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March 18, 2010
THE NIHONGO ISSUE Regarding “Rethinking Japanese” (Feature, March 5): I really think there is some sort of cultural block that prevents the Japanese from being able to teach language. Though reading and writing Japanese is a challenge (even to the Japanese), the spoken language is no more difficult than any Western language I’ve ever studied. In...

Mar 18, 2010 | No Comments | 43 views
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OF BOYS AND BUDDHAS Regarding “Buddha Boys” (Pop Life, February 19): Japan takes the gold, silver and bronze in shallow expectations. It is a wonder anyone manages to hook up and have a healthy relationship… Japan deserves to have a declining population and all that comes with it. [Nobody does anything about] the work and social issues ...

Mar 11, 2010 | No Comments | 85 views
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March 4, 2010

Don’t Bank On It Regarding “Banking with the Dinosaurs” (The Last Word, February 19): I would agree with most of what was written here—if it were written in 1993. I haven’t had a problem with cash machines in Tokyo for a long time. Most convenience stores also have cash machines, and most of these take NYCE cards. ...

Mar 4, 2010 | No Comments | 134 views
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The Fame Monster Regarding “Girl Talk” (Star Struck, Jan 22): I hope she is not like those airhead reporters you see on some Japanese variety programs. The girl waits in the corridor outside the star’s hotel room, talking to the camera, telling us how doki-doki (nervous) she is. Then they go in and she shakes hands ...

Feb 18, 2010 | No Comments | 173 views
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Drawing a crowd Regarding “A Year to Remember” (Feature, Dec 25 – Jan 7): Good gods, every time I see more of Chip Boles’ work, I’m exponentially impressed! Great job on the year-in-review feature. The caricatures were insanely perfect and I’m thinking of scanning that Oasis page to make a PC wallpaper out of it (if ...

Feb 11, 2010 | No Comments | 107 views
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Feb 4, 2010

Foreign-born pols Regarding “Poll Position” (Feature, Jan 15): Very interesting. I had no idea there was such a critter as a “foreign-born politician” anywhere in Japan. How very narrow-minded of me, especially since I come from the land of the Gubinator (CA). And to all the naysayers: be patient—Japan is taking baby steps, yes, but taking ...

Feb 4, 2010 | No Comments | 139 views
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