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Re: Corporate cultures in Japan

#11

Post by donw »

jbm wrote: post #10
donw wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have to ask -- Sokka Gakkai?

Good guess, but no; it was, believe it or not, one of those fundamentalist Korean "Christian" churches that are located in and around Okubo. (My girlfriend, who was raised as a Christian, told me that they refused to read anything but one section of the old testament that had to do with Tithing or something). As far as Soka Gakkai goes; maybe you can educate me more about them, but they seem to be hated by the Uyoku…

Only reason I was curious is that I've heard them described as a cult by a lot of people. In my experience, they seem pretty harmless, and overall pretty friendly, but religion in general makes me... edgy.

But yeah, them being hated by the right-wingers does score them points in my book. :)

Didn't know about Kofuku Jitsugento; care to enlighten me?

Re: Corporate cultures in Japan

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Post by [deleted] »

jbm wrote: post #10
donw wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have to ask -- Sokka Gakkai?

Good guess, but no; it was, believe it or not, one of those fundamentalist Korean "Christian" churches that are located in and around Okubo. (My girlfriend, who was raised as a Christian, told me that they refused to read anything but one section of the old testament that had to do with Tithing or something). As far as Soka Gakkai goes; maybe you can educate me more about them, but they seem to be hated by the Uyoku…

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Re: Corporate cultures in Japan

#13

Post by jbm »

donw wrote: post #11
jbm wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good guess, but no; it was, believe it or not, one of those fundamentalist Korean "Christian" churches that are located in and around Okubo. (My girlfriend, who was raised as a Christian, told me that they refused to read anything but one section of the old testament that had to do with Tithing or something). As far as Soka Gakkai goes; maybe you can educate me more about them, but they seem to be hated by the Uyoku…

Only reason I was curious is that I've heard them described as a cult by a lot of people. In my experience, they seem pretty harmless, and overall pretty friendly, but religion in general makes me... edgy. But yeah, them being hated by the right-wingers does score them points in my book. :) Didn't know about Kofuku Jitsugento; care to enlighten me?

They are quite a cult but honestly, religion in Japan is very difficult for me to grok. All the members of these "New Religions" that I've met seem to be old/facing mortality, with two exceptions.

As for Kofuku Jitsugen To, you probably know them under their English name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness_Realization_Party

The HRP is scary because they sincerely believe all of Japan is under existential threat by North Korea and that they need to remilitarize to "take them out". If that sounds normal to y'all, it's because you never read the books by the founder or how Kim Jong Il's "teacher's ghost" supposedly appeared before the founder and told him that NK would destroy Japan for its evil master China.

(On the other hand, they want to have more babies which would be good for Japan, particularly if it resulted in people getting out of the Tokyo area...)

Re: Corporate cultures in Japan

#14

Post by astrange »

donw wrote: post #11
jbm wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good guess, but no; it was, believe it or not, one of those fundamentalist Korean "Christian" churches that are located in and around Okubo. (My girlfriend, who was raised as a Christian, told me that they refused to read anything but one section of the old testament that had to do with Tithing or something). As far as Soka Gakkai goes; maybe you can educate me more about them, but they seem to be hated by the Uyoku…

Only reason I was curious is that I've heard them described as a cult by a lot of people. In my experience, they seem pretty harmless, and overall pretty friendly, but religion in general makes me... edgy. But yeah, them being hated by the right-wingers does score them points in my book. :) Didn't know about Kofuku Jitsugento; care to enlighten me?

http://2chan.us/wordpress/2009/07/23/new-political-party-bas...

http://2chan.us/wordpress/2009/07/28/hold-on-to-your-sanity-...

covers some of it.

