The great Kanto Plains is one. Coastal areas is another. further north is mountainous. Great Forests are another. you can also talk about active volcanoes and earthquake areas.
i did mine on japan too but that was last year so i cant remember but i put rice fields and thats all i remember sorry
So, we d be doing your entire project for you?
The best I can find is a Japanese page describing the number of islands with a shoreline of 100 metres or more. Whether this is a low or high tide I don t know, but apparently there are 6,852 such islands.
KEN is right... Hokkaido -- 509 islands Honshu -- 3,194 Shikoku -- 626 Kyushu -- 2,160 Okinawa -- 363 http://www.emecs.or.jp/01cd-rom/section1... (click 国土構成島数) http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr2/c...
By general definition the Japanese archipelago has over 3000 islands. Japan has 4 major islands which are Honshu, Kyushu, Hokkaido, and Shikoku.
Go to Sophia university, you can find students for your purpose easily.
i have lived in japan, and i noticed that there are a lot of japanese teachers who teaches english. you can talk to them to see if they know anyone who can help you. also, english is not that uncommon in japan, so you can talk in english. good luck! :)
Or you can, you know, learn a bit of japanese or something. It s not very difficult.
I hear they don t have Pizza over there.
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Liquorice candy is very rare in Japan. Black Liquorice is the best, I almost puked when I ate that a first time.
Ok, well first off good cheese, real pizza, you can get it with seafood on it, but for the real deal its going to cost you if you can find it. Beef can be a bit diffcult or expensive, resturants will have it but in a super market not so much. Lots of our snack foods are only exsistant in international markets, rootbeer, doctor pepper, they say it tastes like medicine. Ultimately if you are in a big city it is easier to find things than say in the country, but there is a website called www.theflyingpig.com I believe that sells goods in bulk that you can get some american stuff.
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As others have mentioned, there are items that are rare in Japan, but whether Japanese people actually will like or enjoy those foods is another matter. Root beer, Dr Pepper, licorice, and peppermint are not popular items. Once I gave out candycanes at Christmas, and while some kids liked them, most of the other kids thought they were disgusting and tasted like toothpaste. A lot of kids don t like chocolate candy either. You can buy very good imported chocolate in Japan, so those who do like chocolate can definitely tell the difference (hint** American choco is the worst!) I used to give out Skittles at school. You can probably buy them **somewhere** in Japan, but they were unusual enough to make a splash--the super sour Skittles were very popular. Or what about orange tic-tacs? Are those still on the market?
Oat Meals! I ve never seen it or heard of them eat it. Send your penpal a fruit flavored instant Oat Meals. I think they will love it.
Usually the foods are non-existant for a reason. Root beer and licorice!!!!!!!!!! I love both and both are rare in Japan. I ve also given Japanese friends both and for the most part they are both hated and thought to taste like medicine. Must be yummy medicine in Japan I say. I brought a bag of licorice to a get-together with at least a dozen Japanese in Japan, a range of people, kids, adults, artsy people, conservative people. They all hated it. And I mean real licorice, not the red vines or other non-licorice quot;licoricequot;. Black licorice. Root beer is usually only found in Meijiya and sometimes places like Village Vanguard or Sony Plaza for the adventurous kids who want to try quot;Americanquot; snacks and soft drinks. You can get it in Okinawa though, probably due to the military presence. Cereal could be a good one. The cereal selection in Japan in miniscule compared to Western countries. If you sent something like Lucky Charms they d go insane. I m guessing a lot of people would wonder what to do with it and wouldn t really believe it s for breakfast. Everyone knows Corn Flakes though. How about cheese in a spray can?
they pretty much have everything america has.
Do you realize that there is a organized group people who put a thumb down to all the answer in the Japanese section? These people are not Japanese. They are trained to hate Japan since they were kids.
Most American style foods are available in Japan. The ones that aren t available are usually things that don t appeal to Japanese tastes anyway. The previous poster mentioned root beer -- every Japanese person I know who s tried root beer hated it. (Actually, this is true of people from many other countries as well. Root beer is not an international favorite.) Of course, sending root beer through the mail wouldn t be very practical anyway. Same for many other foods and drinks. Candy may be the easiest and safest thing. Two kinds of candy that I know are rare in Japan are anything that s hot cinnamon flavored (not a popular flavor there), and anything that combines peanut butter and chocolate. Reese s peanut butter cups would probably melt and get squished, but small packages of Reese s Pieces might travel better. You might buy one of the Halloween variety packs that s out right now, or put together a mix of different small candy packages own. Whatever you choose, I m sure your pen pal would be happy to get some American candy.
powdered drinks (chrystal lite and stuff) grahm crackers and s mores PICKLES!!!! any kind of sweets (candies and chocolates) microwave popcorn they don t like artificial foods with artificial colors.... jambalya
Bison burgers...And it s NOT legal to send most foods over there. And YES, they do have pizza over there. All kinds of pizza !
Potato and corn products.
MY TEACHER TOLD ME HE HAD A EXCHANGE STUDENT THAT HATED CJOCALATE AND STUFF !!AND NEVER KNEW ABOUT IT BUT HE LOVED SNEACKERS WHAT EVER I GENERALLY HATE IT !!!!!!!:)P
Anything that is full of fat,sugar and salt and generally bad for you !
I know that peanut butter is rare. My Japanese friend when she came here loved the stuff, its hard to get in Japan. I also had a penpal in high school and we sent a package of stuff that the other country didn t have; i asked my teacher he said to send some peanutbutter candies (he lived in japan a while). So therefore candies like Recees, Snickers, Butterfinger, etc. will be really hard to get.
In theory, Japan has been quot;singing for human rightsquot; since they established constitutional government after WWII. However, in the area of immigration, Japanese policy has been extremely restrictionist. I think it is to retain their quot;Japanesequot; identity by keeping the island as a homogeneous people attached to their homeland.
yup there s no problem with your model.
If your phone is on the same network, you should be able to use it. Like using a vodaphone in the US. A satallite network link is available.
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In Hokkaido it gets below 0 ! They even have an Ice Festival. A thumbs down on this ? Don t be a hater, ok ?
Depends on where you are. In Asahikawa it gets down to thirty below. In Tokyo it s usually not too bad. You need something warm to wear as you are going to be in a lot of unheated spaces in Japan. You might want to stop at a street stall or whatever for a drink or whatever, so you need a warm coat even if it s not bitter cold.
Depends on the region. Hokkaido is antartica cold, while places like Tokyo and Kyoto are just plain COLD. I was in Kyoto in March and I had 3 layers of clothes and was still really cold. It even snowed in Otsu (30 min outside of Kyoto). The average high in March is around 54 degrees, so I imagine it s way colder in January.
In January it s average temperature goes from 49F up to 34F.
Ok. What you need to do is go to http://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en then click on the one you want. Good Luck.
On the Google Tool bargt;Settingsgt; Optionsgt; Search box settingsgt; on last line, drop menu, select your preferred search engine base of operations/country
English teacher in Japan is not profitable job at all. You must look for getting second job or side job for living life in Japan either way soon. It is misery.
Teaching English in Japan is a wonderful idea! I taught with JET in Kobe and it was THE BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE! I would recommend doing all that you can to get into JET as it has the highest pay, excellent support for the teachers and they pay your flights in both directions. Also, contrary to what some people have said, JET doesn t necessarily put you in the countryside...I worked in Kobe which is a large international city which is close to Osaka and Kyoto, which are other very large cities. BTW your friend was right, NOVA was terrible, which is why the company folded. I see a lot of misinformation circulating in this question. In my experience Japanese people don t look down on English teachers. Many Japanese people seem to relish the opportunity to practice their English. During my time in Japan I was stopped in the street by Japanese people saying asking if they can practice their English with me etc. (who the heck gave me two thumbs down??)
Nova wasn t that bad once you see that it s similar to a factory job but all english schools are like this. Nova is still recruiting as it was taken over and resurrected. GABA is the number one quot;no-noquot;. They don t even allow you quot;employeequot; status. All the INTERAC workers I ve met seem happy. INTERAC will put you in at Junior high school in a city. The JET program look after you well but will put you in a school in the countryside. Which is a good thing if you want emersion in Japan.
Bluemoon doesn t know what she s talking about. You can make some money here. Definitely JET is the way to go and pays decent. NOVA (AKA NOVAcation) has changed management, so who knows. If you can t get into JET try AEON.
Consider the JET Programme - great support, training, pay, hours, respect, etc. Flights paid, everything arranged for you. Can t praise it highly enough!
some of my friends working for JET get good money and a lot of holidays. But you maybe can t choose the place where you work. NOVA went out of business already. Good Luck!
I worked for Interac at one time and they are fair and honest with their employees-although the pay is nothing special. I concur with the others; if you can, go JET.
JET program.
Its a matter of supply and demand and a few other things. There really isn t a market for that kind of things in most places. Also many towns don t have the infrastructure to support that kind of speed. I know of many places around where I live that don t support anything more than dial up. Its the same as cellphones. We are always a good 5 years behind Japan. Its not that the technology doesn t exist. The companies in charge just aren t willing to pay the costs to get there. They don t see it as paying off.
