Hachiko
Apr 27, 2004, 00:48
Having spent much of my life perplexed by Japan, I admit to a little "payback" delight whenever I catch Japan perplexed by the West. It seems it doesn't happen so often.
Of course we Westerners are not without a few unfathomable mysteries of our own. For example, how come Clark Kent can disguise himself with only eyewear? Or how did George W. Bush ever graduate from Yale? And so on. Yet, when it comes to enigmas, the West generally falls far behind the East.
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20040424td.htm)
Of course we Westerners are not without a few unfathomable mysteries of our own. For example, how come Clark Kent can disguise himself with only eyewear? Or how did George W. Bush ever graduate from Yale? And so on. Yet, when it comes to enigmas, the West generally falls far behind the East.
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20040424td.htm)