Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

NeoJamal's past comments

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NeoJamalDec. 08, 2011 - 12:45AM JST

mine say 'eat me'

That's what she says

Posted in: Scientists study oyster 'language'
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NeoJamalDec. 08, 2011 - 12:29AM JST

Asking Australia for protection? how low can the Japanese government go? when you want to defend something you believe in you fight for it by yourself. That concept is not popular with the Japanese I know, considering how the nation continues to rely on the Americans for the bulk of its national defense, but how weak an opponent must be in order for a nation that claims itself as a sovereign state take the risk and show the courage to stand up for itself?

Then again, Japan's continued pursuit for commercial whaling is a show of longing for the days of American occupied Japan when whale meat was served at schools on a daily basis. What kind of self-respecting nation would long for the days of humiliation? This is all too ridiculous. Spare the whales!

Posted in: Australia refuses to protect Japanese whalers
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NeoJamalDec. 08, 2011 - 12:17AM JST

Asking Australia for protection? how low can the Japanese government go? when you want to defend something you believe in you fight for it by yourself.

Posted in: Australia refuses to protect Japanese whalers
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NeoJamalDec. 07, 2011 - 01:19PM JST

Neo--I think the Japanese know that better than anyone, don't you?

I fail to see why the Japanese experience is relevant considering this article is about the ordeal of American servicemen.

I'm not too sure because most Japanese casualties were civilians who hanged out in their homes at night. It's hard to reconcile the suffering of civilians with people who are expected to kill others with the logic of my first post. BTW the number of US cities that were indiscriminately fire bombed or nuked is zero which I find irrelevant but it might interest you.

Posted in: 70 years after Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona still weeps
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NeoJamalDec. 07, 2011 - 01:15PM JST

Neo--I think the Japanese know that better than anyone, don't you?

I'm not too sure because most Japanese casualties were civilians who hanged out in their homes at night. It's hard to reconcile the suffering of civilians with people who are expected to kill others with the logic of my first post.

Posted in: 70 years after Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona still weeps
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NeoJamalDec. 07, 2011 - 01:12PM JST

Neo--I think the Japanese know that better than anyone, don't you?

I'm not too sure because most Japanese casualties were civilians who hanged out in their homes at night.

Posted in: 70 years after Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona still weeps
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NeoJamalDec. 07, 2011 - 01:04PM JST

i would do some research on rents/grocery prices, and send to live outside of the yamanote line.

An expat Minato-ward resident who ends up in Shitamachi..hilarity ensues.

Posted in: Japanese cities most costly for Asia expats: survey
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NeoJamalDec. 06, 2011 - 08:59PM JST

Getting aerial bombing is not nice when you are the guy who is getting raided is it?

Posted in: 70 years after Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona still weeps
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NeoJamalDec. 06, 2011 - 08:54PM JST

Japanese international commercial whaling was instituted in response to the shortage of protein in the devastation of post-war Japan.

Why modern Japan must insist on its practice is like a perverse longing for those harsh years.

Posted in: Whaling fleet off to Antarctica with beefed up security measures
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NeoJamalDec. 04, 2011 - 09:09PM JST

Already, some U.S. lawmakers have demanded that Japan lift nontariff barriers on auto imports if it wants to join TPP.

Yeah I find it difficult to understand why Japan would go as far as to impose tarrifs on American cars that Japanese people don't want to drive? Since when did any Japanese auto company enter the oversized gas-guzzler market?

Posted in: U.S. praises Japan for entering Pacific trade talks
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NeoJamalNov. 14, 2011 - 06:43PM JST

Japan's national rugby and men's soccer teams have naturalized citizens, so why not?

Posted in: Tran considers turning Japanese
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NeoJamalNov. 14, 2011 - 06:39PM JST

I must have hit nerves of some readers who may be commuters on the Metro who have to get on a packed train on a daily basis and tolerate it whether or not they like the train. I'm a casual rider and perhaps I was insensitive towards their perspective.

As a casual Metro rider, an app like that would probably help me get on the right train and make the most time/cost effective transfers. Also the idea of a station attendant on your palm top is an adorable and accurate analogy for this app.

Posted in: Video of the week: Tokyo Metro
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NeoJamalNov. 14, 2011 - 07:49AM JST

Panties are obstacles, not something to be coveted. When will man learn?

Posted in: Trainee cop arrested for taking up-skirt photos at station
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NeoJamalNov. 13, 2011 - 04:23PM JST

I hear that many of them actually quality for public housing but can't be bothered to apply for it.

Posted in: Tough times
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NeoJamalNov. 13, 2011 - 03:57AM JST

Oh thank goodness

For a second I thought the IMF was insisting Japan to accept its bailout.

Posted in: IMF chief: Japan should prioritize reducing debt
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NeoJamalNov. 07, 2011 - 07:34PM JST

South Island back in 2007,I did not get the opportunity to explore the north because I was on a business trip.

Posted in: Tiger Woods racism row moves to Sydney
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NeoJamalNov. 07, 2011 - 06:24PM JST

@Spidapig24

They have little interest in their cultures but nonetheless allowed to immigrate and provide financial input into the economy.

I think that Australia has however, done quite well to encourage a melting-pot culture in the mass media. New Zealand on the other hand is quite behind. I realized that there is a sizable Asian population in the Shaky Isles but their cultures are virtually ignored in the media except as a source for snide racial remarks and jokes.

Posted in: Tiger Woods racism row moves to Sydney
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NeoJamalNov. 07, 2011 - 05:47PM JST

I disagree with the statement that Aussies and Kiwis are culturally insensitive. They are very culturally sensitive with respect to the indigenous population that their ancestors displaced in order to establish the myth that both countries are "Anglo-Saxon cultures".

But with respect to other cultures, screw that, they are treated as *beneficial * parasites.

Posted in: Tiger Woods racism row moves to Sydney
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NeoJamalNov. 02, 2011 - 10:23PM JST

The Tuskegee Airmen were "African-Americans" and they were fighter pilots with an excellent record of kills in Europe. Unless you're trying to say all their kills were by knives, then African-Americans MUST have been trusted near a gun, ね?

Ironically Congress finally approved it out of curiosity and experimentation, not out of immediate strategic necessity.

Many black pilots were killed in bomber escort and raid runs, but for so long they were considered by many as just data.

Posted in: U.S. Congress honors Japanese-American soldiers
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NeoJamalNov. 02, 2011 - 10:08PM JST

They received the nickname the Purple Heart Battalion because of the tremendous number of casualties they endured.

At least they were considered worthy to be cannon fodder. On the other hand African-Americans weren't trusted anywhere near a gun. There was relatively much more political pressure mounted against the Tuskegee airmen from leaving their training grounds for war the European air war. Congress initially drafted able-bodied Nissei men from the internment camps, a move that was struck down by the US Supreme Court on the rationale that 'enemy aliens cannot be conscripted for war'. This is unbelievable, it's something you expect from a fascist Axis regime but it really happened over here in good 'ole US of A folks.

Posted in: U.S. Congress honors Japanese-American soldiers