18.
Keywords: cultural event
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 21:29:14 GMT

Japanese Students Association at Boulder (in conjunction with Japan-U.S. As-
sociation) will sponsor an evening with a panel discussion and a concert/party
called "Japan Night" on Saturday, April 18.  Here is the detail.
    Japan Night   Part I: Panel discussion on Japanese education
                   6:00 - 8:00 pm  at Univ. Memorial Center (UMC) 235
                   Following a keynote speech, panels will discuss 
                   "Gakureki Shakai (a society based on educational
                   credentials)" and other related topics from various
                   perspectives.
                  Part II: Concert and party
                   8:00 - 12:00 midnight at UMC 305
                   There will be a traditional Japanese dance, JSA's own
                   chorus, instrumental music and Japanese rock'n roll
                   band.  Light Japanese foods will be served.
This event is co-sponsored by Cultural Event Board, Department of Oriental
Languages and Literature, Office of International Education, Dennis Small
Third World Center, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Boulder Toyota,
Makita USA, Inc, Hitachi Software Engineering America, Ltd.
Since our advertisement committee is working SO slow that we don't even post
flyers on campus.  That's why I desperately post this.
    If you are around Boulder area and interested in Japan, please come.
    Admission is free and open to public!!
       Yoshiteru Asano, President, Japanese Students Association at Boulder
s

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From: fhide@srcwsc.src.sony.co.jp (Fumitomo HIDE)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: International Student ID
Keywords: ISIC , TRAVELL...
Date: 17 Apr 92 04:07:59 GMT
Organization: Sony Corporation, Research Center, Yokohama, Japan.

In article <1992Apr16.191004.765@unixg.ubc.ca> leon@unixg.ubc.ca (Leon ter Beek) writes:

>But do buy a Japan Rail pass before you enter Japan. That will really save
>you a lot of money (eg. 1 week unlimited travel on all JR lines: $230.-).
>Otherwise a single Shinkansen ticket from Tokyo to Hakata may be close to
>$800.-

That is not true at all. A Shinkansen ticket from Tokyo to Hakata costs about
22,300 yen or 150 Us dollars (about). If the Shinkansen did cost that
much, everybody would take the plane instead of sitting in the stupid train
for 6 hours.

The train ticket prices do not fluctuate; they are approved by the Ministry
of Transport. You can get tickets for up to
10-15% off at shops that specialize in selling any kind of paper asset
(train, plane, ship tickets, expressway toll tickets, stamps, etc).


-----
	Fumitomo HIDE     e-mail: fhide@src.sony.co.jp
	Sony Corporation Research Center
	174, Fujitsuka-cho, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, 240 Japan.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: gordo@comix.cs.uoregon.edu (Gordon Yuen)
Subject: Are Apple Mac PowerBooks sold in Japan?
Organization: University of Oregon Computer and Information Sciences Dept.
Distribution: soc.culture.japan, *.japan, *.mac
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 08:32:34 GMT

A friend of mine is doing a marketing project for his class and would like
to know if the Mac Powerbook is sold in Japan? If it is, for how much in
Yen or US$? Also, how successful are sales?
Any information about Macs in Japan would also be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance...8-}
From: jsk7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Jun S Kutsuzawa)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Japanese CD's in NY?
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:57:40 GMT
Reply-To: jsk7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Jun S Kutsuzawa)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <1992Apr6.145538.22780@acsu.buffalo.edu> sha@acsu.buffalo.edu (Chia-Lin Sha) writes:
>There is a store called YOHAN's in Fort Lee , New Jersey.( I think it's right
>across the George Washington bridge of NY) It's in a all Japanese plaza.
>I saw some CD's there and another music store in the plaza carries a good
>selection. There is also a bookstore that carries some CD's.
>   I think that plaza is probably the most Japanese "culture" you can find
>in the East Coast?! Any one know a better place? 
>            

BTW It's YAOHAN.
I have the great pleasure of being able to visit this Japanese establishment
frequently (I live about 30 minutes away; in addition I attend college about
10 minutes away :-)   ).

Just recently, YAOHAN has opened in Chicago, Illinois.  I believe there is
another establishment in the west coast, though I forgot the city it is
located in.

As far as the plaza goes, it may be the 'most Japanese "culture" you can find
in the East Coast.'  However, it is quite surprising that in a recent poll
of shoppers, 30% or so were non-Asian.  The place attracts Americans as
well as Asians.  (I have noticed this phenomenon many times as I was
shopping).
From: choo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (TOM HOO CHUIN HOONG)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Japanese CDs in Philly : help
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:58:50 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

To: burress@twics.co.jp
Subject: Japanese CDs in Philly
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
Cc: 
Bcc: 

	I AM A MALAYSIAN WHO IS A FAN OF JAPANESE MUSIC. HOWEVER, I 
CANNOT SEEM TO FIND A SHOP IN PHILLY WHICH SELLS JAPANESE CDs. I AM ALSO
A FAN OF JAPANESE ANIMATION TOO. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME??


.
Organization: Freshman, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 23:37:36 -0400 
From: Shinya Fujimoto <sf1x+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Pro Baseball as of 92/04/14

Tigers going for the Championship?
It's nice to know they beat the GIANTS 2 out of 3!

Shinya Fujimoto
fujimoto+@cmu.edu

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: fuzzie@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Arubaito o Sagashitemasu
Date: 15 Apr 92 21:27:17 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: fuzzie@doc.cc.utexas.edu



I'm going to be in Tokyo this summer from the end of May until
the end of August (total of three months).  I'll be living in Ikebashi-ku.
If there is any one looking for an english teacher or who knows of someone 
looking for an english teacher, please let me know. I have lived in Nagano-ken
for one year so far, but this is my first time to be in Tokyo for an extended
period of time.  I also have a working visa for this summer so that I can 
work legally.

Thanks in advance,

David Fandrich
fuzzie@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
From: harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: "New fingerprint Procedure"
Date: 12 Apr 92 22:52:00 GMT
	<SMITTIE.92Apr2182649@beach.csulb.edu>
	<HARKCOM.92Apr6092917@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp>
	<1992Apr8.165445.2857@island.COM>
Organization: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
In-reply-to: fester@island.COM's message of 8 Apr 92 16:54:45 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.165445.2857@island.COM> fester@island.COM
   (Mike Fester) writes:

 =} [more rubish deleted]

   You still seem to be operating under false assumptions about what I
wrote.  I will no longer address your miscomprehensions.  As another
poster faced with your cold self-centered attitude tried to say:

	'your experiences aren't the sum total of existence...'

Al
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