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Tokyo Friends Party

November 16, 2002, Saturday
6:30pm-9:00pm
Sangenjaya, Tokyo, Japan
More than 200 people are expected to attend.
Good chance to meet new people and make new friends.
http://www.tokyofriends.com

Tokyo Friends International Party

Come alone or bring your friends!

Would you like to make new friends in Tokyo?

We hold monthly events for those who are looking for new
friends. We welcome anyone interested in sharing values,
experience and good times with us.

Our events feature hike, sports, cooking, seasonal activities
and much more! A group of cross-cultural minded people
will welcome you as a new friend! Let's have one different
day with us and meet your new friends through our activities!

We are a volunteer group, so you don't need to pay too much
money to find new friends!

Our next activity is schedule on Feb 2 (Sun), featuring
Tea ceremony!

For the detail, please visit our Web site @

http://myweb.to/marco

We are looking forward to seeing you in the near future!

Tokyo Friends Party
Tokyo, Japan
April 5, 2003, Saturday (6:30pm-9:00pm)
Over 250 people are expected to attend.
Good chance to meet new people and make new friends

http://www.tokyofriends.com/party

Hi group,

let's make a party in NYC. If anyone is around and would like to help
plan a party this summer, somewhere nice or on a boat or something,
pls email me. Thanks!

CAME ACROSS THIS GROUP FROM tokyoclassifieds.......AS A FELLA WHO WAS
IN TOKYO FOR 6 MONTHS LAST YEAR AND LOOKING VERY FORWARD 2 GOIN
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ja"ne

Hello everyone! It's that time of year again! The football season starts on
August 27 and the leagues & games are forming. Well, that is the case with Beat
Mike. We are now forming new divisions for the 2003 season and looking for
people to join! If you are interested in joining a game that you try to pick the
winning teams every week, then Beat Mike is for you. If you are interested in
joining, please e-mail me at miked31784@.... Remember, for every eight
people that join the game, a new division will be added!

Thank You,
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�Hola cada uno! �Es ese vez del a�o otra vez! El comienzo de la estaci�n del
balompi� de agosto el 27 y las ligas y los juegos est� formando. Bien, �se es el
caso con el golpe Mike. �Ahora estamos formando las nuevas divisiones para la
estaci�n 2003 y estamos buscando a gente para ensamblar! Si usted est�
interesado en ensamblar un juego que usted intenta escoger a los equipos que
ganan cada semana, despu�s bata Mike est� para usted. Si usted est� interesado
en ensamblar, por favor E-mail yo en miked31784@.... �Recuerde, para
cada ocho personas que ensamblen el juego, una nueva divisi�n ser� agregado!
Gracias,
Mike


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PLEASE NOTE:

Please follow these directions EXACTLY, and $50,000 or more can be

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each piece of paper; "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST". Now

get 6 US $1.00 bills and place ONE inside EACH of the 6 pieces of

paper so the bill will not be seen through the envelope (to prevent

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NOTE: You may want to retain every name and address sent to you,

either on a computer or hard copy and keep the notes people send you.

This VERIFIES that you are truly providing a service. (Also, it might

be a good idea to wrap the $1 bill in dark paper to reduce the risk
of mail theft.)

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six members will be reimbursed for their participation as a List

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---DIRECTIONS ----- FOR HOW TO POST TO NEWSGROUPS------------

Step 1) You do not need to re-type this entire letter to do your own

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Step 2) Open a blank 'notepad' file and place your cursor at the top

of the blank page. From the 'edit' menu select 'paste'. This will

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to the list.

Step 3) Save your new notepad file as a .txt file. If

you want to do your postings in different settings, you'll always

have this file to go back to.

Step 4) Use Netscape or Internet explorer and try searching for

various newsgroups (on-line forums, message boards, chat sites,

discussions.)

Step 5) Visit this message boards and post this article as a new

message by highlighting the text of this letter and selecting paste

from the edit menu. Fill in the Subject, this will be the header that

everyone sees as they scroll through the list of postings in a

particular group, click the post message button. You're done with

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jump to different newsgroups and post away, after you get the hang of

it, it will take about 30 seconds for each newsgroup!

**REMEMBER, THE MORE NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN, THE MORE MONEY YOU WILL
MAKE!! BUT YOU HAVE TO POST A MINIMUM OF 200**

That's it! You will begin receiving money from around the world
within days! You may eventually want to rent a P.O.Box due to the
large amount of mail you

will receive. If

you wish to stay anonymous, you can invent a name to use, as long as

the postman will deliver it.

