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Source: Sunday Daily Breeze
Take heart, America. Three monkey wrenches have been thrown into Japan's well-oiled economic machine. It's only a mater of time before that powerful engine of productivity begins to sputter and fail.
What could cause such a sharp turnaround? High interest rates? Increased unemployment? Lower productivity? No, it's something much more economically debilitating - and permanent.
Three American lawyers have become the first foreign attorneys permitted to practice law in Japan. What's more, two of them are from New York!
The decline has begun.
Japan has one attorney for every 10, 000 residents, compared to the U. S. ratio of one attorney for every 390 residents. For every 100 attorneys trained in Japan, there are 1, 000 engineers. In the United States, that ratio is reversed.
But a law that became effective on April 1 permits foreigners to practice in Japan for the first time since 1955. Already, an additional 20 American and six more...

Take heart, America. Three monkey wrenches have been thrown into Japan's well-oiled economic machine. It's only a mater of time before that powerful engine of productivity begins to sputter and fail. What could cause such a sharp turnaround? High interest rates? Increased unemployment? Lower productivity? No, it's something much more economically debilitating - and permanent. Three American lawyers have become the first foreign attorneys permitted to practice law in Japan. What's more, two of them are from New York! The decline has begun. Japan has one attorney for every 10, 000 residents, compared to the U. S. ratio of one attorney for every 390 residents. For every 100 attorneys trained in Japan, there are 1, 000 engineers. In the United States, that ratio is reversed. But a law that became effective on April 1 permits foreigners to practice in Japan for the first time since 1955. Already, an additional 20 American and six British lawyers have applied for permission to open more...

Toyota is recalling 600,000 Sienna minivans over safety concerns from rusting spare tire holders. Of course, accelerator, braking, and steering problems will cause the minivans to crash long before the spare tire holders rust.

The following are actual products in Japan that have awful English mistranslations: "Discover Japanese People Alive in their Festivals!" (Japan Travel Bureau travel guide) Cookie Face (cosmetics) Salad Girl (more cosmetics) Skin clock for those wishing to become a dog (calendar) Naive Lady (toilet paper) The Goo (soup) Pork with fresh garbage (cabbage) Specialist in Deceased Children (diseased) Finest Moldy Cheese Liver Putty (Japanese SPAM) My Fanny Toilet Paper My Pee Diapers Nail Remover (nail polish remover) Pocari Sweat (beverage)

Stationed in Okinawa, Japan, my son and his wife were expecting their first baby. I was elated when he called me at work with the news of my grandchild`s birth. I took down all the statistics and turned to relate it all to my co-workers."I`m a grandmother!" I declared. "It`s a baby girl, and she weighs five pounds.""When was she born?" someone asked.Recalling the date my son told me, I stopped, looked at the calendar, and said in amazement, "Tomorrow!"

An avid skier decided that he would ski all the major mountains in the world. He spent a decade at this, climbing and then skiing the world's major peaks. Finally he decided he must ski Mt. Fiji, in Japan. He bade farewell to his wife and set off for the Land of the Rising Sun. The fateful day came, the weather was right, and the skier climbed to the top of Fiji and then skied down. So thrilled was he with his achievement that he decided to send his wife a postcard of Mt. Fiji, describing his feat. While in the shop buying the postcard, he decided, on a whim, to buy a postcard picturing a young, scantily clad geisha to send to his old college roommate. Unfortunately, he wrote the wrong messages on the cards, and sent them to the wrong recipients. On the back of the card showing Mt. Fiji, which he mistakenly sent to his old roommate, he wrote: "Having fun in Japan!" And on the back of the card showing the scantily clad geisha, which he mistakenly sent to his wife, he wrote, more...

Take heart, America. Three monkey wrenches have been thrown into Japan's well-oiled economic machine. It's only a mater of time before that powerful engine of productivity begins to sputter and fail.What could cause such a sharp turnaround? High interest rates? Increased unemployment? Lower productivity? No, it's something much more economically debilitating - and permanent.Three American lawyers have become the first foreign attorneys permitted to practice law in Japan. What's more, two of them are from New York! The decline has begun.Japan has one attorney for every 10,000 residents, compared to the U.S. ratio of one attorney for every 390 residents. For every 100 attorneys trained in Japan, there are 1,000 engineers. In the United States, that ratio is reversed.But a law that became effective on April 1 permits foreigners to practice in Japan for the first time since 1955. Already, an additional 20 American and six British lawyers have applied for permission to open practices in more...