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From: sakimura@vaxr.sscl.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: Japanese Censorship & Violence against Women
Organization: Social Science Computing Laboratory
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 18:56:09 GMT

In article <6309@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>, ross-c@scs.leeds.ac.uk (R Clement) writes:
> In article <7307@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com> blamb@rodan.hri.com (Bill Lambert) writes:
>>=> Eruption were complete hardcore I assume these are ILLEGAL in Japan. Does
>>=> anyone know what countries these were inteneded for or are they sold on the
>>=> Black Market ??
>>
>>There apparently is such a Black Market in Japan. However, the modified
> 
> There are unmodified porn videos in Japan. I have been shown one (not that
> I make a habit of watching Porn videos). It was made in Japan.
> 
Amm..., I had no chance to see such, as it is rather difficult to get one, 
because they are illegal. Such videos are called "Ura-Video.", which 
roughly means "Black-Video." Surely, they are Made in Japan. I am not 
sure whether the target market is the domestic one or the foreign one.
However, I heard that the maker of these "Ura-Video" mails you the mail
order sheet out of the client of legal video. The address is usually 
c/o *** PostOffice, so their real entity cannot be learnt easily.

Natsu Sakimura

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: milligan@netcom.com (Michael Milligan)
Subject: Cost of living in Japan
Summary: What is the cost of living in Japan?
Keywords: living cost japan
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 19:25:31 GMT

I have a golden opportunity of possibly spending a year or two in Japan on a
work assignment.  I have been told that the company who will be hiring me will
pay all taxes, provide me with living space, and will pay for all medical
benefits.  My question is:  In America I make between $40/hr to $55/hr and
wanted to know what would be a comparible salary in Japan.  I consider the
opportunity of going to Japan really great but I don't really wanna give up
my standard of living.  Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Michael Milligan
From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: nuclear Japan
Date: 30 Sep 1992 23:04:49 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: tsunami.berkeley.edu

If the US hadn't dropped the bombs but chose instead to stage land invasions,
the bulk of Japanese homeland defense would have been shifted to the South.
This would have left the North open to invasion by Russian paratroopers, by
simply abandoning the Manchuria campaign, leaving it up to the Chinese Red
Army for slow extermination.  If People's Republic of Japan came into existence,
Kim Il Sung would likely have won the war in pushing allied forces off the  
peninsula, since logistic support could have come from PDRJ.  Thus, a
Red Korea and a divided Japan would have shifted the world balance of
economy and power  considerably.  The US would have continued to hold
economic hegemony, probably leading to more racial resentment & greater
success of communism in the 3rd world.  The world would have become a
more tense place if the war wasn't finished up in a hurry.  Indecision is
not an excuse for ending war, unless surrender is discretely declared, 
fighting will continue.
From: htakeda@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU
Subject: alt.fan.chaki.chaki.chaki
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Date: 6 Oct 92 08:34:41 GMT

The newsgroup on subject line.  A friend of mine named chaki told
me guys at omron made that for her.  I don't know if it's a idol
otaku type of material.  I tried to look at it but it didn't
exist on my system last I looked.  mon ami ain't no idol anyway.
no offense chaki  :^)
HIRO
===============================================================
htakeda@bonnie.ics.uci.edu

HIRO "The HAB" Takeda
GO Montreal Canadiens, Kokudo Keikaku Bunnies, Taiyo Whales,
Montreal Expos, and the Dallas Cowboys.
UC Irvine, Electrical and Comp. Engin., Info. and Comp. Science.
"What good is a used up world and how can it be worth having?"
ALL THIS TIME - STING
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From: oshiro@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Woodrow S Oshiro)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Mr. Baseball (Again!)
Date: 2 Oct 92 22:17:20 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

In article <1992Oct1.224540.4992@u.washington.edu> tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu writes:
>
>  [about Tom Selleck in the new movie "Mr. Baseball"]
>
>For the sake of argument, let's say it really happened to him. Should
>he avoid telling the story? Is he to be silenced? Or just what exactly
>should we do with him? Boycott his movies? That sounds like the
>politically correct move to me.

Has anyone else noticed that "Mr. Baseball" was made by Universal Studios,
which is owned by MCA, which is owned by Matsushita?

