tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post6458429715145375408..comments2023-10-20T18:03:01.821+09:00Comments on GlobalTalk 21: For Those of You Who Miss WaiWai…Jun Okumurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-63079793325935678772009-01-07T11:20:00.000+09:002009-01-07T11:20:00.000+09:00Aki: I’ll take your word for the Chukaku-ha connec...Aki: I’ll take your word for the <I>Chukaku-ha</I> connection, since I’ve been able to infer from a brief search that there is a strong link with the anti-Kakumaru radical elements of the anti-Narita movement and Zengakuren. Was the writer (writers? only one byline for some time) <I>CJ</I> aware of this? Well, most people here, including myself, probably have never heard of the protesting organization at all—how many U-30 Japanese even recognize the name <I>Chukaku-ha</I>?—so I’m not drawing any conclusions here about <I>CJ’s</I> prior knowledge of the <I>Chukaku-ha</I> connection or lack of due diligence regarding it from that fact alone. Based on the article that you’ve linked to as well as another one (http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/08/14/anti-emperor-group-to-protest-at-yasukuni-shrine/#more-345) written soon after, I believe that <I>CJ</I> sympathizes with Japanese opponents to Yasukuni—but then most <I>gaijin</I> do. I say <I>gaijin</I> because, regardless of nationality, <I>CJ</I>’s Anglo cultural background shows through.<BR/><BR/>More generally, I have the impression that <I>CJ</I> holds liberal views. It is also possible that <I>CJ</I> had prior contact with someone from at least one of the two featured organizations. But the two <I>Yasukuni</I>-related reports appear to have been a relatively isolated episode in the life of the <I>Tokyo Reporter</I>. All in all, I would be inclined to believe any plausible explanation from <I>CJ</I> regarding the relationship, if any, there.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-1105954358355497782009-01-07T03:27:00.000+09:002009-01-07T03:27:00.000+09:00Last summer, Tokyo reporter had an article that po...Last summer, <I>Tokyo reporter</I> had <A HREF="http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2008/07/23/left-wing-group-announces-yasukuni-shrine-demonstration/" REL="nofollow">an article</A> that positively introduced a left-wing extremist gourp, <I>Chukakuha</I>, as if they were a pacifist group.<BR/><BR/>Although the writers of the <I>Japanese-smut-portal</I> have Japanese names, I wonder if they are really Japanese. If they are Japanese, they should know the <A HREF="http://aki-akiaki.blogspot.com/2008/07/left-wing-extremists-plan-to-recruit.html" REL="nofollow">bloody history of <I>Chukakuha</I></A>.<BR/><BR/>There are three possibilities: <BR/><BR/>(1) The reporters are Japanese and supporters of <I>Chukakuha</I>.<BR/>(2) They are non-Japanese who do not know <I>Chukakuha</I>.<BR/>(3) They are extremely ignorant Japanese who do not know <I>Chukakuha</I>.Akihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14536933068080995233noreply@blogger.com