I think one of the key reasons is simple greed. In order to provide that kind of speed to their users, broadband companies would have to basically overhaul their infrastructure, laying new cables and expanding broadband access to areas which currently have access to nothing but dial-up or satellite. Tech. companies for the most part have been unwilling to invest the money needed for such an expansion, especially since Americans so far have been putting up with astronomical rates for the services that are offered; they have no compelling reason to provide greater speed because the public is willing to pay for what is available now. Until there s a consumer backlash against high prices and mediocre service or a legislative mandate to upgrade the infrastructure and keep down prices for consumers, you re not going to see a huge change in broadband service. I hope this helps. If you need additional computer assistance, please consider supporting me on-line at http://www.supportspace.com/support/expe... or visiting my blog on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/the_pc_ally .
This is actually going to be one of the many things included in the stimulus package - improving our broadband internet coverage and speed. We re working on it. To put it simply, our infrastructure, from highways, to electrical grids, to bridges, to internet service, sucks. Hopefully something good will come out of this crisis and we can all be using fiber optic lines for free in a couple decades.
Well Japan is on the cutting edge of technology, plus they are one of the wealthiest countries. The UK gets an average of 2 mb/s which is shockingly bad for playing Xbox Live games online. Eventually faster internet will come, but it requires upgrading all the existing cabling.
Yeah, it does have to do with japan s infrastructure and the economy as well not to mention using fiber optics. They seem to always be two steps ahead as far as technology is concerned.
you must get hired before you even go over there.. and the three years I lived in Japan, the only civilians I saw working at the base hospital in Yokosuka were Japanese nationals. the Status of Forces Agreement basically reserves most contract jobs on base for locals.
contact camp lester hospital here in okinawa japan and ask.
Check USAJobs.gov
Ciggie machines are on almost every street corner, station, etc, etc. From next year or so, however, you will need an ID card in order to buy from them. There are fewer beer machines, usually situated outside booze shops for after-hours sales, and sometimes at locations like shinkansen stations. Both kinds of machines stop vending from 11pm to 5am or so.
There aren t many vending machines with alcohol in them anymore. You can however find them in hotel vending machines. Cigarette machines are still around.
Japan functions as an independent economy and their internal politics are quite insulated from our own (at least, far more than our close economic ties would suggest). In terms of foreign relations, Japan is largely in line with the U.S. and they do not participate in world affairs much outside of business/trade, so it does not leave much room for any friction between the two countries. Militarily, Japan may as well be a protectorate of the United States.
JAPAN IS NO BODY S PUPPET. IT HAS THE 2ND LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD AND IT S OWN MILITARY IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE SELF SUFFICIENT. SINCE THE END OF WW II, THE US HAS BEEN A PROTECTORATE OF JAPAN, MILITARILY THAT IS. HOWEVER, EVER SINCE NORTH KOREA STARTED SENDING ROCKETS OVER THE SEA OF JAPAN, THE JAPANESE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO BE SELF RELIANT AND CAPABLE OF DEFENDING ITSELF. IT HAS BEEN REBUILDING IT S ARMED FORCES EVER SINCE. JAPAN, ALONG WITH SOUTH KOREA AND TAIWAN ARE THE US S BIGGEST ALLIES IN ASIA. tHIS IS A PRETTY GOOD NUCLEASE OF FRIENDS TO HAVE IN YET ANOTHER VOLATILE PART OF THE WORLD.
They used to be a couple but now they are just friends.
Japan is independent to a point but their history is sooo much better than ours. Save the whales!!! ;))
Hi, You don t have to have some certain certification to teach English in Japan. Some major companies, such as NOVA or ECC, however, want you to graduate at least from college. That would be it!!
TESOL is not a must to teach English in Japan.. Follow the links to see English teaching opportunities: http://careers.gaba.co.jp/ http://careers.berlitz.com/current_job_v... http://www.aeonet.com/application/index.... http://www.heart-school.jp/en/index.html If you want to see all jobs then: www.daijob.com/en/ All the Best !!!
No. You need to have a bachelor s degree. An associate s degree is insufficient.
You ll need advanced Japanese language skills to learn anything (other than the Japanese language) in Japan. It s not impossible though. If you re looking for a good place to learn japanese, try http://www.japanesepod101.com . But if you re looking to learn a little Japanese while at a medical school in Japan, I m sorry to say that it s not possible. If you were already an MD, and you wanted to get transferred to Japan, then Japanese language skills might not be as important, but if you are in medical school, anything less than fluent Japanese won t be acceptable. どういたしまして！Sorry to bring you such bad news! But 一生懸命がんばって and I m sure you ll to do it!
I don t know it, but my cousin who s Canadian teaches common science and chemistry in English for Japanese students in Japan now.
You ll need fluency in Japanese to become a doctor
There is no medical schools in Japan that teach in English. I don t know why you want to study in Japan, but US is as advanced in medical field as Japan, so why don t you go to the states??
You ll need fluency in Japanese to become a doctor or most other medical type fields in Japan. Not just fluency in regular Japanese but you have the added items of having to understand Japanese medical terminology. Naturally medical schools in Japan are in Japanese.
You can study medicine in Japan in English in a limited capacity. For example, you can get a research grant and basically do your own study, but through a university. You would have an advisor, you would submit reports. I know that s available at Tohoku University in Sendai. Einstein visited there. It s a pretty major educational institute. As far as actual classes in medicine go at the university level, it would be in Japanese. If you just want to spend time in Japan, go for the research grant thing. If you actually want to learn about Japanese medicine, then go to unversity in Japan and prepare to study a lot of Japanese. People do it. It s not unheard of. Then again, if you re going to go that far, you might as well study traditional Chinese medicine in China. That s a whole world that the West doesn t pay enough attention to. Just don t believe what they say about seal penis. Stick to the herbs. Chinese is supposed to be easier to learn than Japanese anyway, from an English perspective. Plus you d get the benefit of being in a country with a massive economic surge forward. Things in China are either old and antiquated or ultra-state-of-the-art. Chances are mom and dad don t want you to be far from home for too long though, right? Just go the easy route. Be a normal doctor with a quot;Japan experiencequot; - that one year you spent in Japan doing quot;researchquot; and the government paid you a crazy amount of money to do so. Maybe you can throw some karate lessons and a boyfriend in too while you re there.
The Japanese Ministry of Education does offer scholarships to foreigners proficient in Japanese to some degree to attend public universities in Japan, even for undergraduates. However, you re going to have to go through a one-year course in a preparatory school doing Japanese language and other school subjects in Japanese as preparation, since Japanese public universities do not have English courses as a rule, with almost all courses taught entirely in Japanese. The University of Tokyo is more than Harvard. If there is the Ivy League in the U.S., the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University combined make up the Eastern and Western branches of the entire Ivy League of Japan. To make it into the University as a foreigner on the MEXT scheme is extremely difficult and can be considered to be an extremely prestigious achievement. I am not into prejudice, but if I were to take the way with which you phrased your question (sans capitalizations and with terrible spelling), then I would say that you don t deserve to go to the University of Tokyo. The same goes for Kyoto. Both schools train the elite of Japan, be it in the academic, political, economic or social circles in general. They are not schools for random foreigners who just feel like tasting a bit of Japanese culture while they re still young - they re for serious youngsters who work very hard, and who have lots of talent to start with. But if you re aiming for an art school, then the Monbukagakusho (the MEXT) will not fund your studies. You ll have to pay your own way, and unless I am very much mistaken there isn t a single art school that teaches in English. Further information on costs in Japan: taking 1 US dollar to be roughly equal to 100 yen (the US dollar s extremely weak now), here are the costs: Living expenses (12 months worth) 12 x 1,500 = 18,000USD Living expenses (4 years worth) 4 x 18,000 = 72,000USD Tuition fees (excluding exam, entrance and membership fees) at a PUBLIC school 4 x 5358 = 21,432 USD (for a 4-year course) Average fees at a PRIVATE school 4 x 11,000 = 44,000 USD (for a 4-year course) So either way you re looking at over 100,000USD over 4 years, which is cheap compared to the U.S. Under the MEXT scheme, you ll probably spend none of your own money if you live thriftily. Of course, part time work that pays usually 10USD an hour or so in Japan can be a good source of income. Do note that legally speaking you ll be allowed to work only 28 hours a week. Good luck deciding.
You might want to check out Temple University, Japan Campus. Tokyo University is a very competitive school. It s basically as prestigious as Harvard. I don t know if that makes a difference to you or not. At TUJ you can study in English (if that s what you re looking for), you can get an American degree that is recognized by the Japanese government, you can major in art, and you can get a great Tokyo experience.
here is a site to help yo determine potential, plug types, and frequency for your application.
Japan use 110V
I believe japan is the same as 99% of the world and use 110v to my knowledge Britain is only country uses 220v.
Middle School: Grade 7: 13 years old Grade 8: 14 years old Grade 9: 15 years old Highschool: Grade 10: 15 to 16 years old- mostly 16 Grade 11: 16 to 17 years old- mostly 17 Grade 12: 17 to 18 years old- mostly 18 You enter highschool at the age of either 15 or 16 (depending on one s birthday).. thats why i said 15 to 16 and you graduate when you are either 17 or 18 (depends on one s b-day again) but mostly likely, its usually 18 years old.
Since the japanese start school a year later than their american counterparts, a japanese teen enters high school at age 15 and graduates at 18. So only 3 years of high school =D
some are 19 when they finish highschool
Senior high school in Japan consists of 10th, 11th and 12th grades. The vast majority of students graduate are 17-18 years old.
In Japan it is the left side. The laws have changed in Japan recently. You cannot drive with an international driver s license anymore. You must get a Japanese driver s license. If you come from a country where cars are driven on the left side of the road you only have to take a written test (multiple choice on a computer). But if you come from a country where cars are driven on the right side of the road like America you will also have to take a driving test. http://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/fore...
its on the left
In Japan,the wheel steering in the car is on the right side and driven on the left side on the road. But we can see some imported cars which wheel steering are on the left side driven on the road is also legal. If drive the left side wheel steering vehicle on the road in japan, it may confused driver at the first time.
