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From: tobac@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP (Bach Frederic)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Sumo - Kyushu Basho (Days 6 & 7)
Date: 15 Nov 92 23:57:36 GMT
Organization: UBS Phillips & Drew INT'L Ltd. TOKYO, JAPAN

Friday. Musashimaru easily pushed out Tochinowaka, seizing the lead.
After that, Akebono charged low as usual, but Daishoho resisted well,
eventually slapping the Hawaiian in the face, and taking advantage of his
foe's susprise, rapidly marching hin out. After having won their first bout
at last, Takahanada and Kirishima were facing each other. The sekiwake showed that he was back in form, using his tsuppari (thrusting) to avoid getting 
caught at the sash by the strong (not so much these days) ozeki. He rapidly
succeeded in pushing him out. Since Kasugafuji lost that day, Musashimaru was
sole in the lead.

Saturday. Musashimaru again displayed top form, grabbing Kushimaumi's
throat and marching him out in seconds. Akebono was deternined not to lose 
two in a row and quickly pushed Terao away. Kotonishiki, also in form,
countered Akinoshima's strong opening from the edge, eventually pushing him
down. Mitoizumi managed to win at last, but against weakening ozeki Kirishima,
who dropped to 1-6 as well. Takahanada chalked his third consecutive win 
after four defeats. At that point, behind Musashimaru, Akebono and Kotonishiki
at 6-1, and quite a few at 5-2.

Friday Winner	Loser

Hana'K		Tochi'F(j)
Toki		Kiraiho
T'nami		Kbeppu
KiriN		Kinazuma
Tatsu		Kgaume
Tama		W'Y
Toyo'U		Ktsubaki
TomoeF		KasugaF
Kita		Ogi'H
WHda		KF
DshoY		Misugi
K'W		Terao
Tmisugi		Mai'U
KN		Wshoyo
KuSU		Ttoriki
Musashi		Tochi'W
Kyoku		Mito
Dzen		Aki'S
THda		KiriS
Dshoho		Akebono

Saturady Winner Wins Loser Wins

Kyokugozan(j)4 	W'Y	1
H'K	3	KF	1
KiriN	5	T'nami	3
Ogi'H	4	KasugaF	5
Toki	5	Tatsu	4
Kgaume	3	DshoY	3
Toyo'U	5	Kinazuma3
Ktsubaki5	TomoeF	5
Kiraiho	4	K'W	4
Kita	4	Kbappu	3
Mai'U	2	Tochi'W	2
Tmisugi	3	Tama	1
Dzen	5	Dshoho	4
Misugi	4	Ttoriki	3
WHda	5	Kyoku	3
THda	3	Wshoyo	3
Musashi	7	KuSU	4
KN	6	Aki'S	3
Akebono	6	Terao	2
Mito	1	KS	1
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: ntetsuya@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Nishimura)
Subject: Re: How bad are Japanese drivers?
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:33:05 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

In article <1992Nov20.154338.26947@eng.umd.edu> naru@eng.umd.edu (Naruhisa Takashima) writes:
>
>I don't know about driver instructors, but IMHO Japanese drivers are 
>among the best in the world. Oh NO! I've made a gneral statement!
>
>One things my friends gripe about when they come to the U.S. is how 
>poorly Americans drive.  This, I believe, is not so much about the 
>actual driving skills, (Although getting a lisence in U.S.A is a joke 
>compared to getting one in Japan) but little stuff, like turning
>without signaling. Ofcourse, this is not a big deal here because
>the there are less cars on a given stretch of road.
>
>My 2 cents,
>Naruhisa Takashima 

	Well, I don't know where in Japan you are from, though, drivers in 
	Nagoya 	area, where I am from, are more or less the same.  They *do* 
	signal when they make turns but they seldom (including myself :-) signal	when changing the lanes.  And they cut right in front of you when they 
	find a space as small as less than one-car long.


						Tetsuya Nishimura


			P.S.	Motorcycles run around *differently* in Japan
				from in the US.  They are...more aggressive and
				selfish! (including myself...?  ;->)


Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From:  (Taka )
Subject: I WANT TO WORK IN JAPAN : Need help
Organization: University of Tasmania (Australia)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:04:08 GMT

One of my friend is planning to go to Japan. She want to go their and teach English
(She thinks this is the only employment available to gaijins).  She has been studying
Japanese and has intermediate-level of Japanese. She asked my advice but the 
problem is that I know nothing about it. 
How is the job prospect for an Australian in Japan? If she get there, what she 
shold do to get a job?  Any tip for avoiding rip-off and troubles? Should she find 
a job before she go to Japan. If so, how to find a good job in Japan from oversee. 
Job do not have to be an English teacher. She just want to go there and study 
Japanese.

