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This clip opens with Japanese and American scientists standing in a
lab having a discussion. We then see Dr. Kevin Boyce, and then
busy street scenes in Japan.
We see Japanese and American scientists working in the lab.
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KEVIN: One of the things I really like about this project is
working with the Japanese. They're some very hard working people over
there, they're a lot of fun.
NARRATOR: These trips also offer the chance to see old friends
again. Yet, working with colleagues on the other side of the Earth can
be challenging at times - especially when you have two very different
cultures working together.
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Dr. Fujimoto talking outside ISAS in Japan, followed by a scene of
Japanese and American scientists working on the X-ray Spectrometer.
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RYUICHI FUJIMOTO: We have completely different cultures,
customs and systems but we are working for the XRS on board Astro-E2.
We have the same goal.
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After a busy street scene in Japan, we see American scientists
working at computers.
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NARRATOR: Communications can be slow when dealing with a 13 hour time
difference.
KEVIN: We do a lot of e-mailing. So, of course you can get
only one round of e-mail a day because most of them are asleep over
there when you send it and they answer it during the day and come back
the next day.
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A view outside a Japanese shop with a prominant Japanese sign. Curtis Odell
talking in his office.
Dr. Furushe is seen talking outside ISAS in Japan.
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NARRATOR: Then, there is the language barrier ...
CURTIS: Our counterparts, almost all of them speak English
at some level and that was really good for us because very few of us
speak any Japanese.
TAE FURUSHE: When I was in the US I learned a lot. Cause,
they all speak English only, they don't speak Japanese, so I had to
learn English.
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We see more steet scenes in Japan, followed by Japanese and American
scientists eating in a Japanese restaurant.
Dr. Fujimoto talking outside ISAS in Japan.
Video clip ends in computer room in Japan, with Juli Lander and Tae
Furushe waving good-bye, as Ryuichi Fujimoto stands behind them.
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NARRATOR: Sampling the cuisine can be fun.
KEVIN: I really like sushi. And there's various other kinds
of food I like a lot.
JULI LANDER: It's like a fish potato chip.
RYUICHI FUJIMOTO: What surprised me most is that you Americans eat sweets at the end of lunch or dinner. That's very surprising for me. In Japan I thought, I think that sweets are for children or womens not for men.
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