tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post4247794847658961798..comments2023-10-20T18:03:01.821+09:00Comments on GlobalTalk 21: So Much for Crazy Talk on Abe and the Comfort WomenJun Okumurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-42971063752204760632013-02-04T22:44:02.409+09:002013-02-04T22:44:02.409+09:00I think your bet is a good one. Given all his tal...I think your bet is a good one. Given all his talk about the economy, the last thing Abe wants is South Korean boycotts of Japanese goods as a trade off for pleasing the narrow segment of the Japanese population (in my understanding) that resents the Statement.<br /><br />It was Yohei Kono, not Taro, by the way.Fernandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00491910771126306851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-53269719106690955782013-02-01T13:55:32.879+09:002013-02-01T13:55:32.879+09:00Could you give a link to your past conjecture on t...Could you give a link to your past conjecture on the comfort women issue? I tried googling for them but couldn't find them.Brian B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07884817412935778499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-80168670866418741302013-02-01T13:55:13.223+09:002013-02-01T13:55:13.223+09:00I too tend to feel that Abe will not act on the Ko...I too tend to feel that Abe will not act on the Kono and Murayama statements after the HoC election, although I am not confident. However, the process is important. Will the "academic" process be a real one with apolitical figures involved, or will it be one like his collective self-defense committee in Abe 1.0 which while "academic" was clearly going to tell Abe what he wanted to hear due to personnel selection.sigma1http://www.sigma1.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com