"As in many other countries, Japanese television is arguably the most important media type. A survey completed in 2000 by NHK, Japan's public broadcasting network, showed that 95 percent of Japanese people watch television every day. 86 percent said they consider television an indispensable medium, and 68 percent said the same of newspapers. There are other forms of media that can be used to promote products and services, such as the Internet. However, a television executive at Nippon Television (NTV) believes that although the Internet is popular among drama fans, 'We don't regard broadband as mainstream media. It will never happen. Broadband is a complementary medium.'"
Dorama is Japanese made English? I didnot know that. Japanese are farmer oriented character, so they donot eagerly get game, information, award, exciting, challenging stuff. they do love to accept anything someone prepared, assoorted, introduced, digested.
>>631 The Internet is very convenient as communications of interactive. I think that the ratio of the Internet grows. However, each feature is different. I think the newspaper and the television are important media.
May I ask you some questions? sorry if you've mentioned before.
1. Do you have any sisters and brothers? 2. What's your favorite subject? 3. What languages have you learned? 4. Who's your favorite Hollywood stars? 5. What food do you like?
>>645 1. I have three sisters. 2. Linguistics 3. A little Japanese, and some French. Do I know much Latin, I wonder? 4. I mostly watch Japanese entertainment these days. But for Western stars, I like the actresses Jodie Foster and Salma Hayek, and of course I like the actor Johnny Depp! 5. I love pasta, chicken, and pizza. I never had Asian food as a child, but my family recently started making it, and I'm really getting into it.
>>650 Thank you for your answering my questions. Can I also ask you how old your sisters are?
You like Japanese programs! Who's your favorite Japanese? I like Akashiya Sanma, an entertainer.
As for actors, I like Ngasawa Masami and Sawajiri Erika. But you might not know Japanese actresses.
You seem to like typical American food. I wonder why you are so slender eating that food. What kinds of Japanese food do you eat recently? I like natto. You don't know it though.
I think Television is commercialized media. but Internet is more educational than television. Internet helps not only personal education. Internet correct an error of news reported on Television.
>>651 I don't know if I should talk too much about my sisters... I thought Sawajiri did a pretty good job in 1 Litre of Tears. What do you think of the rumours that she is not very nice? I like an idol named Komatsu Ayaka, thought her fame is only in its first stages. Also, I really like Yaguchi Mari, Horikita Maki and Matsushima Nanako. There are others, too... We haven't tried cooking to many Japanese foods because my mother is still old-fashioned, but we mostly play around with vegetables and teryaki sauce and stuff like that. My mom didn't like rice before, but she is eating it more now. Also, I don't like vegetables, but they are not so bad when they're Japanese-style. I've heard that natto is... interesting. ^_^'
>>655 I definitely agree with you on that point. It is possible to learn almost anything, using the internet. But, unfortunately, it is also becoming controlled and commercialized.
>>658 I am not shocked at all, but I am disappointed. Why should anyone act like that? No one is "important" enough to treat others badly. But, people like that are good at fooling others, and especially themselves. When those people realize they are just like everyone else, they become incredibly depressed. But, maybe she isn't really like that.
Yes! Yaguchi Mari is tiny and adorable. What makes me love her, is that she is so little, but she has a really big personality! Compared to other Americans, I am really little. We don't have stars in the US who are tiny like Mari, so I was overjoyed when I found her on YouTube. For me, I can really look up to her. ^_^
I don't know current MoMusu very well, either.
Matsushima is moving here?? Maybe it's just for a movie. It would be great if she became famous here. Our Japanese stars mostly fit a certain stereotype. She'd show people how great Japanese actresses and actors are. Come to think of it, she played many roles where she traveled to the US, didn't she?
Okonomiyaki... we wouldn't know what to put in it! ^_^'
>>661 You're a pure-hearted girl. I like that idea. But there are definitely some people acting like that. I've just heard from TV about her folly acts. So I don't know what she is really like. In fact, she might be a sweet person.
I like every members of Mini Moni. they all are tiny and cute like you! But two others violated the law and we don't see them on TV these days.
According to a gossip magazine, Matsushima won't debut in the US. She has a child and thinks that the educational system in Japan is not good. Therefore, she've made up her mind to move there.
But I don't think the US educational system is superior to that of Japan. Note it's just a gossip. Don't take it seriously.
Refer to the following site about okonomiyaki. Do you think you can cook it?
>>662 I think Mini Moni was the best sub-group in H!P. Two broke the law? I knew about Kago, but who else?
Some schools in the US are good at making our system work, and some are bad at it. For example, the school in my town puts so much focus on sports, that there is plenty of new sports equipment, but outdated textbooks and poor science facilities and such. Matsushima will probably put her child into an expensive private school. I'm sure he/she will get a good education, except... Our bilingual education programs are poor, especially for Asian languages. If her child already knows English or can learn it quickly, everything will be fine. If not, the child will be left behind. That is why I may like to become a multilingual teacher someday.
Okonomiyaki looks easy to make, but would we get lost? It seems you choose your own ingredients... How do you know what goes well together?
>>665 Oops, I misunderstood about the violation. Only Kago broke the law. Maybe.
Matsushima is very rich. she must put her child, who is a girl and around 3 years?, into an expensive private school. I think she probably wants to raise her child like Utada Hikaru.
Wow! you want to be a teacher! Which do you want to teach, French or Japanese?
I like to put in pork, shrimp, squid, potato, corn and soba. I think pork or bacon, and corn is a good choice for you. Just taste and check it on your own tongue.^^;
I used to eat it when I lived in Oita that is a rural part of Japan.
>>666 Oh, I wonder if Matsushima will live in New York, then? I figured she would live in Los Angeles.
I think that I would teach Japanese. French people don't seem to move here much or be populated in a certain area. However, there are many Japanese in California and Hawaii. The ones in Hawaii are probably OK, but there aren't many teachers in California who are qualified to teach Japanese students. Because we have poor bilingual education programs, most teachers use a method where they put the students into completely English classrooms and let them figure things out by themselves. What happens, is the students either get a slow start and never totally catch up, or their parents are very strict, and they excel. But, they usually forget how to speak Japanese, and I think that is too bad.
I found some soba at asianfoodgrocer.com. I will try to talk my mom into trying okonomiyaki. ^_^
>>672 If she lives in LA, she will definitely be looking for acting jobs. She probably doesn't mention that to reporters because she would be embarassed if it didn't work out. I hope we see her in American TV shows and movies soon!
Yes, English and Japanese are completely different. I don't know if I'll ever be able to learn Japanese well, and I still don't know if I want to be a teacher anyway. But, I read an interesting fact lately. A TON of people are studying Japanese now, compared to before. It's because of Japanese entertainment!
That reminds me... I once read that hundreds of years ago, people would be killed in Japan if they spoke another language too fluently. For example, a foreigner speaking Japanese, or a Japanese speaking a foreign language. I read that everyone was suspicious of those people, and that they could be spies. Now, it seems to be really praised.
when i was a child, mangas and animes and video games are defined as evil things by grown-ups.they insisted those cultures keep children from woring for examination. but now, those cultures have grown up to be one of main cultural exportaion for other countries. and japanese government uses those otaku cultures for diplomatic strategy. adults are always so selfish.
>>691 Maido arii (^_^)b >>696 Yahoo translator can be useful, because it gives you a breakdown of what part of the sentence is translated as what. >>709 私は、怒りません。私がそれらの人々に答えないので、私は退屈します。 素敵な人がいるとき、私は話します。
