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In all fairness, it's a sand storm. Once every couple of years we get this in Taiwan, too. Sand picked up from the Gobi desert. I'm sure part of it is man-made polution, but you can hardly blame the Chinese for the nasty combination of powerful wind and sand. Regardless, it's a crappy...

Or so I thought? I guess some just have a knack for flying in the face of logic.

Shocking, but what's even more surprising is the number of people using the word "chink" in this thread. What the hell is wrong with you people?

My question to those who are skeptical about Osaka's and Japan's crime statistics is, how many of you have actually been there? It's practically as safe as the Vatican. In eight years out here I've never been the victim of any crime and I haven't met anyone whose been the victim of any...

I call BS! When you speak of people not reporting crimes, what crimes do you mean exactly? Murder? r***? r*** would be a crime which is often not reported for a variety of reasons, but this isn't just an Asian phenomenon. Are you saying that the murder rate is higher in Osaka than the...

I spent a few days in Osaka last December, and I've truly never felt safer anywhere else in the world! As with anywhere in Japan, the people there are exceptionally polite - almost painfully so. We asked this one couple for directions and they just went out of their way and led us where we...

The attitude of many workers plays into the inflated cost of producing and selling goods. Take labor unions, for example. Unskilled workers banding together to hold their employer hostage in order to get what they feel is a fair compensation package, even when the business itself is barely...

PLEASE. Americans aren't workaholics. For the most part, they're lazy bastards who will work the least they possibly can and punch out the second their shift is over. That's a huge part of the root of the American economy's problems. In Asia we work sixty hour weeks just to keep up with...

Oron has never caused me any trouble. When I first click to download as a free user, it makes me wait 60 seconds. After downloading I have to wait from a couple of minutes to a couple of hours before downloading again depending on the size of the file I just downloaded.

For the last three years, a 2007 Mazda 3 1.6L... far better than my first car, a 1990 Ford Tempo! Hoping to upgrade to a 2011 Honda CRV later in the year... need more space and security for my four month old son, but too large an SUV just wouldn't be practical here in Taiwan.

It's because we're all different people who have different values, different priorities, different lifestyles and make different choices. Some care about what they eat, others don't. Some exercise, others don't. Some people believe that caring about how you look is vain and immoral, so...

Certainly didn't mean it in a rude manner, but I appologize if I offended. Yes, Mc Donald's, among others, has successfully invaded. Obesity rates across the board in east Asia are rising, especially among children. But they get made fun of for it by their peers and sometimes even by their...

I can tell you haven't been to Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand or China before. Obesity is pretty universal in developped western countries though... it's just that the US is ground zero.

Are you suggesting that fat people are more knowledgable about electronics than people who take care of their body? In this case, the manager clearly hasn't done his job properly. He knew enough to answer your questions, but he was likely too busy either A: eating B: playing video games or C...

That's exactly how it is out here in Taiwan. People are almost always required to hand in a picture with their resume, and it's an unspoken rule that being presentable is a required skill for any job where you're dealing with people. In America, or Canada, or any western country people...