-- 

						Woody Oshiro
						oshiro@en.ecn.purdue.edu
From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: girl that dies in school gate
Date: 28 Sep 1992 20:03:20 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: headcrash.berkeley.edu

Speaking of crushed heads, I have heard that Michiko-san, as in Mrs. Akihito,
has a lymphatic disorder called Bassedeau's disease, whose symptoms include
a bulging of the eyeballs out of their sockets.  Which is why she hasn't made
too many photo opportunities in the last 10 years, and why biographies of
her show her portrait, rather than picture.

Can anyone confirm this...?

Also, that Hirohito's sister married a commoner businessman, so consequently
all her ties with the imperial family were severed; when the man's business
failed, she starved to death in her apartment.

I don't think Mr. Akihito is reading this....BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!!!
LOOK OUT!!!!

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: tanaka@til.til.com (Yokichi Tanaka)
Subject: Re: Seat blocking on flights in Japan
Organization: Togai InfraLogic, Inc.
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 00:28:47 GMT

In article <MAGNUS.92Oct2164530@is19e0s00.jaist-east.ac.jp>, magnus@jaist-east.ac.jp (Magnus Halldorsson) writes:
|> In article <1992Oct01.213717.8504@bmerh85.bnr.ca> bam@bnr.ca (Bruce Matsugu 1629654) writes:
|> 
|>    I'm just wondering when or if the seat blocking of flights within
|>    Japan for foreigners will end.  I am trying to get to Kagoshima from
|>    Ottawa, Canada. So far I can get as far as Narita Airport in/near Tokyo.
|>    My travel agent cannot book a seat for me on any flights from Tokyo to
|>    anywhere in Japan for me.
|> 
|> I haven't seen any signs of "seat blocking...for foreigners" in Japan. 
|> 
|> However, it is damn hard to get a flight domestic flights to/from Narita.
|> Especially if you're continuing flight is not on JAL.
|> But I was under the impression that Haneda was not so crowded.
|> 
|> Magnus

As far as I know, they do not seat-block for foreigners.  Where
did you hear that?  My father worked for JAL for a long time ...
such practices do not exist.  As Mr. Magnus stated, it is very
difficult to find domestic connecting flights from Narita.
Whenever I travel to Osaka ... LAX to Narita is no problem, but
I'm constantly wait-listed from Narita to Osaka.  Narita to
any city in Japan is hard to book (do it at least 8 weeks in 
advance, if you can).  Your alternative, albeit not a very 
pleasant one, is to take the limousine (bus) service into the
city, and somehow get to Haneda.  Haneda is more or less 
designated as the Tokyo airport for domestic flights.

Narita is a model of how not to plan an airport.  (It was even
in the Wall Street Journal.)
-- 
Yoke (Yokichi) Tanaka      Togai InfraLogic, Inc.    "fuzzy"
tanaka@til.com             Irvine, California, USA
uunet!til!tanaka           714-975-8522
In case you're wondering ... I am male.
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you are."
From: rehir@gauss.med.harvard.edu (Hirokatsu Watanabe 432-2275)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: girl that dies in school gate
Date: 29 Sep 92 16:51:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: hsdndev.1886
Organization: Harvard Medical School


>If I remember right, recent surveys show the more than 50% of
>parents are in favor of physical punishment. I could be wrong on the
>number but it a significant percentage. 

   If I remember right, the question in the questionnaire of the pole
was 'Do you think if phisical punishment is necessary for the education
of children?'.  not 'Do you favor phisical punishment for children?' or
'Do you like phisical punishment?' And maybe, I guess, almost of persons
who answer 'Yes' thought that phisical punishment is sometimes necessary
for it.

   I have hardly seen the teachers, parents or students who like to give
or be given thrashing, and shouting 'Watashi o Jo^o^sama to Oyobi!
(Call me queen!)' in Japan.   :-)
   
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*       Hirokatsu Watanabe        *
*---------------------------------*
* Mo^karimakka?   Sapparidesuwa   *
*         Maido ookini            *
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From: Jean_Lemire@mindlink.bc.ca (Jean Lemire)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Treatment of Koreans in Japan
Date: 2 Oct 92 21:16:47 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

> peterp@yang.earlham.edu writes:
>
> Msg-ID: <1992Oct1.205844.19710@yang.earlham.edu>
> Posted: 2 Oct 92 01:58:44 GMT
>
> Org.  : Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
>
>
>    regarding Koreans in Japanese cultur
>
>  I am looking for any curent info on the treatment of Koreans in Japanese
> socity.  The impact that curent social stigmas of Japanese cultre are
> having
> on the Japanese Korean community in Japan. Any help in finding info.
> regarding this topic or any that may pertain to this would be very
> helpfull.
>  Thanks alot.


