The image of the partner country Japan
About school life
1. All students have portable phones.
100 % yes
2. School regulation is strict.
100 % yes
3 Most high schools have their own uniforms.
100 % yes
4. Students have to do lots of homeworks.
75 % Y / 25 % No
5. After school. most of the students do part time jobs.
50 % Y / 50 % N
6. In America, the number of public high shools is larger than that of private
ones.
100 % Y
7. There are air conditioner in every high school.                                                                100 %
Y
   8.Students have lunch at a  school cafeteria
100 % Y
   9. Students can drive a car.
100 % Y
  10. Students live with their family.
100 % Y
  11.Students can choose subject freely. It means most subjects are
 50 % Y / 50 % N
elective.
12.There are some school festivals, such as culture festival, sports day,and a one day
school
100 % Y
     excursion.
  13. Most studetns read comics.
100 % Y
  14. Japanese animation videos like pokemon, mononoke, are very popular.
                    100 % Y
15. Every class has its own classroom teacher who takes care of the 8students'lives.
100 % Y
 ' Examination into universities ' is very difficult, so there exists '  100 % Y
Examination hell'


About daily life
1. English is mostly spoken on TV.
100 % Y
2. People tend to watch TV for hours a day.
75 % Y / 25 % N
3. Studetns have their own rooms at home.
100 % Y
4. Most studens don't live with their grandfather and
grandmother.                                            50 % Y / 50 % N
5. A credit card can be used at anyplace, at
anytime..                                                            100 % Y


6. Most students have no interest to
politics.
100 % Y
7. Every one has a computer at
home.
100 % Y



About society
1.Convenience stores, opend 24hours and selling all things, are
found                                        100 % Y
everywhere in the country.
2.Rental video shops and rental CD shops are everywhere.                                                        100 % Y
 3.There are lots of foreign tourists in your place.
100 % Y
4.People speak English everyday.
100 % Y
5.Smoking is totally prohibited in public places, like hospitals,                                                        100 % Y
2stations, government offices.
6.Garbege recycling system is arranged by the government.
100 % Y
7.The prices is lower, compared with Japan
100 % Y
8.Crime rate is high.
100 % Y


Mc Donald's prices: 
Big Mac                                4,99 DM
cheeseburger                        2,15 DM
Hamburger                            1,95
Special EM  Mac(special because of the European football Championships in
the Netherlands / Belgium)
with French fries and a medium coke                        8,99 DM
Mac flurry (ice-cream with chocolate stuff inside)                2,99 DM
Hamburger Royale                4,99 DM
Hamburger Royale with tomatoes and salad    5,49 DM


Current exchange rate - 1 Deutschmark = about 50 Japanese Yen - ( the Yen
is very very strong in comparison to last year!)

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