Taka
From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: otoko-rashii Riki-chan
Date: 16 Nov 92 01:32:05 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Mark Supporters,

                   This is funny! You are in a fantasy world. Commit
suicide over the likes of you all.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah! Be serious. Hell will
freeze over when I kill myself over a bunch of People of your persuasion
and sh*t. Personally, I think that I am doing great. I going against my
counselor's advise and say. Mark, your a fool! You were wrong and your
less than a man to admitt to it. You blasted to the "World"(this thought
is funny)on the information of the postmaster here at CMU and he and you
were wrong and I will prove it in a civil case against you. So, even
though Mr. Bush is not my favorite American President, he did say,
"Watch and learn". And, even though I would trade my life to be a
democrat, I will break ranks for a moment and say, "Watch and learn".
From: yoichi@carson.u.washington.edu (Yoichi Ii)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Pets immigration procedure
Date: 21 Nov 92 03:37:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov21.033750.20970
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

mvcy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>I seem to recall that the quarntine period for dogs incoming from locations
>known to have rabies was about 2 weeks.  So unless the transport is from
>England (in which case there is only like half a day quarntine), the dog
>will have to be put up in quarantine kennels.  I don't exactly know what
>the procedures are for cats though. 

Also they need to get paw printed, or else.    oOOo
                                                OO
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: magnus@jaist-east.ac.jp (Magnus Halldorsson)
Subject: Sumo Conclusions (spoiler warnings...)
Organization: School of Info Science, JAIST Hokuriku, Japan
Distribution: soc
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 01:17:50 GMT

The 1992 Kyushu basho concluded yesterday (Sunday). All the attention
was focussed on the last two bouts, each featuring a yusho candidate
against a good sekiwake. Before this last round, komusubi Kotonishiki
and ozeki Akebono were even with 13-1 record.
  Kotonishiki was matched against the pop-star Takahanada, who had
lost the day before against Akebono, after impressive 9 straight wins.
He didn't fail this time, however, and Koto fell out via ue-te-nage.
  This relieved some of the pressure off Akebono, who was matched
against Musashimaru. The latter had started well with 7-0, but had
since won only two out of 7 bouts. Akebono showed considerably more
stability, and perhaps more fighting spirit, as he pulled and pushed
Musashimaru off balance, and eventually pushed him out from the side.
  This is the second tournament victory for the American Samoa-born
Akebono, which paves the way for a possible promotion to the exalted
rank of yokozuna, or grand master, in the near future.

Sanyaku of next basho:
  Ozeki:    Akebono, Konishiki
  Sekiwake: Kirishima, Kotonishiki, Takahanada, Musashimaru
  Komusubi: Daishoho, Takamisugi, Akinoshima(?)
High maegashiras:
  Kushimaumi, Wakahanada, Tomoefuji, Toyonoumi.

Magnus
From: burress@twics.co.jp (Tim Burress)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Fingerprinting Gaijin
Date: 21 Nov 92 10:49:37 GMT
Organization: TWICS, Tokyo, Japan

In article <18NOV199217192360@vxcrna.cern.ch>, ikeda@vxcrna.cern.ch (IKEDA,M./EP) writes:
> [Text of Fingerprinting Ruling Deleted]
>
> Discussions on fingerprinting has gone through scj before, but I am still
> a bit mystified by Ms. Morikawa (and other Americans) who think that
> fingerprinting is so horrible.  In fact it seems incredibly hypocritical.
> The US requires fingerprints of *permanent residents* of the US and not
> only of one index finger, but of *all* fingers left and right.  And then
> the silly thing is that the US requires all these fingerprints *again*
> when one applies for citizenship.

Hi,

It's not hipocrisy, really, because what the Japanese government does and what
the US government does are unrelated.  If I were a foreign resident in the US,
I would certainly be upset about the tactics that INS uses.  More so, in fact,
than I am with those used here, mostly because the process is carried out in
such a haphazard and "we're only doing this because it's a rule" way and, in
the end, because I don't really care if some government agency has a copy of my
fingerprint.