You sould get a copyright.
In japan, people work crazy hours! Kids go to school, and then they take the subway home and stay home for like two hours or something, then they have to go to cram school. Which is where you study so you can get into college and a good high school. After women have kids, they stop working and stay at home. Men work and they give all of their money to or however much they make to their wives, and then she budget the money. But idk how long they live with their parents. I ll have to find out! :p
gt;What are the roles of women and mother usually play in Japan families? Women and mother are required to do homework like cleaning, washing and cooking. And sometimes work to supplement income as income of Japanese men are declining since 1990. gt;What are the roles of men and fathers usually play in Japan Families? Men and fathers are required to work long and get income to support families. gt;What are the benefits and responsibility of eldest son in a Japan families? The eldest son has responsibility to take over the family. If one family has specific small business, the eldest son will take over. And it s usually him who cares his parents when they get old. I don t think there is any benefit of being the eldest son. gt;How long do children usually live with their parents in Japan? It depends. But it s getting later that children leave their parents because income is declining. Some people are living with their parents even after 30. It happens more often for women.
A typical day of a Japanese family is: the children go to school and the parents go to work or one stays home and cleans, cooks and does laundry. After school many teenagers will go to malls to go shopping or go to friends houses to hang out. Going to cafes are popular too. When they get home they do their homework. Raising the children, supervising education, doing the housework and home accounting are the mothers’ jobs. The Fathers’ job is to provide a monthly income for the family. Modern young working parents share their roles, such as housework, taking care of children and supervising education. However, families with junior high school and older children tend to carry on the traditional roles. In Japan, many children go to work while still living at home even after they graduate from college. In fact, Japanese parents prefer that. It is not unusual for Japanese parents to provide financial support for a house or condominium when the oldest son marries. Japanese parents have a strong expectation that the oldest son will take care of them when they get older. The Japanese parents think that it is the parents’ responsibility to make sure their children graduate from college. They don’t hesitate to invest large amounts of money for their children’s education. Many will live at home till the age of 21 or older (leave after college). Hope I helped :).
I know Japanese siblings are like regular siblings. When I visited my in-laws for the first time (Aki and I were still dating) and his parents left so it was just Aki, his sister Mika, and me. Well, Aki turned up his music in his room and it made his sister so mad she was shouting things normal American girls would shout (I hate you, turn that down! etc). A lot less women work than men in Japan. Some women prefer to marry and have children. They might go to a two year college to learn about sewing and cooking. Some choose to go to the university and have a career. men usually are the bread makers, they work USUALLY 6 days a week. Aki is a chonan (eldest son) and he is spoiled beyond belief. When we were dating his parents bought and sent him whatever he wanted. I was in disbelief, made me want Japanese parents. They paid his tuition in full each semester, called him all the time, he gets what he wants when he wants. Mika is 20 I think, or going on 20 and she still lives with her parents. Oh, I have one son with Aki. My son is chonan, so he is spoiled by me and his grandparents. I see why chonan is spoiled when I look at my son (he is 8 months old)
ask a japaniese family
D) because that led to fierce xenophobia, in which massive amounts of Dutch were butchered. Also, this nationalism fueled a very efficient economy, at least in comparison with the rest of Asia. The Meiji emperor was critical as well, espoused major developments in technology and commerce.
Japan was rebuilt after WWII very effectively. They were given technology by the United States to grow. For a long time anything bought that was made in Japan was thought to be cheap, and worthless though. Japan had a hard time selling to the United States because of this. They setup their economy so they are able to produce goods for domestic use, and export, while limiting the number of imported goods. Japanese cars were seen as compact junk cars up until the 1970s. The gas crunch helped put the Japanese auto industry on the map. People now bought fuel efficient cars instead of gas suckers. The Japanese kept on making better products, and selling them for cheaper prices. This helped Japan stay on top.
They copied the Americans
hard work followed by more hard work !
Japanese is good at ability to process foreign culture well.
in part due to their low currency exchange rate. it works for them, not for other countries, sad to say.
Since ancient times, Japanese people have been able to do someting big. for example, they made the biggest budda made by copper in Nara. They won the battole of tsushima..e.t.c.
I don t have links to Japan but I know a few words.
I worked for a japanese company for 13 years....I know they are not too fond of sweets....or anything too rich like milk and cheese products could be. They do like light and refreshing foods...vegetabes.and fresh fruit are usually a must. Cant go wrong with a shrimp platter. If it is Asian cuisine you prefer...try stir fry or teriyake grilled chicken on skewers with peppers and pineapple. Beef is extremely expensive in Japan so they would enjoy some nice hand carved prime rib. I would have steamed rice available but also offer an alternative such as herbed roasted potatoes. A tossed salad with a vinagrete or ginger dressing as well. If you do serve Asian food...make sure it is authentic and cooked properly. It is very easy to insult them. ** strong black coffee is usually popular as well. Hope this helps
sushi which isa janese dish you can buy it form waitrose. sea food platter etc try lgping to athe oriental shops in leicester square london they might be abloe to help you.
When in Rome, do as Rome does. Serve up a lovely British buffet to your tastes. What s the point in going abroad unless you give the local food a chance? Good luck.
Fruit is big with Japanese. Very expensive in Japan. Any french cuisine. Eggs, seafood. Anything of high quality. Fine soups, sauces, premium beer and Champagne/wine. They are really big on QUALITY French cuisine and are real foodies. I would recommend beef ONLY if you get the best kind. The beef they raise in japan is the best in the world, so don t insult them with anything less. A top-rate seafood bar is probably a safe bet. The secret is...TOP quality without flashiness.
Small quantities of the best British produce available. Scottish smoked salmon, fresh Scottish langoustine, and mussels. Well hung best quality Aberdeen Angus filet, cooked rare, and served with freshly made horseradish sauce. Oatcakes, and fresh green salad. keep away from dairy produce, as many Asiatic folk are lactose intolerant, and it can make them ill. Don t try and emulate anything Japanese, they will be much better at it than we are, so show them the best of fresh British food, and enjoy your buffet lunch.
just keep it simple. a good spread should have fresh ingerdients, a few salads, some smoked salmon or hams, nice bread and oat cakes or crackers, some nice cheese and a rice and prawn salad or something. if you can some good beer too!!
Get the Marks amp; Spencers booklet called quot;leave it to usquot; they do lots of buffet stuff to order and mostly its only 2 days notice. They do lots of nice things and I am sure your next lunch with the japanese will be fine if you choose stuff from Mamp;S. 2 key things to remember with orientals is FISH amp; Chicken...because they do not consume dairy products the same as we do, when offered it they will usually oblige and eat a little BUT mainly it upsets their stomachs because they are not used to it...hope this helps you
one word: WANGAN
go to fuji speedway and why not get a Nissan GT-R over there??
You re waaayy behind the times..Haven t you heard as to why the a-bomb was used?..and can you imagine...the U.S. was criticized for population control..
Compared to what we usually see in the West, an average of 81 years is a pretty high life expectancy. Not that every single Japanese person lives to be that old, just that -- according to public health records -- most people in Japan live to be 81 years old. Some even make it to 100. Report Abuse
The place to research your question is currently down at the moment or I would have tried to answer your question for you. Here s the link: http://imed.ecfmg.org/ Japan is limiting the number of matriculates to its medical schools, so it isn t that they re racist, but more an issue of economy.
You must speak Japanese. Do be a doctor, you need to finish medical university and pass national exams. The class and exam are held in Japanese. You can enter the university in Japan, but you need to probe your Japanese proficiency (by JLPT or other test certification) as well. And the academic system in the world varies. US takes degree adding system, But Japan is different. The study in Japanese colleges are more comprehensive than professional. One comprehensive degree for 4 -6 years. I think you better finish college in your country.
That s a great idea and English tutors are in high demand in Japan, but you will need a diploma to qualify as a full-time English teacher. I m just starting to learn Japanese myself because I want to take a long vacation there next year; if only I wasn t too old for the JET program I could get there on a budget. I envy you! To become qualified you will have to study Japanese for about 4 years, but the JET program is designed for teens so I think it s your best opportunity. Get in touch with them and you ll soon be on your way to experiencing life in Japan; you won t get another chance like it so go ahead. :-) If you want to live in Japan, learning Japanese is definitely the way to go; Japan is the most expensive place to live in the world and they don t grant residence easily,but as an English teacher you would have a valuable skill and earn a good living. Four years sounds like a long time when you re a kid but I really think you should go for it.
it s amazing. it s like a whole new world! everyone is obsessed you, the guys (if you care about that stuff), are all in love with you, The technology is amazing, the food is awesome, fashion, tokyo, shopping, cooking, it s just amazing! the one flaw is their music. bring your ipod
no I dont think so have fun with your life! WOMAN
It would be much more productive and useful if you asked this this question on http://www.eslcafe.com/ - one of the largest and most comprehensive overseas teaching sites. It has a job forum, teachers forums, lessons....the other very useful website is http://www.transitionsabroad.com/ PS - on the eslcafe website, you will have direct contact with hundreds of teachers already there and they can give you current and useful information. Good Luck
I am a japanese in tokyo.I work at ginza.of course there are a lot of mafia there. So let s call it yakuza in ginza yakuza is mafia.Ginza is one of the most famouse city in japan.
