dreamdrifter said...

dreamdrifter at 09:09 PM JST - 22nd April

@ JoeBigs

I think most people (ordinary Japanese included) will find Yushukan (the museum at Yasukuni)'s version of history a little questionable.

Yasukuni is not as bad as some people make it out to be, but neither is it as good as some other people make it out to be.…

Posted in 87 parliamentarians visit Yasukuni Shrine in biannual event at 09:09 PM JST - 22nd April
dreamdrifter at 08:57 PM JST - 22nd April

@northlondon

Whether it be actual bones, spirits, ashes, ghostbusters or anything else, the politicians should not be praying for the war criminals at Yasukuni, only for those civilians who lost their lives during the war.

The polititians are not praying for either - it's the fallen soldiers who are enshrined…

Posted in 87 parliamentarians visit Yasukuni Shrine in biannual event at 08:57 PM JST - 22nd April
dreamdrifter at 07:57 AM JST - 20th April

A very narrow-minded suggestion from a man who obviously hasn't thought about the potential implications on a wider scale i.e. a nuclear arms race in East Asia and a massive setback to global nuclear non-profiliation, as well as a huge blow to Japan's credibility as a nation with pacifist ideals…

Posted in Kawamura dismisses Nakagawa remarks; says nukes not an option for Japan at 07:57 AM JST - 20th April
dreamdrifter at 07:41 AM JST - 20th April

@smithinjapan - the "this time" bit appears to be added by whoever wrote this article, not the governmental source...

As for the matter of whether Japan overreacted or not, well that's just a matter of opinion. I can see how a country would react in such a way when an…

Posted in S Korean rocket to fly over Japanese waters at 07:41 AM JST - 20th April
dreamdrifter at 10:26 AM JST - 15th April

Although I do sometimes wonder whether it would be wise to launch an air strike on their nuke reactor. Would NK unleash a suicidal Korean War II for the sake of one reactor? (PS Am not one of the conservatives either by the way, so I guess we're still awaiting…

Posted in N Korea orders U.S. nuclear experts, IAEA monitors in Yongbyon to leave at 10:26 AM JST - 15th April
dreamdrifter at 10:18 AM JST - 15th April

A question for the conservatives on this board - why doesn't the U.S. just quit playing games and invade North Korea?

Because NK has a massive army which could give America a bloody nose and South Korea a lot, lot worse. NK is no Iraq.

Posted in N Korea orders U.S. nuclear experts, IAEA monitors in Yongbyon to leave at 10:18 AM JST - 15th April
dreamdrifter at 09:58 AM JST - 15th April

I can't believe this is "top news".

Posted in Hiroshima man held for burning girlfriend’s 4-yr-old son with cigarette at 09:58 AM JST - 15th April
dreamdrifter at 09:56 AM JST - 15th April

Some Japanese members of the PTA even said at the time that nobody of Korean descent should head the association because it was unprecedented in the school’s 60-year history.

From reading various other articles on the matter it appears that this was actually raised as a matter of nationality,…

Posted in Music helping to bridge gap between Japanese and Koreans in Osaka at 09:56 AM JST - 15th April
dreamdrifter at 08:20 PM JST - 2nd April

The problem is that North Korea doesn't give a hoot about what resolution the UN passes as a response for it's ignoring the resolution they passed in 2006.

Or rather, they will care - in the sense that they will simply see it as no other than a grave…

Posted in Japan, 3 nations eye UNSC action in case of N Korean launch at 08:20 PM JST - 2nd April
dreamdrifter at 07:31 PM JST - 2nd April

Hoserfella:

yup, another sick "Only in Japan" moment. At least in other countries, you know to stay away from certain places at certain times. Japanese loonies like this are a dime a dozen and come without warning.

I take it you've never been to Britain, where "unprovoked attacks", often…

Posted in Man beats pedestrian to death in Kanagawa; says it didn't matter who at 07:31 PM JST - 2nd April