"John W." <worthj1970@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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On Jun 7, 1:22 am, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Jim Breen wrote:
> > rcaetano wrote:
> >> On Jun 5, 10:31 am, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> In two weeks in Japan I don't recall seeing a single person using a
> >>> bloototh device. Is there some rule against it, or was it because I
> >>> was in the relative hinterlands (Himeji)?
> >> Japanese phones usually have infrared and not Bluetooth. Apparently
> >> Japanese carriers were never too keen to push Bluetooth.
>
> > How do you say "NIH" in Japanese?
>
> We don't. There is no need. We have the Japanese press to help us
> never hear about substandard ideas developed and promoted elsewhere.
> After all, if the Japanese needed them, they would have developed them.

>I was thinking that if Japanese had bluetooth, whatever would they do
>while driving (because the radio sucks) or riding their bikes?

>John W.
>
But my question is...
Why does the radio suck so badly?

You would think with that many people packed into that many square miles, a 
decent FM station could be found.

That is in my top ten aggravating peeves about Japan