What would life in Japan be without the mafia? How about Sushi and the Punch Perm ?
You should look into both YFU and Rotary. Rotary is the cheapest, but most competitive. However, YFU has some nice scholarships. YFU does not have a language requirement for Japan. I don t believe Rotary does, but not positive. www.yfu.org You could also check with AFS and Aspect. Whichever you try, make sure it is CSIET listed and check with your school counselor for a recommendation as well. Good luck!
there are many japan es sites, which provides this service, there is no software program available.
There is no cost difference of houses between for Japanese and for foreigners. You can buy a house just as Japanese buy it. As another says, a new house costs $400K or more in Japan. But if you want to buy used ones, it could be cheaper. Value of a house will decline in Japan as it gets old. And overall real estate price will decline in the future because of population decrease.
There s no difference if you re a foreigner but the banks won t lend to you if you haven t got permanent residency. Prices start at 18 million yen for a secondhand reconditioned house, 25 million for a new house at about 75 square metres and 44 million yen for the type of house that will see you through bringing up a family. Japanese houses devalue to the value of the land within 10 years so a 25m yen house is 15m yen in 10 years. This means you can t move house without making a big loss for 16 years (when your asset (house) equals your debt (with the bank) ) This sucking of wealth out of the economy is the reason (I believe) that Japan will never experience inflation until it has to play catch up with China.
Most foreigners rent in Japan. And for that, you can expect to pay the equivalent of what you might pay for rent in the US, with the main differences being: 1. The rental will probably be completely renovated when you move in. New tatami flooring, new walls, etc. 2. The space will be much smaller. 3. The deposit money is enormous. In many areas there are several kinds of deposits that are required to move in. When I lived in Japan, I had to pay $10,000 USD just as a deposit. After that I paid about $1000 USD per month. To buy a home is going to be a similar cost to what you d find in the US. In saying that I meant that the market varies greatly depending on the home and location. Something in Osaka or Tokyo is likely to start at $500,000. USD The unfortunate thing about buying a home in Japan is that they NEVER appreciate in value like they do in the US. So once you spend that money, don t plan on getting it back.
It depends location, size, accomodation etc. What do you think If you are asked how much do houses in USA usually cost ?
I m glad you asked the question because I was wondering who could I contact about this matter. I found Japan Fisheries Association, Japan location and Greenpeace International. They have a detailed fact sheet about Japan and the Humpbacks. Check out the purpose of the Japan Fisheries Assoc. Good Luck , and I hope other Yahooers will write to both organizations to save the Humpbacks.
Maybe this one time the U.S should mind its own business.
Please boycot all Japanese products as this will force the price down and make them cheaper for me to buy. I need a new home entertainment system and a new car both and the less I have to pay for them, the better. I ll probably use the money I save to put some whale meat on the table; it s very tasty.
Commit suicide!!!! They are food.
e-mail local Japanese embassy....peaceful protest at the embassy.... boycott all Japanese products.
man, i agree with you almost everything, but only quot;The whales end up on dinner plates after the quot;researchquot; is done.quot; you thing they do any research? the only research they do is the taste research. they openly sell the whales in supper market (in can). i still got one left at home. (it was a gift! and the taste was suck) you can also see it in almost any sushi-bar in tokyo. i can t remember the price last year. how to protest them? stop comming to japan, and sending a protesting email to the Japaneses embassy a couple 100 email a day. till the huntting stop. i am sure they will not read your crap, that why i said send them a couple 100 a day to make me realize that somebody is protesting them!
Sake has not had the same jurisdictional claims that champagne, port and burgundy have forced. You can have california Sake
A long time ago, Sake referred only to the product made in Japan. Today, with globalization, Sake has become a generic term to refer to a drink from fermented rice, served warm in thinble-sized porcelain or ceramic containers.
not really, sake, while referred to as rice wine really is not wine, it s made with multiple fermentation periods (like a beer and unlike wine) so other rice wine s from other countries may be Very different. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake
Japan and as stated Califorian which grows alot of the sushi based rice make the sake beverages, I work in Japan and there are over 600 varieties there, in other Asian contrys like Korea it is called Shoji, in Chinese they make a beverage like sake and others from rice, even liquers from a rice alcohol like vodka, in Vietnam and Thailand there sre ones, some are flavoured with fruits,and leaf from the screw pine called Pandan leaf.
im not sure. but scotch, bourbon, and all that other crap are whiskeys, its jut they are made in different countries. so my guess is the same with sake...
dude why bother? Just get it on telstra or optus or voda
Yes! I am not sure, how much you would have to pay, but you can unlock a japanese phone, from japan, with a hypersim. You just place your sim on top, and the phone becomes unlocked! Prices are quite similar, in Japan, depending on the product, but you can get some great deals! Japanese phones are so cool! Mine is from Japan, and has a Panasonic Viera touch screen, that can watch free tv, in japan! I reccommend you to look around, the iphone may not be the best offer! Sayonara! have agood time in Japan!
youll have to get the lock hacked if its being sold for a specific japanese network. like the way the cellular guys did in the US. i personally wud recommend u to wait for launch in australia, cause the bluetooth frequency might vary from country to country. ppl in india gettin iphone from US face similar problem. that means the bluetooth wont work.
Are u talking bout iphone or iphone 3g? if it s iphone that u re talking about, then it is possible.. just unlock it.. as for iphone 3g, it requires instore activation straight away after u buy it.. so i reckon they would get u to sign up for one of the 3G plans in japan :)
Japan iphones are given or sold if you apply in softbank this means getting the service in Japan, but if you dont have an alien registration card they wont give you anything. Why dont you ask directly?
yes but you ll need the paperwork with the serial number and everything saying its legal and you own it
They don t sell it in Japan.
my friend did it?
Hello.I am japanese in Tokyo.How many hiphones are you going to import to japan?If you import for example 100 phones, the customes will treat it as a article for sale.But if you import small numbers of phones,you do not have to confess it.
Yes ....we are not speaking german ....
What most people don t realize about Hiroshima and Nagasaki is that fewer people died from either bomb than were killed in the firebombings of Dresden, Germany, and the firebombings of Tokyo and other Japanese cities. The Japanese were already trying to find a way to surrender when the first bomb dropped. The second hastened the process. But had neither bomb dropped, it is quite likely that Japan would have surrendered before we tried to invade. Intentional targeting of civilians has occurred throughout history. Just in WWII, the Germans were bombing London and other English cities, and Warsaw. The Allies targeted German cities that had no military value - Dresden, in particular. General Curtis LeMay was the architect of Dresden, and the firebombing of Japanese cities commenced after the war in Europe ended and he took charge of the AAF in the Pacific. Terroristic? Maybe. A valid way to bring an opponent to the surrender table? Sometimes.
Question 1: we got a pretty good bang for our buck Question 2: at the rate the war was going, many, many more American lives would have been lost Question 3: the one that was dropped on Nagasaki did the most property and radiation damage, per capita Did we do the right thing? That was another time, another place, and the people in that time and place had no history of the Atomic Bomb to look at, in order to determine quot;if it was worth itquot;.. Unlike recent wars and engagements, during WWII, the bottom line is, quot;we re going to win the warquot;. We had a weapon that we thought that thru it s use, the war would come to a swift conclusion. They were right. Hindsight being 20/20, one could argue now that it was quot;overkillquot;. That s why now, all the world leaders are constantly worrying about proliferation, and Iran getting the bomb, etc. We now have a history to look at. We KNOW what happens now when an atomic bomb goes off.
Yes, it was worth it. The conventional bombing of Tokyo actually killed more than both atomic bombs combined did. At the time US military thought the death rate would be a over one million if there was a invasion of mainland Japan. The Japanese Army had written orders to execute all POW, Chinese, and Korean slave labors in Japan once an invasion was begun, there where around 250,000 of them. The US Military thought there own casualty rate would be so high they started to prepare for the amount of wound they would have by, among other things, stockpiling Purple Heart Medal. The US Army has not had to buy new Purple Hearts since. The ones that where issued for Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq, and Afghanistan are still the ones that where bought for the invasion of Japan. In fact Americans that where German POWs where on the West Coast being trained to take part in the invasion of Japan because it was that that that many soldiers would be needed. The first bomb dropped was the weaker of the two, but it killed the most people
Well its all relative. What do you mean quot;worth itquot;. Morally it was a hard decision, but you had to weigh it against the advising staff of the time that was saying that if the United States had to do a land invasion of japan, expect to lose substantial numbers ( I don t remember the exact number as was stated on the history channel so I won t speculate). The United State s goal was to inflict as much damage as possible while sustaining as little damage as possible. So considering it stopped us from having to invade mainland japan, I would say it was worth it.
It was absolutely worth it. It saved more Japanese lives than it took. Yes a lot ot people died when the bombs were dropped but look at the loss of life in the attack on Iwo Jima. That kind of fanatic defense of the main Japanese Islands could have been overcome but at a terrible price. Look at the fight for Okinawa the same fanaticism cost hundreds of thousands of civilian lives. Okinawa is a relatively small island. Adjust the scale for the larger islands of Japan and you can see that the losses would have far exceeded the numbers lost in the atomic bombing.
The argument goes something like this: We killed 100,000 people to save 1,000,000 soldiers who would have died during a ground assault. That s true, but it doesn t justify killing tens of thousands of women and children. Today we have a word for people who intentionally target civilians - terrorist.
It wasn t worth it, in my opinion. I understand we needed to drop the bomb in order to stop, but it just seemed a little too much.
