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Primary concern seems alarmist to me as well. I'd translate more as "subject of/to", which how I read it. Target or primary concern makes it sound more like the act is specifically mean to curb the parties activities.
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I agree that's probably a more accurate translation, so I've edited the headline
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LimburgLimbo posted:Target or primary concern makes it sound more like the act is specifically mean to curb the parties activities.
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Navaash posted:Well considering that the JCP has been the only non-LDP/KMT party making steady gains in its Diet representation recently... Hey I'm not gonna say that's not possible, I just don't think the headline itself suggest that haha
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Pop quiz, what's the second largest political party in Japan?
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Is it now officially the JCP?
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Badger of Basra posted:Is it now officially the JCP?
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it's the "Democratic Innovation" Party because of a merger between the DPJ and some other party. Of course, now they've lost all their name recognition right before an upper house election.
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Wait so they are now DIP? As in DIPshits haha.
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Only the Japanese name of the party changed. They are still the Democratic Party in English. 民進党 wouldn't be DIP even if they did translate it. It would be Democratic Progressive Party, like the Taiwanese party they ripped the name off of.
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Mr. Fix It posted:Only the Japanese name of the party changed. They are still the Democratic Party in English. mystes fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Apr 2, 2016 |
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mystes posted:The official English name of the 民主党 was the "Democratic Party of Japan" (DPJ), so it did change: they dropped "of Japan" from the name, and the abbreviation is now just "DP". I stand corrected.
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Mr. Fix It posted:Only the Japanese name of the party changed. They are still the Democratic Party in English. 民進党 wouldn't be DIP even if they did translate it. It would be Democratic Progressive Party, like the Taiwanese party they ripped the name off of. I checked the Wikipedia entry, and it seems that they're going with DP as the abbreviation. Wasn't the DPJ itself the result of a merger of a few smaller centre-left parties as well?
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Mr. Fix It posted:Only the Japanese name of the party changed. They are still the Democratic Party in English. 民進党 wouldn't be DIP even if they did translate it. It would be Democratic Progressive Party, like the Taiwanese party they ripped the name off of. http://www.sankei.com/politics/news/160318/plt1603180009-n1.html Democratic Innovation Party was the proposed name for the merger. I guess they decided to go with a different English translation after being roundly mocked for being a bunch of dips. Red and Black fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Apr 3, 2016 |
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Now they just need a new slogan. Like... Japan loves DP! DP, let's all come together. Search for DP online today! DP, that's what I like about Japan.
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The Mainichi Shimbun has this article about the number of cases reported of preventable deaths in medical treatment (which now have to be reported) being much lower than expected (1/3 of the expected number). Apparently medical professionals don't like to say that deaths were preventable. Anyway, the article has this chart that I like showing different interpretations of the requirement: The Association of Japanese Healthcare Corporations's interpretation is hilariously narrow: "nobody thought they could possibly die," which is probably never the case during a medical procedure, and it excludes mistakes such as giving people the wrong medication because that happens sometimes and therefore can be expected. Edit: Also, the whole debacle with Koya Nishikawa's TPP book has been amusing, especially the part where he accidentally admitted he had written it when he thought his microphone was off: http://www.news24.jp/articles/2016/04/09/04326897.html (in Japanese). mystes fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Apr 10, 2016 |
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lollin' at 単純ミス. Edit: can you link the mdn article? Sheep fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Apr 10, 2016 |
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7c Nickel posted:Now they just need a new slogan. For a better tomorrow, DP today
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Sheep posted:lollin' at 単純ミス.
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I'm surprised that with the recent Okinawa base stuff going on that this thread hasn't had any new posts for a while. Here's an article related to recent incidents. It talks about cultural training Marines receive: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/05/25/issues/u-s-marines-briefing-links-crimes-gaijin-power-okinawans-pays-complain/#.V0ZKbCSCjqB
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Japanese politics is kind of too depressing to really talk about. Here's a good youtube series that summarizes the week's news run by some expat lawyers and NGO people: https://www.youtube.com/user/langleyesquire/videos icantfindaname fucked around with this message at 13:59 on May 26, 2016 |
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Thanks! Subscribed.
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Somehow I wound up on that's dude mailing list a couple years back. I met him in person once and I guess he got my email. He seems nice enough I guess although his mails are just the most breathless "you won't BELIEVE what happened in Japan this week" stuff  Also, who puts "Esquire" in their name?
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Btw is the insane police mobilization this week nationwide or just in Tokyo? loving cops on every street corner, riding around on bikes, in every train station, bus station, gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in the 23 wards, at least. They must be bringing them in from all around and working them 16 hour shifts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5fts7bj-so It's probably a really good preview of what the Olympics are going to be like. Ugh.
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Kilroy posted:Somehow I wound up on that's dude mailing list a couple years back. I met him in person once and I guess he got my email. He seems nice enough I guess although his mails are just the most breathless "you won't BELIEVE what happened in Japan this week" stuff Lawyers, it's usually used to indicate that you are an attorney in my experience
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Kilroy posted:Btw is the insane police mobilization this week nationwide or just in Tokyo? loving cops on every street corner, riding around on bikes, in every train station, bus station, gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in the 23 wards, at least. They must be bringing them in from all around and working them 16 hour shifts. I live in Funabashi and haven't noticed anything but I heard Chiba station was like Tokyo. Lots of foreigners being stopped and asked to show ID.