**JUST MAKE SURE ALL THE ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT. **

Now the WHY part:

Out of 200 postings, say I receive only 5 replies (a very low
example). So then I made $5.00 with my name at #6 on the letter.
Now, each of the 5 persons

who just sent me $1.00 make the MINIMUM 200

postings, each with my name at #5 and only 5 persons respond to each

of the original 5, that is another $25.00 for me, now those 25 each

make 200 MINIMUM posts with my name at #4 and only 5 replies each, I

will bring in an additional $125.00! Now, those 125 persons turn

around and post the MINIMUM 200 with my name at #3 and only receive 5

replies each, I will make an additional $626.00! OK, now here is the

fun part, each of those 625 persons post a MINIMUM 200 letters with

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newsgroups with my name at #1 and if still 5 persons per 200

newsgroups react I will receive $15,625,00! With an original

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And as I said 5 responses is actually VERY LOW!

: Average is probably 20 to 30! So lets put those figures at just 15

: responses per person. Here is what you could make:

: at #6 $15.00

: at #5 $225.00

: at #4 $3,375.00

: at #3 $50,625.00

: at #2 $759,375.00

: at #1 $11,390,625.00

When your name is no longer on the

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happening when there are tons of new honest users and new honest

people who are joining the Internet and newsgroups everyday and are

willing to give it a try? Estimates are at 20,000 to 50,000 new

users, every day, with thousands of those joining the actual

Internet.

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LITTLE OF YOUR TIME!

Remember: play FAIRLY and HONESTLY and this will really WORKS!!!

Tokyo Friends 40th Party will be on Feb 7, 2004.  Over 200 people are
expected to attend.
Good chance to meet new people and make new friends.  Everybody is
welcome.
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http://www.tokyofriends.com

Date: February 7, 2004, Saturday

Place: Shibuya, Tokyo (32-7 Udagawacho)

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Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm
Place: Nagoya, Aichia

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Raw Deal! Why Are Americans Treated Differently by Japanese
Immigration and the Media?

"U.S. citizens planning to work in Japan should never enter Japan
using a tourist
visa or the visa waiver, even if they have been advised to do so.
Such actions
are illegal and can lead to arrest, incarceration and/or
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--from a pamphlet at the Japanese consulate in Seattle

"The Catch 22 is: if Americans don`t enter Japan on a tourist visa,
however, they often cannot work in Japan, as it takes just too long
to secure a working visa. Companies would rather hire someone who
already has the appropriate visa, someone who can get the visa
quickly, or
someone who is willing to break the law, by entering Japan on a
tourist visa with the plan to work in Japan by changing it to a
working visa. Illegal? Yes. Necessary though? Definitely!
Sometimes laws don`t coincide well with reality, and sometimes laws
downright discriminate against
certain peoples."
-- an English school chain owner in Japan


The citizens of the following countries can secure a working holiday
visa to come to Japan:
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Republic of Korea
France
Germany
the United Kingdom

You will notice that America, supposedly Japan`s friend and ally is
not on the list. According to the Japanese consulate in Vancouver,
you can secure a working holiday visa in as little as three days!
A treaty was negotiated between these countries and Japan that
allowed for the creation of this visa. Americans upset that they
cannot get such a visa should complain to their government.
Americans are hamstrung by this. It really is an impediment to
working in Japan.

This visa allows Australians, Kiwis and Canadians, to name but
three, to work in Japan for 12 months and it can be renewed in some
cases or switched to another visa after it expires in many cases.
Often this kind of visa is secured for work as an English teacher,
or for other work such as working in a hotel or a restaurant to name
but a few.

Americans who have the yen to come to Japan to work, can only come
with a tourist visa or a working visa. Switching from a tourist visa
to a working visa happens
all the time. Though you won`t catch a Japanese Immigration
authority talking about it much.
It is one of those open secrets so common to Japan. Certainly, most
Americans simply don`t tell immigration that their goal is to come
to work in Japan. They say they are sightseeing.

Getting a working visa can take up to four months. So on the
one hand, an Australian can get her visa in a matter of days, but an
American has to wait months. Why the difference? Why are Americans
given such a raw deal?

Perhaps the American government simply doesn`t want such an
agreement. To this
author`s knowledge they don`t have a working holiday agreement with
any nation.

It is interesting to note that Japan first chose Australia for the
working holiday program, then New
Zealand, followed by Canada. The impression it creates was
Australia was most desirable to Japanese eyes. Is there a desire to
make it more difficult for businesses in Japan to hire
Americans? Verily, that is the result. What this leads to is fewer
Americans in Japan.

Why would Japan want to create impediments for Americans hoping to
live and work here?
Could it be that America does the same to Japanese?

Perhaps it is simply more difficult for Japanese to get a visa to
work in
America than it is in New Zealand for example. So to retaliate
Americans don`t get as good a a Kiwi for example.

Perhaps it is because there are already many Americans here.
There are American military bases throughout Japan and their
personnel number well over 40,000 people. Japan has to deal with
all the problems foreign soldiers cause when they mix with the
civilians of Japan.
There are also many American business people, and of course American
English teachers.

In spite of the barriers against them, many Americans still manage
to come to Japan and work. However, without this bureaucratic
obstruction, there would be more Americans in Japan.