The use of those two weapons (Japan obviously should have surrendered after Hiroshima) actually saved more lives than it took by preventing the need for a mainland invasion of Japan.
They estimated that two million Americans would have lost their lives if we attacked mainland Japan with troops. The Japanese warriors were all about honor and dying rather than surrendering was more honorable.
Depends. The Japanese would probably say, quot;Hell No!quot; Americans who had to fight the desperate Japanese would probably say, quot;Hell Yes!quot; I wasn t born until 30 years after the fact, so who am I to say?
If you were an Allied soldier/Marine in the Pacific theater it sure as heck was worth it. No apologies here, Japan brought the entire situation on themselves.
Absolutely worth it.
Oh, most definitely!
ask the democrats To date they are the only party to use atomic weapons
yes. much higher. the quot;fire bombingquot; campaigns in Japan killed FAR more people than Both atomic bombs combined !
yes it was worth it god i hate people who think ww2 was a bad war to fight in
yes... any thing that ends that war is fine by me..
yes we warned that we would do it and they didnt believe it so we did they had the chance to save themselves
?Cash and travelers checks can be exchanged in banks, post offices and currency exchange bureau. Banks are usually open Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm. ☆Travelers checks offer the best exchange rate. There is always a small fee for exchanging your dollar to yen, but NOT as high as 7%. (WOW!) International airports usually always have FOREIGN EXCHANGE counters/areas. You can exchange for cash or travelers checks, but CASH (yen) is best to use while in Japan. Major credit cards are accepted in the larger hotels and stores, but most Japanese operate with cash. (I have been to some Ryokan, restaurants and shops that were quot;cash onlyquot;.) If you will be at the quot;New Chitose Airportquot;, check this site: Click quot;Qamp;Aquot;- http://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/langua... Hope this helps! Have a great time.?
When you plan your trip to Japan, you better prepare enough japanese yen before you get on the plane. What I remember when I went to Tokyo from Guam and I got only US$ with me, I went to the biggest bank branch in Shibuya, most of the staff in the bank don t speak English, they requested me to fill in a form and showed them my passport, plus the exchange rate was very bad. It took me more than 40 mins, and I speak flurent Japanese. So, if you couldn t speak the language, it would be a lot troublesome. My advice is .. bring along at least 2 credit cards and enough japanese yen (at least 80,000 Yen for a 7 days trip) with you. I wish you good luck and have a nice trip.
7% plus a Delivery fee? Where are you from? I think you are US citizen. You bring US doller in cash to airport. and most bank in Japan accept US doller. If you are staying a while and bring some big money, eg.$3,000, the exchange rate of T/C, travellers checkquot;, is cheaper than cash.
in japan when you get off the plane, geez just ask the workers there when you land. and all airports have places to exchange currency.
Most of the larger bank office should, but I think the quot;cheapest wayquot; would be asking your current bank now and find their branch or partner bank in Japan.
If Mizuho or other major banks in Japan have a webpage, go look at it. Email customer service. If you hae a number, maybe you should try calling internationally. I believe CitiBank, a US bank, has branches in Japan. Maybe they can help you.
If you have Japanese driving license and the address still exist in Japan (as your parent s house), yes you can. Most bank have postal application form. Get it, fill the form and attach a copy of your driving license. Send it to your parent s house first, then let your parent post it in Japan. (if the stamp is from overseas, bank won t accept your form). Because Japanese financial law limit holding account for domestic residence only.
You will need someone to open the account for you. You can t do it from the US. Why don t you ask a member of your family to open an account for you, then they can send you the ATM or debit card.
こんにちは。銀行でも郵便局でも、家族のものが保険証を持って行けば、口座の開設は出... って何か自分銀行員になった気分。GOOD LUCK!
Probably not much. But I m guessing $5.00 - $10.00 in american money. Because it s a book and you have to include the stamp, price in weight and handling. (you know like the thing called quot;shipping and handlingquot;) P.S. I could be wrong but that s how much i think it would cost to send it overseas....
It s 94 cents an ounce. The small package may not be cheap. It cost me $5 just to mail a calender to my GF in Osaka.
Go to your local postoffice, and have them weigh it.
I went to Japan during March and I stopped at Hakone before I went to Tokyo, I d recommend to go to Yunessun! It s a Onsen/amusment/spa park. http://www.yunessun.com/english/ I didn t get to see Mt. Fuji but my friend had a glimpse when we were on the JR. Hakone is best for Onsen =) Yes, it s easy for an English speaker to get around easily in Hakone, they can speak English (I had no problem)
From October to March the view of Mt. Fuji is usually quite good as the air is clearer at this time. The rest of the year the whole mountain can sometimes seem to have vanished. If you go to Hakone, use the Odakyu Line (in Shinjuku Station on the west side) deal which lets you travel by train, cable car, and boat around the lake: http://www.odakyu.jp/english/freepass/ha... Hakone s main thing besides views of Mt. Fuji are the hot springs - onsen. Also try the black eggs - onsen eggs - that they sell in Hakone. There s also a nice shrine with its torii gates in the water and old checkpoint reconstruction from several hundred years ago along a row of cedar trees. For more info check here: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5200.html
Hakone is one of my favorite onsen(hot spring) place. People at hotels and stores got use to see foreigners, so you should not worry about it. Lake Ashi is the best place to see Mt. Fuji, you ve got try sightseeing boat! I also recommend you to check Hakone Traditional Woodwork, you need time to open their Puzzle Box. Spa amp; Amusement Park: http://www.yunessun.com/ My favorite hotel: http://www.gorakadan.com/ Other hotels: http://www.fujiyahotel.jp/english/index.... http://2641.net/ (Japanese only) Hotels in Hakone: http://www.kanagawa-ryokan.com/english/h... Phttp://www.hakonemaruyama.co.jp/index-e.... Sightseeing Cruise: http://www.hakone-kankosen.co.jp/gaikoku... Hakone Yosegi Zaiku: http://www.hakonemaruyama.co.jp/index-e....
Hakone Town Tourist Association Web Site http://www.hakone.or.jp/english/index.ht... hope it helps.
japan is a beautiful country
英語が通じないことだけは確かかと
The immediate reason was that the Japanese leaders made a strategic decision to make a preemptive strike against the U.S. Pacific Fleet in the hope that it would buy them enough time to carry out their war aims in Southeast Asia. Coupled with the Pearl Harbor raid was a simultaneous attack against U.S. bases in the Philippines. These attacks were finally approved when Tokyo saw that negotiations with the U.S. in Washington were getting nowhere. There s a lot of background to this. As you know, Japan was linked with Germany as part of the quot;Axisquot; powers, which also included Italy, but this Axis Agreement was really of minor importance because German and Italian interests were primarily in Europe, where Britain and the Soviet Union were fighting, while Japanese interests were in Asia where they were fighting the Chinese. Many people in the West believe that World War II began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. But another view says it started in 1937 when Japan went to war against China or even earlier, in 1933, when Japan took over Manchuria, setting up a puppet government and renaming it quot;Manchukuo.quot; The Japanese had a master plan to take over East Asia, creating the so-called quot;Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.quot; If the Japanese had their way, they d rule Asia, probably with Germany ruling Europe and Russia, and with the United States isolated in the Americas. During this time, the U.S. was technically neutral, but the Roosevelt administration was giving a lot of support, short of war, to the beleaguered British who had their hands full with the Germans. At the same time, the U.S. was an important supplier of raw materials, primarily oil and scrap metal, to Japan. For the Japanese, this source of supply was very important, because Japan is resource-poor. They have to import everything except rice and seafood. The United States was allied with the Nationalist (Guomintang) government of China s leader Chiang Kai-shek, and the quot;China lobbyquot; was influential in Washington. Consequently the U.S. applied diplomatic pressure on Japan to cease its aggression in China. Naturally, Japan resisted this pressure, and as a result, the U.S. cut off all shipments of raw materials to Japan. This move struck a blow to the Japanese war machine, for they needed the imported oil and steel to prosecute their war against China. Japanese military leaders estimated that without another source of raw materials, they d run out of supplies within a year. To remedy that situation, they looked south toward Southeast Asia and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) where they could get oil and rubber, another critical commodity. Their plan was to invade Indonesia, British Burma, the Malay Peninsula, and French Indochina (which they could just administer, since France had already been defeated by Germany). For protection, Japan would establish a defensive perimeter consisting of most of the islands in the South Pacific. The main obstacles to this plan, from the Japanese point of view, were the existence of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, based at Pearl Harbor and consisting of several battleships and aircraft carriers; some U.S. bases in the Philippines (then an American possession); and the British base at Singapore. If Japan could knock out the fleet at Pearl Harbor, invade and defeat the Americans in the Philippines, and take Singapore, then the thrust into Southeast Asia would be successful. Japan could establish its defensive perimeter in the Pacific islands, and America would be unable to penetrate it, largely due to the distances involved. There was a high-level negotiating team, Nomura and Kurusu, in Washington, trying to get U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull to relent on the supply embargo, but when it became apparent that effort would fail, a four-carrier task force left Japan in secrecy to strike the fleet at Pearl Harbor. Admiral Yamamoto, the head of the Japanese navy, estimated that a successful strike at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines would give Japan six months to accomplish their goals in the Pacific. The Pearl Harbor raid was a qualified success, but it came at a high cost. The battleships and the airplanes at Hickam Field were knocked out, but the American carriers were (fortunately) at sea during the attack. Also, the Japanese failed to destroy the quot;tank farmsquot; where U.S. fuel was stored. On the same day, the Japanese successfully attacked the U.S. bases in the Philippines, destroying many military aircraft. They invaded the Philippines, eventually defeating the Americans at Bataan and Corregidor Island near Manila. They invaded the Malay Peninsula and quickly took Singapore from the land side. On the other hand, they got the U.S. to enter the war, and American war production eventually became overwhelming. Six months after Pearl Harbor, U.S. carriers won a smashing victory at Midway, sinking the four Japanese carriers there. And about a year after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Marines stopped the Japanese army for the first time at Guadalcanal. After Midway and Guadalcanal, the tide in the Pacific turned. That ought to answer your question.