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Dr.Radical posted:I live in Funabashi and haven't noticed anything but I heard Chiba station was like Tokyo. Lots of foreigners being stopped and asked to show ID. Pretty sure he was just making small talk and I was an rear end in a top hat  paragon1 posted:Lawyers, it's usually used to indicate that you are an attorney in my experience He's not licensed to practice law in Japan though. Kilroy fucked around with this message at 12:04 on May 27, 2016 |
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Kilroy posted:If you live in 18th century England, sure. Otherwise it's marker of a little too much eccentricity. Langley Esquire is the name of his legal services firm. It's not the name he uses generally. Him not being licensed in Japan has more to do with the fact that foreigners can't just go and sit the Japanese bar exam, and even the 392 foreign lawyers who have registered with the Japanese bar since they first enacted the system in 1986 are severely limited in what they can actually do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_at_foreign_law Generally he acts as a go-between for foreign people/companies who need to interact with the Japanese legal system and Japanese people/companies who need to interact with international legal systems. ErIog fucked around with this message at 09:24 on May 30, 2016 |
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ErIog posted:foreigners can't just go and sit the Japanese bar exam
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mystes posted:Are you sure about this? I'm not sure about recently, but I doubt you could in the early 80's when Langley was attempting to do it. If you have source that says otherwise I'd be willing to read it.
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ErIog posted:I'm not sure about recently, but I doubt you could in the early 80's when Langley was attempting to do it. pre edit quote
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ErIog posted:I'm not sure about recently, but I doubt you could in the early 80's when Langley was attempting to do it. mystes fucked around with this message at 14:41 on May 30, 2016 |
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Stringent posted:pre edit quote If someone were to be a huge pedantic rear end in a top hat then yes, the statement, "foreigners can't just go sit the Japanese bar exam," is probably false in 2016. If you actually go look at what becoming a full member of the Japanese bar entails along with the pass rates now(and in the early 1980's when Langley was attempting to do so), I think you'll find that the structure of the system does a good job of keeping foreigners out. Like I said, there's 392 registered foreign members of the bar in a country of around 130 million people. The number of foreigners among the ~34,000 regular members of the par is probably even smaller than that. In a country as large as Japan is with an economy as large as it is you would think there would be more foreign members of the bar. So it just depends on your point of view. If you want to go full Politifact "there will still be a program called Medicare," on it then yes, you could easily prove me wrong. That misses the overall point, though. mystes posted:I don't have a source that specifically says "in the early 80's it was possible for foreigners to take the bar exam," but if you have a source that indicates there was previously ever a citizenship requirement to take the bar exam at a certain point in time, perhaps I could work from there to determine when that changed? While I doubt there was ever a citizenship requirement in modern times, the Japanese bar system has a number of requirements in place that make it de facto Japanese only. Every time talk of reform has come up, the legal trade groups all fearmonger about how foreigners are going to sue everyone imaginable if you let them practice law in Japan. http://www.jpri.org/publications/critiques/critique_II_9.html https://jurisjapan.com/2011/02/13/getting-to-%E5%A4%96%E5%BC%81-or-so-you-want-to-be-a-lawyer-in-japan/ http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/foreign-lawyers-fight-for-reform-in-japan Generally the way most foreigners cope with this is the same way Langley did. He has a law license back home. He has experience from his career. He can put together a good business doing what he does. I doubt not being a full member of the Japanese bar is really holding someone like him back. However, it would be nice if there were more of a level playing field for foreign lawyers wanting to practice in Japan. ErIog fucked around with this message at 14:46 on May 30, 2016 |
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ErIog posted:While I doubt there was ever a citizenship requirement in modern times, the Japanese bar system has a number of requirements in place that make it de facto Japanese only. Every time talk of reform has come up, the legal trade groups all fearmonger about how foreigners are going to sue everyone imaginable if you let them practice law in Japan. Therefore, out of curiosity, how would you like the playing field to be made more level? By allowing foreigners admitted in other countries to practice Japanese law in Japan without passing the bar exam? Or, by allowing foreigners to take the bar exam in their native language?
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mystes posted:Based on the three links you have listed, your primary concerns seem to be 1) the test is hard for people who aren't native Japanese speakers, and 2) there are limits on foreign law firms or foreign attorneys who aren't admitted to the bar in Japan. Replace bar exam with Phoenix Wright games for filthy gaijin.
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They're not "my concerns." I'm not going to put together a policy document for you. I'm not a lawyer, and I'm not going to pretend I know how to fix it. Thankfully, there are actual lawyers who have written about this very topic that you can go read the opinions of if you bother to Google. The first article I linked makes some good points about Japan not playing fair when it comes to reciprocity with the New York bar, and I'm sure there's lots of other lessons to learn from how more open countries have implemented their law licensing. Law licensing in Japan is a protectionist racket by design. That protectionism has a disproportionate impact on foreigners. There's more lawyers in single states of the US than the entirety of Japan. It has nothing to do with language. A person motivated enough to want to be a Japanese lawyer would probably be able to learn Japanese just fine. Learning Japanese would probably be the easier part of their study. Toshimo posted:Replace bar exam with Phoenix Wright games for filthy gaijin. The parts of Phoenix Wright that were cut/pasted from the Japanese legal system would horrify you. ErIog fucked around with this message at 15:30 on May 30, 2016 |
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Since the Japanese legal system relies almost entirely on coerced confessions (99% prosecution success rate  ), it would seem like a lawyer's position there is more of a formality, or to keep up appearances.
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ErIog posted:They're not "my concerns." I'm not going to put together a policy document for you. I'm not a lawyer, and I'm not going to pretend I know how to fix it. quote:Law licensing in Japan is a protectionist racket by design. That protectionism has a disproportionate impact on foreigners. There's more lawyers in single states of the US than the entirety of Japan. It has nothing to do with language. A person motivated enough to want to be a Japanese lawyer would probably be able to learn Japanese just fine. Learning Japanese would probably be the easier part of their study. mystes fucked around with this message at 15:46 on May 30, 2016 |
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Japan being protectionist for domestic products and services? Oddly has formal and informal policies that by chance excludes foreigners? Gonna need some third party verification of this.
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