It's only human to stereotype. To just accept that stereotypes are human is defeatist. Stereotypes are what stagnates a person, a company, a country, a society etc. They do not allow for things outside the usually accepted "wisdom" thus stiffling creativity and progress. Damn, you the nai...

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I was wondering whether the program at Waseda University was good...give me their opinions on it(housing/japanese language program/quality of life). Ahhhh, Waseda. Personally, for a Japanese university, I like the place. You could think of it as Japan's shoddy version of Stanford or McGill (and abo...

Just when you thought it was safe to go to the theater... Steven Seagal Joins The Yakuza And he's plotting a Rescue as well. November 26, 2002 - Unless his legal problems land him behind bars, Variety reports that Steven Seagal has lined up two more future projects. ...Seagal will earn $4 million a...

<sigh> once again some sushi-eating UCLA professor thinks he's smart enough to pigeon-hole all of America into our favorite hippie/stockbroker dualism. Hey, if ya liked that one how 'bout another navel gazer from Bloomberg... Oh Yeah, Japan -- Almost Forgot About It By William Pesek Jr. / 11/28 20:...

http://www.glico.co.jp/info/pocky/pocky/index.htm the way they eat those sticks with such big smiles on their faces... Since POCKY cums from a COMPANY called GLICK-Co. , I can only think of the obscere word, glick , to fling semi-dry spit at someone. FOR REFERENCE: COUNTER-EXAMPLE: glick (Yidish) g...

Actually, When I've used that yarro with the rolling R... Hey, if ya pull it off, k-cool! Me? I just a BOKU /boy kind of guy---I'll use WASHI /old-fart before I ever use ORE /badass. The funny thing is, he was a chimpira (sp?) a minor thug in the local area. It's always the chimpira that cause trou...

I don't agree with the following Straits Times' thought-piece, but it is interesting... The riddle that is Japan and the two Americas NOV 29, 2002 / LOS ANGELES - Sometimes the only explanation for it is that there are two Americas. The East Coast America, with its dark cynicism and worldly seen-it...

Talk about killing two crows with one stone... China: Debt-laden Japan slows China's potential growth Hong Kong (Bluebull) - China is poised to become the engine of the world economy this century but Japan's failure to tackle its bad debt problem could scuttle any early return to significant global...

Title says it all. Has anybody a working solution to doing this? Minidisks? Shesh, I wanna figure out how to play my pimpmoble's 8-tracks on my computer. :-D http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Nov/200211284352240035989314.jpg DAMN, I wasn't logged in. That's me cadillacing back home at X-m...

You Better Shop Around -- Not! 02:00 AM Nov. 26, 2002 | PT Wired News In Canada, they'll be dressed as a "blind consumer sheep." In Japan, Zen-ta Claus will lead a group meditation... On Friday -- the day after American Thanksgiving and the biggest shopping day of the year -- and througho...

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Yet another cheap ADSL service...

Dang. I wasn't log in.

yeah,Japanese is probably shy to talk about sex... And talking about shy, why I keep finding myself sitting right next to those Oyaji who read 'Echi' Manga newspaper/magazines in the train? :oops: If you're identifiably gaijin, I assume it's some kind of mind-game Oyaji like to play ... a little of...

Well, I showed it to a Japanese person and she couldn't understand it - hee, not a good sign. Actually, if you must use Japanese for insults, only use the standard phrases, sparingly. IF you want to intimate, use 4-letter English at high speed and force. Four-letter English is well understood becau...

Improving Japan beat USA in World Cup hockey ---Hindustan Times, India - 27 Nov 2002 17:20 Japan battled back from a goal down to upset 11th-seeded USA 2-1 in Pool B of the women's hockey World Cup here [Perth] Wednesday. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_109827,00070007.htm USA Women Fall to ...

Wait, is that the group of pedos who constantly pay homage to MoMusu? It's not those giuys Morning Musume obsession that's weird----it 's J-Pop names "Mr. Children" and "KinKi Kids" that always makes me think of pedophiles ... http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood-Stage/3785/mark...

c'mon,Singaporean is too busy having sex to take part in this internet survey.Maybe Japanese too. I sure there's lots of reasons for Japan dropping off the list such as the survey was only in English and this... All work, no sex in Singapore: study Reuters Singapore, November 18---Work is killing S...

Last year, Durex SSL International's Sex annual poll of 18,500 people in 28 countries, ranked the Japanese are the world's least prolific lovers. See the 2002 results in PDF at http://www.durex.com/index.html But this year, Last Place goes to Singapore (only 110 times a year) and then Thailand (112)...

from the Washington Post, DC - 47 minutes ago "North Korea has developed a nuclear bomb. He says it has a phalanx of missiles dug into a hillside , some aimed at Japan." ---from 'Defector From N. Korea Creating a Stir in Japan http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43573-2002Nov26....

Sounds just like my next door neighbour 'practising' his English on me. Personally, I think the old AFN nee FEN commerial says it all: American: "Can you tell me the way to the train station?" Japanese girl: "Yes, it is" http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:MIIt5of9dU4C:k6eid.t...

American Oyaji wrote:If you go, I want in on it.
Ill bring my baton and mace.

Have you seen these Wackos drill at Ueno Park? PATHETIC.

They drill most Sunday afternoons behind the Tokyo Symphony building. Go there to film them doing GUNJIN GOKO (play soldiers).

Live Tokyo time with Yoshitomo's shifting images leering at you... from Style.com... "Lighten up with Yoshitomo Nara's intentionally retro-toned clock, which measures the hours and minutes via a progression of the rapidly rising Japanese artist's naïve yet knowing drawings (84 total: one for ea...

TRAFFIC TRAUMA, TIGHT TEMPORARY DIGS Koizumi a harried commuter? The Japan Times: Nov. 26, 2002 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is dealing with less space and more traffic jams as he settles into a temporary residence before his new state-of-the-art official residence is completed. ...now Koizumi ...

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Le Repost OK, ok, I "repeter" with an accent acute. But here's a far greater HORROR for Japanese pervs ---- the dread "sukapan"...the "skirt on pants" style . Tokyo girls (and New York wannabes) have taken to wearing a skirt or one- piece dress over a pair of pants tha...

I suppose I have to stick with windows You could see if FG member "Tobee" still has his ThinkPad for sale: Post subject: IBM laptop for sale Specs IBM Jap OS ME , Office 2000 500 odd Mhz loaded with all connectivity thingys bot it in dec 2000. so about 22 months old... give me a fair pric...

Ok, ok, I will say something 'nice' about Japan for a change... Japan second most effective education system: UN ..."South Korea leads the rankings ahead of Japan" ..."UNICEF said it based its conclusions on combining results of tests conducted by the Program for International Student...

But you are a Gaijin and you were in the area so you are a suspect... FOR SURE! I walked into a drive-by and managed to get the licence plate number of the shooters' car. The cops questioned me for 5 hours on the assumption I did it even though I was the one who came to them with the info. Sheesh, ...