Tonight on NHK Newswatch 9 there was not one, but two back-to-back stories on foreigners in Japan. The first looked at the older group, the Zainichi voting for the first time in the upcoming Korean election. They focused on two people, one an 87 year old who came over before the war and joined (or [...]
Category Archives: 日本語
NHK Newswatch 9 on Koreans and Indonesians
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on March 28, 2012
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Anyone else hear from their city hall recently?
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on March 4, 2012
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Last week I got a draft 住民票 for me to peruse and check for errors, so at least my local government is on the ball regarding the new foreigner registration scheme. I thought it was interesting, however, that they sent me about six sheets of paper without a single word in any foreign language. I’m [...]
Nanking, Kawamura, and Ishihara: what about Hashimoto?
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on February 29, 2012
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As you will perhaps have read on Debito.org and other places, the Nagoya mayor has been getting into hot water over his claims that only conventional acts of warfare took place in Nanking. He is now, however, trying to douse the flames by claiming that he meant to say that there wasn’t a systematic massacre [...]
Neko punched
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on February 16, 2012
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The following comment was made about Neko Hiroshi: Well, now that Neko is out of the race, he wants his Japanese citizenship back However, the headline ends with 戻れる！？, the potential form of the verb, indicating that this is Sanspo’s speculation, not a definite statement by the man himself, as there are no quotes from [...]
Radioactive waste: Tohoku rubble versus coal slag
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on October 20, 2011
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With Debito.org straying quite far from its mission statement by reposting information on Japan-wide rubble distribution, let’s have a look at what he’s on about. First, for the actual matter; there seems to have been a degree of secrecy regarding this action, which I would join Mr Arudou in condemning. However, he says that they [...]
Financial help for African-Americans
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on June 29, 2011
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I was pleased to see on the television tonight a segment on the news about a company that extends financial support even to Africans in Tokyo, rather than the usual "no PR, no loan" of standard banks. Right in the middle there, ready cash even to blacks! Hurrah for G&P! This is the sort of [...]
Debito.org misleads its readers regarding a poster’s true message
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on June 28, 2011
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Here is a guest post from Eido Inoue; my name is Tepido Naruhodo and I approve this message. BTW, I notice the poster image is named gaijin2011.jpg. Debito.org continues to promote the existence of “the eye,” trying to make its readers who can’t read Japanese believe that everybody on the street (“the general public”), is [...]
Mr Arudou gives an old man a good kicking
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on June 14, 2011
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Only metaphorically putting the boot in, I must clarify. I really am at a loss as to why Mr Arudou feels fit to go well beyond fair criticism and well into the realm of personal abuse. And yes, I realise that many people will see hypocrisy on my part in that statement. I’ve not had [...]
Today’s Japanese lesson
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on April 25, 2011
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Mr Arudou’s latest flogging of the dead flyjin horse makes this claim about a Nikkei article: Providing a generic photo of people drinking at a Tokyo izakaya and claiming that they’re talking about repatriating NJ (that’s quite simply yarase). The offending Japanese caption is: 外国人の帰国急増で人手の確保が課題になっている（都内の居酒屋） Learn the difference between 課題 and 話題, please!