I see in Mr Arudou’s preview to tomorrow’s Just Be Cause he says:
I think some people might find this view refreshing and cathartic, given the increasing sociopathy I’m feeling within the already-disenfranchised NJ as they bully their own.
Hey, I resemble that remark!
BTW, I’m writing this from the Excelsior Caffe beside Nankin-machi (Chinatown) opposite Daimaru in Kobe, where you can pick up the wi-fi from the hotel above. 
UPDATE: The article is on Japan Times here. I don’t usually swear in blog posts, but the article could be summed up by "Fuck the lot of you, I’m out of here!"
Note Debito does tell his readers that
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Note Debito does NOT tell his readers that
Yeah I remember the case.
福岡一家4人殺害事件
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E5%B2%A1%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%B64%E4%BA%BA%E6%AE%BA%E5%AE%B3%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6
They brutally murdered the families.
The cases of 王亮、楊寧 were investigated by Chinese police.
Two Chinese escaped to China. The case brought to light the problem of extradition.
Yes working hours for students are restricted.
As side,in the United States
But the incident had nothing to do with the restriction of student’s working hour.
If you insist it “resulted in this famous restriction for foreign students to work only 28h/week”, back up your case with sources please.
Yeah I remember the cases.
But strangely I see lots of foreign students working at Matsuya, Jonathan, Lawson, , Hanamasa etc in Tokyo. Not every part-time student workers are from China. I talked to a guy working at Lawson100 . He was from Russia. If you like, I can recommend you to one of these shops. They seem to be desperately in need of part timers. In fact now the companies are aggressively looking for the foreign students who can speak Japanese and English.
And keep in mind that the reason yoshinoya temporarily got in trouble was that many foreign part timer left for fear of radiation.
That said, I think there might be cases where someone was rejected because they are foreigners.
But in your case, I am not sure.
Sorry but it is obvious you lack the ability to understand nuances.
巧妙なnuances does not make sense, it is supposed be 微妙なニュアンス
If he said that to you, it is probably that the way you speak make him want to ask that question.
I can write a decent paper in English, but my proficiency in speaking and listening comprehension is terrible. At some shops in a English speaking country, I must admit an employer has a good reason to reject employing me. (Note in passing that in your case and in case of posters on Debito org, you guys are not even trying to write in Japanese in Japan!)
It is so kawaiso that you are still holding on to the hope Debito will do something.
In your case above, did Debito do anything to help you？ Your comment was “allowed”.Isn’t that all?
Your comment is just a piece at Debito theater where Debito and some expats dream him as an imaginary human right activist.
But more and more people realize that the comment section is filled with misinformation.
Make friends with the Japanese. Or work with somebody else and set up a new site to help yourself and other foreigners. I’ll do what I can do to help. That’s what I’ve been saying. Don’t mislead people, misled by Debito org.
Or you’ll be just a member of a hate blog in Nagoya from East Europe.
It is not fallacy of composition, A fallacy of composition arises when one infers that something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some part of the whole.
NHK does not infer from the data that it is true of those who are killed.
NHK are just reporting the survey.
You are just misinterpreting and misrepresenting what NHK said.
Interesting. The headline in question in Japanese says ” over 90% of foreigners in Japan want to stay in Japan and want to rebuild together with the Japanese people ９割超が「今後も日本で」 在日外国人、一緒に復興を” Is it not something nice?
(To be exact the headline is not accurate —just as Nikkan gendai’s headline—because its content says otherwise;it is not about the foreigners in Japan but it is about the international students living in Japan.Is it overpraising NJ?)
Data please.
As a side a quick google tells us lots of stories about foreigners who are contributing to Japanese society after the Great Disaster, without “scientific data”
You can’t read them without tears.
