HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: pg27+@andrew.cmu.edu (Prakash S. Gulrajani)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Mr. Asano
Date: 16 Oct 92 04:15:54 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

If you go to CMU how the hell do you have time to post all these
messages - are you very hima?
Xref: sparky soc.culture.japan:8694 soc.culture.asian.american:9511 comp.research.japan:251 comp.sys.super:981
From: eugene@nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.asian.american,comp.research.japan,comp.sys.super
Subject: Forwarded: HP LABS COMPUTER COLLOQUIUM
Date: 8 Oct 92 23:53:46 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.japan
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Subject: HP LABS COMPUTER COLLOQUIUM
Newsgroups: hpl.general,hp.general,ba.seminars
Distribution: ba


TITLE:    When Cultures Collide

SPEAKER:  Clay Prince  
          Market Analyst, Cray Research, Inc.                                

An increasingly global marketplace characterized by interdependencies promotes
a more abstract view of competition and corporate autonomy.  No more capable
competition to U.S. business exists than that posed by Japan.

This presentation will examine the progress of the partnership/competitive
"game" between the U.S. and Japan from historical and current perspectives.
Examples from industry and warfare--both ancient and modern--will be used to
illustrate the consequences of awareness, and lack thereof, in the minds of the
players.  Case studies will be used to explore the strategic orientation and
direction of Japanese firms.  The session will be interactive.

TIME:          4:00 PM, Thursday, October 15, 1992

PLACE:         Hewlett-Packard, 5M Auditorium
	       1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto

VISITORS:      Non-HP guests are welcome.  Please come to the building 5
	       lobby on time to be escorted to the meeting.

REFRESHMENTS:  A wine and cheese reception will follow the talk.

HOST:          Barry Bronson   415 857-3033

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: stephe@mks.com (Stephen Walli)
Subject: Neighbourly Etiquette
Organization: Mortice Kern Systems Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 00:51:32 GMT


Hello,

I have a question about neighbourly etiquette that I hope someone can 
answer. 

We live in southern Ontario. A Japanese family recently moved into the house 
across the street from us. They are new to Canada. I believe the husband 
has been transferred in to work at the local Japanese car plant. 
(I haven't met him yet.) 

Their two little girls are the same age as our two little girls,
being 4 and 2 1/2. They and their mother do not speak very much 
English, but then we do not speak any Japanese, with the exception of 
``hello'' and ``good-bye.'' Despite the language gap, the children all 
play well together, and my wife and their mother enjoy a cup of tea watching 
them. (There are not any other girls their age in the neighbourhood to play 
with, so both mothers are somewhat relieved!) Occasionally, their 
mother has left her children playing at our house, while she has a few 
sane moments in her house. She has reciprocated when my wife needs to finish 
off something around our house. 

Here's the question. A couple of times now, the mother has presented 
a small gift to my wife or our girls. This has taken the form of 
small simple things such as small packages of organimi paper, 
a bowl of fresh strawberries, and most recently (prompting this note) 
a small stencilling set for the girls. 

These small gifts do not seem to come in relation to any specific 
incidents. We are not accustomed to this practise and are a little 
uncomfortable with it, because we are unsure how to respond. 
Any helpful information is appreciated. Please respond by e-mail.
Thank you.

regards,
Stephen Walli
stephe@mks.com
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stephe@mks.com        35 King Street N., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2J 2W9
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: trebor@foretune.co.jp (Robert J Woodhead)
Subject: Re: Mr. Baseball (Again!)
Organization: Foretune Co., Ltd.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 04:28:22 GMT

fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:

>>On the
>>other hand, I can believe that small kids may hide from foreigners,
>>or for that matter anyone they don't know.  My daughter does that.

My wife has two sisters, each with a young child.  One of them,
Yoshimi-chan, would cry every time she saw my face -- it was ok
for me to play with her as long as she didn't see my face.  Even
a picture of me would set her off (sheesh!)

