Japan and Japanese

[cammerjeff]

And every other country I am sure! Envoy must be from the USA? We can be more than a bit arrogant in my experiance, especially when traveling to other countries!

 

[Shinpachi]

The envoy may be thinking himself from the US but even the envoy from China speaks Japanese fluently.

 

[Shinpachi]

Edwin O. Reischauer (1910-1990) was a popular US Ambassdor to Japan from 1961 to 1966.
He not only spoke good Japanese but his wife was Japanese.
As an envoy, speaking the local language will be the first step to be a good diplomat.

Edwin and Haru

エドウィン・O・ライシャワー | Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

エドウィン・オールドファザー・ライシャワー（1910年10月～1990年9月）は、東京を拠点に活動をしていたキリスト教長老派教会宣教師の家庭に生まれ育ちました 。16歳の時に日本を離れオーバーリン大学へ入学。その後、ハーハード大学へ進み東アジア史を専攻。その間、５年間はパリ、東京、京都、北京へ留学します。1938年、夫人のエイドリアンとともに米国へ戻り、1939年に博士号を取得。その後、1941年に国務省および米国陸軍のリサーチアナリスト、軍の日本言語プログラムのオーガナイザー、翻訳者として抜擢されるまで、極東言語学部において教鞭を執りました。

rijs.fas.harvard.edu

 

[Snautzer01]

Edwin O. Reischauer (1910-1990) was a popular US Ambassdor to Japan from 1961 to 1966.
He not only spoke good Japanese but his wife was Japanese.
As an envoy, speaking the local language will be the first step to be a good diplomat.

Edwin and Haru
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エドウィン・O・ライシャワー | Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

エドウィン・オールドファザー・ライシャワー（1910年10月～1990年9月）は、東京を拠点に活動をしていたキリスト教長老派教会宣教師の家庭に生まれ育ちました 。16歳の時に日本を離れオーバーリン大学へ入学。その後、ハーハード大学へ進み東アジア史を専攻。その間、５年間はパリ、東京、京都、北京へ留学します。1938年、夫人のエイドリアンとともに米国へ戻り、1939年に博士号を取得。その後、1941年に国務省および米国陸軍のリサーチアナリスト、軍の日本言語プログラムのオーガナイザー、翻訳者として抜擢されるまで、極東言語学部において教鞭を執りました。

rijs.fas.harvard.edu

Interessing. I know plenty of diplomats speaking more or less english. However most finer things goes by them. Japanese is i think a different ballgame all together.

 

[Shinpachi]

Interessing. I know plenty of diplomats speaking more or less english. However most finer things goes by them. Japanese is i think a different ballgame all together.

I learned English remembering hundreds or a thousand words one after another

 

[Snautzer01]

I learned English remembering hundreds or a thousand words one after another

That does not make fluent or get a grasp of the finer detail in a lingo. At best in that circels it is a learned text.
I can speak dutch english understand german and french. I do know the finer things in english but far from all.
And these are lingos that have a common base. Japanese has not.
So i can applaude you for doing so very good in english.
I was just wondering if the man spoke good japanese or you guys just being polite.

 

[Shinpachi]

That does not make fluent or get a grasp of the finer detail in a lingo. At best in that circels it is a learned text.
I can speak dutch english understand german and french. I do know the finer things in english but far from all.
And these are lingos that have a common base. Japanese has not.
So i can applaude you for doing so very good in english.
I was just wondering if the man spoke good japanese or you guys just being polite.

I don't understand most of the English jokes either as my sense for them is different

 

[Snautzer01]

Must be. My daughter is a big Japan fan. Learned herself a bit of you tube japanese.
She made me see we are not the same.
Although the West is connected deeply with Japan i think most do not have a grasp how different we are. Yet we get along just fine know.
I think i would marvel at just about everything if i went to Japan in a good way.

 

[manta22]

And every other country I am sure! Envoy must be from the USA? We can be more than a bit arrogant in my experiance, especially when traveling to other countries!

If that person is an American envoy, he should be removed immediately! The last 2 years has been a disgrace!

 

[Shinpachi]

JAXA rocket motor test resulted in failure


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xYP1eHJMFw

 

[Shinpachi]

Generally, people don't pay attention to scientific news but this was a good news recently.

One step closer to starting operations next year. At the research facility "Nanoterrace" being developed at the campus of Tohoku University in Sendai City, they have succeeded in making electrons circulate semi-permanently at a speed close to the speed of light.

The next-generation synchrotron radiation facility "Nanoterrace" is a gigantic microscope that uses synchrotron radiation, which is one billion times brighter than sunlight. This can be expected to develop pharmaceuticals and new materials. In an experiment conducted at the facility in June, they succeeded in accumulating electrons in which electrons continue to circulate semi-permanently and observed synchrotron radiation with a monitor.

When a similar experiment was conducted at the large-scale synchrotron radiation facility "SPring-8" in Hyogo Prefecture, it took 236 days to observe the synchrotron radiation but, at this Nanoterrace, it has been shortened to 60 days to observe.

Dr. Nobuyuki Nishimori of the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology says "Since we have taken the first big step toward practical application, we would like to move on to the next task."


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9dE4zxwhxc

 

[Shinpachi]

Georgian ambassador's car assaulted in Tokyo yesterday.
It seems that the attacker did not know the car belonged to the embassy but was triggered by a traffic jam.
The ambassador speaks very good Japanese like "Sonna-ni yawa-ja naidesu-kara ware-ware-mo = Don't fuck with me."
Perfect!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRa5_DzASIg

 

[Shinpachi]

Technology but always looks a gamble for this company.
SoftBank to Receive Subsidies for Supercomputer Development

SoftBank to Receive Subsidies for Supercomputer Development

Japanese industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said Friday the government will offer a subsidy of some 5.3 billion yen to SoftBank Corp. for its plan to build a supercomputer for developing generative artificial intelligence. A supercomputer that can learn and calculate vast amounts of data is...

sp.m.jiji.com

 

[Shinpachi]

"I am 64! Forget your stupid rule!"

This Nepalese who lives in Japan for 40 years is furious because he is asked his age.
In Japan, a customer is to be confirmed age if he/she is over 20 before purchasing tobacco.
As far as I know, this kind of uniform sales style based on the manual was introduced by McDonald's half a century ago for the first time. I was not furious but used to laugh


View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nORhyf28TjE

 

[cammerjeff]

Is that the same Softbank that owns or sponsors my Favorite Japanese Baseball team?

 

[Shinpachi]

Is that the same Softbank that owns or sponsors my Favorite Japanese Baseball team?
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Yes, it is
They do risky business.

 

[GrauGeist]

Major retailers here in the U.S. ask for ID (driver's license) when purchasing alcohol or tobacco products.

If that Nepalese guy has a problem with the rules, then perhaps he should consider going home...

 

[Snautzer01]

My face is my age check. I can understand for young people when it can be hard to see or a self check out, but it ridicules at certain point when you adres a person at the counter.

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Dave and Snautzer for your right answers

This is another risky business by Osaka prefectural government -
With overseas pavilions not yet started, time is running out for Osaka Expo being scheduled in 2025.

Bidding process fails for building Japan Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Japanese land and infrastructure authorities are rushing to find a building contractor for the Japan Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai.

www3.nhk.or.jp

 

[ARTESH]

As for that person, shame on them for promoting a murderer. I hope the court hands down a harsh sentence.

Promoting murderers is something quite usual, in my country, unfortunately! Specially if they are of the enemy's origin, a.k.a Arabs!