Here is a list of a few articles that were printed in the Daily Yomiuri, an
English Language Daily in Japan concerning Koreans in Japan.  The dates refer
to the article header not the newspaper's publication dates so there might be
a couple of days difference between the two dates.

"3rd-Generation Koreans To Get Residency Status".  By Toyoharu Ikeda, Yomiuri
Shimbun Correspondent.  April 30 1990.

"Film Shows 'Bright' Side of Korean Discrimination".  By Janice Furhman, The
Associated Press.  May 15 1990 (Movie is called Yun's Town by Kim U Son)

"Foreigners Forever".  Commentary by Albert Novick, The Daily Yomiuri.
February 6 1990. (Commentary on foreigners in general and immigration laws)

Hope this helps!

Jean Lemire
Asia Pacific Management Cooperative Program
Vancouver, Canada
GEnie: J.Lemire
Internet: Jean_Lemire@mindlink.bc.ca
From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: girl that dies in school gate
Date: 27 Sep 1992 04:36:36 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: headcrash.berkeley.edu

Hmmmm.....sounds an awful lot like an incident so becoming to a culture that
worships innocence & beautiful deaths.                         

Course, I had to write an essay on the treatment of death on classical Japanese
poetry, and the teacher was enraged by my opinions...gave me a fucking D.

Oh, well, the finish line is at May.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Henry Robertson
a senior adrift

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: wdw@math2.sma.usna.navy.MIL (Wm. Douglas Withers -- math  FACULTY <wdw@sma.usna.navy.mil>)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: nuclear Japan
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:02:53 GMT
Organization: U.S. Naval Academy

In article <BvDBDG.2wx@world.std.com> cmr@world.std.com (Charles M Richmond) writes:
>
>Don't be silly.... if the USA had not dropped the bomb the USSR would not
>have declared war against Japan. They only did after the bomb was dropped
>inorder to partake of the fruits of victory.
>
My understanding is that the USSR had promised to declare war on Japan a
certain interval after the end of the war in Europe and that Hiroshima was
timed to anticipate the USSR declaration, thus denying the USSR the fruits
of victory.

-- 

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                        @@@            Els Withers
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: The Northern Islands
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 18:25:32 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.130800.23652@Csli.Stanford.EDU> hiraga@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Yuzuru Hiraga) writes:
>In article <1992Sep28.152257.2783@island.COM> fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:
>>It has been my impression that many Japanese are almost completely unaware of
>>the events surrounding the Soviet-Japanese relations in WWII.
>
>I wonder what you mean by this.  Please be more specific.
>The major conflicts (which began by Japanese intrusion and resulted in
>a crushing defeat) took place before the WWII(1939/1941) and accordingly
>before the neutrality treaty (1941).

The stance by most Japanese is "We didn't attack them!" when in fact the
Japanese DID attack the USSR; they simply got beaten badly. The attacks 
took place without any formal declarations on their part. As for the neutrality
pact, that doesn't seem like it meant much; had the Japanese felt there to 
be an opportunity, there is little doubt they would have attacked again. 
After all, China had received repeated assurances from the Japanese, yet Japan
kept expanding the war on some pretext or another.

In any event, when confronted with the knowledge that Japan indeed atatcked the
USSR without any formal declarations, most Japanese seem to become a bit less
secure in their belief that Russia treacherously attacked poor Japan who was
too weak to defend herself. Japan had proven incapable of defeating Soviet
forces well before that.

Mike
-- 
Disclaimer - I'm only doing what the little voices tell me to do.
From: Jean_Lemire@mindlink.bc.ca (Jean Lemire)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: girl that dies in school gate
Date: 28 Sep 92 18:01:26 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

I was with the JET program in 1989-90, and I clipped an article about it from
the Daily Yomiuri.  Unfortunately I didn't mark the date, but I can tell you
that it was around July 16 1990 in the National Section.  The article was
written one week after the incident by Fred Hiatt of/for the Washington Post.

The girl's name was Ryoko Ishida (15 yrs old) and she was attending Kobe
Takatsuka High School.