Atsuyoshi-kun, on the other hand, never had any fear of me, but then
he is quite the rowdy lad -- he once bit his dad in a rather sensitive
place in the bath.

When Natsumi and I had our wedding ceremony, Yoshimi-chan saw A-kun
playing with me, got really jealous, and started demanding that I
play with her.  Since then, no problem.

>Actually, this is one of the places a foreigner is MOST likely to encounter 
>prejudice. Many such facilities apparantly believe your "a)" reason above.
>What is sad/funny is that they may put up a sign in English saying "No 
>foreigners allowed". If they could post a sign, they could just as easily 
>post a sign with the proper instructions.

Such signs (in 6 languages) are now in many sento.
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: akira@cs.columbia.edu (Akira Kawaguchi)
Subject: Re: Shameless Japaness must recognize and apologize for Invasion China 
Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 16:44:54 GMT

 Most Japanese have a gnawing distress and a sense of guilt for the past
 deed during WWII. They received painful retaliation, and they recognize
 the history. Attempt to covering up provoked the nation, and the stable
 reaction exists.   It is shameless to blame on without insight of every 
 account. 

 Akira Kawaguchi
 Columbia University


  

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: kanekawa@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Nobuyasu Kanekawa)
Subject: Re: Shameless Japaness must recognize and apologize for Invasion China 
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 18:36:25 GMT


Dear Netters living in CIVILIZED COUNTRIES;

vlee@dgp.toronto.edu (Victor Yuencheng Lee) writes:
: It sounds like if someone rapes your mother, then you will say to him:
: "Go ahead, because she also beat me before"

Actually.

We should be more clever and wise than the raper, "your mother", and
"you", shouldn't we ?

Be smarter than "shameless Japanese", PLEASE !

Flaming, damning, shouting, ...
Would you like to do the same thing as Dai-Nippon-Teikoku did ?
NO WAY !!!
-- 
Nobuyasu KANEKAWA  (E-mail address in Japan : kanekawa@hrl.hitachi.co.jp)
Xref: sparky soc.culture.japan:8791 sci.lang.japan:4410
From: chai@cs.uiuc.edu (Ian Chai)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,sci.lang.japan
Subject: frank sheeran%gyoda.ndg.co.jp@keio.ac.jp wants in
Date: 12 Oct 92 19:51:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: evergree.chai.718919508
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL

Hi. I'm posting this request for a friend:
>From sheeran@gyoda.ndg.co.jp Mon Oct 12 02:36:49 1992
>Return-Path: <sheeran@gyoda.ndg.co.jp>
>Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 14:41:10 +0900
>From: sheeran@gyoda.ndg.co.jp (Sheeran Frank)
>To: chai@cs.uiuc.edu
>
>Hey newsmeister Chai!
>
>I can't read news, but could you post to soc.cult.japan and
>sci.lang.japan
>and ask that sheeran%gyoda.ndg.co.jp@keio.ac.jp be added to the mailing
>list version of those news gruppes?
>
>frank sheeran%gyoda.ndg.co.jp@keio.ac.jp
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: pantages@bmerh463.bnr.ca (Paul Pantages)
Subject: gifts to bring to Japan?
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 01:22:53 GMT

All, I will be visiting Japan and would like to know what sort of
gifts would be appreciated. I have already seen Herb Lison's post about
Maple Sugar etc., but would like to hear any other suggestions you may
have. I am looking for some things that would be suitable for a young 
boy, 12-13 years of age. I was considering bringing some cassette
tapes (popular NA/European groups) for him- Is this a good idea? Is 
Western music inexpensivley available in Japan? I don't want to bring
something he can buy there cheaply...

