Japan and Japanese

[The Basket]

There was an author talking about research about WW2.

There is Japanese info out there but in Japanese.

Is Japanese books not getting translated into English?

I would have assumed there are enough guys out there who can translate this?

The young girl types faster than I can see her typing! She must be getting an award for typing cos she is flying through that.

Hiragana is a simple kanji which is phonetic?

How would she know English letters and there sounds?

Do children in Japan learn English from an early age?

There was a Japanese presentation at a local college. The only Japanese phrase I know is Kongo gata junyosenkan. I didn't say that!

 

[MiTasol]

There is Japanese info out there but in Japanese.

Is Japanese books not getting translated into English?

Way back until the 1990s Koku Fan had 16 page English summary included in each issue. The translation was not perfect but it was accurate enough for the vast majority of readers.

Then and now Koku Fan and Model Art are probably the best magazines in their category but no English translations really reduces their usability. I am sure that if either/both started an English language edition it would outsell the Japanese version many times over.

Trying to use a phone app to translate those wonderful magazines is a total waste of time and energy.

 

[Shinpachi]

There was an author talking about research about WW2.

There is Japanese info out there but in Japanese.

Is Japanese books not getting translated into English?

I would have assumed there are enough guys out there who can translate this?

The young girl types faster than I can see her typing! She must be getting an award for typing cos she is flying through that.

Hiragana is a simple kanji which is phonetic?

How would she know English letters and there sounds?

Do children in Japan learn English from an early age?

There was a Japanese presentation at a local college. The only Japanese phrase I know is Kongo gata junyosenkan. I didn't say that!

Japanese begin to learn English at junior high school at the age of 12 or 13.
Some love to learn it but others as they can live without speaking it in the society. Only a few percent people need it at work. No enough manpower for translation.

Yes, Hiragana and Katakana came from Kanji to express basic 50 phonetic alphabet.
English alphabet and Japanese alphabet are selectable on the Japanese keyboard.

Kongo gata junyosenkan = 金剛型巡洋戦艦(Kongo type cruiser)

 

[The Basket]

How prevalent is the English language in Japan? I would have thought English as a business language or even as a culture songs and films would be more of a thing.

Can an English speaking traveller get by?

Are you aware of the popularity of Anime in western culture. Also the terms waifu and weeaboo?

Kongo gata junyosenkan will not get you far me thinks.

 

[Shinpachi]

How Japanese people are familiar with English.
Typical example by the generation.
Anime is totally out of my interest.

Yuriko Koike


Mari Sekine

 

[Shinpachi]

Making Olympic medals.
I did not know that gold medal is not pure gold but gold plated silver medal as IOC rule.

 

[michaelmaltby]

... wonderful video. Bravo, Japan. Job well done. +++

 

[MiTasol]

I was sent this link by a friend who is into WW2 motorcycles and it shows that the Japanese were very innovative in that field pre WW2. This WW2 fire-fighting trike is the strangest, coolest thing we've seen all week
A beautiful restoration.
There must be more information out there.

 

[ThomasP]

Cool!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

I was sent this link by a friend who is into WW2 motorcycles and it shows that the Japanese were very innovative in that field pre WW2. This WW2 fire-fighting trike is the strangest, coolest thing we've seen all week
A beautiful restoration.
There must be more information out there.

Thank you very much for such an interesting post, MiTasol
Many makers built them and I saw some larger ones as a kid in the 1950s.
Tricycles were still popular even in the 1960s.
I remember the scene clearly as I was about to be killed by one of them

Source: 三輪消防車と「赤とんぼ」

Source:

 

[Wurger]

 

[MiTasol]

Thank you for the extra photos Shinpachi. With the people in the scene it makes it much easier to gauge the size and that see they are much larger than the news story photo suggested to me. Looking back I now see how small the seat is.

 

[ARTESH]

Dear Shinpachi, Any recommendation about Japanese Traditional / Folklore Music Artists? And Also Any recommendation about Japanese songs, any genres, before 1980?

 

[Shinpachi]

Dear Shinpachi, Any recommendation about Japanese Traditional / Folklore Music Artists? And Also Any recommendation about Japanese songs, any genres, before 1980?

I recommend "To my sister(妹)" by Kohsetsu Minami in 1974



"To be together again (あの素晴らしい愛をもう一度)" by Osamu Kitayama/Kazuhiko Kato in 1971 may follow

 

[Shinpachi]

As you may know ARTESH, this Japanese Iranian girl Rina seems to be very popular not only in Japan but overseas now.

 

[ARTESH]

As you may know ARTESH, this Japanese Iranian girl Rina seems to be very popular not only in Japan but overseas now.

Yes, She is well known to Iranians. There are some Iranian Youtubers living in Japan, 2 most famous are:

"My life in Japan"

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxEQ58atlMM4lNkzrefwwkQ

and "Japan With Negin and Takumi"

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8KUpxGaZdcyf-dWXCkr3iA

Unfortunately, both are in Persian.

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Also this Video is about What Iranians think of Jaspan:

 

[MiTasol]

This was a world wide hit in the 60s. If my memory is correct Kyu Sakamoto was one of the people on the 747 that crashed in mountains in Japan due to a badly executed structural repair.

 

[SaparotRob]

This was a world wide hit in the 60s. If my memory is correct Kyu Sakamoto was one of the people on the 747 that crashed in mountains in Japan due to a badly executed structural repair.

Wow. That was a blast from the past.

 

[Shinpachi]

IOC President Thomas Bach is still in Japan.

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バッハ会長、千葉で観戦〔パラリンピック〕 (時事通信) - Yahoo!ニュース

ゴールボールの試合を観戦後、会場を後にする国際オリンピック委員会のバッハ会長（左）。右は日本オリンピック委員会の山下泰裕会長＝２５日、千葉・幕張メッセ - Yahoo!ニュース(時事通信)

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Busy as a presenter

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IOCバッハ会長がパラ競泳銅の鈴木孝幸の表彰式に登場し反響「嘘やん」「水泳観戦の後、浅草でもいくのか？」 (中日スポーツ) - Yahoo!ニュース

男子５０メートル平泳ぎの表彰式に出席したＩＯＣのバッハ会長。奥は３位の鈴木孝幸 - Yahoo!ニュース(中日スポーツ)

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