{"id":6579,"date":"2010-04-24T00:15:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T15:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=6579"},"modified":"2018-07-24T11:50:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T21:50:16","slug":"saturday-tangent-tokyo-shinbun-fussa-city-bureaucrat-blames-nj-residents-for-more-childrens-cavities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=6579","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Tangent: Tokyo Shinbun: Fussa City bureaucrat blames NJ residents for more children’s cavities!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. \u00a0It’s been pretty knee-jerk this past decade to blame NJ (or just plain multiculturalism) for anything that’s allegedly going askew in Japan. \u00a0Things I’ve seen blamed on NJ and their “cultural differences” (no doubt you know most of these): \u00a0Bathhouse altercations, crime, terrorism, infectious diseases, unemployment, neighborhood deterioration, bad smells in both neighborhoods and schools, divorces, DV, drugs, guns, prostitution, unpaid bills (including phone and restaurant), AIDs, youth crime, irregularly colored hair, improper garbage disposal, low J crews on Japanese ships, sports uncompetitiveness, lack of Olympic medals, uncertified sushi, Japan’s low English ability, national security in the SDF, and the potential carving up of Japan as a nation. \u00a0More on the NJ Blame Game here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But I gotta admit, I’ve never seen oral hygiene — as in more cavities — pinned on NJ before! \u00a0Read on. \u00a0What’s next: \u00a0Traffic lights staying red for too long? \u00a0Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n

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KYA writes:
\nI saw this on the TV news today, it’s not really a legal issue or anything but it’s a little bit ridiculous and a little bit offensive:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Fussa’s got the highest percentage of 3 year olds with cavities in Tokyo, and the “person in charge” has decided to blame that on the fact that there are a lot of NJ residents in Fussa who “give their kids juice on a daily basis.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Given the proximity of Fussa to the Yokota base, however, I’d be willing to bet that a lot of those NJ in Fussa that they’re talking about are American… and American children tend to have MUCH better teeth than their Japanese counterparts. Many Americans are almost paranoid about dental health these days… and on the other hand, Fussa is also one of the less expensive areas of Tokyo, I’d bet that a lot of those cavities can be ascribed to lower-income families who just can’t or won’t spend the money on dental visits and fluoride treatments, etc.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m not sure whether to laugh at this or be offended by it… since the terrible teeth of Japanese children are quite the popular conversation topic among the American eikaiwa teachers that I’ve known, it seems ironic at the least.<\/em> ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been pretty knee-jerk this past decade to blame NJ (or just plain multiculturalism) for anything that’s allegedly going askew in Japan. Things I’ve seen blamed on NJ and their “cultural differences” (no doubt you know most of these): Bathhouse altercations, crime, terrorism, infectious diseases, unemployment, neighborhood deterioration, bad smells in both neighborhoods and schools, divorces, DV, drugs, guns, prostitution, unpaid bills (including phone and restaurant), AIDs, youth crime, irregularly colored hair, improper garbage disposal, low J crews on Japanese ships, sports uncompetitiveness, lack of Olympic medals, uncertified sushi, Japan’s low English ability, national security in the SDF, and the potential carving up of Japan as a nation.<\/p>\n

But I gotta admit, I’ve never seen oral hygiene — as in more cavities — pinned on NJ before! Read on. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,22,26,73,4,31,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-social-science","category-cultural-issue","category-ironies-hypocrisies","category-japans-blame-game","category-japanese-government","category-tangents","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15101,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6579\/revisions\/15101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}