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	<title>Comments on: The &#8220;No Gaijin Allowed&#8221; mentality</title>
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		<title>By: Hekie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hekie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You clearly don&#039;t understand anything about japanese brazilians ,so please don&#039;t say stupid things..&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;* First : The brazilian government never paid anything to bring japanese workers.&lt;br&gt;* Second:It was emperor&#039;s desire(or the government&#039;s desire)to send people overseas because of overpopulation and high levels of unemployment the country faced mainly because of the (1905)Nippo-russian war.&lt;br&gt;*My grandfather (who was japanese) was a very proud person and he was very loyal to Japan. He would NEVER accept to be treated like a slave and had a very prosperous life in Brazil.&lt;br&gt;*The japanese are the second most prosperous ethnic group in Brazil(1,600,000),just behind the jews(96,000.)&lt;br&gt;*Many of the &quot;dekasegi&quot; go to Japan because the salaries are higher and the country is safe.&lt;br&gt;*The western jew media is manipulated by the jew masters,and i think you should get facts straight.&lt;br&gt;(Ps:I&#039;m Sansei)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You clearly don&#39;t understand anything about japanese brazilians ,so please don&#39;t say stupid things..</p>
<p>* First : The brazilian government never paid anything to bring japanese workers.<br />* Second:It was emperor&#39;s desire(or the government&#39;s desire)to send people overseas because of overpopulation and high levels of unemployment the country faced mainly because of the (1905)Nippo-russian war.<br />*My grandfather (who was japanese) was a very proud person and he was very loyal to Japan. He would NEVER accept to be treated like a slave and had a very prosperous life in Brazil.<br />*The japanese are the second most prosperous ethnic group in Brazil(1,600,000),just behind the jews(96,000.)<br />*Many of the &#8220;dekasegi&#8221; go to Japan because the salaries are higher and the country is safe.<br />*The western jew media is manipulated by the jew masters,and i think you should get facts straight.<br />(Ps:I&#39;m Sansei)</p>
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		<title>By: Jake Murphy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jake Murphy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, question, what are Japanese people&#039;s view on Irish people? Please tell me they don&#039;t adore us like the Americans....&lt;br&gt;Although we are quite cuddly....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, question, what are Japanese people&#39;s view on Irish people? Please tell me they don&#39;t adore us like the Americans&#8230;.<br />Although we are quite cuddly&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: TwoBlue</title>
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		<dc:creator>TwoBlue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perhaps the biggest tip is one of body language and mutual understanding. Being open and friendly will net similar responses. Acting with superiority and dominance (the so-called &quot;gaijin smash&quot;) will net distrust and cold feelings.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps the biggest tip is one of body language and mutual understanding. Being open and friendly will net similar responses. Acting with superiority and dominance (the so-called &#8220;gaijin smash&#8221;) will net distrust and cold feelings.</p>
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		<title>By: Designer handbags</title>
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		<dc:creator>Designer handbags</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the article! :D</description>
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		<title>By: TwoBlue</title>
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		<dc:creator>TwoBlue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perhaps the biggest tip is one of body language and mutual understanding. Being open and friendly will net similar responses. Acting with superiority and dominance (the so-called &quot;gaijin smash&quot;) will net distrust and cold feelings.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps the biggest tip is one of body language and mutual understanding. Being open and friendly will net similar responses. Acting with superiority and dominance (the so-called &#8220;gaijin smash&#8221;) will net distrust and cold feelings.</p>
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		<title>By: Designer handbags</title>
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		<dc:creator>Designer handbags</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the article! :D</description>
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		<title>By: leiyayon</title>
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		<dc:creator>leiyayon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Beautiful Imagery there~</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beautiful Imagery there~</p>
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		<title>By: leiyayon</title>
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		<dc:creator>leiyayon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry for the random comment but I have lived in both Hawai&#039;i and Jaoan for a considerable amount of time and there is definatly (in my cases) a much higher amount of tension between the Hawaiian natives and teh mainlanders and caucasians in general compared to Japan. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I lived in Hawai&#039;i at a young age for quite some time and was put in a private school in the fear that I would be rejected or even abused by the other children If I had been put into a public school. Now this isn&#039;t a statement on the Hawaiians at all and Im certainly not acusing anyone of anything yet I had gotten my fair share of dirty looks and rude comments from the residents despite being a resident myself for a number of years. Now I lived on the Big Island and it drastically differs from its sister islands yet mostly because of the tourism. I basically had a long-standing  joke with natives and Japanese-Philapino-Ect ect. alike that they want you to &quot;spend your money and go&quot;, yet all in good humor.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now when I got older I had already been exposed to Japanese culture, seeing as many people of Japanese decent resided in the big island of Hawai&#039;i and Ive had many friends, both american and japanese born, and I was finally ready to embark on my new japanese life. I had taken my time to learn the language as throughly as I could (though I admit, despite still having a very much up and running contact with my friend in Tokyo my japanese has gotten rusty, occupied with various other languages I had been learning) and took a plane to live in Japan with my close close friend.