This article is quite extensive and I am sure that you can find similar
articles in the other English papers.  I left the country soon after so I am
not aware of any follow-up articles i.e. post-investigation.

Hope this helps...

Jean Lemire
Asia Pacific Management Cooperative Program
Vancouver, B.C.
GEnie: J.Lemire
Mindlink: Jean_Lemire@mindlink.bc.ca

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi)
Subject: Re: girl that dies in school gate
Organization: DEC Japan Research and Development Center
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 05:06:34 GMT

In article <1992Sep28.001407.27460@bnr.ca>, davev@bnr.ca (David Villeneuve) writes:
# In article <1992Sep26.212655.7100@iscsvax.uni.edu>, wilson0189@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
# |> 
# |>         I am looking for some information about a story in mid to late 1989 or
# |> early to mid 1990. Appartently a young middle school girl was late for class in
# |> Kobe one day. The gate was closing to the school enterance, and the girl tried
# |> to rush through, but didn't make it.
# |>         I have a friend that is looking for information on this story for an
# |> article. Any info on time, names, places to look would be greatly appreciated.
# 
#    I recall hearing about this from a JET Teacher around September
#    of 1989.  The story I heard was that the girl was late for school,
#    and the teachers were thought to have shoved the gate/door against
#    her to teach her a lesson.  

I don't remember all the details, but the teacher did not do it
on purpose.  The teacher did not even see that the girl was
getting smashed.  That's why she died.  It was a large, heavy
sliding gate that he had to use his all of his force to push.
He was so busy pushing it that he didn't notice that the girl
got caught.

#    Hmmm. I hope this is not indicative of discipline in the Japanese
#    school system....

I don't necessarily feel that the teachers should kill the students
who don't follow directions in school, but I think the Japanese
schools now are too lenient.
The news reported that many students were always late to class.
They didn't care about following rules.  So they started to close
the gate when it was time for school to begin.  This was after many
other attempts to try to make the students come to school on time.

--
Hitoshi Doi, International Open Systems Engineering        doi@jrd.dec.com
Japan Research and Development Center               decwrl!jrd.dec.com!doi
Digital Equipment Corporation Japan          [from Japan: doi@dec-j.co.jp]
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: fester@etorofu.island.COM ()
Subject: Re: girl that dies in school gate
Originator: fester@etorofu
Organization: Island Graphics, Marin County, California
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:21:07 GMT

In article <1a7oe8INNkcb@agate.berkeley.edu> robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson) writes:
>Speaking of crushed heads, I have heard that Michiko-san, as in Mrs. Akihito,
>has a lymphatic disorder called Bassedeau's disease, whose symptoms include
>a bulging of the eyeballs out of their sockets.  Which is why she hasn't made
>too many photo opportunities in the last 10 years, and why biographies of
>her show her portrait, rather than picture.
>
>Can anyone confirm this...?

No. A couple of years ago, she was continually photographed in public. Her
(apparantly current) picture is still cropping up in magazines all the time.

>Also, that Hirohito's sister married a commoner businessman, so consequently
>all her ties with the imperial family were severed; when the man's business
>failed, she starved to death in her apartment.

Haven't heard that. I know that one of Miyazawa's daughters married a (white)
American, and he refused to attend the wedding. Apparantly, they are still 
at odds (whether marrying out of her nationality or marrying against her 
father's wishes, I do not know).

Mike


-- 
Disclaimer - I'm only doing what the little voices tell me to do. 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: andrew@tcs.com (Andrew Neuschatz)
Subject: Re: Information about Tests/Exams for Language Proficiency
Organization: Teknekron Communications, Inc
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 22:10:30 GMT

There is such a test, the Nihongo Nouryoku Shiken (Japanese Ability Test), but I was
told by the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco that it isn't administered in the U.S.
The person I talked to suggested calling Vancouver to see if they do it.

There are four versions of the test; the hardest is 1 (Ikkyuu).  They test reading,
writing, and listening (or at least some of them cover listening -- and maybe
speaking?)  They're graded pass-fail only.  Compare to the American TOEFL, of which there
is one version and you get a score.  For the Nouryoku Shiken, if you take the level 1
test and come close to passing, they just fail you -- you don't get a passing grade 
on level 2 as a consolation prize.

I think that non-natives who want to go to Japanese universities must pass the ikkyuu,
which tests on all Jouyou Kanji.

