tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531601964128518668.post913633392408529101..comments2023-10-03T00:09:27.749+09:00Comments on The Adventures of a Foreign Salaryman in Tokyo: What's in a name?Mr. Salarymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874380653396343115noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531601964128518668.post-5371199592005851852010-02-19T21:02:16.604+09:002010-02-19T21:02:16.604+09:00Penguin - Perhaps like the wife of former Finnish ...Penguin - Perhaps like the wife of former Finnish prime minister who had the name "Henna Aho"?Mr. Salarymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874380653396343115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531601964128518668.post-36663995288611064792010-02-15T01:18:03.439+09:002010-02-15T01:18:03.439+09:00なるほど!Thanks!なるほど!Thanks!Adamhttp://yakihito.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531601964128518668.post-25600610497141569962010-02-14T23:31:25.762+09:002010-02-14T23:31:25.762+09:00Strangely my name causes me less grief here than i...Strangely my name causes me less grief here than it did in Europe, where it invariably caused people to make certain assumptions about myself which are patently false.ThePenguinhttp://barwick.de/japan/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531601964128518668.post-25461795947056638522010-02-14T17:20:59.326+09:002010-02-14T17:20:59.326+09:00Adam - Well, that is pretty simple actually! I am ...Adam - Well, that is pretty simple actually! I am half-japanese.<br /><br />Aimless - I hear you, preaching to the mosque here! I mostly pity the poor staff who have to implement the system, but at least I have never felt the Japanese system to be "evil" but pretty stupid...Mr. Salarymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874380653396343115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531601964128518668.post-67672299796979042742010-02-14T00:12:24.321+09:002010-02-14T00:12:24.321+09:00Well, you're just lucky that the Japanese are ...Well, you're just lucky that the Japanese are too polite to call you "hey you" or "hey dopey" or "strange gaijin".<br /><br />The need to fill in each form multiple times would irritate me no end I think. You'd have to make sure you applied for things way in advance to make sure that things got sorted out in time. Certainly no last minute applications... I love to think how there are all these bureaucratic peons who must be stumped when they see your forms. It must fry their brains since they can't process anything not done "correctly"!aimlesswanderernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531601964128518668.post-14643318239363161002010-02-13T09:57:04.629+09:002010-02-13T09:57:04.629+09:00You may have addressed this in a previous post tha...You may have addressed this in a previous post that I missed, but why do you have a Japanese name as well as a Swedish one? Thanks, and great site.Adamhttp://yakihito.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com