Please email if possible ---> pantages@bnr.ca
From: embreeg@acfcluster.nyu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: exit
Date: 7 Oct 92 05:36:31 GMT
Organization: New York University

qi, This is my
From: htakeda@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU
Subject: RE: Education in Japan ... Where are the Japanese?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Date: 9 Oct 92 06:15:40 GMT

Seen any of my posts.  About 3-7 (sho san kara chuu ichi) in Japan.
I've spent the years before this in Canada (Beaconsfield QUE) and
7-12 in the USA (Torrance CA).  Talking about education in Japan.
Should I do some comparing with the US and CANADA??? (Yes there is
a difference in all of them, I'm not kidding Canada is different
from the US too :)

Sarcasm alert :)

BTW my name ain't Hirotoshi Takeda.  It's actually my cover.  My real
name is Abcd Efg.

alert off :)

Does it really matter.  We all share a joint interest and that is
JAPAN.  And that's why we post here.  I think there are quite a few
Japanese on s.c.j.

Do some of you judge our Japaneseness (sp?) based on our ability to
speak (write) English?  I have had some trouble where people don't
think my Japanese language ability is that good since I talk w/o
an accent.  I was exposed to a lot of bilingual people recently and
find that there are a lot of us.  It is possible to balance two
cultures IMO.  Maybe I should start talking with an accent when I
go into interviews that require Japanese ;^)

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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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: gkomatsu@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Galen Tatsuo Komatsu)
Subject: Re: Question on Dates?
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 11:25:06 GMT

In article <1992Oct3.010449.9730@Csli.Stanford.EDU> hiraga@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Yuzuru Hiraga) writes:
>Some personal recollections.
>That morning, I woke up unusually early (maybe some calling?) and
>was watching NHK TV.  Sometime before 7:00am, a special news sequence
>broke in announcing the death of the TENNOU (I personally think that
>"emperor" is an inappropriate translation: comparing its use for
>Napoleon, Holy Roman Empire, etc.).
>It was the first and only time I heard the chime call sign of
>the special news in live, which goes do--mi sol do-- (sol in the lower
>octave).  The other time I heard it was in historical recordings
>announcing the attack on Pearl Harbor.

	I remember on that day in my Japanese class we were watching a
film on Hirohito.  Then that _same_ evening (or sometime shortly after
we saw that film) they announced on the news of his death.
	Spooky...  =^)

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From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: FSX
Date: 15 Oct 1992 06:56:17 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigbang.berkeley.edu

You know that modified F-16 fighter that Shintaro Ishihara was so intrigued
by in his Japan That Can Say No books.  So, is it being developed now?
By who?  Also, does the SDF jieitai have special forces, like the American
SEALs or Green Berets?  Does Japan have an official intelligence aency?
I have heard before that Japan is the easiest place for spies of the world
to exchange information.    

Also, have there been any more incidents ever since the assassination of the
professor who attempted to translate the Satanic Verses by Salaman Rushdie
into Japanese?

Also, I read that 750 urban laborers rioted in Osaka after announcement
of cuts in welfare payments last week.  Is the population of homeless in
Japan increasing?  What agencies, if any, provide food, clothing, and shelter
to this sector?

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: yeonwook@hardy.u.washington.edu (Mark Choi)
Subject: Re: the Rikiya Asano rants
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 01:53:24 GMT

In article <UeqAz3200Uh_E3PqVq@andrew.cmu.edu> ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano) writes:
>Mr. Crispin,
>
>               You really don't get it do you? My first impression was
>to come domn really hard on you.But,after I considered the source. I
>laughed. But that soon turned into disgust and insult. You do a great
>disservice to your own humanity. To chose such an awfully disgusting
>title to put on me. But, sorry I'm more secure than to lose control over
>your idiosyncraries. I'm however surpised
>that any Japanese are your friends. You should know that only old
>basters like you have a memory of the feeling of such shit. And, you can
>quote me,"Either your a stupid old baster or a dumb young fuck!" Now, I
>believe that that's as rude as I can get. Are you Happy? Have I became
>your enemy? Now, you have a direction in life.  You sound as though
>you'er British or simple shit like that.
>Don't get me started, Sir.