Japan was run by a military consortium through the 1920 s and 30 s, and had dreams about forming a quot;Greater Asian Co-Prosperity Alliancequot; or something, and began expanding into China, killing her people and stealing her natural resources. As Japan got more aggressive, especially in South East Asia, threatening the oil-fields in the Dutch East Indies, the United States took diplomatic action by freezing Japan s assets in the US and placing an embargo on oil and gas -- meaning, halting the sale of these things to Japan. Japan s military leaders grew frustrated, and it was decided the only chance Japan had to defeat the US was to knock her off balance with a deadly surprise attack, meant to eliminate the US naval presence in the Pacific. This became the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and if not for the lack American aircraft carriers at Pearl that morning, it might have worked.
Japan needed oil and raw materials from the east indies. It was no secret that the American Naval forces were assembled at Pearl Harbor to act on ENGLAND s behalf in HONG KONG, Singapore, Sumatra and INDONISIA. and other EUROPEAN COUNTRIES quot;COLONIESquot;, If japan continued it s quot;Asia for Asiansquot; expansionist policy. Japan saw the American fleet as a serious threat to their influence in asia, So Japan joined quot;The AXISquot; powers of GERMANY and ITALY and attacked Pearl Harbor. Japan hoped for America to abandon the European Colonization in Asia and come to an agreement to stay out of Asia. To you, this may be in a history book, to me, I lived it. (I am 77 years old)
because of all of the foreign crap going on at the time, america stopped foreign trade. the japanese were mad cuz they were one of the countries that needed goods from america.... so... (here it comes, most hilarious thing ever) they decided to bomb america (pearl harbor) so that somehow we would quot;learnquot; from stopping trade and trade with them again
This may be more background than you want. At the turn of the century, Japan was one of the quot;western powersquot; in China at the time of the Boxer Rebellion. In 1904, Japan decisively defeated Russia in a war that shocked the western world. Teddy Roosevelt earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his part in the negotiations ending the conflict. In WW I Japan joined the Allies early, and gained many of the German colonies in the Pacific afterwards. In 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria, with the Army doing so under the direction of the Koda-Ha (roughly, Japanese Nazis) without permission of the government. The Liberal government, led by the likes of Prince Konoye, and the Army general staff, were not able to stop the Koda men from using the army as their private machine. The Kodas even assassinated a Prime Minister! As the Koda men gained in strength, and with the Japanese constitution requiring that the government be handed over to the Army in time of war, the dove of peace became a dead duck. The sinking of the Panay in 37 was designed to start a war with the U.S. but didn t. They even had a plan to kill Charlie Chaplin! Primarily because of Japanese action in China, the U.S. used escalating economic sanctions as noted in some of the other posts. By the fall of 41, Japan only had a few weeks oil reserves. It s hard to imagine now that the U.S. was then a major oil EXporter. Japan, having lost its U.S. supply of oil, sought that in the Dutch colonies. By treaty, the U.S., the Royal Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Navy were allowed capital ships in the ratio of 5:5:3, but the U.S. hadn t built its share, the R.N. had all it could handle fighting Germany, who controlled almost all of Europe, it seemed Rommel might capture the Suez soon, and it seemed a good bet to the Koda men, who were primarily Army (the navy were largely Liberals). Yamamoto disagreed with the idea, but being a good Japanese and a good officer, he planned the operation as ordered.
Japan was taken over by a military government. It was part of the League of Nations, an early version of the United Nations. Japan wanted to have a big empire much like the ones the western countries had. They decided to seize Manchuria. The League of Nations didn t like that so Japan dropped out. Japan joined with Germany and Italy to form the Axis Powers. They agreed to fight Soviet Communism and to help each other expand their empires. Germany and Italy started the war in Europe. Japan saw their opportunity to seize more land in East Asia while the European nations were at war. The only problem was the United States didn t like that too much. They stopped all sale of war materials to Japan. This angered the Japanese, who organized a secret attack on the United States. Thus, Pearl Harbor. Nuff for ya? Cause I got more!!!
I don t think many Japanese girls are into traditional relationships. Who the hell wants to cover up their devil horns so that they promise never to be jealous when their husband cheats on them?
Japan is a country of traditions and at time of weddings, there are very complex set of rules that need to be followed. So it is best that you do your research at each point. And no better way than to read about other people s experiences and if possible, get a Japanese friend to help you navigate the process. The first thing that you should do is to figure out how to propose to your girlfriend. You have a lot of freedom here since she knows that you are a gaijin and you might propose like a gaijin. But still, you can make it special for her by bringing out some of the traditions of Japan. So pick a romantic location, get a ring ready, and just say it the way you would to any western woman. The parents are the next step. And you should work with your girlfriend to make sure that that part goes right. It is highly unlikely that anything can go wrong but you can create a lot of goodwill by doing it the Japanese way, particularly if the parents are not familiar with western customs. What will be the most appropriate way is to have a small gift ready that you bring to her parents when you go to meet with them for this purpose. And you ask both the parents at the same time, but remember that in Japanese society the father is more important in such matters than the mother. If your girlfriend is willing to be present and facilitate the process that would be great but you are expected to do it on your own. If you need to write down the script and read it, that is OK too but even if you keep it simple and use your beginner s Japanese, you should do just fine.
i am japanese. we do have strong tradition, but there is not such proposal tradition in Japan. if you see japanese dramas, men just pop the question like americans do.
Perusing the mail-order bride websites, eh?
There s a wide variety of things, it depends what you re looking for: 1. Food/Drinks: many kinds of soda are very popular, as well as junk food. Japanese has McDonald s, Pizza Hut, Domino s, KFC and Subway, more recently Baskin Robbins and Burger King as well, but pretty much any other kind of junk food, ESPECIALLY cookies (oreos, chips ahoy) or candy bars (twix, 3 musketeers) would probably be appreciated. 2. Music: Rock is not that popular. Nowadays dance music, hip hop and pop are the way to go. And not adult contemporary, like Celine Dion, but more girly, like Mika or Justin Timberlake. 3. Movies: Anything, but you can find most mainstream movies in Japan already, so this wouldn t be too helpful. However, merchandise, like posters, photos or calenders might be nice. 4. TV: 24, Lost, Heroes and Prison Break are HUGE here. Similarly, the shows themselves are easy to acquire, but merchandise would be hard to come by. 5. Other: Disney is MASSIVE, especially with girls. Anything and i mean ANYTHING Disney related would be loved. Snoopy is also pretty big. 6. Clothing: Again, anything from mainstream brands (such as Calvin Klein or Gap or Abercrombie amp; Fitch) would be appreciated. Sports brands, such as Nike or Adidas, are also big.
Anything Rock and Roll.
Anything as long as its from the U.S. The japs are always hungry 4 american products.
In the United States, the most you can leave the country with is $10,000.00...one penny over and you have to get government authorization.
1 million yen is the maximum you can bring in to Japan.
The amount is (one million) 1,000,000 JPY, which is roughly 9,300 CAD. If you have more you need to declare it on the customs form. Of course the average joe wouldn t want to carry that much on your persons in the first place. You can certainly use ATMs in Japan.
Nothing really, the games aren t region locked, films are but since Japan and the UK both fall into region 2, there shouldn t be problems.
WTF is that first answer about??? blue ray and ps2 games a jack to do with a psp!!! go with that seconed answer
Ntsc, the Japanese version will be NTSC 4.43 and we use PAL over here. Also, there is a rumour that the Japanese machine is backward compatible with PS2 games etc. but the Pal version isn t. Oh and if you want to use blu ray, you will have to have a HDMI ntsc version TV which is very unlikely in the UK. So HD will be useless here.PAL HD is not compatible with NTSC HD although devices will be available in about 4 month ( ￡200 ish ) which will convert NTSC HD to PAL HD. You may need a power converter too from 100v to 230-240v. Don t look good does it? But it s a lot cheaper over there.
um go to craigslist.org fill in the correct info and they SHOULD have some. no garantees tho
http://www.gaijinpot.com http://www.workinjapan.com http://www.jobsinjapan.com There s a number of english teachers at my company in the same position who work 20 lessons a week. They can go over a little and still be ok.
http://www.gaijinpot.com/job_search.php You can see it is mostly language teaching positions. To check up on the status and reputation of a language school visit dave s esl cafe: http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewforum....
Work for the post office...... Sorry can t do it via the NHTSA website As a general rule, all motor vehicles imported into the United States that are less than 25 years old must comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS), or be brought into compliance with those standards by a Registered Importer.
You need to know that you cannot do it without bringing the car up to US Standards. This will cost you as much as the car, if not more.
I live in Canada and we have a 15 year rule so at this time we can get skylines or something like that, but in the US there is the 25 year rule that won t allow anything newer than that for importing.