I assert that (having more Americans in Japan) has traditionally
been an idea incongruous with the feelings of many Japanese
politicians. Keep the Americans out as much as possible seems to be
their goal. But don`t make it so obvious that there is a backlash
from the American government.

"The Working Holiday Scheme is intended to promote a greater mutual
understanding between our respective countries, and to broaden the
international outlook of our young people. The Working Holiday
Scheme makes it possible for citizens of one country to enter the
other country for an extended holiday while encouraging in temporary
employment in order to supplement their travel funds."--Japan
Association of Working Holiday Makers

Maybe the Japanese authorities simply want more diversification in
who comes to Japan. They want to encourage people from
other countries to come. This could simply be the case:
restrictions on Americans for diversification of the foreign
population here.
It would give Japanese a broader exposure to many different
nationalities here in Japan, and therefore, a broader view of the
world (perhaps it is hoped).

A Japanese business manager suggested that "...because of the high
crime rate in
America, as compared to other countries like New Zealand for
example, the Japanese authorities feel that Americans are more
likely to try to bring guns or drugs into Japan. Or they don`t want
any more American influence in Japan and want to limit it as much as
possible."

The view in Japan by some Japanese, seems to be that America is
dangerous: and by association, Americans are more dangerous than
people of other nationalities. "Bowling for Columbine," was well
attended
on this side of the Pacific and its` influence has been felt.
If this is true, it is prejudice, pure and simple!

It is interesting that some Japanese feel that Americans are
undesirable. They give their opinion that Americans
are more likely to break importation laws or be a negative influence
in Japan, because of a society, that is seen by Japanese to be
violent, and law breaking--ie) drug taking. the gun related deaths in
America and the unfortunate incidents in Okinawa of the rapes of
Japanese women by American military personnel. The latter, one that
foments large scale Anti=American protests in Japan`s sunniest
prefecture.

The Japanese media too seems to be a member of this anti-American
illuminati. If an American serviceman rapes a Japanese woman, it is
national news for days or weeks. So again, American men at least,
are portrayed as a dangerous element in Japan.

Yet if a female American JET teacher is raped, sexually harassed, or
sexually assaulted, (a few incidents of which happen every, year
according to a JET
official who wishes to remain anonymous), there is not a newspaper
in the land of Fuji that will touch such an unpalatable story.

JET is an official Japanese program, and its` image cannot be
tarnished. To publish such a story would cause a Japanese loss of
face, an international embarrassment. It is okay to embarrass the
Americans with stories of their rapes of Japanese women, (no matter
how rare they are.) But a journalist who dares to try to get an
embarrassing incident about the JET program by the editor would
probably be fired.

To read those unpalatable stores about the JET program you must go
to some of the unofficial JET websites, that talk about the problems
associated with the JET program. These sites are written by
teachers who actually work in the program and former teachers.

For whatever reason, the Japanese authorities are doing an
excellent job of discouraging businesses from hiring Americans, and
opting instead for an Aussie, Kiwi or Canuck. In these days of
terrorism and war,securing the proper working visa for an American
can take up to four months.

Head hunting companies in Tokyo are also reporting that securing
working visas is taking much longer than before, though this seems
to be across the board and for all nationalities. If you can get
a working holiday visa in three days, you greatly increase your
marketability.

Sometimes Japanese laws are unrealistic. The law may state one
thing, but the reality of the matter is another.

English schools need teachers. Often they need them quickly.
Teachers sometimes don`t give any notice and just quit. The English
school must hire someone quickly.

If the working visa for an American takes so long, schools will
naturally try to hire someone they can sponsor for the proper visa
more quickly. Indeed, English schools are encouraged by Japanese
immigration to discriminate against hiring Americans, by the
bureaucratic system they have set up.

Plus Americans themselves, being law abiding citizens on the
whole, don`t want to break Japanese laws either. If an English
school says, "Come on a tourist visa, we need you now, then we will
switch the visa over to a working visa, don`t tell Japanese
immigration." Naturally the prospective American teacher is
suspicious of the school. The school is essentially telling them to
break the law. The school realizes though that the law is forcing
them into an untenable situation: They need teachers now! Not in
four months!

One good thing about Japan is that the law often
bends. The fact is many Americans if not most, come to Japan on
tourist visas then switch to working visas. This is simply a fact
of working life in Japan, as few teachers quitting their positions
in Japan give more than one months notice. You do the math. It
doesn`t give schools enough time to secure the working visas for
Americans. So they either have to hire a citizen of the
Commonwealth, or tell a US citizen to come on a tourist visa and
switch it over.

If I were American, I would complain. Why are you given such a
raw deal in Japan?

I would come on a tourist visa, and tell the Japanese authorities,
how I am so looking forward to sightseeing in Kyoto!

by Kevin Burns
(a Canadian from the Vancouver area)
http://www.eikaiwa1.com

For More Information on the Working Holiday Visa Program for Japan
see: http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/w_holiday/

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