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NHK Newswatch 9 on Koreans and Indonesians

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 [...]

A few odds and ends

Good news: an Indonesian nurse who passed the Japanese nursing exam recently went up to Iwate from Kobe to help. NHK Kobe had a good feature on her last night. Curious news: A Linux user buys In Appropriate and finds it DRMed and not Linux friendly, and asks Mr Arudou for help. Mr Arudou apparently [...]