On 4 Mar 2005 05:43:07 -0800, John W. wrote:

> Dave Fossett wrote:
>> Who was it that decided that "locale" should become "繝ュ繧ア繝シ繝ォ" in
> Japanese?
> 
>>The same guy that wrote 'yours standing place' on the sign at the upper
> terminus of the Rokko cable car.
> 
> John W.

We've got a different guy here in Nagano. Every foreigner who moves here
has to register at the "Alien Resistration" desk.