From Osaka, you can take lots of day trips to cut down on your expenses (no hotels, just train fare). Nara is a good day trip - just check out the tourist info centre when you get off the train. They will give you an English map for walking around Nara. Kyoto is also worth a few days (look for a cheap/inexpensive hotel online.... I found one a few years ago on hotwire.com.) Check out any guidebook or online travel source for things that interest you in Kyoto. THere are tons of temples, restaurants, etc. The national museum is excellent. In Osaka - the restaurants are amazing. It:s hard to find a bad one. Tsuruhashi area has lots of Korean places, and consult your friends for places they like. Osaka is known for its food.... so be prepared to try lots of different stuff. The conveyor belt sushi places are a good value. The aquarium is a nice place to go - the admission is a bit steep for those on a tight budget, but if you are into marine life, it is worth it. Osaka castle is cool to see, but I wouldn:t pay to go inside.... I didn:t think it was that interesting. (it:s a replica of the original). Go to Himeji (about an hour outside of Osaka by train) to see an actual historical castle, as well as beautiful gardens. Be prepared to spend some money. It:s expensive for Americans, but there are bargains to be found. Drinks (event tea and soda) can be almost as expensive as food. Drink water to save money :) Check weather.com to find out the weather for the time of year you are coming. It:s cold in winter and bloody hot in summer. Osaka is a very cool city, with friendly people. Enjoy!
Like others said, you have to check out Dotonbori for the food and Osaka Castle to see a Japanese castle. Otherwise, Osaka isn t exactly known for tourism as much as business. But if you like record shopping, America mura (village) is the place to go. If you are staying in a large hotel, the concierge can give you a map and highlight your interests on the map. Local friends though are the best. I m sure they will have places in mind to take you already.
http://www.osakacastle.net/english/park/... http://www.kaiyukan.com/eng/index.htm the above 2 / u shouldn t miss!! i hv been there2. really memorable....
Osaka is known for its food! It s traditionally considered the quot;nation s kitchenquot; or the gourmet food capital of Japan. Visit the Museum of Oriental Ceramics. It houses 2000 pieces of ceramics. It s very interesting! I traveled there March 2007 and would love to return! Visit the Osaka Castle and Aquarium. Try and go in the Spring! It s so beautiful and if between March and May, you can take the quot;Spring Tour in Osaka.quot; Good luck and have fun! http://www.city.osaka.jp/english/ http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/search/list/...
The first place to visit is Dotonbori (Namba). It is THE shopping/tourist center of Osaka. The places I like to go are the Kuidaore street that is lined with restaurants and Nanba Kagetu, a place where they do traditional Japanese comedy. Also Nipponbashi (the Osaka equivalent of Akihabara) is closeby. Then next would be Shin-Sekai. Be sure to go up the Tsutenkaku. Also I like Senba, Ame-mura, ATC bld.
There are thousands of jobs in Japan. Basically, they are the same with jobs you see in your country.
Japan is a first world country. So that means a lot of what you would find in other first world countries as work, you would find in Japan.
There are only 2 types of jobs in Japan: Sumo Wrestler Sumo Wrestler Diaper Washer (requires a BA degree)
Because the americans do not know how to make real sushi. It is essential to marinate the sushi rice in an oak platter before making sushi. Most american restaurants and stores skip this level (to safe time and money). But it will not be true sushi without!
At first, the difference of water and rice itself. And the difference fundamentally how to make it. Frankly speaking, I also ate too much sushi in USA, there was no place I felt yummy.
Err, I can see a lot of bad answers. No there is no quot;directquot; connection between Pearl Harbor and the Atomic bombs being drop. Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941 and we dropped two atomic bombs in 1945. Why? because Germany was defeated and the US had the policy of quot;Germany firstquot; thats why we sent 70 percent our forces to Europe and only 30 percent to the Pacific. The casualties of a land invasion of Japan were estimated at 500,000 to 1 million and a prolonging of the war for 2 more years. Also the Soviets were attacking and invading everything and they were threatening an Invasion of Japan. So we killed over 500,000 Japanese with 2 atomic bombs which ended the war without further American lives lost, and it showed the Soviets quot;American Mightquot;. We were the only country with Nukes. You have to look at factors like that in war. This whole retarded idea of Japan sneak attacking the Philippines, and Pearl Harbor and we just pushed a red button and dropped atomic bombs is very common and ignorant. The war was 4 years long! not 3 days. Not to mention our Atomic bombs were not ready until 1945 or we would have hit Germany with them too. If we had those in 1941, Japan would have never attacked us. Its funny how so many misinformed people don t read my post and give me a thumbs down. There is no direct connection, in saying that you would be saying that we wanted quot;revengequot; the govt. doesn t think like that during war. They use logic and common sense for the most part and they try to bring wars to an end in the most efficient way. Pearl Harbor brought us into the war, end of story.
Your answer is flawed. You see Japan and Germany at that time had (or were) developing nukes before USA. If USA hit Germany with atom bombs Japan will not be scared. They were already having nuke programmes. And only 200000 lost their lives in Hiroshima and Nagasaki not 500000. Many points are wrong Report Abuse
The only real connection is this, Pearl Harbor started the war between Japan and the USA. The dropping of the Atomic bombs brought about an end to the war. So, they are the beginning and ending of the war, but they really were not retaliation bombings, but rather to force Japan to surrender. At the time, there really wasn t much arguement against the bombs, as the President adn advisors wanted to end the war without wasting more lives. Yes, Japan had begun talking about surrender, but wasn t close to surrender. They were training women and children to fight the known coming invasion.
There is no connection between the Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima/Nagasaki attacks. Go back to the opinions of the time; the A-bomb attacks were against a country of civilians that were willing to fight to the last man to preserve their empire. The two A-bomb attacks saved an estimated half million allied lives and at least twice as many Japanese lives. I cannot recall any arguments against using the A-bombs other than not knowing how far the nuclear reaction would progress. Again, don t be confused by 21st century reasoning, or simplistic answers (the real answers are simple, but not simplistic). We did not drop the bomb because the Japanese are orientals; if we were still fighting in Europe, we would have used it there, too. It would have saved many allied lives. We did not drop the bomb for revenge. We got that by firebombing, both in Japan and in Germany. In fact, we killed more Japanese by firebombing than by A-bombing. In my opinion, the A-bomb was used for the horror factor; one bomb destroys an entire city. It was well used, and to good effect; it caused the Empire of Japan to surrender.
Since the Japanese ttack on Pearl Harbor started the war with the US and the bo,bings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were part of the war there is defintely a connection. The Americans did drop leaflets for weeks before the attacks warning them they were ging to be bombed but the Japaneses did a sneak attack so a little different. If you wanted millions more dead both military and Japanese civilians then it was a bad idea but if you think that the loss of those lives meant saving the millions who would have died in and amphibous assualt and then long ground campaign afterwards was worth it then it was a good idea. Personally yes it was a good idea and it did save millions of Japanese military and civilian lives and more importantly millions of American military lives. The bombing of Nagasaki would not have happened bt the Japanese refused to surrender after the first one so stop and think who is actually responsible for the attacks-the Japanese start a war after having one city devasted by an aomic weapon still refuse to surrender until a second is dropped; even then the Japanese military did not want to surrender but was ordered to by the Empereor; you think they would not have fought to the last man.
Sort of, most people think dropping the baby was to avenge Pearl Harbor but that was avenge three years before, at Midway. The Battle 360 episode on Midway WAS called quot;Vengeance at Midway.quot; US casualties at Pearl Harbor: 5 battleships and 2 destroyers sunk 188 aircraft destroyed 2402 people killed Japanese casualties at Midway: 4 carriers and 1 cruiser sunk, 264 aircraft destroyed 3057 people killed The main target at Pearl Harbor were the US carrier which were away at the time and the US sunk 4 Japanese carrier at Midway, which is equivalent to about more 10 battleships sunk. Well people are stupid and don t give a sh1t sometimes so they ll say dropping the bomb was to avenge Pearl Harbor even thou it was drop to save lives. Over millions of American AND Japanese lives were spare to the lost of only less than 100,000 lives
1. The regular bombings of Dresden in Germany and Tokyo killed more people each than either of the Atomic Bombs initial blasts. But they weren t as dramatic so you don t hear about them. 2. The US knew that the Japanese would fight to the last man. They estimated approximately 100,000 US soldiers wouldn t have to die taking over Japan if they dropped the bombs. 3. Arguably more Japanese people might have died in the invasion of Japan than from the bombings, because they are tough and fight to the end. 4. The US knew there were going to be problems with the USSR after the war, and wanted to send a message to the USSR: don t mess with the US. 5. Arguments against: They killed a lot of civilians and made us look barbaric. But what they often don t teach in the history books is that the Japanese soldiers killed a LOT of Asian civilians who weren t Japanese. The Japanese were racist and thought they were better than all the other Asians. So they treated the other Asians like crap and forced the other Asian girls into prostitution to act as quot;comfort womenquot; for the Japanese soldiers. Women in Korea and China sometimes had to have sex with 25 to 35 men a day and they were beaten and treated like crap. So if the Japanese had atomic bombs you better believe they would have used them on the US. All great powers do things that are a little evil. What makes the United States such a great country is that our evil pales in comparison to the evil of the countries we ve beaten. People say the US is an evil empire. But if you think we are evil, imagine what kind of an empire the Nazis would have been. Imagine what kind of an empire the Japanese would have been. Just look at what kind of an empire the USSR was. Stalin once starved 7 million Ukrainians to death. That s more than the number of Jews killed in the holocoaust, but you rarely hear about that. And the USSR killed many more millions of other people by other methods. Just imagine what a horrible place the world would be if China ran the world. Thank God the US won the cold war, because if the Russians won the cold war things would be a hell of a lot worse.
