Hello!

Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<4042F5E8.9080403@hotmail.com>...
> A little bit yes. If you are still up in Hokkaido Tim, then wouldn't 
> part of it be "a strong presumption that all foreigners are American or 
> Russian"? Or for Okazaki "a strong presumption that all foreigners are 
> Brazilians or Students". The little bit of change is still very welcome 
> of course.

That may be, but I suspect that the real work of broadening horizons
out in the countryside is being done by the non-American JET teachers.
Either that or some television program has people sensitized.

Tim