highhope said...

highhope at 12:18 PM JST - 5th December

Yes....it is shameful....

No, not at all. Which country in the history of the world is free of sins? Where is the perfectly clean man in the world? No country or no man you can find. But... Yes, it is truly shameful that Japan does not acknowledge the shameful history.…

Posted in Japan should acknowledge sex slaves' pain: British MPs at 12:18 PM JST - 5th December
highhope at 08:35 AM JST - 5th December

As to Mr. Hata's appearance in Japanese media as a history expert, the point is why did those media pay him to say what he has to say?

As you review this article concerning Japanese media controlled by Japanese government, they often represent the ruling elites. It is like a…

Posted in Japan should acknowledge sex slaves' pain: British MPs at 08:35 AM JST - 5th December
highhope at 08:32 AM JST - 5th December

Seiharinokaze

I wonder why nobody says that Japanese comfort women who occupied a large percentage of them were sex slaves too being kidnapped and forced to do sex service just like "many Korean women"

Oh, I meant that the topic of this thread is the British MPs' request to Japan…

Posted in Japan should acknowledge sex slaves' pain: British MPs at 08:32 AM JST - 5th December
highhope at 05:04 PM JST - 4th December

Seiharinokaze, I am sorry that it is not the point to know how many Japanese women were served as prostitutes or sex slaves. It is the Japan to which the British MPs urged to acknowledge and be sensitive to the sex slave issue with south Korea as many Korean girls…

Posted in Japan should acknowledge sex slaves' pain: British MPs at 05:04 PM JST - 4th December
highhope at 11:35 AM JST - 4th December

Seiharinokaze,

It is reasonable to say that Mr. Hata is not a historian who can see and perceive the history as it is. He is somewhat biased. I am afraid that I can not accept his side of story as a fact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikuhiko_Hata

Posted in Japan should acknowledge sex slaves' pain: British MPs at 11:35 AM JST - 4th December
highhope at 08:42 AM JST - 4th December

Seiharinokaze

About 60 to 70 percent of comfort women were said to be Japanese.

Can you kindly show any documents supporting your statement?

Posted in Japan should acknowledge sex slaves' pain: British MPs at 08:42 AM JST - 4th December
highhope at 02:20 PM JST - 2nd December

I do not see how Japan prostrating itself for crimes that were committed by our ancestors is going to be helpful. Are we to be forever responsible for our ancestor’s deeds?

Of course not. You do not need to apologize for the crimes commited by your grandfather. Your grandfather, however,…

Posted in Japan should acknowledge sex slaves' pain: British MPs at 02:20 PM JST - 2nd December
highhope at 03:22 PM JST - 1st December

" This would be like Germany apologizing for the Holocaust but saying the Nazi government had nothing to do with it. Or, more to a sore point closer to home, imagine if Kim Jong Il apologized for the abduction of Japanese citizens but said the North Korean government was not…

Posted in Japan should acknowledge sex slaves' pain: British MPs at 03:22 PM JST - 1st December
highhope at 11:57 AM JST - 6th August

world might need China, but no one really "needs" korea.>

Too near sighted vision. Both Japan and China need Korea more than any other country. Korea is strategically located between the western (US, Japan) and eastern(China, Russia). Nuclear NK(1) and economy powered SK(2)can not be taken by force. Combination of…

Posted in Fukuda says he won't visit Yasukuni on Aug 15, but justice minister will at 11:57 AM JST - 6th August
highhope at 05:38 PM JST - 5th August

Yalu and Tumen are not Chinese language, but Manchu Language. As one of branches of Tungusic language, the Manchu language has the same grammar structure as Korean and Japanese, but completely different from Chinese. Also the pronunciation of the Manchu language is more similar to Japanese than to Korean as…

Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 05:38 PM JST - 5th August