Hikozaemon said...

Hikozaemon at 05:54 PM JST - 18th April
A lot of very familiar sounding nationalist garbage is being said here.
- Japan is not the only country in Asia where there are protests against Chinese human rights conduct - most free countries in Asia have Tibetan and Falung Gong refugees, and political exiles from China. Look at the…
Posted in Zenkoji Temple declines Olympic torch relay role; sponsors cancel plans to offer vehicles at 05:54 PM JST - 18th April
Hikozaemon at 06:27 PM JST - 17th April

Triumvere - agreed, the problem is of Japan, and almost every other country preventing all non citizens from being allowed to vote in local elections.

Starviking - my point is that historically, prior to Britain's colonies becoming politically independent countries, those Indian, African, Pacific Island, and Asian subjects of the…

Posted in Koreans, foreign residents step up calls for local suffrage at 06:27 PM JST - 17th April
Hikozaemon at 04:01 PM JST - 17th April

Just as a postscript, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak makes a great illustration in and of himself. According to jerseyboy, he shouldn't even be Korean. Indeed, maybe the fact that his family migrated back to Korea and he did very well there is Japan's loss. Personally, I think it…

Posted in Koreans, foreign residents step up calls for local suffrage at 04:01 PM JST - 17th April
Hikozaemon at 03:32 PM JST - 17th April

Apologies for the frequently appalling spelling in that by the way...

Peace

Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 03:32 PM JST - 17th April
Hikozaemon at 03:29 PM JST - 17th April

JT and Yongfook - I take it that this thread was more of a bug-fixing survey, and now that the technical bugs have been worked out of the site, and the odd improvement like the Recent Comments Page was restored, that the policy is now simply to wait and expect…

Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 03:29 PM JST - 17th April
Hikozaemon at 03:10 PM JST - 17th April

Nigelboy - Mindan and Chosen Soren both oppose automatic citizenship because it would hurt their membership, and as I recall, Chosen Soren is also opposed to their North Korean members in Japan being granted voting rights in local elections (heaven forbid that they could vote anywhere).

I don't think that…

Posted in Koreans, foreign residents step up calls for local suffrage at 03:10 PM JST - 17th April
Hikozaemon at 03:05 PM JST - 17th April

jerseyboy

Take a look at this http://www.cis.org/articles/1993/back793.html

According to you, the following countries practice institutionalized racism by not recognizing citizenship as an automatic birthright: Algeria Australia Belgium Colombia Czech Republic Egypt France Germany Israel Italy Japan Kenya Kuwait Nigeria Norway Philipines Poland South Korea Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Turkey United…

Posted in Koreans, foreign residents step up calls for local suffrage at 03:05 PM JST - 17th April
Hikozaemon at 01:14 PM JST - 17th April

jerseyboy - America, like other new world and colonial powers recognize dual citizenship and citizenship as a birthright because that was how they were initially colonized.

I'm sure that if Native Americans, or indigenous people in other colonies had any say from the beginning in who becomes citizens, simply being…

Posted in Koreans, foreign residents step up calls for local suffrage at 01:14 PM JST - 17th April
Hikozaemon at 04:33 PM JST - 12th April

Yep - I think that every day McCain looks more reasonable and credible than either of these alternatives.

Of course, it would be interesting if anyone other than a republican or democrat had a fighting chance.

Peace

Posted in Obama denounces hefty executive compensations; Clinton outlines anti-crime plan at 04:33 PM JST - 12th April
Hikozaemon at 05:59 PM JST - 11th April

It will be interesting to see what happens in japan - if any black busses try getting involved (and they tend to be the most enthusiastic critics of the CCP), it will make Japan look worse than China.

Peace

Posted in Japan won't let Chinese security guards accompany Olympic torch relay in Nagano at 05:59 PM JST - 11th April