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Thanks Mike–this seems to work quite nicely.
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Bernard K. Gordon
Prof. Emeritus, Univ of New Hampshire
e-mail: bkg@christa.unh.edu
I would like to be added to the New Japan Forum
Lynette Perkins
J to E translation
Scott North north@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp
Thanks, Mike, for setting this up.
Adjunct professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; managing director, Cotton Tree Productions; former Tokyo bureau chief and East Asian economics correspondent, The Globe and Mail Newspaper
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This looks like it may be a good setup. I must say I have not been part of a blog discussion group so it is all new to me, but seems to me easy enough. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Like it. Would be glad to start an “Inose’s comment” thread. Probably riffing off his comment that the Islamic societies have classes. And Japan is a classless society. How do we know? Look around. Inose’s got no class. Aso’s got no class. Ishihara . . .
Ah, that lends itself to all sorts of irony, a 3rd generation politician speaking of “classless” or maybe that’s clueless?
Steve Burson
I would like to “join” this blog. Thanks!
Hi, thank you for your setup. I’ve been subscribed to the NBR list for months, without contributing but reading a lot. Kindly please send an invitation to katsu.y@hicawa.com . Regards, Yoshikuni KATSU
Thank you, Mike!
Testing this option for the NBR group transfer…Stephen Evans, Tochigi
Thanks, Mike. I’m a Senior Professor of Economics at GRIPS, a policy institute in Tokyo. I also have administrative positions as President Advisor and Director of the Public Policy Program.
This is Pio d’Emilia/ Long time Italian Journalist living in Japan. Co-founder of JIYUHODOKYOKAI (Free Press Association in Japan) and Head Press Communication of the Nobel for Peace World Summits. Currently Far East Bureau Chief of SKYTG24 (Italian).
This is pretty smooth!!!!
ruggles
I would like to join this blog.
CAPT Rob Dahlin, USN
Rob, I can’t “add” you without an email address… mike smitka msmitka@wlu.edu
Rodney E. Armstrong
I have a title! — Researcher (研究員) at the National Museum of Japanese History
Otherwise: A.B. The Citadel, MALD from The Fletcher School, Certificate in Japanese Language & Area Studies, The Foreign Service Institute.
Sign me up, Mike. I want to see how this one works out.
Joel Legendre-Koizumi. Journalist broadcaster, Japan correspondent of Groupe RTL France, based since 20 years ago in Asia.