in article 3F079EC2.A49301A3@yahoo.co.jp, Eric Takabayashi at
etakajp@yahoo.co.jp wrote on 7/6/03 1:00 PM:

> Ernest Schaal wrote:
> 
>> This time I quoted Japanese government officials, but other news articles I
>> have read have shown that Japanese businessmen are just as bad, and that
>> Japanese schoolteachers really have a problem keeping their hands off their
>> students.
>> 
>> As for your remark about the president, that is one man. The wave of
>> Japanese political scandals involve a multitude of men.
> 
> Then you should also read the stories indication the approval ratings of the
> US president and his policies, such as a war on Iraq, domestic measures in the
> war on terror, or the possibility of more wars elsewhere, or listen to
> interviews with the general public, to get an idea of how they also think.

Eric,

The high approval rating for Bush is because he has been he has been an
effective president. It does not mean that the country supports each and
every position that he takes.

In Japan though, there are even news stories to show that the establishment,
both in the government and in education and industry have low regard for the
rights of women. In japan, chikan is the rule for men, not the exception.