Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Can i sign in a Japanese civilain as my guest at atsugi base?

Question:

I am stationed in California, but I am on vacation visiting my fiancé (Japanese citizen). I need to go to the navy exchange. Can i sign her in as a guest?

Answer:

Hmmmm, just guessing here but I would think that you should check with those in charge at the Atsugi Base????

How to setup an online English school in Japan?

Question:

I am planning to establish an online English school for Japanese students. I know how the system works and all but I need to know the websites where I can advertise and so potential students can evaluate the services our school will offer. Thanks.

Answer:

First answer is correct except that it is not compulsory to hire any Japanese locals. Well i will tell you straight up (as someone into business) that your chances of success is very slim indeed. The market is already saturated as it is and the average Japanese learns English in schools these days (as part of the curriculum) or knows how to get resources for free. And those already running their business in Japan (mostly offline) have done so for years and have good contacts. You are coming in as a newbie and chances of failure is much higher than any chance of succeeding

Do Japanese people hate or like Magibon/MRirian?

Question:

MRirian from YouTube , or "Magibon"

I noticed a lot of ppl from here (US) rly seem to be annoyed by her or call her ugly :/

Do Japanese ppl think she's cute? How about you?

Answer:

Most Japanese people don't know those girls. Not interested in them.

Will it be ok to go to tokyo in july?

Question:

I was think of going to tokyo in the summer just want to know is everything ok now..........and will all the shops and food place n arcade still be open????

Answer:

Look, do a database search on this site and you will find that this question has been asked on almost a daily basis since the earthquake.

Yes, it is okay. No problem. No danger.

If you were to order something from Japan on Amazon, would it carry the nuecluar radiation?

Question:

Im ordering an original gameboy advance.

Answer:

No, it will not. Don't you think if Japanese products were radioactive it would be affecting the sellers as well ? It's not, is it ? The only dangerous areas are very close to the nuke plants in Fukushima. No one is allowed to get within 20 miles of them, maybe more.

Answer:

Online Apple Store in Japan prices in Yen:

Studio: 34,800
Tour: 15,000
Tour (with ControlTalk): 19,800
Solo HD: 25,800
iBeats: 11,800
PowerBeats: 17,800

Probably you can buy it at cheaper price down in Akihabara or other online websites

Is it true that you can't get a work visa to Japan if you're over 40?

Since I have studied abroad in Japan twice and also a Japanese major in college, I was invited to talk about Japan to about 20-30 elementary students. I have some stuff I will be showing them that I bought or acquired when I was studying in Japan, but what else should I talk about to them?

I was planning to teach them how to count from 1-10, maybe easy phrases like: Thank you, sorry, etc.

What else would be good? I think after I talk about stuff, it will just be open-ended where they could ask me questions about Japan.

I think I have to talk with them for about an hour or so.

Any tips would be great! Thanks.

Answer:

You will obviously want to change it based on their grade level, but I once did the same thing for some 2nd graders.

Things they may be interested in:
Anime/manga (especially ones that they watch on TV)
video games
Clothing (uniforms, regular clothes, special clothing)
Food (I mean - EVERYONE loves food)
Transportation - how do kids get to school, how do people travel, etc.,
Simple geography - show how Japan compares to your home country in size, where it is on a map, etc.,

You may want to teach them some origami - its easy and something they can show their parents. Maybe teach them how to use chopsticks and play a game where they have to try and move beans with them.

Play some Japanese games with them - for example daruma ga koronda, fruit basket, or karuta.
Play some Japanese music - traditional and modern.
Have them practice writing some characters (hiragana or easy kanji).

I wouldn't rely on the questions to take a lot of time. Sometimes my junior high students don't ask much of anything. I remember having guest speakers come in high school and even university and the Q&A sessions were often very quiet.

You may want to show some video clips, especially good if you can find some from the travel channel or anything educational. That is more likely to be accurate than something from an anime/drama.

Just try and think of things that will apply best to the age group. Obviously the younger kids will have less of an attention span.

If they are older you may want to talk a little about the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

Question:

江戸時代の日本は鎖国したので、
独特な文化や文芸が盛んになった。

Edo jidai no nippon wa sakoku shita node, dokutokuna bunka ya bungei ga sakan ni natta.

Does Japan use regular lockers?

Answer:

No one here knows. You should give JetStar a call to ask them.

What is going to happen to Japan?

Question:

Im wondering if their going to try and rebuild the country or just evacuate because of the nuclear power plants.

Answer:

Asking this question is exactly the same as asking if the U.S. will be evacuated because of hurricane Katrina. The only rebuilding that needs to be done is from the tsunami damage to some coastal areas. Japan is the size of California. The power plant problem affects about 8 km and there is a 30 km radius where people have been evacuated from as a precaution. No one has been injured except for two workers who were drowned by the tsunami and one who died of a heart attack, he was sixty. No workers have exceeded the allowed radiation dosage so there are not expected to be any long term effects. None of the public is expected to have any radiation sickness either.

If anything, the situation shows how safe nuclear power is. Consider that forty year old plants were hit with an earthquake five times the strength they were designed for and yet they still shut down safely. The generators came on like they were supposed to when grid power was cut. Then the tsunami hit and the generators were wiped out. However, the battery backup still worked for the designed eight hours. The problem happened when no new generators could be put in. Even so the problems have been minimal--media scare mongering for ratings not withstanding.

Here is an informative article describing the situation:
http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/03/13/fu…

And here is where you find current, factual status information:
http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsun…
Historical status:
http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/2011…

And a slide presentation that describes the effects:
http://www.slideshare.net/iaea/radiologi…

And here is a chart that helps make sense of the numbers:
http://www.xkcd.com/radiation/

What would Japan be like today if Buddhism wasn't introduced and Shinto was the only religion of Japan?

Question:

Answer:

I don't know how come you think "not so many". There are 23 billionaires in 2010 Forbes list.

Actually, billionaires in Japan and in the world have much of their asset as stocks. But as Japanese stock market is slumping in the last 20 years, their asset value has been falling.

There used to be more than 100 of them in Japan. But now it's fewer because of stagnant stock market.

Other stock markets are doing fairly well.

Addition:
>because Hong Kong alone has nearly double the country of Japan's billionaires

HK has very low income tax rate. So billionaires want to move to HK. This place has completely different reason as to why there are many billionaires.