Fucked gaijin linked in slate

[canman]

Daniel Gross is in Japan reporting, and doing a piss poor job at that. One poster wrote that he is another Newbie reporter discovering Japan and then linked to the F#cked gaijin site. Good for us. Maybe more visitors for the boards.
http://www.slate.com/id/2221017/

[Mulboyne]

This could be a fun series to read.

[Kuang_Grade]

I don't know if I buy not seeing one 'imported' car on the way from Narita to Tokyo....I can buy not seeing any US made cars, but not a single BWM or Mercedes, that seems a bit much

[GuyJean]

I don't know if I buy not seeing one 'imported' car on the way from Narita to Tokyo....I can buy not seeing any US made cars, but not a single BWM or Mercedes, that seems a bit much

Maybe if he took the train?.. And had a J-finey sitting next to him. ]linked to his article[/URL]..

I don't expect once-in-awhile travelers to Japan to be as fucked as we are.

GJ

[canman]

It looks like he is being taken to task by a lot of people living in Japan, or who have lived there in the responses section. The car thing might have been a slip up as he was trying to tell Americans there aren't any US made cars. OK I can see that, but the number of German cars are quite high. Also, it seems to me that a lot of reporters love to come to Japan, and denigrate the restaurants and cultural aspects that their country has passed on, kind of like a badge of honor. The line when he stated he avoided TGI Fridays, like it was the worst place in the world, just seemed a bit over the top. Hell the company is UK owned Mr. Gross, you as a business reporter should know that.

[GomiGirl]

Tried to look at that site and there are way way too many new page and in page pop-ups that didn't get eaten by Firefox and wouldn't close when clicked.. very dodgey way to run a site.

[Kuang_Grade]

Tried to look at that site and there are way way too many new page and in page pop-ups that didn't get eaten by Firefox and wouldn't close when clicked.. very dodgey way to run a site.

Slate is owned by The Washington Post, and while Slate has some unusual advertising models over the years (for a while it had a full screen, 20 second roadblock ad that you had to watch to the end to get a cookie file that would let you access the site for 24 hours but they did away with that a year or two ago), I wouldn't couch them as the kind of site to put up non closeable pop ups...While I'm in the US, I'm using firefox (with cookies turned off) on a mac and it opens cleanly for me with no fuss at all.

I just re-read the piece, and I'm not dogging him (I like his weekly slate podcast where he interviews authors about their recent business books, such as Fools gold ) but it is pretty weak...I doubt the US embassy is worrying much about oreos or pringles, given that those items are made by global companies and are made world wide (the pringles I've had in Japan were made in Australia and Belgium...I know this because I found it a really odd global economy moment when I was eating something like Texas barbecue flavored pringles in Japan that were actually made in Belgium and wondering WTF to the Flemish know about Texas barbecue) but worrying more about things like meat and produce imports than cookies, although I bet the embassy staff had their hands full with the peanut butter contamination problem the US had earlier in the year.

On my first trip to Tokyo, I was a little surprised by the number of US brand food outlets, but I was more blown away by the total number of food outlets in general as well as the GLOBAL aspect of the variety of cuisine served..I think I walked by more french restaurants in one day in Tokyo than I have during my entire life in the US.

[GuyJean]

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

My office is currently set at 28 degrees, but 'business casual' is ok (sweat factories in India were pumpin' out the diesel overtime to keep up with demand for the 'cool-biz' campaign).. Everyone now has personal fans at there desk to offset any reduction in CO2.. Intelligence mottaini.. and Yokoso!

I always figured this is a weird rule, too. Just because the thermostat is set at 28, doesn't mean the temperature inside a room will stay at that level. Why aren't buildings made to open windows? Where are the ceiling fans? And why are offices allowed to be as boiling as fuck in the middle of winter? I reckon every office should be turned into a jungle-like atmosphere with trees, too...Not only would it cool things down, it would create a nicer atmosphere to work in, too.

