MASSWIPE said...

MASSWIPE at 10:26 PM JST - 2nd April

Mr. Koll has an almost religious faith in Japan, and he is entitled to his opinion. But again, one can't help thinking that he is talking up Japan to at least partially serve his own interests as a Tokyo-based investor.

Posted in Why I’m bullish on Japan at 10:26 PM JST - 2nd April
MASSWIPE at 11:04 AM JST - 27th March

Yet another endless online debate in which people only see what they want to see. Let me add my two yen:

The clearest indication that the US didn't take the WBC seriously was in their choice of manager. Davy Johnson had a great career managing 4 teams, but he hasn't…

Posted in 'Samurai Japan' return to heroes' welcome after WBC triumph at 11:04 AM JST - 27th March
MASSWIPE at 10:56 PM JST - 24th December

shiuu: No hating on my part, but a bit of overreacting on yours.

So here's an article about the plight of unskilled immigrants from Brazil who were invited to Japan on account of their Japanese bloodlines to fill the ranks of factory workers, and now they're being treated like replaceable…

Posted in Foreign workers march to call for job security at 10:56 PM JST - 24th December
MASSWIPE at 02:14 PM JST - 23rd December

shiuu: You sound awfully bitter for somebody who's so successful and has so many options, having not slept through school and all that.

Japan's immigration policy is largely based on tribalistic notions of race and blood, akin to the White Australia policy of decades ago. Hence the current situation with…

Posted in Foreign workers march to call for job security at 02:14 PM JST - 23rd December
MASSWIPE at 12:31 PM JST - 15th December

Have to wonder what Bush was thinking here, paying a visit to Iraq. By comparison, President Harry Truman, who ordered the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan, and in so doing "liberated" Japan from decades of disastrous military rule (as some see it), had the good sense not to…

Posted in Bush dodges shoe protest during visit to Iraq at 12:31 PM JST - 15th December
MASSWIPE at 12:20 PM JST - 8th December

You can chalk this one up to Bush's flip-flop on North Korea. Just two and a half years ago, Japanese officials were openly bragging about how their country was the only one in Asia that the US could really trust, thinking this somehow reflected badly on other Asian countries and…

Posted in Record high 28% regard Japan-U.S. relations as not good: survey at 12:20 PM JST - 8th December
MASSWIPE at 01:06 PM JST - 1st December

I don't think it was necessary for greensatindress to bring up the issue of Japanese women wishing to have "white women's" skin, but I'm struck by how quick some people (like upnorth71) are to deny what is clear: a small but significant percentage of Japanese and other Asians feel inferior…

Posted in The Japanese Skincare Revolution at 01:06 PM JST - 1st December
MASSWIPE at 11:52 PM JST - 23rd November

200,000 followers of Christianity in 16th-17th century Japan--really a remarkable number for a country that probably had no more than 25 million people at the time.

Considering what the Spanish and Portuguese did to the indigenous peoples of the areas that they did conquer in the 16th century, in retrospect…

Posted in Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified at 11:52 PM JST - 23rd November
MASSWIPE at 09:32 AM JST - 23rd November

Birth rates go in a cycle. They fall and then eventually rise. Only an idiot thinks the Japanese will die out. Explain to me why Japan needs immigrants? That means only more people taking up more resources.

Jeff198524, a lot of Japanese business owners would beg to differ with your…

Posted in Japan must accept immigrants, make it easier for women to work, says U.S. report at 09:32 AM JST - 23rd November
MASSWIPE at 08:02 PM JST - 22nd November

The best response to these reports from the US? Japan should publish its own reports about what the US ought to do. It should be noted that nobody in Japan is pushing harder for more immigration than the people at Keidanren, the Japanese Federation of Business Organizations. Don't delude yourself…

Posted in Japan must accept immigrants, make it easier for women to work, says U.S. report at 08:02 PM JST - 22nd November