What matters more is the process.  If a bunch of people bully you around, and
force you to do something with threats or violence, well...  it's a very
different feeling.
From: tom@dingo.imagen.com (tom lowdermilk)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Plutonium/Greenpeace
Keywords: more biased info courtesy of UPI
Date: 17 Nov 92 20:02:09 GMT
Reply-To: tom@dingo.imagen.com (tom lowdermilk)
Organization: imagen

In article <1ebd3aINNm74@agate.berkeley.edu>, boyle@phnom-penh.berkeley.edu (Joseph Boyle) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> Why doesn't Japan rent enriched uranium from Russia?


The two nations can't even negotiate over a few measly islands;
do you honestly think the CIS would allow Japan to obtain
nuclear material?

So now Japan is exporting its military and importing weapon-potential
plutonium; I'm disgusted to see the nation's purity compromised behind
the facade of greater world leadership and self sufficiency. Like 
Lafcadio Hearn, I feel that I'm witnessing the birth of an era,... and
I don't like what I see. 


tjl

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Love Mankind, Revere Heaven  :-{
From: oi@cs.meiji.ac.jp (Hitoshi Oi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Train from Osaka to Tokyo
Date: 19 Nov 92 16:00:22 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Meiji University, Japan.
In-reply-to: michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au's message of 18 Nov 92 13:02:01 GMT

>Next year, on my back from the US (to Australia) I plan on making a two
>day stop in Tokyo. However, the only reasonable airfare I can get goes
>via Osaka, not Tokyo (I'd like to fly JAL, but they're $500 more
>expensive)...

	If you don't need to see Osaka at all, how about flying
	from Osaka to Haneda ?  From what I saw in a book called "Gekiyasu
	Koku-ken no kaikata tsukaikata", if you buy a Japan domestic flgiht
	conjunction with international flight, it will become much cheaper.

	I don't know what time you reach at Osaka airport.  But if it's
	in the evening, the bus goes to the downtown of Osaka takes
	a lot of time...

Hitoshi
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From: rtang@sunee.uwaterloo.ca (The One Your Mother Warned You About!)
Subject: Canadians in Japan
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 07:08:21 GMT


Can anyone tell me any relevent info they have about
getting prepared to live in Japan for (say 4+ years).
Such as taxation policies, etc etc (especially between
Canada and Japan).

Thanks,

Ray

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: yokoyama@ee.ualberta.ca (Masami Yokoyama)
Subject: Income tax Info needed
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:38:01 GMT

Hi nn readers,

I am going to be working for 8 months in Japan from next January.  But since I
am a Japanese (living in Canada), I believe I have to pay the income tax.

Will some one give a rough idea of how much I will have to be paying for tax?

I am being payed around 150,000 - 200,000 yen per month.

Please e-mail.

Masami Yokoyama
e-mail : yokoyama@bode.ee.ualberta.ca
From: btlee@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Mr. Byungtae Lee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Some Stupid Questions for Japanes.
Date: 15 Nov 92 23:04:56 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas

I am a Korean who visited Japan several times. I have enjoyed many many things
in Japan. I have also many things which I envy in Japan.
Here goes my simple question:
Japan has been alsmost invisible in international society considering her huge
economic power. As a Korean, I have seen still strong reservation or
unwillingness to accept Japan as a key player in the international society 
among Asians who are mostly from the victims of your past imperialism.
It may be partially because Japan has failed to deliver her good will to
her neighbor.  I had heard several times from Japanese business friends that 
Asia is not Japanese concern any more but we("Japanese") are targeting
globalization("Koku-sai-ka"). In this term, I felt that Asian countiries 
are out of your globe.   
My questions:
(1)
What's the ture reason that Japan failed to convince its former victim 
countries? Your national pride bounded by your unique culture? or
you did not want to do that because the key role is very costly. 
(2)
What will be the value system which Japan wants to distribute or promote 
through her significant role in the international society if it comes true?
Western countries have insisted that they are promoting human right, 
democracy, Capitalism and abusely Christianity etc no matter reality is.
I could not find such diplomatic slogans from Japan.
(3)
From the conservative viewpoint, Japan is one of the most open society to 
free sex. Through the discussion of Maddona, I think that in some sense, 
some western netters were misled. When I visted Japan in 1986, I was totally
shocked by prostitution advertisements in telephone boots in sports new
papers and magazines. How about mid-night programs in the major TV's.
I got very unique experience from "live theaters" in Osaka and Tokyo.
It seems to me as a dual standard for government to ban such book while 
in the reality, so many information/ads are prevailing.

