Seiharinokaze said...

Seiharinokaze at 04:56 PM JST - 27th August

mindovermatter,

I think the Pacific War was triggered off by the oil embargo mostly. It's not any new-revised version of history.

And it has nothing to do with what Mr. Terashima has to say either. To turn Japan's weak points (= dependence on other countries for its energy) into elements…

Posted in Japan needs to diverge from status quo of following U.S., says adviser to Hatoyama at 04:56 PM JST - 27th August
Seiharinokaze at 02:38 PM JST - 27th August

Fadamor:

This quote could have been ripped from a Japanese news service just prior to WWII. Aggressively addressing those "weak points" through territorial expansion is what started Japan down the path to getting nuked.

mindovermatter:

Yes, laterally, steam-rolling right across Asia and don't stop until we're sure we've finished the…

Posted in Japan needs to diverge from status quo of following U.S., says adviser to Hatoyama at 02:38 PM JST - 27th August
Seiharinokaze at 03:52 PM JST - 22nd August

Jesse Veverka san,

I don't object to your idea of featuring Yasukuni shrine as a symbolic focal point to look at China’s re-emergence as a great world power in the 21st century. But the relationship between the two countries has a history of more than 1500 years, even almost 2000.…

Posted in Don't try filming at Yasukuni Shrine at 03:52 PM JST - 22nd August
Seiharinokaze at 04:23 PM JST - 21st August

Beelzebub,

I see your point. But Edo was actually furnished with running water. Tamagawa Josui (waterworks) was finished in 1653. Water was taken from the Tama river at Hamura and came to Yotsuya through the Nogata canal and from there flowed underground through wooden gutters to the Edo castle and…

Posted in What we can learn from Edo Period about recycling at 04:23 PM JST - 21st August
Seiharinokaze at 02:13 PM JST - 19th August

amerijap,

What do their affairs have to do with the headline of the article???

Because people can get indignant or impassive selectively. According to the Ministry of Welfare and Labor, the the anniversary ceremony at the Nippon Budokan hall is held to mourn comprehensively the war dead since the war…

Posted in Koizumi, Abe among lawmakers to visit Yasukuni Shrine at 02:13 PM JST - 19th August
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