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I want to go to Japan during 2010 through YFU (I’m in highschool.) How would this effect my education? And if I do choose to go through with the program, would it be likely I would be kept down for a year once I return home?

If you are set on studying in Japan as an exchange student, and are prepared to go along with all the work that is involved, you should be fine once you return home.
By being prepared ahead of time, the chances of things going badly are minimal. I myself have been on numerous study tours to Japan, and it is indeed a very, very educational experience. I did take some of my own textbooks over there, so I could study when I wasn’t in Japanese classes over there. This kept my education at a high standard so I was fine coming back.

It does depend on how long you are planning to study over there for. I went for half a year, and I managed fine. But good luck if you go ahead with the program, I wish you all the best!

I’m sorry I know alot of people have asked this question on here. I’ve seen them. But I still don’t get it? Where did Native Americans come from? Isn’t being an indian from south asia and american indian the same thing? I’m confused lol can someone please explain it properly? Thanks
Where did Native americans originally come from?

We were already here in the western hemisphere before the "out of Africa" diaspora was supposed to have happened. Archeologists have found proof of our living on these shores for more than 50,000 yrs. India is a country in Asia and the citizens are called Indians. They are not our people though, nor are they our relatives. The white people called us Indians, we tend to identify ourselves by our tribal identities. Although, we have had the name NDN for so long, that many of us still use it, and accept it. I use it and accept it, just like my parents and grand parents did. I’m NDN, North hill Yokuts, and Southern Miwok, and my ancestors have been here since long before the last ice age.

I’m planning on going to Japan through the Rotary Exchange system, but I’m a little bit confused as to what to bring. I’m planning on going in the year 2009, as it takes 9-12 months to pre-register. I’m going for a full school year as well.

Any advice as well would be great! And plus, I have black dyed hair. Do you think that if I keep it ONE color that they won’t mind?

There are exact four seasons in one year in Japan so that you need to wear at least 3 kinds of daily clothes such as Summer, Winter and Spring/Autumn. I mean all tops, bottoms and underwears.

If you are not petite size like Japanese, you’d better prepare those at your home town with shoes/heels. boots are very helpful to go out in hard Winter.

Your House medicines are also very helpful if you have some problem. Kotex made in Japan is also usually not evaluated by nervous foreigners.

If you are good sleep lover, don’t forget your favorite pillow and stuffed toys. Note book PC, i-Pod, Game machines, digital camera and CD player would be useful. Cellphone too, you may take rental and/or prepaid one though.

Regarding hair color dying, it depends individual school policy but you’d better ask house master who is rules.

There are so many strict rules and totally fifferent system from USA but also good opportunity to promote your knowledge enlargement during you stay and study in Japan.

Enjoy and love people so that they will love and enjoy you.

The statement was a true or false statement.
"Spain was the first nation to find a sea route from Europe to east Asia. True or False?"
Any help is appreciated.

I thought it was a guy named Magellan? From Portugal? I could be wrong though.

My family and I were planning to go to the Philippines this December. We were wondering what the cheapest possible route was from Japan to the Philippines.

We are planning to leave Japan on December 10 2007 and we will return to Japan within the first week of January 2008. We do not mind having to transit at a different airport or using multiple airlines.

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What is a social justice issue currently in a specific country of Asia? What can we do to solve it?

China’s long time oppression of Tibet comes to mind.

My husband is in the United States Navy and we have orders to relocate to Yokosuka (Yokohama/Tokyo area), Japan in January. Since he is going to be on a ship and I will be left alone for long stretches of time I’m just wondering what I should expect or be prepared for? He is planning on purchasing a house off base. I was wondering how strong the language barrier is in the Yokohama and Tokyo area, do most Japanese know fluent English? How hard is it to pick up the Japanese lanuage? Is it easy to meet and make friends in Japan or do the cultural/language differences make it difficult? How bad are the earthquakes and tsunamis in this area? What do they do to prepare for them, do they have a warning system, like a weather alert? How easy is it to get a good job when you don’t know Japanese (I am a Graphic Designer)? I have done a good deal of research on the country and the language I am just looking for some personal experience to help prepare. Any advice/info would be great!
I actually dated a Japanese Foreign exchange student when I was in high school. We lost touch when I went to college due to technology issues, time difference, and his crazy school schedule. So I know a good deal of the basics. I would love to get more information from someone who is Japanese, but what I really am seeking is what is it like to be an Non Japanese speaking American living in Japan for a prolonged period of time by yourself. Thanks so much for your advise and information! Please keep it coming ; )
I don’t have kids but I do have two small papillon dogs.
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you can’t buy a home off base, you must be a Japanese citizen. There is a ceiling for OHA, based on pay grade. whatever your rent is, up to that ceiling, is what you will get, you may NOT pocket the difference like you can BAH. homes on the economy are vastly different than what we have in the States. most are MUCH smaller( a ‘mansion’ is a western style home that runs under 900 sq ft usually. )

