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  Alphaape at 01:58 PM JST - 13th August

  When they make movies, I understand that the real actors are not doing the stunts, or singing or doing some of the things on the screen. That is part of "imagination" of going to see a movie. But in this case, I think it does send a bad message.

  Yes…

  Posted in Olympic opening uses girl's voice, not face at 01:58 PM JST - 13th August

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  Alphaape at 09:40 AM JST - 13th August

  Well, I guess this little girl is learning early on in life that it is not about talent, but how you look. I am sure that she will be a piece of work in later years. As for the acutal singer, another life lesson to be learned is that in…

  Posted in Olympic opening uses girl's voice, not face at 09:40 AM JST - 13th August

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  Alphaape at 09:06 PM JST - 12th August

  If the IHA had any smarts, they would use this to show how Hirohito wanted peace. But to do so would imply that he was also he was implicit at the beginning. Bottom line, like it or not Truman did the right thing. Terrible as it was, it was right…

  Posted in Gen. Tojo critical of Japan's acceptance of Potsdam Declaration at 09:06 PM JST - 12th August

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  Alphaape at 08:06 PM JST - 12th August

  USN, I imagine that if his notes would have said that he was serious about the overtures in the govt to accept the terms of Postdam, that we would have seen this all over JT, and the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would have had a field day. But, since…

  Posted in Gen. Tojo critical of Japan's acceptance of Potsdam Declaration at 08:06 PM JST - 12th August

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  Alphaape at 08:50 AM JST - 12th August

  I think it is interesting that when the US went into Iraq, after it had violated the sanctions imposed by the UN after the first Gulf War 17 times, was up in arms about the US. Now, Russia just roles into Georgia, and the UN and the world is silent.…

  Posted in Russia expands Georgia blitz, deploys ships at 08:50 AM JST - 12th August

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  Alphaape at 12:38 PM JST - 9th August

  This ship normally classified as an "AGI" (Auxiliary Gatherer of Intelligence) were the norm back in the Cold War days. They would have one stationed just outside the territorial limit (12 miles) from Naval Bases in the US such as San Diego, Norfolk, Pearl Harbor, Guam. They would sit there,…

  Posted in Russian ship spotted off Okinawa, possibly monitoring U.S. radio waves at 12:38 PM JST - 9th August

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  Alphaape at 11:39 AM JST - 8th August

  If the Japanese woman did not want the baby, then all she would have had to do was go along with the planned adoption, and then tell her husband that I will stay with you until the baby arrives, and then, I am gone with you taking care of the…

  Posted in Surrogate baby stuck in India due to Japanese parents' divorce at 11:39 AM JST - 8th August

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  Alphaape at 08:20 PM JST - 6th August

  Japan submitted a resolution in the U.N. last year calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Akiba said that 170 nations supported it, with the U.S. as one of only three countries opposed.

  I hope that the mayor is directing his comments to other nations as well. The nations opposed…

  Posted in Hiroshima mayor hopes next U.S. president will back ban on nuclear weapons at 08:20 PM JST - 6th August

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  Alphaape at 10:47 AM JST - 5th August

  hairforest, you are right on some points.

  Nevertheless, the notion of renouncing her pacifist constitution understandably causes Japan’s neighbors to become very nervous due to Japan’s past Asian aggression. This is the paradox of Japanese remilitarization.

  It is nice to be concerned about what your neighbors say, but the bottom…

  Posted in Does the U.S. need to have military bases anywhere in Japan? at 10:47 AM JST - 5th August

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  Alphaape at 08:24 AM JST - 4th August

  I think it is a good step to make sure that the youth of the world remember WW2. But, I bet if you ask the grandfathers and great-grandfathers of these youth, especially if they were unfortunate enough to be stationed in the Far East in WW2 what they felt about…

  Posted in Japan presents such a different way of looking at conflict because you've got a dichotomy: the treatment of allied prisoners of war by the Japanese and the harsh conditions in Thailand, Burma and Japan itself, and the flip-side of that being the suffering that the Japanese experienced both through the firebombing campaign and the atomic bombs, so it's a very interesting contrast. at 08:24 AM JST - 4th August