Saturday, March 10, 2007

So Much Has Been Written and Talked about Concerning the Most Recent Flare Up over the "Comfort Women" Issue, and Yet I Can't Stop Myself

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Some facts that get lost in the tussle: Prime Minister Abe did not raise the issue; Congressman Honda did, in a House Subcommittee, and forc...
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Monday, March 05, 2007

Was Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa Broadcast on Japanese TV?

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Karin Muller, creator of the documentary television series Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa , was somewhat surprised by the following in th...
Friday, March 02, 2007

Fred Kaplan Picks Up on the Bush Administration’s 180°on North Korean Uranium Enrichment Program. So Where Does That Leave Chris Hill?

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I speculated about the sudden US turnaround on North Korea's uranium program here . And this is Fred Kaplan's take. Whatever the m...
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Cute Animals – They're the Best Kind

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If you think you can spare some love for cute little animals such as Donald Trump the Golden-Rumped Elephant Shrew, Dennis Kucinich Mahmou...
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Mr. Abe Makes the Cover of Newsweek Unfortunately, the Headline is: LETDOWN

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I can't believe anyone who bothers to read this blog has missed this one, but here it is anyway. Newsweek (Asia version) Mar. 5 issue h...
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Intrepid Norimitsu Ohnishi Claims Japanese Government about to Reject "Kohno Statement on Comfort Women". Not So Fast, though That Is Not My Point

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"Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denied Thursday that Japan's military had forced foreign women into sexual slavery during World War II,...
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New Doubts On Nuclear Efforts by North Korea - U.S. Less Certain of Uranium Program

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Of all the déjà vu all over agains on this planet… I have become so disillusioned (partly because I spent an entire futile weekend tryi...
Thursday, March 01, 2007

"New York: Targeted By Tehran?" or so newsweek asks

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"Increasing tensions between Washington and Tehran have revived New York Police Department concerns that Iranian agents may already hav...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

It's Now Unofficial, Shiro Asano Is Running for Governor of Tokyo

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Shiro Asano has unofficially announced his candidacy in the Tokyo gubernatorial race . His message to the DPJ? If they put up a candidate, h...
Sunday, February 25, 2007

DPJ Forges Ahead in the Tokyo Gubernatorial Cooties Race

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070225 The Democratic Party of Japan has suspended its desperate search for a candidate to challenge two-term Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishiha...
Friday, February 23, 2007

I'm Sorry, I'm Sorry…

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Please accept my apology , you, Whom I surely wronged Yesterday, On February 22.

'Tis the Season to Be Sorry

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In quick succession: Feb. 22: At LDP headquarters, Secretary-General Hidenao "Big" Nakagawa apologizes to Prime Minister Shinzo Ab...
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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Update Pot Pourri: Tokyo Gubernatorial; Dick Cheney Was Here; Mr. Ozawa Comes Clean, Sort of

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I'd criticized the DPJ for failing to put up a challenge against Shintaro Ishihara, the Tokyo governor . Now it is the LDP's turn to...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

If You Go to Wikipedia Now, Today's Featured Article Is Avatar: The Last Airbender

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In case it's gone by the time you go there, this is the link to the Avatar entry. The series is about preteens and teenagers growing u...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

If the Meal Money for His Daughter Is the Only Thing Plaguing Mr. Omi, Then There's a Long Line of Politicians Who'd Love to Take His Place

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This is a reproduction of the substance of a comment I posted here , which I learned of by way of this . (I originally tracked the Mutant Fr...
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Big Nakagawa Says, I'm His Daddy; Deeply Embarrasses the Prime Minister

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Nakagawa, LDP Secretary-General: "Absolute Loyalty to the Premier from Cabinet Members and Bureaucrats " "[Hidenao] Nakagawa,...
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Sunday, February 18, 2007

The Big Fat Side-of-a-Barn-Target Imperial Household Seems to Be Vindicated This Time Around

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An investigative reporter wades into an issue about which he is singularly unequipped to tackle. The language and the culture are totally al...
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Saturday, February 17, 2007

Kenichi Mizuno, LDP Rebel of Many and Varied Causes, Fights the Law (and METI); Comes Out Even

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" The Japanese Government Appeals Verdict in the Energy Consumption Data Disclosure Law Suit On Feb. 13, the Japanese Government filed ...

Giving Up the Fight in Tokyo Bodes Ill for DPJ in July

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Shiro Asano, the popular 59-year-old ex-Miyagi governor, has definitively declined to run for Tokyo governor as the DPJ candidate. Naoto Kan...
Friday, February 16, 2007

Hey, You, Yeah, You, over there. Honmura-an Closes Tomorrow You Know

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Read it here . I definitely did not appreciate it when they switched to a for-the-locals, short-noodle format, but it was an institution.