At this time, I'd like to remind everyone that such posts are not
necessary on any newsgroup. If I were as racist and biaesd as you
sound, I'd look upon Japanese like you in a degrading way, maybe 
that's why there's much tension.
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From: aa16129@secc.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Tsuneyuki MAEMURA)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Iroha-Uta (Re: Heian Alphabet)
Date: 8 Oct 92 14:10:01 GMT
Distribution: soc
Organization: Dept. of Agri. Eng., The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

Hello. I am Tsuneyuki Maemura, a graduate student of University of
Tokyo. This is the first time that I post a news to tne network
abroad. Threre is a Japanese-English dictionary beside my keyboad.

>From: radikkio@sissa.it
>Date: 7 Oct 92 14:59:40 GMT

>	 Hi netters,
>
>	 I've just began to read "Hanazakari no mori" of Yukio Mishima (it's 
>translated in Italian and they say it's absolutely the first translation).

I was surprised to hear that Mishima's novels was trnaslated into
Italian. Is his name known by many Italian?

>	 There are five novels written in the early years of Mishima's life 
>(1940-43). The fourth of these novels, entitled "Yoyo ni nikosan", has 
>something curious. There are 27 chapters and each of them is named with a 
>sign coming from the Heian alphabet (First is "i", second is "ro", then 
>"ha", "ni", "ho", etc.).Is there a particular meaning? Or it is just a 
>strange way to name the chapters of a book?

They are the first 27 letters of "Iroha-Uta" (written in a Janpanese
style verse, "waka"). Iroha-Uta consists of 47 different syllables
and each of them correspond to different "Hiragana" letters. It is
very easy for Japanese to learn, so before the World War II most
Japanese learnd "Hiragana" letters by reciting it.

The "Iroha-Uta" was made after verses in a sutra (the Buddhist
scriptures). The meaning of it is like this:

Blossoms bloom, but they will be gone someday.
Who can live forever in this world?
I do want to escape from this world,
with no empty dream, no drinking.
   
(I'm afraid this translation is not so  good. :-)

The "Iroha-Uta" is somewhat like alphabets. So it is sometimes used to
order something (not so much recently). But it is seldom used to order
chapters. So I think it is a strange way too.

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From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: No foreigners allowed
Date: 8 Oct 1992 06:58:13 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigbang.berkeley.edu

So exists a mah-jonng joint in Shinjuku with such a sign, next to other signs
saying no Chinese allowed.  Pieced together, No foreigner allowed, but
particularly the Chinese, because they cheat.

So when will the first Rodney-King type publicized incident erupt in Japan?
Given the number of foreign workers in Roppongi, could become good riot
material.  That hordes of illegals trash the place, while police haplessly
fire tear gas indiscriminately at wetbacks and preppies.  Then, mass deportation.
Who can complain?
From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Thai Curry
Date: 12 Oct 1992 02:21:52 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigbang.berkeley.edu

I should also mention that it is best to lance the chicken with a fork while
simmering, so the curry can permeate the chicken and the chicken broth can
permeate the curry.  Also, if you're not using onions then add sugar, since
Thai curry is supposed to be sweetish.  Brown sugar recommended.  Also, 
add fresh basil or spearmint leaves towards the end.
From: masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Three-legged Rika-chan
Date: 13 Oct 92 15:11:27 GMT
Organization: Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center

In article <Bw1Ds6.Mvx@news.cso.uiuc.edu> mako@uihepa.hep.uiuc.edu writes:
>In article <2243@usna.NAVY.MIL>, wdw@math2.sma.usna.navy.MIL (Wm. Douglas Withers -- math  FACULTY <wdw@sma.usna.navy.mil>) writes:

>> The first reported sighting of the three-legged Rika-chan came from a female
>> middle-school student in (I think) Yamanashi-ken.
.....
>> This was followed by more than 30 reported sightings, apparently always by
>> female middle-school students.

>This reminds me of my young (no, make that "younger") age, when our female
>friends fussed about so called "Kuchi sake onna," "Kokkuri" san, "tsuchi no
>ko," and... So, it's now Rika-chan with three legs...

