This is about to become less true. If you are a permanent resident, you will be required to have a card, but you will no longer be required to carry it around with you.
I wonder if the cops will buy it, though...
maybe even more interesting is the fact that the Shizuoka Shinbun, with circulation of over 700,000, serves Shizuoka Prefecture with a population of 3.5 million---despite the competition from the Yomiuri, Asahi, Mainichi et al. Also, they don't have paywalls. Neither does the Yomiuri.
Maybe this is really all about what pricks they are at Nikkei, and not at all about "Japanese newspapers" or Japanese culture/mindset/whaatever.
Which doesn't even begin to explain the huge number of papers in Japan, *each* of which has a huge circulation: Yomiuri 14 million; Asahi 12 million; Mainichi 5.5 million; Nikkei 4.6 million; Chunichi 4.5 million...what you're saying would make sense if there was one paper to rule them all in Japan, but this is clearly not true.
Ummm..."the barriers have kept circulation of print editions quite high compared to the US"...?
Circulation of papers in Japan has always been ridiculously higher in Japan than in the US. Some of those papers have daily circulations of eight figures---no American paper has ever achieved circulation figures like that, past or present. The local paper that I get (the Shizuoka Shinbun) has a daily circulation of over 700,000 (vs 900,000 for the New York Times), and it's not even read nationally like the Yomiuri, Mainichi, Asahi, Nikkei, etc.
Most people don't own Rolexes or Omega Speedmasters.
Most people don't wear watches to get laid.
I haven't owned a wristwatch since 2004, and I've never missed the fact (No more getting it caught on the furniture or scratching myself or others with it!)
I can barely run xubuntu on a machine with 256megs or ram let alone full ubuntu.
I was running Ubuntu on an old 500MHz desktop in my office with only 256MB of RAM, and it ran well enough to get my work done (mainly with OpenOffice).
Before comparing the number of hours American and Asian kids spend in school, you might want to factor in the ridiculous number of hours the Asian kids spend in cram school (called "juku" å¾ in Japan).
I wanted Linux, and was never given the option. So I paid the Microsoft tax, removed Windows and installed Ubuntu.
Kinda skews the figures, as my purchase shows up as one more consumer "wanting" to buy Windows.
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(The Bible Defines Swearing as Taking the Name of the Lord your God in Vain.)
Um, no. The Bible merely forbids taking God's name in vain. It never makes an attempt to define "swearing".
I think it is time for a revolution.
As a Canadian, I think it's time for a revolution, too, eh! Would someone be kind enough to start one for us, please?
This is about to become less true. If you are a permanent resident, you will be required to have a card, but you will no longer be required to carry it around with you. I wonder if the cops will buy it, though...
But it's not a grammar issue. It's either a spelling or a vocab issue.
maybe even more interesting is the fact that the Shizuoka Shinbun, with circulation of over 700,000, serves Shizuoka Prefecture with a population of 3.5 million---despite the competition from the Yomiuri, Asahi, Mainichi et al. Also, they don't have paywalls. Neither does the Yomiuri. Maybe this is really all about what pricks they are at Nikkei, and not at all about "Japanese newspapers" or Japanese culture/mindset/whaatever.
Which doesn't even begin to explain the huge number of papers in Japan, *each* of which has a huge circulation: Yomiuri 14 million; Asahi 12 million; Mainichi 5.5 million; Nikkei 4.6 million; Chunichi 4.5 million...what you're saying would make sense if there was one paper to rule them all in Japan, but this is clearly not true.
Ummm..."the barriers have kept circulation of print editions quite high compared to the US"...? Circulation of papers in Japan has always been ridiculously higher in Japan than in the US. Some of those papers have daily circulations of eight figures---no American paper has ever achieved circulation figures like that, past or present. The local paper that I get (the Shizuoka Shinbun) has a daily circulation of over 700,000 (vs 900,000 for the New York Times), and it's not even read nationally like the Yomiuri, Mainichi, Asahi, Nikkei, etc.
You mean race, not religion. If she'd converted to Christianity, do you think it would've saved her?
Some forms of censorship have widespread public support (e.g. child porn).
Of course. Child porn is a human rights violation.
wikipedia mentions something about "87,000 demonstrations and riots across China in 2005".
Sure, but there are procedures (starting with getting a warrant) for doing so.
Most people don't own Rolexes or Omega Speedmasters. Most people don't wear watches to get laid. I haven't owned a wristwatch since 2004, and I've never missed the fact (No more getting it caught on the furniture or scratching myself or others with it!)
I can barely run xubuntu on a machine with 256megs or ram let alone full ubuntu.
I was running Ubuntu on an old 500MHz desktop in my office with only 256MB of RAM, and it ran well enough to get my work done (mainly with OpenOffice).
Before comparing the number of hours American and Asian kids spend in school, you might want to factor in the ridiculous number of hours the Asian kids spend in cram school (called "juku" å¾ in Japan).
I wanted Linux, and was never given the option. So I paid the Microsoft tax, removed Windows and installed Ubuntu. Kinda skews the figures, as my purchase shows up as one more consumer "wanting" to buy Windows.