Crime and criminals, how many of us foreigners here in Japan are offenders. If you believe some politians here, we all are!

"Foreigners are all sneaky thieves. As Tokyo Gov Ishihara has cracked down on them, they have flowed into Kanagawa Prefecture."
Kanagawa Gov Shigefumi Matsuzawa, during a campaign speech Sunday.

Now, if you want to read about how some others are feeling about these kinds of comments, look at the Economist. A really interesting article on how this phobic attitude will affect the economy. Will racism and zenophobia
hurt them in the pocket?
Yup. I can only hope so.

Tuesday, and again with the repeaters. We have lost quite a few classmates. I have no idea where they went, but from a roll for two 90 minute classes of around 30 people, we are down to about 5 on track for a passing grade. Maybe that isn't too surprising, but I am a little disappointed.