Since he is going to sea duty, I stroingly recommend you consider base housing. Ikego and Negishi are off the base proper. ikego about 20 minutes away, and Negishi closer to Yokohama and about 45-60 minutes away. Both can be reached via train. Yokosuka proper is of course the most desirable, but the wait list is longer. they do stick to the rules with regard to children sharing rooms. (under 10 same sex, under 6 opposite sex). What you rate depends on pay grade and BR entitlement. Towers do not allow dogs, but do allow cats.

If you have kids, Ikego runs an excellent year round soccer program. Boy scouts and Girl scouts are very active on and off base. elementary schools on all three areas, but the middle school and HS are on Yoko. Mark Hamill(Luke Skywalker) Graduated from Kinnick HS. Many choose to send their preschoolers off base.

Most of Yokohama and Tokyo is bilingiual WRT signs, esp. in the train stations. Nearly everyone speaks at least some english. Restaurants have plastic replicas in their front windows, so in case the menu is ilegible, you can always point!

Working is hard. On base, many of the jobs are limited to Japanese nationals as part of the SOFA agreement. Spouses are generally limited to MWR, Commissary and NEX positions, although Nurses and teachers can usually get jobs easily. you can however,make a butt ton of money teaching conversational English, either privately, or through the local school systems. tehre is a dental college right off the back gate that is always hiring. Volunteer opportunties abound, on and off base. YOSC(the Officer’s spouses club) runs two shops in a buiding across from the lodge( or did when I was there)..Second Hand Rose, the thrift shop, and Takusan Treasures, the gift shop. Anyone may volunteer there, no need to be an O spouse.

I sucked at learning the language, but there are ample opportunties to take lessons, either through FFSC or privately.

As for making friends.. the key is to get off base and just get out. there are several things to do in Yokosuka city , no train necessary. Mikasa Park is a ten minute walk from the main gate and has turned the Mikasa into a floating museum. I highly recommend shopping on the ‘blue road" -you’ll see what that means when you get there, with lunch at KoKo Curry or the Yakitori stand. the stationary store is amazing, and the 100 yen store at the Prince Hotel is to die for, although not NEARLY as nice as the 5 story one in Michida. there are two main shipping centers within a ten minute walk of the front gate, plus the blue road.

take the AOB/ICR class. it was mandatory for SM, but only suggested for family members when I was there. its a wealth of information, they even teach you how to use the trains!.

When you get there, ask someone how to get to Garlic Jo’s in Yokohama’s Queen’s Landing. KILLER restaurant.

Now I am all missing Japan….we lived there from 2000-2003. DH was on shore duty but went TAD to MCCAIN a lot.

I need 5 important events that occurred in Asia in the 1990s. I have:

-Hong Kong is returned to China
-Asian financial crisis starts in Thailand
-Destruction of mosque at Ayodhya

Got any more?

Macao was also returned to China in 1999.

I am studying Japanese and want to travel around Japan for a couple of months visiting Kyoto, Tokyo and Osaka, and various other places. However, travelling in japan always seems to be very expensive when I google it. I am a student (in the UK) and therefore on a tight budget. Where are the cheapest places to stay/eat? Cheapest flights and domestic travel?

The cheapest way to travel, is the "shoe leather sedan"

I remember getting a link to a gallery of some old hospital or asylum that is said to be haunted. I can’t remember the link or the country though.

I’m aware that there may be hundreds of abandoned hospitals in Asia which are said to be haunted; I’m interested in the more interesting ones though.

Old Changi Hospital – once a military hospital in Singapore before being closed down some years ago, this hospital is the most haunted spot in Asia’s most ghost-ridden city. The morgue is a particular hot spot for ghost sightings of the headless and footless kind. Recently, plans have been drawn out to convert the area into a spa resort.