「私たちはここに残る」 外国人介護士・看護師 被災地で奮闘続く
2011.3.29 0
産経
第二の故郷 復興手助け …外国語指導助手ら
「いわき、一番好きな場所」（2011年5月4日 読売新聞）
「見捨てられない」 比の４人、老人ホームにとどまる
河北新報 – 2011年4月14日
東日本大震災：ボランティア奔走、仙台のＡＬＴ アメリカ人の私が残った事実、勇気に
毎日新聞 2011年4月23日
Is it just sad that flawed science seems to make its way through the domestic media when it tells something nice about NJ?
“On the other hand, radiation level at Iitate has been decreasing, which means it is safe to assume that radiation leaks from the plants stopped”
I’m not concerned about this issue, but this statement is clearly false.
All this means is that the rate of decrease is now greater than the rate of increase. It does not mean it has stopped. That should be obvious.
Moreover, it’s been widely reported that radiation is still leaking from the plant.
“we see reports about fallouts everyday.”
I specified national TV. I asked when was the last time anyone saw this?
What do we get here then?
We get a single link to the JMA showing it displays the IAEA reports. Did they do this initially? No. In fact, initially they were supplying *foreign* sources with this information but not Japanese citizens. In other words, supplying foreigner bureaucrats with this information was more important than supplying it to Japanese citizens. I don’t remember who complained, but this became a minor scandal and now the reports are there. I remember that according to Kyodo news, Edano feigned surprise at the existence of such reports. (Which of course is bizarre, as one would think he would have had an interest in such reports.)
At first the IAEA reports were were provided without any explanation by JMA. Now they are there with an explanation, but they are still hard to follow. The JMA is not providing information for consumers. It’s putting out these reports because they were orded to do so. The reports are not easy to follow.
As far as the other links, they demonstrate two things:
1. There is a serious interest in getting this information in Japan.
2. But to get the information we have to rely on foreign sources.
That is, all these links are to the *same* Japanese site, trying to offer an interpretation of what foreign sources are reporting.
Where are the Japanese sites performing similar modeling and then putting it into an easy to follow graphical interface?
People in Japan should at minimal be frustrated with this situation. But here it is being defended. Why, I have no idea.
Also, note it’s very, very hard to get real time reporting of the level of radioactivity in one’s area. The government monitors this information, but they always report the information at least one day late.
Depending on “one’s area,” some of that info is available here. Granted, some of the information isn’t as real time as one would like.
We are talking about what Ishikawa is saying, no?
Watch the video 543 he clearly says it is decreasing at Iitate with the use of the graph. And I have no reason to doubt the graph is fake.
Right and you are not in disagreement with Ishiakawa’
I took the second sentence (volatile…)from your post.
Did you forget writing it?
And his conclusion, as I wrote, is,
I think the context is clear enough to mean it stopped if not completely.
And I am saying you are asking a empty question.
For instance, what would you expect the national TV to report in a country where it was raining every day in the same way? —nothing because there is nothing new to report.
True.
I don’t remeber Edano feigned surprise. I remember he ordered to show it to the public.
If there is interest in getting this information to such an extent that national TV needs to report everyday . Show me the case where any national TV in a country like Taiwan, Germany, etc is reporting this.
And looking at the archive of monitors in Japan, specifically what do you want national TV to report? and what concerns you?
I don’t think they are trying to interpret:they are just copying the animated maps from JMA and other countries.
Other countries are using various color. Is that what you want ?
Do you mean like this?
http://atmc.jp/
(just scrawl down)
And for other information, loot at the top of the page.
I find this site useful and easy to understand.
http://microsievert.net/
Some Japanese people might be frustrated, I am not.I am curious why you are frustrated with this situation.
Note the chart does not reflect the actual observation of radioactive substances. The calculations are based on the hypothetical
condition by the International Atomic Energy Agency and therefore ”
この結果は国内の対策には参考になりません。”
http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/kokusai/eer_list.html
Specifically what do you want to use it for?
What is being defended here?
I am not sure where you live in Japan, but I have no idea what’s worrying you.
If you want the accuracy, radiation level differs depending on the the hight of measurement from the ground, whether you are indoor or not etc.If you are concerned that much, I suggest you to buy the Geiger counter.
