Nobody wants to extend Japan's antiterrorism refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. It's an unconditional command past opposing. We call it the postwar regime based on Yoshida doctrine. The New Komeito Party with which LDP now forms a coalition government neither want to extend it, nor do all the opposition…
Imperial Japan initiated hostilities to increase its Empire, not to protect its sovereignty.
It's true Manchukuo was gained by hostilities initiated by Japan. But at that time much part of Asia except China had already been gained by the hostilities initiated by the West. Were they seized for the…
I am asking you judge whether you think Imperial Japan fought for good or for bad.
With respect to the war with America, MacArthur belatedly noticed for what Japan had fought. He said it was for security. Subsistence and security are not something to be morally judged, good or…
I think that I already replied you for what purpose Japan fought in China.
What I can say is Japan shouldn't have been involved in warfare (inland from Shanghai) at that time. It would have prevented the whole stupidity that followed and the confrontation with the US.
I posted that quote to drive home the point that Japan, along with her ally Nazi Germany, fought for bad, that US fought for good.
And that makes all the difference.
Simply put, Japan's main cause for the war in China was to end antagonism as early as possible…
In April 1940 and for nine months following, with American entry into the war still only hypothetical, the study group proposed a more tolerant stance toward Japan, hoping thereby to contain Tokyo’s expansionist designs on the Pacific islands and the Asian mainland.
Care to explain what enormous power compelled Japan to do a sneak attack Pearl Harbor.......Russians? Germans?
The enormous power seemed to have let the US president be waiting for the sneak attack while holding a tea party on the morning of the day.
In 1939, even two years before the…
one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. [Knowing the difference] is essentially a moral effort.
By reading history books on this period, what I can gather as the primary cause on Japan's side for the war between…
They are not remembered as trained killers or anyone striving for some nefarious ends. How can you honor anyone with evil ends? They are just being remembered as selfless beings in the commemorators' memory. Ask for yourself the two old men who carried the imperial navy flag what kind of…
The ex post facto nature of the Tokyo Trial undermines the legality of the trial for ever. Until August 8, 1945, there had been no crime titled "crime against peace" (class A). The newly contrived crime was applied only to the Japanese leaders at the trial disregarding the preceding Western…
Seiharinokaze at 11:45 PM JST - 2nd September
Nobody wants to extend Japan's antiterrorism refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. It's an unconditional command past opposing. We call it the postwar regime based on Yoshida doctrine. The New Komeito Party with which LDP now forms a coalition government neither want to extend it, nor do all the opposition…
Posted in Aso to run in LDP presidential race planned for Sept 22 at 11:45 PM JST - 2nd September
Seiharinokaze at 02:59 PM JST - 24th August
DanManjt
It's true Manchukuo was gained by hostilities initiated by Japan. But at that time much part of Asia except China had already been gained by the hostilities initiated by the West. Were they seized for the…
Posted in Yasukuni at 02:59 PM JST - 24th August
Seiharinokaze at 11:55 PM JST - 21st August
DanManjt
With respect to the war with America, MacArthur belatedly noticed for what Japan had fought. He said it was for security. Subsistence and security are not something to be morally judged, good or…
Posted in Yasukuni at 11:55 PM JST - 21st August
Seiharinokaze at 03:19 AM JST - 21st August
DanManjt
I think that I already replied you for what purpose Japan fought in China. What I can say is Japan shouldn't have been involved in warfare (inland from Shanghai) at that time. It would have prevented the whole stupidity that followed and the confrontation with the US.
BTW, Tamon-tai…
Posted in Yasukuni at 03:19 AM JST - 21st August
Seiharinokaze at 07:54 PM JST - 19th August
DanManjt
Simply put, Japan's main cause for the war in China was to end antagonism as early as possible…
Posted in Yasukuni at 07:54 PM JST - 19th August
Seiharinokaze at 02:15 AM JST - 19th August
And any more tolerant stance was proposed? Such…
Posted in Yasukuni at 02:15 AM JST - 19th August
Seiharinokaze at 05:33 PM JST - 18th August
The enormous power seemed to have let the US president be waiting for the sneak attack while holding a tea party on the morning of the day. In 1939, even two years before the…
Posted in Yasukuni at 05:33 PM JST - 18th August
Seiharinokaze at 09:48 PM JST - 17th August
By reading history books on this period, what I can gather as the primary cause on Japan's side for the war between…
Posted in Yasukuni at 09:48 PM JST - 17th August
Seiharinokaze at 02:18 AM JST - 17th August
They are not remembered as trained killers or anyone striving for some nefarious ends. How can you honor anyone with evil ends? They are just being remembered as selfless beings in the commemorators' memory. Ask for yourself the two old men who carried the imperial navy flag what kind of…
Posted in Yasukuni at 02:18 AM JST - 17th August
Seiharinokaze at 12:42 AM JST - 16th August
The ex post facto nature of the Tokyo Trial undermines the legality of the trial for ever. Until August 8, 1945, there had been no crime titled "crime against peace" (class A). The newly contrived crime was applied only to the Japanese leaders at the trial disregarding the preceding Western…
Posted in Japan ministers, but not premier, visit war shrine at 12:42 AM JST - 16th August