    Don't forget "Naanchatte ojisan." 8-)

Michiaki Masuda
From: radikkio@sissa.it
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Heian Alphabet
Date: 7 Oct 92 14:59:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: sissa.1992Oct7.155940.1
Organization: Intnl School for Adv Studies


	Hi netters,

	I've just began to read "Hanazakari no mori" of Yukio Mishima (it's 
translated in Italian and they say it's absolutely the first translation).
	There are five novels written in the early years of Mishima's life 
(1940-43). The fourth of these novels, entitled "Yoyo ni nikosan", has 
something curious. There are 27 chapters and each of them is named with a 
sign coming from the Heian alphabet (First is "i", second is "ro", then 
"ha", "ni", "ho", etc.).Is there a particular meaning? Or it is just a 
strange way to name the chapters of a book?

	Thanks a lot,  Riccardo.



	*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*
				Riccardo IANCER

RADIKKIO@TSMI19.SISSA.IT	38028::RADIKKIO		RADIKKIO@ITSSISSA
INTERNET			DECNET			BITNET
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 18:59:17 MDT
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Buddhist Sects
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA
From: luke@newt.ee.byu.edu (David Luke)

In article <2269@usna.NAVY.MIL> wdw@math2.sma.usna.navy.MIL (Wm. Douglas Withers -- math  FACULTY <wdw@sma.usna.navy.mil>) writes:
>In article <&+#@byu.edu> luke@newt.ee.byu.edu (David Luke) writes:
>>who is the third.  SG believes in "shakubuku", a head-on form of 
>>confrontational proscelyting that consists basically of saying, "we're right,
>>and you're wrong, and that's all there is too it."  It also may consist of
>>threats, harrassment, breaking-and-entering, and lots of other not-so-nice
>>things.
>
>I can't let this go unchallenged.  I know several Soka Gakkai members.
>While their smugness can be irritating, it is absolutely unthinkable that
>they would resort to violence or intimidation to make converts.

Many SGers are very nice people.  Many are not.  I have had friends 
threatened, harrassed, and broken-and-entered upon in attempts to get
them to join SG.  I'm sure that this is not officially sanctioned by-the-
book SG technique, but I know of quite a few instances of its occurrance.
I appologize if the above sounded like such techniques were promoted by or
even condonned by the SG leadership; more likely, the leaders say "get more
members! Don't be gentle!", and some over-eager members take liberties.
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From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Kanemaru Shin o, shasatsu shitai.
Date: 13 Oct 1992 06:32:07 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: headcrash.berkeley.edu

Youkai seijika, hayo jimintou nanka yamete California ni demo boumei shinasaiya.
Wate ga tappuri kawaigatteyarukara.  Stanford Meiyo kyouju Kanemaru Shin ga,
korekara kougi o kaishi itashimasu.  Soreyoriwa, rice yunyuu ni sansei no
political party nante arunka?  Ma, obaasan no kinba demo hojikutte tochi o
kau koto yana.
From: harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: gifts to bring to Japan?
Date: 14 Oct 92 04:09:36 GMT
	<1992Oct12.184830.13502@lsil.com>
	<1992Oct13.053221.28405@nmit.mt.nec.co.jp>
Organization: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
In-reply-to: d-itasak@nmit.mt.nec.co.jp's message of 13 Oct 92 05:32:21 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.053221.28405@nmit.mt.nec.co.jp>
   d-itasak@nmit.mt.nec.co.jp (Daisaku Itasaka) writes:

 =}Excuse me but
 =}how can you say this?
 =}It's like gold?
 =}What the hell are you talking about?
 =}Is this some kind of attemption that let the US export their beef more
 =}to Japan or something?

   I think they are refering to how valuable beef jerky is in Japan.
Considering that it sells for a ridiculously high price in Japan
and an only slightly rdiculous high price in the US then it sounds
like a pretty good gift choice.  And since most beer drinking pops,
snacking moms, and little juniors like it then its a pretty safe gift
also... (in other words, it won't be left to rot...)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan