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	Japanese toilet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Japanese sanitary equipment company TOTO produces a Japanese squat toilet with a built-in bidet, with a nozzle to clean the anus.
		Many Japanese women are embarrassed at the thought that someone else can hear them while they are doing their business on the toilet (a condition known as Paruresis.) To cover the sound of bodily functions, many women flushed public toilets continuously while using them, wasting a large amount of water in the process.
		In the often crowded living conditions of Japanese cities and the lack of rooms that can be locked from inside in a traditional Japanese house, the toilet is one of the few rooms in the house that allows for privacy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_toilet (5211 words)

	Half Japanese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Half Japanese is a lo-fi indie rock band formed by brothers Jad and David Fair in their Uniontown, Maryland bedroom around 1975 - 1977.
		Fans of Half Japanese include Penn Jillette, who helped the band release some of their albums on his ad hoc 50 Skidillion Watts label, and the late Kurt Cobain, who had them open for Nirvana's 1993 tour.
		The band's history and influence was chronicled in the 1993 fan documentary Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King by Jeff Feuerzeig.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Half_Japanese (273 words)

	Japan Digest \| Japanese Education (Updated September 2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Japanese students spend at least six weeks longer in school each year than their American counterparts although Japan's school year was recently shortened when all required half-day Saturday public school attendance ended in 2002.
		Japanese students are constantly exhorted by teachers to practice widely admired societal traits such as putting forth intense effort on any task and responding to greetings from teachers in a lively manner.
		Japanese students in grades 3-9 are now required to take Integrated Studies classes in which they and their teachers jointly plan projects, field trips, and other "hands-on" activities.
	www.indiana.edu /~japan/digest5.html (2001 words)

	Growing Up Half in Japan \| Asian American Intelligence \| GoldSea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The problem is I don't look Japanese, and that has always foiled my attempts to pass as one in a country that cloaks itself in an impenetrable veneer of homogeneity.
		In Japan, in her native country, she is "haafu," taken from the English word "half." Citizenship, nationality, race and ethnicity carry little meaning in this debate because in Japan they are perceived to be one and the same.
		Even though I was born here, only in 1985 did I qualify for Japanese nationality after the law was changed to allow women here the same rights as men to pass on citizenship to their children.
	goldsea.com /Asiagate/510/01half.html (1804 words)

	Half Japanese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Half Japanese is a band started by goof-off brothers in their parents' basement and they...
		Half Japanese was started in the mid-70's by brothers Jad and David Fair, in a Michigan bedroom...
		Half Japanese are the brothers Jad and David Fair who founded the band in their bedroom between...
	www.musicbyartist.com /Half-Japanese-.html (503 words)

	Splendid E-zine reviews: Half Japanese
		Half Japanese possess a great spirit, one that rarely seems lost in the hundreds of Half Japanese songs that have been released over the years.
		Part of the reason for their success must come from the way their songs have been invented (sometimes in mere minutes) and recorded (this usually takes a few minutes longer); since the band members are likeable, funny and plenty damn cool, the immediacy of their recordings keeps their innate beauty intact.
		If you're one of those Half Japanese fans who thought the story ended with their two-CD greatest his collection, it's time to say hello to another Half Japanese.
	www.splendidezine.com /reviews/mar-5-01/half.html (498 words)

	Intelliflix: Rent Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King on DVD
		Jad and David Fair are Half Japanese, "the world's greatest underground band" and the most unlikely pair of rock heroes that can be imagined.
		Half Japanese play their hearts out on rooftops and nursing home back porches while overzealous fans and rock critics plot the next Beatlemania that never comes.
		This is a must-see documentary in that 1/2 Japanese are a must-hear band, and Jad and David really are the best people to tell their own stories.
	www.intelliflix.com /movie_view.dvd?id=25090 (485 words)

	Half Japanese, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		Founded by brothers Jad and David Fair, Half Japanese was quite probably the most amateurish rock band to make a record since the Shaggs, all but ignoring musical basics like chords, rhythms, and melody.
		In 1980, Half Japanese became the first band in history to release a three-record box set as their debut album; 1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts collected some of their earlier home recordings, while throwing in barely recognizable covers (the Temptations, Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan) and sound experiments cobbled together from guitar noise, electronics, and odd effects.
		A documentary film on Half Japanese, titled The Band That Would Be King, after their recent album, was released to art-house theaters by director Jeff Feuerzeig, and T.E.C. Tones also reissued 1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts as a two-CD set.
	www.emusic.com /artist/10560/10560920.html (1240 words)

	New Statesman: Oriental Lolitas - The Back Half - Japanese erotic comic books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		When I taught in Japanese high schools, I was occasionally surprised to see a girl of 12 or 13 giving a male teacher a neck rub in the staff room.
		Communal bathing is a part of Japanese culture and people are unselfconscious in front of one another (though at a mixed nude bathing spot you'd be unlikely to see many young women).
		But Japanese politicians are keen to point out that statistics show a far lower level of reported rape and child sex abuse in Japan than in most western countries.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4623_132/ai_97994203 (1429 words)

	Half Japanese interview
		Half Japanese was started in the mid-70's by brothers Jad and David Fair, in a Michigan bedroom replete with instruments, electronic devices, and other noisemakers.
		Half t he job is selling the record in the first place and the other half is collecting on the copies that have been sold.
		Two Half Japanese records, one solo album by myself, and then one album that I did with some other musicians.
	www.stayfreemagazine.org /5/halfjap.htm (2501 words)

	Japan Today - Commentary - How the other 'hafu' lives - Japan's Leading International News Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I'm simply saying that, once becoming "fully half," they have the freedom to build on a sense of self — as does anybody who is at peace with his or her character.
		Myself being half and raised in both Japan and the States, I would guess that she is talking about the general atmosphere in Japan that if a foreigner acts more "gaijin" than follow the Japanese cultural do's and do-not's, he will get his way easier.
		Her point, I think, is that halfs have a unique CULTURE, that is (in her case) a part of and is affected by the Japanese culture and American culture (which includes a million cultures of its own).
	www.japantoday.com /e?content=comment&id=768 (4562 words)

	Half Doll Heaven - Japanese Figures Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		She has carelessly smudged her lipstick onto her chin, and there is a bit of wear to the hair color on the top of her head, but she is not otherwise damaged.
		She is stamped: "Made in Japan" on her back, and incised with a star symbol, as well as the numbers "106".
		We believe this figure to be a Japanese copy of one of the more common Flapper models to appear, even though she is indeed numbered, "937".
	www.cabinclass.com /halfdollheaven/pages/catalogue/japan_01.htm (315 words)

	RE: Half White half Japanese kids? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I'm worried a lot about this, because i dont want to marry a japanese girl and condemn her to a lifetime of being shunned and treated badly just because she happened to like me of all people.
		In a country like Japan however, where foreigners are usually educated and often speak Japanese well, its easier for the Japanese to accept them, not to mention the fact that the Japanese are 99% educated individuals, so they are capable of thinking beyond racial characteristics if they try a little.
		Japanese are very closely related to the koreans and all asians are mongoloids.
	forum.japantoday.com /fb.asp?m=654108 (4385 words)

	Okada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		They were two extremes, The Japanese who was more American then most Americans because he had crept to the brink of death for America, and the other who was neither Japanese nor American because he had failed to recognize the gift of his birthright when recognition meant everything." pg.
		One hears the voice of the Negro or Japanese of Chinese or Jew, a clear and bell-like intonation of the common struggle for recognition as a complete human being and there is a sense of unity and purpose which inspires on to hope and optimism.
		And the one who is the Negro or Japanese or Chinese or Jew is further fortified and gladdened with the knowledge that the democracy is a democracy in fact for all of them.
	ag.arizona.edu /~kuwahara/okada.html (530 words)

	Half Japanese: Sing No Evil --- Ink Blot Magazine
		Half Japanese was founded by brothers Jad and David Fair in their parent's home in 1976.
		Sing No Evil is the blueprint from which all subsequent Half Japanese albums (at least, all the good ones) have been built.
		Have eternal teenaged geek Jad Fair mouth their lyrics in a desperate, dizzy whine, shake 'em up with a loose, enthusiastic ensemble whose solid chops put Jad's primitivism over the top, and you've got rock 'n' roll the way it ought to be and rarely is.
	www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/Half_Japanese_Sing.htm (318 words)

	Dual Lens - Half Japanese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King’s geeks are inspired by music, not film, but the same divisions exist.
		Their music succeeded and Half Japanese continues to release records to this day, thanks to a combination of luck, enthusiasm and tenacity.
		I actually enjoy Half Japanese, and I enjoyed this movie, but I could use a little more critical input than "Wow, can you believe these guys are real?" I appreciate your understanding of the tension between purity and commerce.
	www.duallens.com /index.asp?reviewId=31204 (937 words)

	Half Japanese : Heaven Sent <>
		In 1995 Half Japanese was the subject of the documentary film "The Band Who Would Be King."
		Keith Richards once opined that any band could be the greatest one in rock and roll on any given night, and Half Japanese has held that honor more often than most.
		But I'd begun to believe that band leader Jad Fair had lost the touch; their last couple albums sounded rote, and on recent tours the band was staffed by underfed skate-metal dudes whose contributions sounded irredeemably pedestrian compared to the sterling work of ex-members Maureen Tucker, Mark Jickling, and the Dreyfuss brothers.
	www.outersound.com /bigshot/inkblot/rev-archive/halfjapanese.htm (290 words)

	Amazon.com: Half Japanese - The Band That Would Be King: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		There's a moment in Jeff Feuerzeig's rockumentary Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King in which Jad Fair--one half of the brother team that made up the avant-garde indie rock band Half Japanese--casually states that his only goal as a musician is to write the most popular song in the world.
		Most of mainstream America probably hasn't a clue who Half Japanese is, and Feuerzeig's main agenda here is to enlighten all of us who let the band slip through the cracks of rock history.
		Obviously Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King shouldn't be missed by any of the band's hard-core fans, but it's also the kind of rare, in-depth rockumentary that captures the essence of rock & roll and is a must-see for anyone interested in the medium.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003IPFA?v=glance (1538 words)

	Gen Kanai weblog: Ai Uchida, half-Japanese
		She mentions that Japanese who've spent time abroad have similar outlooks, but I'd like to expand that to say that almost everyone from any culture who spends time outside of thier own get that kind of "a-ha" moment.
		I agree that being "half" is a unique experience, but I disagree that it gives people who are "half" some super-unique cultural insight that the rest of the world can't get.
		Japanese is my first language and I didn't learn English until we moved to the US in 1971, when I was 9 years old.
	www.kanai.net /weblog/archive/2005/05/09/00h03m17s (1653 words)

	Half Japanese - Epitonic.com: Hi Quality Free and Legal MP3 Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Half Japanese is a band started by goof-off brothers in their parents' basement and they still sound like it and that's why they're great.
		They succeeded making rock music that celebrated their lack of musical talent, creating a joyfully artless sound all about the fun of just making noise, a style which few would have the wherewithal or the chutzpah to attempt to replicate.
		But Half Japanese's peculiar sonic primitivism turned out to have a huge impact on a wide range of music that followed, from punk to post-punk to indie rock to experimental music.
	www.epitonic.com /artists/halfjapanese.html (391 words)

	Variety.com - Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King
		Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the innovative music band, "Half Japa-nese" is a mockumentary a la "This Is Spinal Tap" that just "happens" to be about a real band.
		Mildly entertaining, though not as zany or original as one might expect, pic is a good bet for public TV, cable and video after limited theatrical release on university campuses and in big cities, where the band is popular.
		Composed of musical footage and interviews with the duo's parents, musicians and associates, docu reconstructs the history of Half Japanese as the first punk rock band.
	www.variety.com /article/ve1117907784?cs=1 (434 words)

	Half Japanese: Our Solar System --- Ink Blot Magazine
		Jad Fair has ruled Half Japanese like a man who would be king for a decade, but originally he was an equal partner with his older brother David.
		This is David's record, and not just because he wrote most of the songs and sang a few of them in an urgent, indelicate bawl.
		The disc is studded with covers by the Velvet Underground, the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, Buddy Holly, and the Kingsmen that declare Half Japanese's antecedents, but the originals hold their heads high.
	www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/Half_Japanese_Our.htm (286 words)

	Encyclopedia: Half Japanese
		FACTOID # 170: Apparently, the Federated States of Micronesia is the place to leave - and Afghanistan is the place to go.
		John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in New York City) is a American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist.
		Click for other authoritative sources for this topic (summarised at Factbites.com).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Half-Japanese (473 words)

	Half Japanese
		Half Japanese is either a bunch of rock 'n' roll savants or idiots who should have never been allowed to record.
		Jeff Feuerzeig's rockumentary, Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King (1993), traces the career of Half Japanese and casts them as the offbeat rock band that deserved to make it.
		Magician Penn Gillette argues that Half Japanese is more rock 'n' roll than Paul McCartney.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/073197/article039.shtml (199 words)

	Rhapsody Music: Download, Listen, Play & Burn Half Japanese
		Half Japanese have been deconstructing rock through amateurish genius since 1977.
		Half JapaneseÂ’s only stable member is Jad Fair, who has also recorded with Yo La Tengo.
		Click here to start listening to Half Japanese and thousands of other artists FREE for 14 days with Rhapsody Unlimited.
	www.real.com /dmm/rhapsody/artist/?artistid=5865 (94 words)

	Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King (1993) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King (1993)
		from Marina del Rey, CA I had heard of the band Half Japanese before seeing this film in the out-of-print Spin Alternative Record Guide, but nothing written about them could prepare me for this amazing documentary.
		Over the next ten years, Half Japanese earns enormous accolades, especially among other musicians, ironically.
	www.imdb.com /Title?HALF+JAPANESE (330 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: Half Japanese
		In the decades since Half Japanese took shape, it's still not entirely clear that "real" chords have ever really entered the picture.
		Half Japanese was indisputably at its most unsettling when the Fairs had no outside input.
		by Mosquito (Jad, Half Japanese guitarist Tim Foljahn and Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley) is extraordinarily arduous.
	www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=half_japanese (1926 words)

	Comparing Asian Nationalities \| Asian American Poll \| GoldSea
		Possibly it was the Japanese who decided to update the use the word "den" for electricity, which was then easily adopted by the Chinese into Mandarin.
		But of course, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Japanese, Cantonese, Korean, and even Vietnamese pronunciations of many Hanzi/Kanji terms all originate with Ancient Chinese pronunciations, so it is hard to say if some words in Taiwanese are Japanese imports or are merely coincidental modern pronunciations deriving from the original Ancient Chinese pronunciations.
		What is the meaning of "hapa?" I always thought it meant half Hawaiian, but most people here seem to use it to mean mixed anything.
	goldsea.com /Poll/Comparing/comparing_20331.html (723 words)

	Ink 19 :: Half Japanese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Half Japanese is so fucking awesome because they are a blueprint for the path that rock and roll should have taken.
		Um, yeah, Half Japanese are superior peers of Aerosmith.
		Easily, Half Japanese are near the top of the rock stomp altar of greatness.
	www.ink19.com /issues/may2001/wetInk/musicH/halfJapanese.html (430 words)

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