def said...

def at 11:57 AM JST - 15th August

The only people who are gonna be hurt from this are the local shops.

Absolutely untrue. The economy around the bases is poor. When the bases disappear, the land is used by the locals and the economy thrives (like Shintoshin, which was a base 20 years ago, and is now…

Posted in Group opposes plan to build replacement U.S. military base in Okinawa at 11:57 AM JST - 15th August
def at 12:39 PM JST - 3rd August

pathat

Hopefully the memories of the horrors of the A-bombings will keep the Japanese from ever visiting another reign of brutality and terror on their Asian neighbors the way they did in the 1930s and 1940s.

So then you're in favor of the annual remembrance then?

Posted in Do you get tired of all the news coverage of the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at this time each year? at 12:39 PM JST - 3rd August
def at 01:00 AM JST - 3rd August

sarge

But it was worse than either the Hiroshima or the Nagasaki bombing. Sad that some people can't recognize that.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a single bomb each. Dresden or Tokyo or other cities? Obviously no. The usage of the nuclear bomb was a unique thing for civilization. *Unique for…

Posted in Do you get tired of all the news coverage of the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at this time each year? at 01:00 AM JST - 3rd August
def at 11:37 PM JST - 2nd August

sarge

As should the fire-bombing of Tokyo which killed and maimed even more people, and the attack on Pearl Harbor which started it all.

It's not that those weren't major events, but to compare aerial bombings to the use of nuclear weapons... well it shows that you are obsessed with…

Posted in Do you get tired of all the news coverage of the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at this time each year? at 11:37 PM JST - 2nd August
def at 09:26 PM JST - 2nd August

Once a year, we're reminded of the colossal damage that nuclear weapons can cause. It doesn't have to taken as a political issue, it's unfortunate when people insist on making it a Japanese or American thing. Can't it be remembered as one of the most tragic, horrific events of the…

Posted in Do you get tired of all the news coverage of the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at this time each year? at 09:26 PM JST - 2nd August
def at 12:21 PM JST - 27th July

President Obama: Open your market to American rice and gas guzzlers or face trade sanctions!" President McCain: No need to thank us for liberating North Korea and resolving the abductions of your people - our pleasure. The choice is clear!

Obama threatens trade sanctions? Since when. McCain will liberate North…

Posted in Who would be the best U.S. president from Japan's perspective? at 12:21 PM JST - 27th July
def at 02:00 AM JST - 24th July

Pelosi can be both wrong and right at the same time. Bush is a total failure. And in the future, it will be said, "he was a total failure." Doesn't mean she'll be given credit for a job well done. Of course, anyone working in American politics today are doing…

Posted in House Speaker Pelosi calls Bush 'a total failure' at 02:00 AM JST - 24th July
def at 03:17 AM JST - 17th July

I've mostly forgotten season II of Heroes, but didn't Tamura speak only Japanese in all her roles? She may have not been hired for English speaking roles, but she did fine in her role as a medieval Japanese person on Heroes. For the record, I doubt anyone on that show…

Posted in Eriko Tamura introduces 'Heroes' at 03:17 AM JST - 17th July
def at 10:15 PM JST - 15th July

The main reason Masi Oka's voice is dubbed is that he slowly starts using English throughout the series, and it would be jarring to switch voices, between his real Japanese one, and the one covering his English. I wonder how they get across that his English is getting better?

Posted in Eriko Tamura introduces 'Heroes' at 10:15 PM JST - 15th July
def at 01:00 AM JST - 28th June

So America didn't have to invade Okinawa? America didn't have to fight Japan? Japan didn't have to fight the American invasion? Wise words... :p

Posted in Okinawa at 01:00 AM JST - 28th June