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Questions about Japan from Developing Countries

edit Steve McCarty 2005-08-25 08:51 WST  ·  ·

An earlier podcast recorded a presentation on “Japanese People and Society” at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) branch in Osaka. This time the Q&A session is offered, with questions from South America, Syria, and Asian countries including Pakistan and Vietnam. Again you can listen to their self-introductions as well. Actually it got off to a rocky start when I was asked about the “Emperator”—you heard it first here because it’s not a word! After figuring it out I couldn’t recall the difference between an Emperor and a King. At times Japan had an empire, but “Emperor” is somewhat of an arbitrary translation from the Japanese. After that the session went smoothly (^_*;;