Why was Az in the news paper?

[gizmaluke]

In the new editorial Az mentions that he has been in the paper a few times and I was a little curious about what it could have been about because it sounds like outpost nine has been getting press attention in the US. I figure it mustn't be about OP9 or he would have been deported and told us about it. haha... or not. anyway, I am curious about what the articles in the newspaper where about so I figure that we should have a guessing game until az sets the record straight.

My guess is that the newspaper was just announcing that there was going to be a kancho themed godzilla movie coming out next year and the new bad guy is az . master of mechanical kancho devices.

[Kaji]

Just the fact that there's a black man in town is newsworthy over there, as he's hinted at a number of times. Hence one of the two appearences in the Kyoto newspaper. Second was probably the gossip about him banging a hot Japanese chick (which got blown into a schoolgirl incident just for flair...hehehe...)

[X the Eliminator]

I doubt the newspaper articles were about OP9. Now, if that Newsweek blurb about the site gets translated into the Japanese version...

[Azrael]

The first time, I took part in a seminar at the local fire department to try and teach the firemen emergency English, cause there are a lot of foreigners living in the area. (the result? Don't have an emergency here. Me: Help! I'm on fire! I'm on fire!" Fireman: Ok, ok. I understand.) The paper sent a reporter to cover it for some reason, and my picture ended up in the paper.

The second time, I was helping a friend out...two weeks ago in the afternoons we went to the welfare center and did traditional Japanese dancing for the old folks. Again, the paper sent a reporter, and somehow it became an article. My picture wasn't printed this time, but my name and age were.

And yeah, the gaijin thing is true. I was watching the high school baseball tournament today, and they sent a reporter out in the stands...she interviewed some gaijin who worked for Nova, simply because he was there.

[akitaka]

My family and I got in the papers for being foreign, too. It was way back when I was in 2nd grade and we were invited to take classes at a school in Nagano. For some reason cameras showed up when we came along on a school "camping" trip, and the papers only showed us (mother, 2 sisters, me). Not the school, not their kids, not the teachers, just....us.

What's so amazing about nissei, really? It was fun, though.

[Lambda]

Gasp, Az' cover'd be blown! There was a newsweek blurb on it? Thanks newsweek, you assholes.

[Pierrot le Fou]

Actually Az, the reporters were interviewing the 3 foreigners because the school that they taught at was 京都外大西. As in a foreign exchange school. I assume you're talking about the guy with the Haight-Ashbury Sweatshirt on. May be wrong. The match where Darth Romash cried because he gave up a 6 run lead.

And usually the newspaper you get put in, while being the Kyoto paper, is just a local section that only your town/area gets to read.

Even I get in the paper. And I'm a white guy who does nothing special.

[Azrael]

^That's the match I was watching, but it must have been at a different time. The guy they interviewed was from an eikaiwa if I remember correctly.

I felt bad for that pitcher. And man, the camera just kept focusing on him and his team...we barely even saw the winning team at all.

But I wouldn't say only my area reads that section...one of my friends who lives in Kyoto pointed out the fire department article to me...she mentioned going out to see her friend to her parents, and they said "It wouldn't be this Jeff..." and showed her the newspaper article.

[Pierrot le Fou]

You get more exposure than me, clearly.

And I really honestly don't remember a lone eikaiwa teacher getting interviewed. I really really really think it was an English teacher for one of the high schools at worst.

Darth Romash is the man. I will devote a movie to him turning to the dark side of 高校野球 someday...

[Azrael]

You get more exposure than me, clearly.
Trust me, it's not a good thing.

And I wonder why it took the coach so long to pull him out. It was obvious the other team was just taking batting practice on him at one point. By the time he did come out the game they were already losing.

[Pierrot le Fou]

Because this is Japan. They have no concept of how to play baseball. They play as if it's 1950. They have players with talent, but they refuse to actually push weight training (for power), show plate discipline (they hate walking), and use their outs well (they bunt all the fucking time). It's frustrating to watch sometimes.

"Just let him swing dammit! It's 9-2, you don't need to just get one run. Just let him swing for the damned fences already!"

And I don't want exposure. The last time I got any public exposure, I was given a talking to by the police in the koban. (rimshot...)

[JudoPorkChop]

Which explains why JP teams would always get stomped in the "Friendship" game. I wonder if they stopped doing that? I still want to see the SF Giants versus the Yomiyuri Giants.

[danielh]

Why watch baseball whe nou can watch cricket. The Ashes Series, Australia vs. England, 5 five day matches. Dubbed the best series EVER, 3 tests (matches) into the series and there have been 2 close finishes (last two matches where England won by 2 runs and the most recent Australia held on for a draw with one wicket to spare), both of them got my heart rate up to 300 beats per minute.
A truly exhilerating matchup, Australia the dominant team for 20 years, against a young England team, most of whom haven't witnessed first-handedly the massive defeats suffered in the hands of Australia in past Ashes series.
Cricket, a truly great sport. Series is 1-1 (drawn 3rd match) and it could've easily been 2-1 for either team.

[Chinamerican]

I don't know if he was but if you look up "kancho" in wikipedia, there's a reference to him in the article and a link to the outpostnine "I am a Japanese Schoolteacher" editorials :D

[Excel-2008]

The first time, I took part in a seminar at the local fire department to try and teach the firemen emergency English, cause there are a lot of foreigners living in the area. (the result? Don't have an emergency here. Me: Help! I'm on fire! I'm on fire!" Fireman: Ok, ok. I understand.) The paper sent a reporter to cover it for some reason, and my picture ended up in the paper.

The second time, I was helping a friend out...two weeks ago in the afternoons we went to the welfare center and did traditional Japanese dancing for the old folks. Again, the paper sent a reporter, and somehow it became an article. My picture wasn't printed this time, but my name and age were.

And yeah, the gaijin thing is true. I was watching the high school baseball tournament today, and they sent a reporter out in the stands...she interviewed some gaijin who worked for Nova, simply because he was there.
I would assume that the fact that Japanese news tends to cover trivial matters is related (see Chapter 58: Michael Jackson Juice, Revisited (http://outpostnine.com/editorials/teacher58.html)).

[Deadhead]

Az is lying. He got in the newspaper because he went crazy, transformed to Dark Azrael and raped schoolgirls with his tentacles.

The were going to prosecute him, but then he used his Gaijin powers to escape.