[alf]

When i am in Tokyo (i spend 1/3 of my time there), i walk to the train station from my hotel and the station to my office (30+ min total) daily. For lunch, i walk about 10 mins each way to the food joint. Figure another 20 mins of walking around to do other daily stuff, so 1 hr walking min/day of walikng.

Food there is also served in smaller portions and usually more balanced. There are very very very few overweight people there. Most do not have an exercise program but have to walk twice as much as i do daily if they live in the suburbs.

When i am in the US, i park my car 20 paces from my office, drive everywhere i need to go and eat larger portions than i should because i hate wasting food...curiously, i gain weight locally and loose it internationally on a monthly basis.

alf