On 10/24/06, Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Since there's talk oif Japan...
http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/paris-syndrome-leaves-japanese-tourists/20061023231609990011?ncid=NWS00010000000001
The story mentions 12 Japanese with severe psychological difficulties adapting to France and French behavior. Given that roughly a million Japanese visit France each year, this figure seems miniscule. That said, the source of the million Japanese figure and some commentary on problems that Japanese have in France can be found at
http://www.understandfrance.org/Paris/ParisJapan.html
John
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