Already Gone we seem to have hijacked your thread. I see that there is about a 3 to 1 ration of people who are looking forward to a contract over there. I hope whoever goes takes the time to visit the undamaged parts of the country and takes in a little of their culture. I still remember my reactions as a young boy to the alien feel of everything I encountered from the homes of my Japanese freinds to the Temples and Tokyo itself. My father had no problem with a 13 year old boy taking the bus into Tokyo to go to an ice skating rink or other public venue. He would not have done that here in the US. Language may not be a problem, although I learned a passable amount of Japanese (which is gone along with my two years Spanish in High School) it seemed like most of the younger people spoke english the world language of busisness.
