hermitage said...

hermitage at 08:41 AM JST - 22nd July

(sorry for the last too lengthy message).

OssanULTRA wrote:

invokes the US-Japan mutual defense treaty.

This doesn't work, as the U.S. today has a neutral policy about this dispute about the islets.

Posted in S Korea reportedly plans to build hotel on disputed islets at 08:41 AM JST - 22nd July
hermitage at 08:31 AM JST - 22nd July

bibric, Thanks for the good comments. I am a Japanese, and unlike rightwingers that have upserged in recent years in Japan, I agree that Japan was responsible for many nasty bad conducts before and during WWII; conspiracies, murders, tortures, etc....

The bad, bureaucratic conservatism of the Japanese politics, as many…

Posted in S Korea reportedly plans to build hotel on disputed islets at 08:31 AM JST - 22nd July
hermitage at 10:20 PM JST - 21st July

To say briefly, many Japanese people are tired of hearing histerical voices of the people obsessed by megalomania again and again.

Japan wants its neighboring countries to be calm, well-balanced and practical, though there can be some differences in opinion.

Farewell to the hysteria.

Posted in S Korea reportedly plans to build hotel on disputed islets at 10:20 PM JST - 21st July
hermitage at 10:07 PM JST - 21st July

No, thanks. Serious Japanese nationals are too busy to join the spree in Seoul. When the megalomaniac symptom in the Korean politics is remedied, we will talk with S. Korea again about more practical and valuable issues. See you then.

Posted in S Korea reportedly plans to build hotel on disputed islets at 10:07 PM JST - 21st July
hermitage at 09:52 PM JST - 21st July

Fanatic nationalists on both sides cannot see the reality of the history. How good was Syngma Rhee, who gave S. Korean the tiny rocks of Takeshima? How really good he was?

Posted in S Korea reportedly plans to build hotel on disputed islets at 09:52 PM JST - 21st July
hermitage at 09:45 PM JST - 21st July

"Japan acts like a little kid who just got a toy taken away ! Whinin and blubberin with no real logical discussion taking place."

Please tell the fanatic activists crying before the embassy of Japan in Seoul, of the meaning of the "logical discussion", and ask them why they are…

Posted in S Korea reportedly plans to build hotel on disputed islets at 09:45 PM JST - 21st July
hermitage at 09:16 PM JST - 21st July

BTW, the Treaty of Peace with Japan in 1951 doesn't say Japan must renounce the territory of Takeshima. There's no reason for S. Korean's continuing occupying Takeshima.

However, unlike S. Koeran protesters, we do not think the issue can heavily affect the Japan-Korea relation. The issue is just one of…

Posted in S Korea reportedly plans to build hotel on disputed islets at 09:16 PM JST - 21st July
hermitage at 09:03 PM JST - 21st July

The main reason why S. Korea refuses to discuss the issue at ICJ (International Court of Justice) is that the Syngman Rhee Line was totally irrational and unreasonable.

Yes, the Japanese colonialism and anexation of Korea by Japan was injustice totally. However, not all S. Korean assertions cannot be justified.…

Posted in S Korea reportedly plans to build hotel on disputed islets at 09:03 PM JST - 21st July
hermitage at 08:44 PM JST - 21st July

westurn,

"Japan appears selfish and immature when it digs its heels into minor riffs like this one."

So, which do you mean? Japan should have protected the island by using her army, when S. Korea started occupying and controlling the island? Or, you mean, Japan should stop insiting on her…

Posted in S Korea reportedly plans to build hotel on disputed islets at 08:44 PM JST - 21st July
hermitage at 06:36 PM JST - 21st July

No one in Japan is angry about S. Korean policies as well as their recent reaction to this issue. They are just embarrassed and disappointed.

On the issue, they have their own opinions not all of which match the government's official policy perfectly. Just that. Some of them may strongly…

Posted in S Korea reportedly plans to build hotel on disputed islets at 06:36 PM JST - 21st July