Google Maps link
They shows today’s monitor.
for instance
【神奈川県横須賀市】横須賀地区周辺・環境放射線モニタリングポスト・Yokosuka Environmental radiation monitoring post
Updated Mar 19
■数値を見る（check data）■ 神奈川県の提供情報です。付近周辺に多数観測ポイントがあります。
Check out his home page. Now he’s whinging about “internet trolls” “trying to control the debate”, and asking his readers to write in to the Japan Times and support his viewpoint.
A bloo bloo bloo, Ideto!
Hmm, wonder if he has any “editorial control” over who’s comments get through on the JT?
Hmm apparently he gets a “preview” of the comments before they’re published. Might have some editorial control too. Shame.
“trying to control the debate”?!?!??!
Give that man the Pot and Kettle Award of the Week!
But as usual, for someone using the Gish Gallop technique, quantity of bullshit takes priority over quality of data.
Debunking bullshit claims takes more time, energy, and newspaper space than playing loose with the facts or just making shit up.
Sure, if he gets 3 debitard letters, and only 2 critical letters are published, he’ll think he’s “won”. But of the few gaijin and Japanese who are aware of debito, the vast majority see him for what he is. An astroturf letter-campaign will only further that image – an irrelevant armchair activist with a small band of loyal followers (some of whom actually live in Japan) who can’t handle rational debate, censor opposing opinions, base their arguments on bad information, seem to be motivated by personal issues, and do nothing to solve the problems they claim to fight in their strange campaign of English-language echo-chamber anti-Japan propaganda.
Does debito understand the silliness in devoting more of his “effort” to whining about people who are proving him wrong instead of moving on and reporting accurately on human rights issues in Japan?
If your acitvity as an activist/pundit/whatever becomes more about YOU rather than the issues, it’s the beginning of the end.
He only hurts himself, and his fans are just helping him drive off the cliff.
Laughable.
I wasn’t going to bother writing to JT about his latest article, but now I have. I wrote in as the webmaster for Tepido.org, so let’s see if I can get the URL into JT.
How about we just pose a simple question to debito & co?
What is the difference between a person with a legitimate difference of opinion from yours vs. an “internet troll”?
Is anyone who thinks differently from you a “troll”?
What, someone can hold a legitimate difference of opinion from him? Surely that’s impossible?
Rereading Nikkan gedani Debito cited, I am sure it is not bashing NJ.
http://www.debito.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Nikkan_Gendai.13Apr11-601×1024.jpg
大新聞が書かない福島原発の破滅的真相
Devastating truth Major newspapers don’t write about.
外国人はみんな日本から逃げた
All the foreigners fled.
それは何を意味するのが軽々しく考えない方がいい。
It is better not to take its significance lightly.
Basically it is fueling fear.
Since the foreigners are pessimistic why should not the Japanese be pessimistic? —we should be more pessimistic about the effect of nuclear accident.
That is the point. Read the content.
Many foreigners left. The sensational foreign media and their proficiency partially explain it. But that is not all. Some embassies advised to leave Kanto, considering the worst scenario. Why only Japanese are optimistic?
The content makes it clear from the start that not every foreigners left. The rhetoric is to draw attention how serious the situations of nuclear plants are.
{sent to the managing editor of the Japan Times}
[RESPONSE REQUESTED-->] What’s your journalism ethics policy regarding Debito Arudou’s behavior here:
http://www.debito.org/?p=8894
Debito seems to be attempting to “stuff the ballot box”, so to speak. He is attempting to manufacture positive feedback in order to counteract negative feedback which arose organically.
Much like an author writing a review for his own book or a chef rating his own restaurant, I believe this behavior is unethical for a newspaper.
Does Japan Times permit this sort of digital “Astroturfing?” If it does, you should include a disclaimer mentioning that the positive feedback for Debito’s column was artificially solicited from his fans. To my knowledge, there is no organized letter write-in campaign to criticize Debito’s article.
