Fri 13 Aug, 2004 08:26 pm - [quote="fortune"]I've heard about a certain syndrom which appears to be peculiar to Japan, wherein teens and young adults are known to withdraw completely from society, living in... (view)
Fri 13 Aug, 2004 08:15 pm - [quote="Jer"]I am serious indeed exister - I'm guessing that most of it has to do with a lack of good-paying jobs and the high price of real estate in our cities. It's not like... (view)
Thu 12 Aug, 2004 11:34 pm - Re: Japan lovers may not want to read this.
[quote="Jer"]Exister,
I believe that the average age for a child leaving home for the last time in Canada is about 27 years old, so you... (view)
Thu 12 Aug, 2004 08:07 pm - [quote="Acquiunk"]The military are siblings. The scholars and colleagues were/are Japanese anthropologists who have been in the states for varying periods of time.[/quote]
To a... (view)
Thu 12 Aug, 2004 08:03 pm - Re: Japan lovers may not want to read this.
I realized after that I misread your comment about the expats. Since you're disagreeing with me because what you've heard is different,... (view)
Thu 12 Aug, 2004 07:48 pm - Military, scholars and colleagues. Well, one thing these 3 all have in common that limits them from seeing the culture indepth is that they aren't Japanese. If you were to send a Japanese... (view)
Thu 12 Aug, 2004 07:28 pm - My biological father is American. I went to an international school in Okinawa cause my mother wanted me to learn English. You could say I grew up in 2 different cultures. One being the school and... (view)
Thu 12 Aug, 2004 07:10 pm - [quote="Acquiunk"][quote="-=Exister=-"] If you mean by race then you're wrong cause I am Japanese. [/quote]
No I mean by culture. Where did you spend the first 20 years... (view)
Thu 12 Aug, 2004 07:01 pm - [quote="Acquiunk"][quote="-=Exister=-"] You get my point?[/quote]
sounds like ethnocentrism to me.[/quote]
If you mean by race then you're wrong cause I am... (view)
Thu 12 Aug, 2004 06:27 pm - [quote="dròm_et_rêve"][color=darkblue]Exister, every society leaves much to be desired for. You can't blanket Japanese people as immoral and prostitutive.... (view)
