tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post112384397618131728..comments2007-04-20T12:29:24.324+09:00Peter in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406234614984212429noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-1124846096693262192005-08-24T10:14:00.000+09:002005-08-24T10:14:00.000+09:00Woah, I had not seen that. One note though, the articles translated by Wai Wai are basically the National Enquirer or People's World News. They are NOT reputable news agencies, but are titilating men's magazines, the kind that list "English conversation" sections in the back that purport to teach you enough English to fuck a blonde someday.Peter in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08503268110532650790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-1124129293423105422005-08-16T03:08:00.000+09:002005-08-16T03:08:00.000+09:00What happens to those that fail at school (or not get accepted into high school or college) - hey, someone has to staff the Convini's...<BR/><BR/>On Japan and their love of their pets, the Wai Wai section of the Mainichi News had an article a while back about dog owners, um, relieving the needs of the male dags...PeterDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01263443398462972771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-1124098666387235132005-08-15T18:37:00.000+09:002005-08-15T18:37:00.000+09:00gj on the blog.<BR/><BR/>cheers...Doctor Whohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14059542971008079686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-1124005797747279992005-08-14T16:49:00.000+09:002005-08-14T16:49:00.000+09:00Yay! *Now* I am able to report that the white comments bug seems fixed for good!Peter in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08503268110532650790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-1123999888896938422005-08-14T15:11:00.000+09:002005-08-14T15:11:00.000+09:00Yes, Japan is a contradiction in a lot of ways, but I'll bet every country in the world is, when you look at it in the right context. America certainly has a lot of contradictions, pretending to be "free" on the one hand while something as a vibrator/personal massager illegal. <BR/><BR/>When students fail at high school/college/shuushoku (getting a job), they do what everyone else does, cope in almost all cases. Really, the idea of being laid off from a job was aboout 90% alien to Japan when I came here in 1991, and now it's accepted as something that happens during the course of the economy. They just find other jobs.Peter in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08503268110532650790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-1123852325114686432005-08-12T22:12:00.000+09:002005-08-12T22:12:00.000+09:00I'd like to see more of that Japanese wisdom, but Japan sounds like a big contradiction, hard working people, polite, sharing, but also they have some creepy cultural characteristics that they tolerate for some reason (groping females on trains?)<BR/><BR/>Overworking their students?<BR/><BR/>Just what happens to failed students, highschool/college/tehnical college or university dropouts, in Japan?<BR/><BR/>Enquiring minds want to know.The Insane Realisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903183599792792564noreply@blogger.com