MASSWIPE said...

MASSWIPE at 09:31 AM JST - 19th August

imagawa, your comments contain several inaccuracies:

"Aside from Tokugawa Ieyasu & his mad little attacks against Korea Japan has only once left its shores to fight a war, granted it was a big war."

It was Toyotomi Hideoyoshi who initiated those attacks against Korea, and they weren't little. Japan laid…

Posted in Japan ministers, but not premier, visit war shrine at 09:31 AM JST - 19th August
MASSWIPE at 08:25 PM JST - 17th August

To those of you who remain bitter about events that transpired during Japan's period as an emasculated subject of the US military from 1945-52: be very thankful that it was "victor's justice" and NOT "victim's justice" that was imposed on Japan. You should shudder at the thought of what verdicts…

Posted in Japan ministers, but not premier, visit war shrine at 08:25 PM JST - 17th August
MASSWIPE at 10:58 AM JST - 31st July

It is hard not to see the irony in this ridiculous dispute. Japan today, shorn of all the territories it acquired-forcibly or otherwise-between 1895-1945, is a far wealthier and more prosperous country than it ever was during its time as a violent, territory-grabbing menace to its neighbors. You would think…

Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 10:58 AM JST - 31st July
MASSWIPE at 05:35 PM JST - 11th July

Nigelboy, here you again, whining online when you could be doing something more useful. If you're so concerned about the existence of North Korean schools in Japan, why don't you use your wonderful Japanese language skills and complain about it to the relevant official in the Japanese government? Japan is…

Posted in Shimonoseki educator apologizes for colonial rule remark at 05:35 PM JST - 11th July
MASSWIPE at 12:46 PM JST - 11th July

LFRAgain, nice comments, but I'm afraid you're arguing with brick walls. Seiharinokaze and Nigelboy have made it clear over the years that they march firmly in lock-step with blinkered local education officials like Mr. Shimakura. They will give you links to websites that simply confirm what they already believe--that Japan's…

Posted in Shimonoseki educator apologizes for colonial rule remark at 12:46 PM JST - 11th July
MASSWIPE at 11:04 PM JST - 9th July

Nigelboy, thanks for letting us know that you march in lock-step with blinkered, provincial local education officials in Japan. You must be proud.

And no, Japan did not want Korea to be independent at that time. For Japan, Korea at that time was merely a means to an end. And…

Posted in Shimonoseki educator apologizes for colonial rule remark at 11:04 PM JST - 9th July
MASSWIPE at 10:26 PM JST - 30th June

Nigelboy, I never mentioned anything about the Yakuza, and I don't even know what waiwai is. Nor do I have the Keidanren statistics you asked for, but if you think that Japanese businesses aren't addicted to cheap, illegal foreign labor like their counterparts in the US and EU, I'd have…

Posted in Debito Arudo protests police questioning targeting foreigners at 10:26 PM JST - 30th June
MASSWIPE at 01:10 PM JST - 30th June

Nigelboy, you really are persistent about this, aren't you? If you're so concerned about this issue, don't waste time whining online about Debito, who really is small potatoes. Instead, use your wonderful Japanese language skills to contact the President of Keidanren (Federation of Japanese Business Organizations), and ask him to…

Posted in Debito Arudo protests police questioning targeting foreigners at 01:10 PM JST - 30th June