Tuesday February 14, 2012

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    Its an AN-124 designed by the Soviet Antonov Design Bureau and built in Russia and Ukraine

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    and who would you like to sue Hemplord? It seems you think some should be sued

    Posted in: New Zealand earthquake toll at 145 dead

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    asianTourist New Zealand is also a land of volcanoes and earthquakes we also have specialist teams

    Posted in: Grim work

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    this could be far worse than the original

    Posted in: Quake in New Zealand kills at least 65

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    pop is not a musical form

    Posted in: Does J-pop really suck?

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    good article and I completely agree and those that cant understand he's using McDonalds etc as an EXAMPLE. McDonalds here I can get BBQ sauce for free if I request it. I would rather genuinely friendly staff and If I get bad service here I don't go back. Id rather the variation of service than soulless standardized service.

    Posted in: In Japan, the customer is not king

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    i have one and love it, find it much more useful than my laptop, however neither question in this survey is very useful. Its a great device but filling a void is a bit over the top and as others have pointed out pretty much all gadgets are not necessary.

    Posted in: What do you think of the iPad?

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    Gurukun have a think i'm sure the answer will eventually come

    Posted in: Meeting of minds

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    This guy is a moron doesn't know what socialism is himself, many liberal social democracies especially in northern Europe

    Posted in: Fixing American 'dumbocracy'

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    crazygaijin i never said anything about that otherwise your arguing against the wrong person or creating an entirely new argument. Also please note that Tojo was prime minister only until July 1944. Cannot be the sole reason for Hirohitos actions for example his brother being in charge during the time of the Rape of Nanking...yeah I'm sure brothers never talk. You seriously gotta read a bit more dude.

    Posted in: Historians rethink key Soviet role in Japan's defeat in WWII

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    In the "Sixty years after Hiroshima" issue of the Weekly Standard, American historian Richard B. Frank points out that there are a number of schools of thought with varying opinions of what caused the Japanese to surrender. He describes what he calls the "traditionalist" view, which asserts that the Japanese surrendered because the Americans dropped the atomic bombs. He goes on to summarise other points of view.[17] Tsuyoshi Hasegawa's research has led him to conclude that the atomic bombings were not the principal reason for Japan's capitulation. He argues it was the swift and devastating Soviet victories on the mainland in the week following Joseph Stalin's August 8 declaration of war that forced the Japanese message of surrender on August 15, 1945.[18] Others with similar views include The "Battlefield" series documentary,[2] Drea,[14] Hayashi,[15] and numerous others, though all, including Hasegawa, state that the surrender was not due to any single factor or single event.

    from wikipedia anyway so not a single event but multiple and either the A bombs or Soviet invasion was the deciding factor.

    As agreed at Yalta, the Soviet Union had intervened in the war with Japan within three months of the German surrender, and they were therefore entitled to the territories of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands and also to preeminent interests over Port Arthur and Dalian, with its strategic rail connections. The territories on the Asian mainland were subsequently transferred to the full control of the People's Republic of China in 1955; the other possessions are still administered by the Soviet Union's successor state, Russia.

    Posted in: Historians rethink key Soviet role in Japan's defeat in WWII

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    tkoind I pretty much agree with what you say but I tend to put more emphasis on the Soviet Invasion. Anyway I recommend that author to you, Nationalists in Japan sent him death threats for his views.

    Steve...whats your point?

    crazygaijin read be informed

    Although the commencement of the invasion fell between the atomic bombings of Hiroshima, on August 6, and Nagasaki, on August 9, the timing of the invasion had been planned well in advance and was determined by the timing of the agreements at Tehran and Yalta, the long term buildup of Soviet forces in the Far East since Tehran, and the date of the German surrender; on August 3, Marshal Vasilevsky reported to Stalin that, if necessary, he could attack on the morning of August 5.

    Posted in: Historians rethink key Soviet role in Japan's defeat in WWII

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    tkoind

    one i'm hardly a japanese apologist i'm sure ossan and nige would be happy to state that. secondly to say it was all because of the US is extremely naive and uninformed.

    As I stated and i'm sure any descent historian would recognise that the USSR invasion of Japan was not Just a land grab but a decision brought about by a allied request to stalin for him to attack Japan.

    Posted in: Historians rethink key Soviet role in Japan's defeat in WWII

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    Tkoind2

    Read Books by Saburo Ienaga Japanese historian very good he argues that the soviet invasion played a major contribution in japans decision to surrender. Though the a bombs were destructive the fire bombings of individual cities tokyo Nagoya etc were more destructive than the a bombs and japan showed little interest apart from weak peace feelers through the Russians.

    Please note people that russias invasion was because of an agreement to do so with Churchill and Trumen not just a land grab. Russia did not gain much land Manchuria was handed back to china.

    IMO the Russians put the fear of god into the Japanese they knew the US wer not the devils they portrayed them as but the Russians were and they had a much bigger grudge against Japan than the US

    Posted in: Historians rethink key Soviet role in Japan's defeat in WWII

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    Agree with sourpuss, this is nothing new many books cover this already. As to what percentage the A bombs and the soviet invasion had in Japans surrender, we will never know and can only speculate. Maybe it was just Hirohito trying to save his own ass, knowing the Soviets would execute him while the Americans might save his ass.

    But the Soviet invasion was a brilliant not traitorous at all considering Japans use of sneak attacks without declarations of war. 1905, 1937, 1939, 1941

    I would like a book on the Japanese communist party and its early leadership about their popularity and their attempts to transform Japanese society after WWII. Had it not been for the CIA Japan could be a very different country

    Posted in: Historians rethink key Soviet role in Japan's defeat in WWII

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    IMO though the A bombs ere terrible, dropping them is something the US does not have to atone for or apologise for. The IJA under the Emperor had to be stopped they were one of the largest killing machines in Human History. 150,000 Japanese civilians pales in comparison to the amount of bloodshed Japanese committed throughout Asia

    Posted in: Should U.S. President Barack Obama visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki when he comes to Japan in November?

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    peroni

    Posted in: Which brand gets your vote for the best beer?

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    i spoke japanese and went into a real estate agent who were very helpful and they phoned up several places and the minute it was mentioned I was a foreigner they said no. Luckily I got a great place lived there for 2 years and I got on well with neighbors and the landlord who was more than happy to rent out to foreigners after me.

    Regards to the article, I have to agree with tkoind, trying to make poor excuses for Japans racism and the reasons given are really lame trying to bring it back to WWII etc. Call a spade a spade or racism, racism. Stop being apologists.

    Posted in: Why Japanese property managers are so strict on renting apartments

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    go the boys in white, good work. Good start to the World Cup

    Posted in: Australia beats New Zealand 2-1 on late goal

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    im with Branded that look gets old, give me a refined intelligent elegant woman anyday

    Posted in: Yuko's style

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