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It really was shocking for me, not at all used to the huge citys so Tokyo came as a surprise. Their reactiosn even more so. Imediatly bombarrded with cameras and phones alike I got swarmed itn the streets for my unique hair (blonde) and eye (green) color and as soon as I escaped the crowded streets I rushed to the nearest pay-phone with a call to my friend in a very crude shout of: &quot;Tasukete!&quot;&lt;br&gt;He had told me to next time...wear a hat. The culture was extremly different but thanks to livign in Hawai&#039;i and having friends of Japanese decent, I had fit in quite nicely. There was, admitadly some animostity and when I was left alone for a few times I had gotten harrased by people but for them ost part everyone was extremely well-mannered! &lt;br&gt;School, is a different story however and the students are not nearly as tolerent as their older counterparts and bulling did occur yet I was fortunantly a strong-willed child and found my place in the social standing and before I knew it, my excitinf Japanese Adventure had been over.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And not once had I seen a sign that had  &quot;No Gaijin&quot; printed boldly across it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry for the random comment but I have lived in both Hawai&#39;i and Jaoan for a considerable amount of time and there is definatly (in my cases) a much higher amount of tension between the Hawaiian natives and teh mainlanders and caucasians in general compared to Japan. </p>
<p>I lived in Hawai&#39;i at a young age for quite some time and was put in a private school in the fear that I would be rejected or even abused by the other children If I had been put into a public school. Now this isn&#39;t a statement on the Hawaiians at all and Im certainly not acusing anyone of anything yet I had gotten my fair share of dirty looks and rude comments from the residents despite being a resident myself for a number of years. Now I lived on the Big Island and it drastically differs from its sister islands yet mostly because of the tourism. I basically had a long-standing  joke with natives and Japanese-Philapino-Ect ect. alike that they want you to &#8220;spend your money and go&#8221;, yet all in good humor.</p>
<p>Now when I got older I had already been exposed to Japanese culture, seeing as many people of Japanese decent resided in the big island of Hawai&#39;i and Ive had many friends, both american and japanese born, and I was finally ready to embark on my new japanese life. I had taken my time to learn the language as throughly as I could (though I admit, despite still having a very much up and running contact with my friend in Tokyo my japanese has gotten rusty, occupied with various other languages I had been learning) and took a plane to live in Japan with my close close friend.</p>
<p>It really was shocking for me, not at all used to the huge citys so Tokyo came as a surprise. Their reactiosn even more so. Imediatly bombarrded with cameras and phones alike I got swarmed itn the streets for my unique hair (blonde) and eye (green) color and as soon as I escaped the crowded streets I rushed to the nearest pay-phone with a call to my friend in a very crude shout of: &#8220;Tasukete!&#8221;<br />He had told me to next time&#8230;wear a hat. The culture was extremly different but thanks to livign in Hawai&#39;i and having friends of Japanese decent, I had fit in quite nicely. There was, admitadly some animostity and when I was left alone for a few times I had gotten harrased by people but for them ost part everyone was extremely well-mannered! <br />School, is a different story however and the students are not nearly as tolerent as their older counterparts and bulling did occur yet I was fortunantly a strong-willed child and found my place in the social standing and before I knew it, my excitinf Japanese Adventure had been over.</p>
<p>And not once had I seen a sign that had  &#8220;No Gaijin&#8221; printed boldly across it.</p>
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		<title>By: Dhiaa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dhiaa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Such a powerful topic and I never really knew this had existed... I myself am Iraqi (Arab) born in the United Kingdom and have lived here for just over 19 years. I have had people think I am Italian or Mediterranean simply because I do not reflect the typical features of a Middle Eastern person. I do plan on going to Tokyo Japan for a holiday sometime soon perhaps with my mother as she takes great interest in far eastern cultures. I am sure that I will attract the typical gaijin attitude from some simply because I am not Japanese but I am not infact a westerner as they may perceive at first and I doubt they will notice that. Would I still be considered a typical westerner by the Japanese like some who have mentioned past experiences or not?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Such a powerful topic and I never really knew this had existed&#8230; I myself am Iraqi (Arab) born in the United Kingdom and have lived here for just over 19 years. I have had people think I am Italian or Mediterranean simply because I do not reflect the typical features of a Middle Eastern person. I do plan on going to Tokyo Japan for a holiday sometime soon perhaps with my mother as she takes great interest in far eastern cultures. I am sure that I will attract the typical gaijin attitude from some simply because I am not Japanese but I am not infact a westerner as they may perceive at first and I doubt they will notice that. Would I still be considered a typical westerner by the Japanese like some who have mentioned past experiences or not?</p>
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		<title>By: Dhiaa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dhiaa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Such a powerful topic and I never really knew this had existed... I myself am Iraqi (Arab) born in the United Kingdom and have lived here for just over 19 years. I have had people think I am Italian or Mediterranean simply because I do not reflect the typical features of a Middle Eastern person. I do plan on going to Tokyo Japan for a holiday sometime soon perhaps with my mother as she takes great interest in far eastern cultures. I am sure that I will attract the typical gaijin attitude from some simply because I am not Japanese but I am not infact a westerner as they may perceive at first and I doubt they will notice that. Would I still be considered a typical westerner by the Japanese like some who have mentioned past experiences or not?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Such a powerful topic and I never really knew this had existed&#8230; I myself am Iraqi (Arab) born in the United Kingdom and have lived here for just over 19 years. I have had people think I am Italian or Mediterranean simply because I do not reflect the typical features of a Middle Eastern person. I do plan on going to Tokyo Japan for a holiday sometime soon perhaps with my mother as she takes great interest in far eastern cultures. I am sure that I will attract the typical gaijin attitude from some simply because I am not Japanese but I am not infact a westerner as they may perceive at first and I doubt they will notice that. Would I still be considered a typical westerner by the Japanese like some who have mentioned past experiences or not?</p>
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