Please no flame war. I am sincerely curious and these are what I wanted to
hear from Japanes which I did not aske during my business trips because
I believed the wisdom not to discuss about religion, cluture and politics when you are in foreign country, especially in business.

Best Regards
From: mfolivo@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark Newton-John)
Subject: Re: "Otoko kotoba" and "On-na kotoba" (Male language and female language)
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 07:28:58 GMT

Well, when I first became interested in anime, I watched and
watched, and I picked up a few things. Unfortunately, I found that
most of the language was onna kotoba. Such as the use of atashi,
kashira, and wa at the end of sentences.

Whoops! Since the characters that I watched were female, it was
natural to pick up onna kotoba. In fact, I didn't catch on to the
use of boku by the males in anime.


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From: tjg@kocb.astem.or.jp (Tim Gleeson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Kanemaru's latest stunt
Date: 17 Nov 92 07:41:53 GMT
Organization: KUBOTA Corp., ASTEM RI, Kyoto, Japan
In-reply-to: harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp's message of 17 Nov 92 01:43:24 GMT

>>>>> On 17 Nov 92 01:43:24 GMT, harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom) said:


harkom>    For those following the Kanemaru incident (50 oku yen Sagawa scandal),
harkom> the latest news:

harkom> It was also mentioned that the same ploy was used by one of the
harkom> important witnesses to the Lockhead scandal (should be called a
harkom> crime, not a scandal) and by the Recruit guy when his illegal
harkom> activities came before the Diet.  In a poll of 1000 people on the

According to the report...

In the Lockheed scandal in 1976, Kodama tried to get himself hospitalised,
but they wouldn't let him in, so he stayed at home instead.

In the Recruit scandal, Izoe was hospitalised for "mental stress", so he was
questioned by none other than... (fanfare)... Kanemaru.

Shindou, the NTT bigwig, was admitted for heart disease.

Tashiro, a diet member, was also admitted under a false name!

In the Kyowa scandal (do you remember that? hard to keep track isn't it)
Fumio Abe was admitted.

Apparently the trick is to get admitted to some hospital and then send a
doctor's certificate along to the diet saying you can't attend. Reminds me
of trying to get out of games at school. I guess staying in hospital is much
better for your health than being grilled in public :-). But then, it's not
really in public is it? Cameras aren't allowed to film the questioning
because this would infringe their "human rights".

Maybe the hospitals around Nagatachou are gearing up for a big intake in the
near future, kamo shirenai.

Tim
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: cmort@ncoast.org (Chris Morton)
Subject: Re: Japanese exchange student killed in Louisiana...
Followup-To: soc.culture.japan
Organization: Northcoast Unix
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:43:22 GMT

In article <HARKCOM.92Nov16095130@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp>,
harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom) wrote:
> 
> >Hattori did try to get in repeatedly. Front door and side door.
> 
>    Although my English vocabulary may not be good enough, but it seems
> to me that the word "twice" is more appropriate than "repeatedly" unless
> you intend to give a biased impression.

If it happens once and it happens again, it happened repeatedly.  You
might have
a case if he'd said "many times".
 

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: isc30176@nusunix1.nus.sg (CHEN JIA TYAN)
Subject: Re: Gaijin (was: Please give your opinions...
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 06:15:23 GMT

Arne Thormodsen (arnet@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com) wrote:
> I have been assured several times by Japanese friends that "gaijin" is
> not derogatory in itself.  It can be used in a negative way, but so can
> the term "Japanese" in American English.  If you don't believe this,
> read political literature from the left and the right, and you will see
> the use of "Japanese" as a codeword for "sneaky foreigner".
> In any case, I find the "gaijin" debate amusing.

