Posted by Guy on June 4, 2007
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Meet my former neighbor, Mr. ‘F,’ a senior employee of Shinsei Bank. Why is he bending forward grabbing his ankles? That’s how he greeted foreigners outside his uchi (house).
Today everything looks upside down!
It gives a new meaning to Customer Focus at Shinsei bank (see Shinsei Vision and Values). “We provide unparalleled solutions with speed and ability based on our customer’s evolving needs.”
Way to go Shin!
Having learned his new boss was a foreigner, a Korean pig farmer, no less, he completely flipped, rumor has it, and went into his natural ‘Heads down, butts up!’ posture. Apparently, he was unable to straighten up for a long time afterwards, so his wife had to go to work instead!
Rumor has it (again) that he and his famous Korean boss finally reached an understanding plotting to stage a coup (with the help of Rupert Merdoch?) to do away with tradition and revolutionize the way ALL Japanese look at the world!
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Posted by Guy on May 29, 2007
Send your tiny tikes to Okinawa to do some good, Mr. Ando, they will have plenty to retaliate. Why not teach them to protect the chastity of the local damsels in distress, for starters, instead of condoning their antisocial behavior toward friendly foreigners (see previous post).
One recent survey by a school teacher on Okinawa found a third of his female high school students had been sexually molested by U.S. soldiers, a violation U.S. base officers have often dismissed as ‘flirting, because boys will be boys.’
Since the end of WWII, the livelihood and human rights of Okinawans have been violated by high-level noise pollution from military drills, aircraft accidents, environmental destruction, and crimes committed by U.S. military personnel.
One of the worst postwar crimes committed by US military in Okinawa was the 1955 rape and murder of six-year-old Yumiko. The accused, Isaac J. Hart, was not convicted. In 1995 three US servicemen abducted and gang-raped a 12-year-old girl; however, Japan could not try the accused servicemen at the time of the incident because the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement gave US soldiers immunity from local laws!
Ishiganto stone (Yomitan, Okinawa) is believed to ward off evil spirits! Public domain photo by Wikipedia User:Fg2
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