JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Mookoo
Oh, those who do not like the consul general don't like the way he talks either?! Wow! Newsflash!! I bet those who do like him also like the way he talks...(I'd roll my eyes here if I could). You sure are a master logician...not.
However hard of a time you have believing the economic stats, they are acknowledged by both Japanese and American politicians and academics who work on these issues. The NK problem is nationwide, and has nothing to do with Okinawa specifically. Just a cheap gambit for a losing argument.
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Mookoo
Sicilian is dead wrong.
Japan has held Okinawa as a possession since the early 1600s. There have been mainlanders on Okinawa for 400 years. More came in the late 1800s when Okinawa became a prefecture. There are people with mainland surnames that were born and raised in Okinawa. We don't know this man's family history, and assumptions based on his name are likely false.
Okinawans do not have a dislike for the Consul General because of his Japanese ability. Some dislike him as one of his jobs is to put a positive spin on US military activities here. To try and spin the crime associated with the US forces. To coordinate with the embassy in Tokyo. Other Okinawans like him precisely because he can communicate in the local lingo, and does not need to leap to conclusions based on very limited English news clips.
The 5% in the prefectural figures are widely quoted in various reports on Okinawa. They most certainly do include the construction on bases. What do you suppose the category "Tatal (sic) revenues from military-related transactions" on the prefectural website means? Tatal revenues from military-related transactions
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Mookoo
Soldave, here's your data. Now quit nitpicking and get back on topic!
http://www3.pref.okinawa.jp/site/view/contview.jsp?cateid=14&id=587&page=1
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Mookoo
Turns out consular immunity and diplomatic immunity are somewhat different. Oh well, guess his hand to hand combat training saved his suit.
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Mookoo
The bases account for 5% or less of the local economy, yet occupy 20% of the land.
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Mookoo
Yo Badge man!
As an official diplomat of the USA, that K. Maher dude has diplomatic immunity. Had he thrown coffee and pushed a local, the cops could have done jack shite.
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Mookoo
I've seen too much bad behavior by the US Marines and others from the services to believe the Japanese guy did it randomly. Most likely this Japanese man had had some sort of problems with the Marines wandering drunkenly in his town before. Something probably set him off.
Posted in: Man arrested for assaulting U.S. Marine in Kanagawa
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Mookoo
We have a stray bullet incident in the Igei area in the Town of Kin. We have several similar incidents in the same area of the same town, and even more incidents like this happening all over Okinawa. I link to a list of these incidents, and it's off-topic? This shows a pattern of accidents and crimes on the part of the US military. It is quite logical to conclude that the current incident is the latest one in a long string of them. Evidence supporting that theory is surely relevant to the discussion.
Posted in: Bullet found lodged in car license plate near Marine base in Okinawa
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Mookoo
These incidents have been ongoing since the American occupation. Please see this website for a list.
http://www.uchinanchu.org/history/listofcrimes.htm
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Mookoo
According to the Japanese news, granny was out in the parking lot doing something or other Wednesday afternoon, and hears a loud noise. Looks over to where the sound came from, and sees a bit of smoke at the back of son's car. Son checks the car Saturday morning (no explanation of the time gap), and finds a hole in his license plate. Takes it off, and finds a bullet lodged behind. Calls cops later that day...and here we are.
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Mookoo
Japanese news reports claim there are some incidents of stray bullets landing outside the fence from time to time, and that the night exercises are so noisy it makes it impossible for area residents to sleep.
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