Ironically, his call for positive feedback may now increase negative feedback as well, as they too have read Debito’s call.
In this interest of Journalistic integrity, it’d probably be best for Japan Times to not accept any community feedback, positive or negative, dated after May 8, 2011, and state the reason for doing so (astroturfing).
If Japan Times does not print this disclaimer and allows the debito.org group to manufacture praise for Japan Times columnists, I think it should be the duty of other newspapers in Japan to call out Japan Times editorial behavior.
[RESPONSE REQUESTED->] Debito Arudou, by the looks of his blog post, seems to have insight into what goes into the community feedback. What powers and/or influence does he or any other JT columnist have regarding the censorship and selection of reader feedback?
Thanks for that, Eido. Please keep us posted with their reply.
I just read Ideto’s call to pitchforks again and couldn’t help but roll my eyes hugely again. He calls people who disagree with him “bashers”, as in “Ideto-bashing”, but he goes into full-on rant mode when he reads the phrase “Japan-bashing”.
NO YOU SEE, THEY DEFLECT ACTUAL PRODUCTIVE CRITICISM BY LABELLING IT BASHING, WE CAN’T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THAT by the way anyone who disagrees with my opinion here is a “basher”
”
Internet bullies are writing in and once again trying to reassert their control over the debate.”
I don’ know whether and how many people were writing in Japan Times, but Debito controls the debate on his blog. So he admits he and the posters on Debito blog are an internet bullies, no?
when was the last time you saw reports about Fukushima Daiichi fallout on national TV
一応これについて記録を残しておきますと。
なお、これは、2011年04月14日付けの投稿なので、現在はどうかわかりません。お知りになりたければ、どうかチェックしてみてください。
民間の観測データとあわせて、というところに注目しましょう。
私はテレビをみないのでわかりませんが、全国新聞では、変わったことがあると、報道しております。
ごく最近ーー本日付ーーーのものでは、
http://fileman.blog94.fc2.com/blog-entry-1130.html
この方のブログを利用させていただくと、過去でも
同様に報道されております。
正確な情報を手に入れるようにしましょう。
日本語でのGoogle検索は大変便利です。
それが困難な場合には、こうしたことに詳しい日本人のお友達ーーー日本人でもよく知っているとはかぎらないーーーにお聞きになるのもいいかと思います。
“If Japan Times does not print this disclaimer and allows the debito.org group to manufacture praise for Japan Times columnists, I think it should be the duty of other newspapers in Japan to call out Japan Times editorial behavior.”
The practice of “Astroturfing” is similar to the problems of self-selected or “opt-in” responses to internet polls. Neither accurately reflects what the population might be thinking on an issue because the sample already exhibits a biased interest in the subject matter. And if the population doesn’t really care what the article argues without being encouraged to say something that speaks volumes to its overall importance on a political level.
It’s interesting that Debito is now seeking to stack the deck in the name of “balance.” The practice is highly questionable at the very least, and probably unethical.
I look forward to reading the reply from the Japan Times’ managing editor, but I suspect there won’t be one. Get ready to contact the Daily Yomiuri/Yomiuri, Nikkei, Asahi, Mainichi, and Sankei if that’s the case — one or more of their journalists might want to write a story about it.
Meh. The best way to get Mr. Arimichi off Japan Times is to *not* click on links to his articles and *not* write letters-to-the-editor in regards to his articles. At the same time, spend time viewing the other columnists, and occasionally write thoughtful letters in response to those writers.
When Japan Times sees a disproportionally low number of hits to Mr. Arimichi’s column, they’ll dump him. But so long as you guys keeping raising a stink, Japan Times gets numbers it can show to paying advertisers, which is all they’re really worried about.
(And if you *really* want to read his verbal discharge, I’m pretty certain he posts it on his blog, thereby conveniently allowing you to self-flagellate without tipping off Japan Times.)
@tmh
I agree, but still shoot the JT an email letting them know that you are doing so and why.