Dogdog said...

Dogdog at 12:26 AM JST - 10th January

Dogdog, The guy in the picture is using a Japanese asymmetric bow...Now, I've never been to Italy, but I'd be suprised if Italian mounted archers used assymetric bows. Correct me if I'm wrong.

*‘It has been suggested that most Roman composite bows may have been asymmetric, with lower limbs shorter…

Posted in Samurai archery, an ancient sport, still thrives in Japan at 12:26 AM JST - 10th January
Dogdog at 10:17 PM JST - 9th January

If Israelis elect more pacifist parties, they may well find themselves driven into the Mediterrenean Sea.

That's how most of them entered Palestine 60 years ago.

Posted in Gaza violence rages on despite U.N. cease-fire call at 10:17 PM JST - 9th January
Dogdog at 11:36 AM JST - 9th January

While the guy is a total tool and the statement is ridiculous I too think the world could learn something from the Japanese concerning religion.

I like the complete indifference Japanese have towards religion and while Japan could do with a universal moral code that supersedes the group moral ethic,…

Posted in Aso says world religions can learn from Japan at 11:36 AM JST - 9th January
Dogdog at 11:28 AM JST - 9th January

Unfortunately Okinawans same the same Yamato ailment of living their lives, now and in the past, in the passive. Things are always done to them, rather than they do things.

Sure some Okinawans were forced to commit suicide and some were murdered by the Japanese and US military forces. However…

Posted in New texts unlikely to say military 'forced' Okinawa mass suicides at 11:28 AM JST - 9th January
Dogdog at 11:15 AM JST - 9th January

Actress Anne Suzuki, 20. Monday 24th March, 05:42 AM JST. “My friends suggested to me that the best way to learn English in New York would be to get a boyfriend,” Suzuki told reporters seeing her off at Narita. “So if my English has improved dramatically the next time you…

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Dogdog at 02:00 AM JST - 9th January

Anything else is just idle speculation.

The woman was the true icon/epitome of modern Japanese womanhood. Empty, shallow, devoid of the desire for personnal empowerment, materialistically obsessed and immoral.

Posted in Ai Iijima's last days shrouded in mystery at 02:00 AM JST - 9th January
Dogdog at 01:53 AM JST - 9th January

and I'd suspect they'd be using European longbows, or crossbows, in which I guess that shouldn't really count.

Take it from an ex-archer and not the fact that you post to form, the Japanese guy in the picture is using a long bow, jusr like mounted Italian archers do all…

Posted in Samurai archery, an ancient sport, still thrives in Japan at 01:53 AM JST - 9th January
Dogdog at 01:48 AM JST - 9th January

In the future I can see Sony becoming a generic verb/noun, like the Brit Eng verb 'To hoover'

Future English test.

Don't be a sony.

Don't sony this opportunity up.

He sonied the plan.

Posted in Sony unveils pocket-size VAIO laptop at 01:48 AM JST - 9th January
Dogdog at 01:38 AM JST - 9th January

Cross-check with a proper Japanese daily newspaper for balance

Can you read Japanese? They might not be in the Daily Yomi or J Times, but every story that comes up on Japan Today is in the 'real' Japanese press the same day or the next day.

Japan has a lot…

Posted in 70-yr-old man held for molesting 17-yr-old high school girl in Saitama at 01:38 AM JST - 9th January
Dogdog at 01:32 AM JST - 9th January

Good post Geneva Man,

It makes me laugh when I hear some Japanese compare their 60's movement to Europe or the US civil rights movement.

However I still think that if the US draft hadn't been introduced, most of the 60's movement wouldn't have happened and the protesters, most white…

Posted in Japanese activism movement examined in New York gallery exhibit at 01:32 AM JST - 9th January