NeoJamal said...

NeoJamal at 08:31 AM JST - 9th November

twoyen: Empire building.....really? What an idiotic statement if the U.S. was truly empire building they would have just taken over Japan after smashing them into surrender. Empire Building....what a foolish thing to say.

implying Japan is free from America LOL

and as for Okinawans, don't like Yankees and the Japan's…

Posted in Anti-base rally at 08:31 AM JST - 9th November
NeoJamal at 07:53 AM JST - 9th November

Instead of the NIMBY and anti-US foregin policy rhetoric, why don't protestors use a more objective and principled platform of:

"Outsourcing our national security to foreigners = NO NATIONAL SECURITY"

with a hint of emotive posturing

"What are we, the Vatican?"

Posted in Anti-base rally at 07:53 AM JST - 9th November
NeoJamal at 08:48 AM JST - 8th November

[quote]Coughalot - "Is there some kind of tradition of US Presidents ( going to Hiroshima and Nagasaki to apologize for the atomic bombings )?"

No. Is there some kind of tradition of Japanese prime ministers going to Pearl Harbor to apologize for that?[/quote]

Exactly, it is the sovereign right of…

Posted in Obama's arrival in Japan delayed by one day at 08:48 AM JST - 8th November
NeoJamal at 08:11 AM JST - 8th November

bye bye "analog" watermark

Posted in Nearly 70% of Japanese families have digital broadcasting receivers at 08:11 AM JST - 8th November
NeoJamal at 08:06 AM JST - 8th November

So what's the argument against the Convention?

Posted in Czech man takes son out of Japan in suspected child abduction at 08:06 AM JST - 8th November
NeoJamal at 06:32 AM JST - 7th November

Anywhere in Japan is a good location from where to deploy and protect US interes..uh I mean Japan.

Posted in Kanagawa governor backs existing Okinawa base deal at 06:32 AM JST - 7th November
NeoJamal at 01:16 PM JST - 6th November

Remember when "Courts of Justice" were created to assume the role of interpreting the Japanese constitution? I do.

The Japanese government can insist on their interpretation of the constitution but that is ultimately the Supreme Court to decide. I hope the Japanese people remember that when populsim and the tyranny…

Posted in Hirano seeks to clarify remarks on constitutional interpretations at 01:16 PM JST - 6th November
NeoJamal at 03:31 PM JST - 2nd November

Why doesn't Japan identify the skin colour of the suspects like in the west instead of piling all non-Yamato into one category: "foreigner/gaikokujin"?

Posted in Policeman fires two shots during brawl with foreigners in Mie at 03:31 PM JST - 2nd November
NeoJamal at 08:25 AM JST - 2nd November

Japanese Christmas lasts 3 months

Posted in Why are Christmas decorations and illumination displays put up so early in Japan? at 08:25 AM JST - 2nd November
NeoJamal at 08:24 AM JST - 2nd November

Screw Pan Pacific dialogue, it ought to be China v.s. NAFTA v.s. ASEAN+Japan and Korea. How else could anyone seriously commit to such an "Asian Community"?

Posted in Australia ponders place in Japan's East Asian Community at 08:24 AM JST - 2nd November