From: NOSOVSKY <stigma.ltd <at> G23 <dot> RELCOM <dot> RU>
Date: 28 may 2000
Subject: Re: SV Re: SV: Re: A World Shogi Federation and a real  World

Dear Martin

>No, to common sense there is no explanation, but the real reason is the
following:
>Our Japanese shogi friends are the kindest people on earth. We all know
them
>to be joyful, nice, and generous. But basically (and I think to some extent
correctly)
>they do not trust us. If shogi will become a truthfully international game,
they are
>afraid that we (the gaijin, the westerners etc) will change the game and
violate
>its traditions. They are afraid that we will introduce Swiss pairing
systems, new
>names or symbols of the pieces, a set of exact rules, or whatever may be a
violation of the
>old traditions. You may just read the contributions to Shogi-L, and it is
easy to see
>that there are many ideas like these around.

I think it is possible to give Japanese right of "veto" on any decision like
in UN have it.
(In Renju International Federation three countries have such right (Japan,
Russia, Sweden).

Best Regards Alexander Nosovsky