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Re: How to survive in Japan [English]

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From: Shintaro Inagaki
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 01:44
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In article <CLAUDE.92Sep4170018@tokyo.trc.mew.mei.co.jp> claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp (Claude Huss) writes:
    >>
    >>Think about:
    >>	 -> How a long a foreigner can stay here? 
    >>	 -> What are their limitations?
    >>	 -> Don't Japanese stereotype foreigners?
    >> 
Yes, unfortunately some narrow minded Japanese really stereotype foreigners.
What's funny is they also stereotype Japanese, We-Japanese again.

I realized such a narrow-minded-separation when one of my American friends
told me his experience that:

He is a member of a sports club in Tokyo.
There is a shelf at the entrance of the club divided into many small divisions
to contain the cards of each member that records his sports activity.
The divisions are labeled with Japanese alphabet, A I U E O KA...,
so that each member has his card in the division of his initial;
for example Mr. Aoki has his card in the A division while
Mr. Kato has it in the KA's.
My friend said his card is in a division labeled Foreigners; he looked sad.

I believe such a system offends people, and the club should change it.

By the way, what is foreigner's stereotype exactly?

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From: inagaki@aclab1.resrch.anritsu.co.jp (Shintaro Inagaki)
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Subject: Re: How to survive in Japan [English]
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Date: 5 Sep 92 01:44:55 GMT
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