UnagiDon said...

UnagiDon at 07:47 PM JST - 28th June

"the illegal 50-year occupation of Korea and Manchuria"

Hardly "illegal" at the time. Sure it was vicious, rapacious, cruel, et.c but it was no more "illegal" than Russia's "occupation" of these Kuriles.

Posted in Russian lower house blasts bill to stress Japan's sovereignty over 4 islands at 07:47 PM JST - 28th June
UnagiDon at 09:18 PM JST - 27th June

it really doesn't matter what they do in China

No, unless your name is Ayumi Hamasaka and you're a little unhappy with a product called "Ayumi Hamasaki Number One Lucky Jockstraps".

Posted in Many Chinese seek Japanese celebrity names as trademarks for business at 09:18 PM JST - 27th June
UnagiDon at 09:14 PM JST - 27th June

some of you are still lookking at Japan thru rose-tainted glasses, others like me are not

Correct, you're looking at Japan through crap-coloured glasses, which is just as bad, if not worse.

Posted in Japanese urged to take pride in their safe society at 09:14 PM JST - 27th June
UnagiDon at 09:23 PM JST - 26th June

BigInJapan;

How about you give back the land where you come from to whoever lived there before you? If you think that's what Japan should do, only seems fair.

Posted in Russian lower house blasts bill to stress Japan's sovereignty over 4 islands at 09:23 PM JST - 26th June
UnagiDon at 10:19 AM JST - 26th June

Forgot to clarify that said export version of the F-22 would be for Japan, naturally.

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UnagiDon at 10:18 AM JST - 26th June

The awesome aircraft that Secretary of Defense Gates wants to end production of.

A House of Representatives committee sent Gates a letter last week suggesting the line be kept open to allow an export version of the F-22 at a cool $290 million per plane, so Lockheed-Martin may still be…

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UnagiDon at 10:10 AM JST - 26th June

"Giving" the islands "back" to the Ainu is one of the sillier solutions brought up on this topic, even ignoring the possibility that the Ainu may not have been the original inhabitants and the hypocrisy of anyone from a former colony asking Japan to give land back to the Ainu.…

Posted in Russian lower house blasts bill to stress Japan's sovereignty over 4 islands at 10:10 AM JST - 26th June
UnagiDon at 04:56 AM JST - 26th June

Talking and negotiating the issue is good, bull-headed declarations from both sides aren't. I think Japan will eventually (and rightly) get them back, but only for the right price or some deal with Russia on resource-sharing.

Posted in Russian lower house blasts bill to stress Japan's sovereignty over 4 islands at 04:56 AM JST - 26th June
UnagiDon at 04:40 AM JST - 26th June

Media over-stating crime? What else is new. Despite the inevitable nitpicking from some about unreported crime, I've always felt safe in Japan. We have the same problem with media hype here in Toronto, another relatively safe place, but still less so than Japan. Anecdotal example, the Tokyo Metro ads asking…

Posted in Japanese urged to take pride in their safe society at 04:40 AM JST - 26th June
UnagiDon at 01:55 AM JST - 26th June

There are two Americas - Jesusland (where this happened), and everywhere else (the sane bits).

Posted in US church creates stir with gay exorcism video at 01:55 AM JST - 26th June