Seiharinokaze said...

Seiharinokaze at 04:33 PM JST - 12th August

The Emperor refused to visit the shrine since then. Inscribing the names of 14 Class-A war criminals to honor them, against his will, was a shrine organizer's final betrayal to him. The current emperor as well as his family have not visited the shrine so far.

The main task of…

Posted in Aso, 15 of 17 cabinet ministers say they won't visit Yasukuni on Aug 15 at 04:33 PM JST - 12th August
Seiharinokaze at 02:29 AM JST - 9th August

Japan was ready to surrender. The reason why the Imperial War Cabinet was again deadlocked by 3-3 on whether or not to surrender was because they were not certain yet from the Allied reply about the post-surrender status of the Emperor. You might as well say a bit kindly that…

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 02:29 AM JST - 9th August
Seiharinokaze at 11:17 PM JST - 7th August

VoXman,

No, sir. The first reply of Aug. 10 by the Japanese leadership to Potsdam even though it was something reached after the cabinet was deadlocked at their tether's end and the Emperor was asked to decide on their behalf was that Japan would accept it with the condition of…

Posted in Poll in U.S. finds support for World War II atom bombings at 11:17 PM JST - 7th August
Seiharinokaze at 05:52 PM JST - 7th August

medievaltimes,

Bushido was also a way of surrender. They already decided to surrender. The point was how to do it. They could not do without the emperor. Japan was such a country.

As Prof. Barton J. Bernstein wrote for Foreign Affairs Report by reading the U.S. official archives that even…

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 05:52 PM JST - 7th August
Seiharinokaze at 06:19 PM JST - 5th August

Nolving,

The condition was granted out of hand after Japan surrendered. And then it was used as a tool to control Japan again. It seems to be something integral to rule this country. That may be the reason why they were not willing to consider it before A-boming or at…

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 06:19 PM JST - 5th August
Seiharinokaze at 03:39 PM JST - 4th August

It was the unexpected invasion into Manchuria by the Soviets more than anything else that shocked the Japanese leaders at the time and prompted them to accept the Potsdam Declaration. That's why they quickly convened an Imperial conference on August 9th (the day the Soviets began invasion) and decided to…

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 03:39 PM JST - 4th August
Seiharinokaze at 10:43 PM JST - 3rd August

Japan did accept it on August 10, 1945. Not nine days but four days after the first A-bombing and on the next day after the Soviets began invading. And for your information the day when Japan formally surrendered was on September 2, 1945 when the plenipotentiaries of the Japanese government…

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 10:43 PM JST - 3rd August
Seiharinokaze at 10:23 PM JST - 3rd August

Please refer to the following. I think everybody knows it.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ポツダム宣言

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 10:23 PM JST - 3rd August
Seiharinokaze at 10:10 PM JST - 3rd August

The Soviets declared war against Japan on August 9, 1945. Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration and noticed it to the Allied nations through its embassy in Switzerland on Aug. 10. and also announced it through Radio Tokyo. So Japan surrendered on the next day after the Soviets began invading.

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 10:10 PM JST - 3rd August
Seiharinokaze at 01:15 AM JST - 3rd August

onibaku,

Sorry I haven't read the book by De Mente yet. But he seems to base his theory on the book by Dr. Tsunoda which I read several years ago. The right half brain of humans irrespective of races and nationalities is called a "music brain" which mainly processes music,…

Posted in Why the Japanese Are a Superior People at 01:15 AM JST - 3rd August