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Comment on Starting intermediate Japanese by Zheng

Zheng — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:29:33 +0000

hi!
i just started to learn this book too,and i downloaded from your blog the”intermediate-japanese vocabulary”,it’s really helpful,thanks very much!
btw..i wonder if you could share some study notes of this book…it’s too difficult for me to learn it all by myself.
thx again!

Comment on Japan quake: I feel the earth move under my feet by Clint

Clint — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:02:40 +0000

Glad to hear that you are OK Kurt! Japan will be in our prayers.

Comment on Focus on Go by Glenn-san

Glenn-san — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:08:33 +0000

Yo, Nice website Kurt! I noticed you used a picture of my kifu I just had the game reviewed and it was slaugthered

Comment on Starting intermediate Japanese by Stephan

Stephan — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:08:43 +0000

こんにちわ！

I recently started using 中級から学ぶ日本語 and found it to be very fun but challenging. I was wondering if you could share your notes on chapters 11-25, as your notes on the first chapters proved to very helpful!

Great blog btw!

Comment on Help! I locked my keys in the computer by Tweets that mention Help! I locked my keys in the computer -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Help! I locked my keys in the computer -- Topsy.com — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:12:47 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by @carlrigney. @kurtsauer said: Modern password practices are simply awful. http://kurt.sauer.us/2010/06/future-passwords/ [...]

Comment on Tokyo dispatch: New phase in national leadership by kurt

kurt — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:56:05 +0000

Naoto Kan, the new Japanese Prime Minister, introduced his new Cabinet today (June 8th). Change in the Cabinet was hard to notice, as 11 ministers returned following the shakeup. The only minister to get the sack was Hirotaka Akamatsu, who oversaw the Agricultural Ministry and was widely blamed for mishandling of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease earlier this year in the Miyazaki Prefecture of southern Japan.

Of course, the next test of the DPJ will be the House of Councilors election in July. We have yet to see if they can resurrect the key messages that billowed their sails when the Democrats coasted to victory last year.

Kan has repeated his goal of reigning in the powerful Japanese bureaucracy in favor of elected politicians. This alone could have profound implications to the running of the country, but its effect remains to be seen, because reform in Japan always seems to proceed at a glacial pace.

Although the structure of the Cabinet and the policy direction of Kan seems unchanged, the new Cabinet does reflect one remarkable shift of power: Ichiro Ozawa no longer has the power over the Cabinet that he enjoyed under Hatoyama. This is largely because Ozawa is under a corruption probe that threatens to make the new government look like it is playing dirty, undermining the DPJ’s good-government promises just ahead of a key election.

Kan is taking great care to rid these insiders from the mix, and as a result his initial approval ratings have been remarkably boosted to 60%, well up from outgoing prime minister Hatoyama’s 20% approval rating last week. To keep its squeaky-clean image alive, the new DPJ Secretary-General has already promised a ban on all corporate or organizational donations to political campaigns.

Comment on Tour of Japan 2010 by Tweets that mention Tour of Japan 2010 -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Tour of Japan 2010 -- Topsy.com — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:35:44 +0000

This post was mentioned on Twitter by @kumataro /via @kurtsauer. Kurt Sauer said: My thoughts about and pix from the Tour of Japan 2010 bicycle race: loads of fun.

Comment on Sudden stop by Martha Sauer

Martha Sauer — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:38:10 +0000

I read about accidents and homicides in the paper, but it’s so different when you are nearby or a witness. A suicide done like that makes me take a deep breath.

Comment on Hiking Mt. Nijo by Martha Sauer

Martha Sauer — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:12:32 +0000

I enjoyed the description of your hiking adventure

Comment on Sudden stop by Andrew Grimes

Andrew Grimes — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:09:13 +0000

I would just like to suggest that, as many Japanese people have very high reading skills in English, that any articles dealing with mental health issues in Japan could usefully provide contact details for hotlines and support services for people who are depressed and feeling suicidal.

Inochi no Denwa (Lifeline Telephone Service):
Japan: 0120-738-556
Tokyo: 3264 4343

AMDA International Medical Information Center:
http://amda-imic.com/

All the best