[Taro Toporific]

Tokyo Is Burning
Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees. Is this foresighted or perverse?
http://www.slate.com/id/2221405/
...I soon solved the mystery of the failing air conditioner. Japan has eagerly embraced technology and practices that will reduce emissions and combat global warming. It invented hybrid vehicles, has extensive mass-transit systems, and uses wind power. ....J

WRONG-O! Slate's fact checkers are non-existent or asleep.
Japan's wind power capacity is only 13th in the worldand dropping.

[BigInJapan]

My office is currently set at 28 degrees, but 'business casual' is ok

Oh yes, I fondly remember my the 28 degree "business casual" days at a Japanese multinational. 250 folks in each room (albeit big rooms), twice that many computers, printers, copiers etc. generating heat, and they think the temp stays at 28C? You betcha.
Now that I work at home (with no A/C as well) at least I can open the window wide and crank the fan (mercury passes 30C, but at least the air is moving, and I'm doing my part to not make the hole in the ozone any bigger).

[Samurai_Jerk]

Tokyo Is Burning
Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees. Is this foresighted or perverse?
http://www.slate.com/id/2221405/
My office is currently set at 28 degrees, but 'business casual' is ok (sweat factories in India were pumpin' out the diesel overtime to keep up with demand for the 'cool-biz' campaign).. Everyone now has personal fans at there desk to offset any reduction in CO2.. Intelligence mottaini.. and Yokoso!

GJ

If there is one fucking thing I hate about Japan it's the fear of cranking up the AC. The trains are too hot, the buses are too hot, Narita Airport is too hot, offices are too hot, and even movie theaters are too hot. Cool Biz has only made it worse. Especially when you have a client facing job that requires a jacket and tie at all time regardless of what the client's policy is on Cool Biz at their office. I hate the argument that Asian bodies are different from Western bodies. Oh yeah? Then how the fuck come when I got to Hong Kong or Singapore it's cold as shit inside every building I enter. Fuck you Japan, fuck you. By the way, ever hear of double-pane windows you fucking morons?

[Mock Cockpit]

I'm with SJ, turn the fucking thing on. I don't give my kids any choice at school. The cunt's going on.

[Mike Oxlong]

If there is one fucking thing I hate about Japan it's the fear of cranking up the AC. The trains are too hot, the buses are too hot, Narita Airport is too hot, offices are too hot, and even movie theaters are too hot. Cool Biz has only made it worse. Especially when you have a client facing job that requires a jacket and tie at all time regardless of what the client's policy is on Cool Biz at their office. I hate the argument that Asian bodies are different from Western bodies. Oh yeah? Then how the fuck come when I got to Hong Kong or Singapore it's cold as shit inside every building I enter. Fuck you Japan, fuck you. By the way, ever hear of double-pane windows you fucking morons?

Oddly enough, the "old" American-style homes in our southernmost prefecture have thicker walls, double-pane windows, and very large yards, with real grass and real driveways and patios. Makes a helluva difference!8)

[GuyJean]

.. Then how the fuck come when I got to Hong Kong or Singapore it's cold as shit inside every building I enter..

Those places are the other extreme; it's too damn cold! I don't think that's healthy either; sweating in 35 degree humid heat, then suddenly entering a sub-twenty wind chamber can't be all that good. Some moderation would be nice..

I don't even think 'air conditioning' is necessary. Put it on 'dry' mode to remove the moisture; big difference even set at 26..

GJ

[GuyJean]

[Mulboyne]

Hama is not a very impressive figure. Her forecasting record is pretty dire. She is, however, a good storyteller which makes her a media darling because the press always likes to have a narrative framework on which to hang stories.

[GuyJean]

Hama is not a very impressive figure. Her forecasting record is pretty dire...

You mean we won't be having 'mushroom barbecues' with China in the near future? ]clouds[/I]..

GJ