...But, again, it's not administered in the U.S.  (You might try the Embassy in DC to
make sure.)  Sorry if this doesn't help you.  I'm posting since I thought it'd be of
general interest.

- Andrew
From: blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Seat blocking on flights in Japan
Date: 5 Oct 92 15:03:08 GMT
Organization: Horizon Research, Inc.

In article <1992Oct02.184756.29216@bmerh85.bnr.ca>, bam@bnr.ca
(Bruce Matsugu 1629654) writes:

=> Which brings up the question, what are airfares like in Japan?
=> Specifically, Tokyo to Kyushu?  Other than JAL, I know of
=> ANA and JAS for domestic flights.

Fare to/from Haneda to Yamagata is Y11,000 ($92 - one way, ANA), and 
Haneda to Osaka is Y12,000 ($101 - one way, JAL). There is a slight
(5% ?) discount for round-trip fares. I suppose to Kyushu may be
a little more.
From: rehir@gauss.med.harvard.edu (Hirokatsu Watanabe 432-2275)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Re : Japan Central League
Date: 5 Oct 92 16:25:28 GMT
Organization: Harvard Medical School

From: wpm@is.morgan.com (W. Phillip Moore)

>I went to two Tigers games last weekend against the Whales -- on Saturday
>they looked great beating them 6-0.  This was also the first time I saw
>them win -- in 4 years!!  It was my 8th Tigers game...  whew...

>Sunday, they lost 5-2, and I seem to be back on my pattern of seeing losing
>games.... :-P

   I heard that some Tigers fans scuffled with a few drinkers after this
game.

>		6	7	8		10	11
>
>Tigers		X	X	Dragons		O	O
>Swallows	O	O	Carp		X	X

>O = home game.  (I have tickets to tomorrows game at Jingu 8-)

   Oh! The last game is in Ko^shien, isn't it?
   I'm afraid that a riot happens in Osaka, when Tigers get the victory,
or not. I remember that Tigers fans scuffled and turned several cars
over, when Tigers lost to Giants in the last game, and lost the victory
of the season over 15 years ago.

   In this time, Tigers fans are said to have their eyes on the doll of
'Kuidaore', a famous restaurant in Osaka, not KFC's doll. Because it's
like Kameyama. The manager of 'Kuidaore' said, 'We'll tolerate it for
customers.' Will the doll be thrown into 'Do^ton bori'?  :-)

********************************
*      Hirokatsu Watanabe      *
*------------------------------*
* Mo^karimakka?  Sapparidesuwa *
*        Maido Ookini          *
********************************
From: mitch@dc49.dc (Mitch Sako)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Tokyo Disneyland
Date: 30 Sep 92 22:54:47 GMT
Reply-To: mitch@dc49.dc
Organization: LSI Computing Systems

I have a few questions.  First, what days and hours are they open during
November?  Second, how much is the admission during that time?  Third,
how much is a train ride from Tokyo Station?

Lastly, I may just have time to go there and take a few pictures, some
video, and that's about it.  Is there a nice entryway (outside the park)
where a nice photo-op may be available?

I'm not really interested in 3-hour lines so just seeing the outside may
be enough for me.  Thanks in advance.

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From: blamb@rodan.hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Violence against women....
Date: 28 Sep 92 21:01:53 GMT
Reply-To: blamb@rodan.hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Organization: Horizon Research

=> blamb@rodan.hri.com (Bill Lambert) writes:
=> 
=> >If "short" is your general tendency, please use your imagination for
=> >constructing excuses.

=In article <1a1s3dINNs2n@uniwa.uwa.edu.au>, keis@psy.uwa.oz.au
=(Keis Ohtsuka) writes:
=> Those excuses are parodies of some interesting Japanese excuses
=> used to deter import. Got it?  They were supposed to be a JOKE.

If your post was a joke, then my answer was a joke.

- Bill
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: qcg@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Qing Guo)
Subject: What is this music?
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 18:26:02 GMT

Hello, everyone.

I stayed in Kyoto 5 years ago. There was a FM radio program called 'Jet stream' which was aired from midnight everyday. In the beginning of the program, a narrator named 'Jou Tatuya' says 'I am your pilot' or something like that. As he is speaking, there is a background music. I would like to know what that music is. If you know, please give me the information so I can buy the CD here in Chicago where I currently live in. 

By the way, is the program still continuing now?

Thanks.

Guo