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From: Eric Takabayashi <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp>
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Subject: Re: Japs Exclude Gaijins from EXPO tender contracts
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:53:04 +0900
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Ryan Ginstrom wrote:

> <scj trimmed>
> "Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
> news:4000075C.283A833E@yahoo.co.jp...
> > No, because English is the language used by people around the world as in
> business, science and technology,
> > not Japanese.
>
> Dude, the contract is in Japan, being awarded by the Japanese government.
> WTF are you talking about?

I have seen contracts and other important documents in English, as have you,
offered by Japanese in Japan, though the language of the document may say that
for legal purposes, the official documents are the Japanese ones.

And speaking of Mazda and Nissan, they operate in English in Japan, too.

If Japanese were open to foreign bidders, there is nothing stopping them from
using English or any other foreign language. But no, the conditions they have
set strongly favor Japanese.

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