apecNetworks said...

apecNetworks at 04:01 AM JST - 8th June

There may be people who asks, "why should Australia and Japan consult w/ APEC on this community"? Here's a link to the future:

http://www.apec.org/etc/medialib/apecmedialibrary/downloads/sec/pubs/2008.Par.0010.File.tmp/08Apecglance.pdf

Take a close look at the map - are we talking "power" or what? Note the obvious "new members" still not in APEC. Consolidated efforts by…

Posted in Rudd to discuss new Asia-Pacific community with Fukuda at 04:01 AM JST - 8th June
apecNetworks at 02:19 PM JST - 7th June

I may be the only person intimately aware of what has occurred since I have been informed of what happened in the Asia-Pacific as it was implemented since 1989. Australia and Japan have made no major foreign policy mistakes since 1989, including the organizing of the APEC structure. The mistake…

Posted in Rudd to discuss new Asia-Pacific community with Fukuda at 02:19 PM JST - 7th June
apecNetworks at 11:25 AM JST - 7th June

The Japanese still uses that ancient saying, "money talks, BS walks". I believe that saying still has leagues of fans as a valid currency in the world.

Posted in Tokyo Gov Ishihara enthusiastic about hosting 2016 Olympics at 11:25 AM JST - 7th June
apecNetworks at 07:47 AM JST - 6th June

This is nooooo good.

Posted in Kitakyushu cops’ indiscretions come under scrutiny at 07:47 AM JST - 6th June
apecNetworks at 06:07 PM JST - 4th June

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Essex and other ships aren't leaving the region, are they after this exercise?

Posted in U.S. ships to leave Myanmar after junta rejects aid at 06:07 PM JST - 4th June
apecNetworks at 12:36 PM JST - 3rd June

Oil is rising in price much faster than I had anticipated, so the use of used cooking oil on any large scale now, is a surprise. But, I did have a name for it on JT in Sept.2003:

Shiga gas station sells biofuel made from used vegetable oil And thruout…

Posted in Seven-Eleven to use biodiesel made from waste cooking oil at 12:36 PM JST - 3rd June
apecNetworks at 10:31 AM JST - 3rd June

Goooooooooooooooooooo.....TEMPURA EXPRESS!!!!!!!!!

Posted in Seven-Eleven to use biodiesel made from waste cooking oil at 10:31 AM JST - 3rd June
apecNetworks at 03:32 PM JST - 2nd June

This would be considered "radical" today, but I would implement it if it could be implemented.

Yet, the recent comments by U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer that Tokyo isn’t doing enough at a time when “the Japanese people are increasingly apprehensive about military threats emanating from adversaries or potential adversaries”.

The…

Posted in Japan unlikely to follow U.S. on defense at 03:32 PM JST - 2nd June
apecNetworks at 12:49 PM JST - 1st June

Paris Hilton is soooooo notorious, but I really liked her photo shoot in Shanghai.

Posted in at 12:49 PM JST - 1st June
apecNetworks at 08:26 AM JST - 30th May

To Seiharinokaze:

But doesn't the U.S. know it? It's overdue in the Master Plan?

The "Master Plan" was cobbled together sometime around 1952. Prefer to keep this info in very general terms. The operative phrase is, "there WAS a Master Plan". How it evolved lacked the authority and resources of…

Posted in Japan unlikely to follow U.S. on defense at 08:26 AM JST - 30th May