Ok, of course there is a connection. There is no such thing as an opinion, when it comes to this. The whole reason they dropped the bombs in Japan is because of Pearl Harbor. You must no be very old if you don t know that. You don t need other people to answer this. Either look it up on the internet, or read a book. it is not hard information to find.
The USA was warning Japan about invading certain countries. They then stopped sharing oil with Japan. The Japanese attacked. Also, the Americans dropped the bomb because they said that Japan would not surrender in a prolonged war, but they were already on the brink of surrender as the first Russian divisions landed in Japan.
obviously there is a connection. the japanese bombed pear harbor, bringing the us into the war, and we bombed hiroshima and nagasaki, ending the war. we dropped the bombs, resulting in massive casulties, because the deaths that would have resulted from an invasion would have been much greater
Japan wanted us to get into the war, so they bombed pearl harbor. So we nuked em and then the war was over. I think the only arguments against the use of the bomb came after the fact that it had happened. Because nobody knew that they even existed except us.
I don t see much connection. The USS Enterprise (CV-6) and other ships conducted many mission against some Japanese base in retaliation of the attack on Pearl Habour. The real retaliation aginst the attack on Pearl Habour was the Doolittle Raid.
Wow. Yes there is a connection. We dropped the bombs in retaliation to what they did to Pearl Harbor. As we well should have. What they did was atrocious.
Is this a homework or test question? Perhaps you should search for the answer yourself as oppose to getting somone here to answer it for you.
Duh the start of the USA joining the war and the USA ending the WAR with Japan. Vet-USAF
I once heard a Pearl Harbor vet say, quot;If there wasn t a Pearl Harbor there would not have been a Hiroshima.quot;
uhhh yea...it s called a war and what is YOUR opinion. DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK
It s not opinion, it s a fact.
yes there is a connection it was World War II where have you been?
we were field testing our new weapons.the japanese made the mistake of attacking us .
The other answerer said he thinks you need a passport for Guam..he is mistaken...it is a territory of the U.S. so you don t need a passport. As to needing one for your layover in Japan, I think the best thing to do is call the airline and ask them. If a passport is needed, they would require it before boarding. To get passport information, go to the website below.
I m stationed here in Guam... and if you have a layover in Japan you need a passport, they will ask you for one in the terminal... I have to show mine every time I go home on leave... the only time that you wont need a passport flying into Guam is if you fly from Hawaii to Guam... Report Abuse
Any time you travel outside of the US you need a passport. I believe that includes US territories such as Guam. And you shouldn t need one for the layover since you won t be leaving the airport, but it s still a good idea to get one anyway.
Into AND out of Guam, no matter if you re heading to the states via Japan, Hawaii, Philippines or wherever, you need a passport. Yes, you need a passport. Going into Guam from the US Mainland, you ll usually either pass through Hawaii or Japan. Both require a passport because you will be travelling internationally. Although Guam is part of the US, it is not a state, and is regarded as an overseas destination that requires a federal ID. So the last US State you go through (Hawaii) will want to see your passport. And through Japan, anywhere thats not theirs of course will be international. Its all the same leaving as well...
Get a passport. Read the following, specifically under quot;Notesquot;: Guam: Passport amp; visas Passports Required, but NOT by the following: 1) Nationals of United States holding proof of citizenship including a valid picture ID amp; an original birth certificate amp; arriving/departing to/from an United States destination Notes: Citizens of United States entering or exiting Guam in possession of an ID card in lieu of a passport will be detained until verification can be obtained as to the status of their United States citizenship
That sounds kind of strange. I wonder what company you worked for? Maybe not a reliable one. By law (though most companies try to escape) you must be enrolled on Unemployment insurance. Your company, by law, must pay half. Your visa would NOT have become invalid if you stopped working...at least for a short period of time. I think you may not have been told the truth about the deductions or lack thereof. Something does not sound right.
It is not dodgy company dealings. It is fixed by the law. The system is, young generation pay for the today s elder generation. It is different from the western pension system. It is based on the 和 wa ideology, harmony among people. The system was started to save old generation after WW2. cos they couldn t save their money. And it has been continued until now. Anyway there is no room for argument unless you were the diet member. You have to pay for the pension, unemployment insurance, and health insurance. Stay or leave, chooose ot not to choose. And if you are US citizhen, US and Japan pension can be add together. The law changed several years ago. Japaense resident officer who ever lived in the US ask this system. But they has to submit to US by them selves. Rowan: It is simple. cos you are choosing living in Japan. You have to follow Japan system. If you moved to another counry, it is the same. If you expect pension, why don t you go back to your country? Anyway you better check your home country s system. Maybe you can add together Japan s pension and yours. And I have seen some westerners (whites) are coming to the unemployee insurance office to receive money. It works even for expats.
You did good, man. Working people contribute to currently retired. When you retire, somebody will (or won t) be working for you. Maybe even a Japanese?
What do you think about the news below...http://www.ban.org/ban_news/2006/061030_... If it does tell something, then they should be responsible and find ways to recycle. So much to explain but this news was one of the reason why they did become concerned and find solutions.and everyone is responsible, Japanese or not...if they can do it in Japan, why can t we start doing the same and help save our environment. Also, here is the website where in Osaka, they also recycled milk box http://www.hyperthesis.com/blog/?cat=23c... if you go to Tokyo private and public schools, you can see many recycled projects of students like pet bottles, milk carton boxes, plastic cups etc. hope this helps...
think about it. Japan s size realtive to the US. Land is a valuable and scarce resource. No room for growing landfills therefore they are required to recycle plastics, glass, and paper.
as previously stated about the post-war and the enviroment. also land is at a premium do to the size vs population - land used as a dump is a waste of space and they don t dump alot in the ocean due to hurting the fishing industry(fish being one of their main staples).
Because they can be recycled, and because it makes sense. Switzerland is another country with high recycling rates (I was always told Switzerland had the highest return rate for glass) and again, it s a combination of lack of space, thrift, governmental guidelines, and brainwashing.
The density of population decrees that strong leadership on recycling is needed. Every inch of land in Japan is planned and designed and used by people, and the average person in Japan truly cares about their long term future and likely their children s future more than most people in Western culture with our me-first mindset. In general despite some negative attitudes towards change in the past, Japanese are very good about not pissing in their OWN sandbox. ... but when its businesses off their own shore and in what they feel is foreign territory its all bets off, slash burn discount style, toss away and cut just like the rest of us. They have to compete for the lowest dollar just like you. If only the rest of us were as admirable environmental stewards for our own areas. And if only the Japanese business establishment would have the self-discipline to show the same standards they set for themselves when they are outside their own country.
Surely this is the wrong question??? You SHOULD be asking quot;WHY do so many countries not bother to recycle properly? Surely if Japan can do it, so can we?quot; The simple fact is that in this respect Japan s government has been putting it s money where it s mouth is for donkey s years! It s not much use making like Tony Blair and mouthing off all the time about how people SHOULD recycle more, and about how BAD it is for the country and the environment to waste valuable recyclable resources and treat them as trash! You ve got to MAKE it happen - and you know how bone-idle people are! Especially about something like recycling - where there s no immediate benefit to the person when he/she puts that PET bottle to be recycled...! So yes - Japanese people, and the government MUST care more about the environment, otherwise they d just burn or bury those valuable recyclable resources just like so many OTHER countries!!!
I live in Japan. I recycle because it is the law. In Tokyo, If I didn t seperate my garbage, the garbage men wouldn t take my garbage, and may actually go through it and figure out who I am and bring it to my door and tell me to sort it. Little old ladies will cuss you out if they see you putting out unsorted garbage, not because they care about the environment, but because they are nosy, evil little old ladies who like to stick their noses in other peoples business. Another factor, lots of Japanese homes are still run by a housewife who has no other employment. They actually have the time to seperate garbage and bring styrofoam trays back to the supermarket. The rest of us people who WORK (and Japanese peole probably work more overtime than most countries) don t have time to be strict about seperating garbage. So we don t. We just learn how to conceal it amongst the rest of our garbage. In Osaka, nobody cares, and even when I sort my garbage, it still gets thrown in the same truck. Trash cans for PET-bottles are usually filled with a mix of bottles and regular garbage. Mainly because there are more cans for PET-bottles than there are for regular garbage, and chucking a candy bar wrapper in the PET-bin is better than just littering, right? Aluminum cans are recycled by legions of homeless people who rummage through garbage in the middle of the night and pile heaps of empties on their bicycles to make just enough money to live, not because they love the environment. I ve never seen milk carton recycling. Where did you get your info? Disposal of appliances comes with an expensive recycling fee. (Around $50 US for a mini-fridge.)So, poorer people,students, and part-time workers are really hit hard. Vacant lots and street corners often become mini-dumping grounds for dead refrigerators and computer monitors. Japanese people don t really worry about politics and causes as much as Westerners seem to. It s just because those are the rules.
It s got as much to do with post-war destitution as it does the environment. Even if Japan is a prosperous country now, it wasn t always so. Scavenging was the only way a lot of people could survive after the war. That s why the quot;waste not, want notquot; mentality is so ingrained, it s just that it s been directed towards the environment in this age of plenty.
i think people there are just care about the environment. well, i m not japanese amp; also not living in Japan, but don t you think that is a great thing ? you can safe your environment, your money, your natural resources... you safe many things by recycling one thing! it sounds really smart for me, man...