My sentiments.  No matter how you want to change the way others call
you, you cannot change the way others think of you.
Chinese also use the same characters gaigokujin to say foreigners, and
some will say it with a sneer, some don't.
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: cmr@world.std.com (Charles M Richmond)
Subject: How bad are Japanese drivers?
Organization: Integrated International Systems Corp. One Longfellow Place, Suite 3309, Boston, Ma.
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:50:55 GMT

I guess that I'm not the only one to feel this way...



	TOKYO (UPI) -- Japanese driving instructors are ten times more likely
to suffer from mental illness than security guards, according to a
survey on stress in the workplace published Friday.
	According to the survey, 5.29 percent of driving instructors observed
between mid-1991 and the middle of this year were treated for mental
illness, compared with 0.51 percent for security guards and 2.09 percent
on average.
	The results of the survey conducted by the Stress-Disease Workmen's
Accident Research Institute were published in the daily Yomiuri Shimbun.
	High school teachers followed driving instructors, with 3.78 percent
seeking treatment for mental illness, the survey said.

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From: blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Japanese employees and consumers [long reply with tangents]
Date: 23 Nov 92 18:59:25 GMT
Organization: Horizon Research, Inc.


=> >In article <7444@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com> blamb@hri.com
=> >(Bill Lambert) writes:
=> >
=> > =}I've also had
=> > =}home appliances installed when *I* wanted (which was off 9-5 hours).

=> In article <HARKCOM.92Nov16120723@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp>
=> harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom) writes:
=>
=> >   This is truly amazing.  Most delivery outfits run on very 'flexible'
=> >schedules and don't even know when they will be in your area to
=> >deliver.  At most companies they give you a date of delivery which you
=> >can change to a later date.  On the day, you must be at home until they
=> >deliver.  This can sometimes mean staying at home all until early
=> >evening.... 

<explanation about delivery service experience in Japan deleted>

In article <1992Nov17.184352.4198@island.COM>, fester@island.COM 
(Mike Fester) writes:
=> I'd have to agree with Mr Harckom on this. At least, the various department 
=> stores in Kichijouji were like this. And, for a sofa-bed I ordered, there was
=> a one-week wait for delivery (even though the item was in stock). Now, those
=> operations that deal in USED appliances, etc, are more flexible, at least in 
=> my experience.

I don't think a one week wait for delivery, even for in-stock items,
is very unusual at all. At least here in Boston... dealing with
various furniture and appliance companies. Two weeks is average.
If this is an example of how U.S. service is better, I disagree.

=> >In Summary:  Japanese companies seek the same thing (profits) as US
=> >companies do.  They also use the same methods (trampling) to attain
=> >it...  One can find exceptions in both countries, but these exceptions
=> >don't a rule make :)
 
=> I'd have to agree here. I'll give  BIG edge to Japan in overall service, esp
=> at the larger (more expensive) department stores, most restaurants, etc, but 
=> after that, in reality, it's a wash.

Mike gives a big edge in overall service, which agrees with me, and then
states that he agrees with Al, who doesn't agree with me. Anyway, in 
another post I agreed with Al's point somewhat, which really wasn't
disagreeing with myself, but actually agreeing with Mike Fester, who
agrees with Al, but also agrees with me somewhat, even though he said
he agrees with Al.

- Bill
From: lindaa@sooth.Berkeley.EDU (Linda Absher)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: More on "gaijin" (was Re: Please give your opinions...)
Date: 18 Nov 1992 22:30:16 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization
NNTP-Posting-Host: sooth.berkeley.edu

In article <7456@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com> blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert) writes:
>In article <BxtuDJ.Jt3@ncifcrf.gov>, masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov
>(Michiaki Masuda) writes:
>
>=> .................................................  Japanese culture
>=> requires the receiver of the information to be highly imaginative, and
>=> the American culture requires the sender of the information to be
>=> highly specific.
>
>This is cool. This explains why, when American says something specific,
>Japanese imagine that they meant something else, and when Japanese
>say something vague, Americans assume they said something specific.
>

As someone raised by a Japanese women, the result of such differences
In language approach has resulted in the fact that I'm great
at reading meanings (true or false) into what most people say.  Many
of my friends chide me for being wishy-washy, but I break into a
Cold sweat if I have to state unequivocately what I think.  Needless to
say, I find working in the corporate world confusing.

One thing I have discovered is that I get along very well with people
from dysfunctional families, families where people never, ever discuss 
things.

needless to say, I have a lot of friends.... 8-}
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