Re: Corporate cultures in Japan

#15

Post by Groxx »

jbm wrote: post #4
jac_no_k wrote: post #3

As an American living in Japan for an American firm, it's always a culture shock when I talk to other dad's at my kids school events. If I find the person I'm talking to is working for a "Militant" + "Work == Life" company, I need to shut up, lest I shatter the illusion of the security of lifetime employment. It's also a bit strange when I run into people that have worked for the same firm I'm in right now and left b…

Here here. I also previously worked at Fujitsu's mobile division and can attest to that. They still have an entire floor dedicated to developing for Symbian. Their main translator is hamstrung by rules that indicate they must re-use old (incorrect) translations so that there is no loss in "language continuity" between phones. It isn't the fault of my immediate superiors there; both were open, intelligent and hard-wor…

"Hear, hear"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear,_hear

(semi-apologies, incorrect cultural idioms are a pet peeve of mine)

Re: Corporate cultures in Japan

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Post by donw »

astrange wrote: post #14
donw wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only reason I was curious is that I've heard them described as a cult by a lot of people. In my experience, they seem pretty harmless, and overall pretty friendly, but religion in general makes me... edgy. But yeah, them being hated by the right-wingers does score them points in my book. :) Didn't know about Kofuku Jitsugento; care to enlighten me?

http://2chan.us/wordpress/2009/07/23/new-political-party-bas... http://2chan.us/wordpress/2009/07/28/hold-on-to-your-sanity-... covers some of it.

Oh, wow.

This explains who the asshole in the black van was.

Backstory: In Japan, it's pretty common around election season to have politicians rolling around in vans with loudspeakers, asking you to vote for them. You just get used to it after awhile.

But a few weeks ago, when I was walking to the station, a black van with illegible handwriting on the side had the loudspeakers turned up to about ten million. I could hear them literally three kilometers away, and anything less than five hundred meters was painful.

Of course, because they had the volume up so high, the distortion made whatever they had blaring out of their loudspeakers totally incomprehensible.

The other pedestrians, shop owners, and anybody blessed with the gift of hearing all looked pretty pissed.

Re: Corporate cultures in Japan

#17

Post by jbm »

donw wrote: post #16
astrange wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://2chan.us/wordpress/2009/07/23/new-political-party-bas... http://2chan.us/wordpress/2009/07/28/hold-on-to-your-sanity-... covers some of it.

Oh, wow. This explains who the asshole in the black van was. Backstory: In Japan, it's pretty common around election season to have politicians rolling around in vans with loudspeakers, asking you to vote for them. You just get used to it after awhile. But a few weeks ago, when I was walking to the station, a black van with illegible handwriting on the side had the loudspeakers turned up to about ten million. I could…

The black vans weren't them; you're thinking the Uyoku.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyoku_dantai

It could have been a political group but somehow I doubt they would be stupid enough to turn the volume to 11.

Re: Corporate cultures in Japan

#18

Post by jbm »

Groxx wrote: post #15
jbm wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here here. I also previously worked at Fujitsu's mobile division and can attest to that. They still have an entire floor dedicated to developing for Symbian. Their main translator is hamstrung by rules that indicate they must re-use old (incorrect) translations so that there is no loss in "language continuity" between phones. It isn't the fault of my immediate superiors there; both were open, intelligent and hard-wor…

"Hear, hear" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear,_hear (semi-apologies, incorrect cultural idioms are a pet peeve of mine)

Sorry about that, I'm a bit embarassed because I feel the exact same way (particularly about misuses of "I couldn't care less")

Re: Corporate cultures in Japan

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Post by mahmud »

jbm wrote: post #17
donw wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, wow. This explains who the asshole in the black van was. Backstory: In Japan, it's pretty common around election season to have politicians rolling around in vans with loudspeakers, asking you to vote for them. You just get used to it after awhile. But a few weeks ago, when I was walking to the station, a black van with illegible handwriting on the side had the loudspeakers turned up to about ten million. I could…

The black vans weren't them; you're thinking the Uyoku. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyoku_dantai It could have been a political group but somehow I doubt they would be stupid enough to turn the volume to 11.

Aaaah, those fuckers. They're some thinly veiled mafiosi.
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