mushroomcloud said...

mushroomcloud at 10:12 AM JST - 25th June

With such a drop in exports, Japan is on target to lose it's status as 2nd largest economy in the world to China, sometime this year or next, according to Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Japanshouldpositionselfasglobaltroubleshootergovt_999.html

Tokyo (AFP) June 19, 2009 With China likely to soon overtake Japan…

Posted in Japan's exports fall 40.9% in May at 10:12 AM JST - 25th June
mushroomcloud at 03:35 AM JST - 15th June

How old is Hitachi? He looks like 25% of the population in Japan.

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mushroomcloud at 08:39 AM JST - 14th June

So, when will Japan branch out with other fellow 2nd tier space powers? You know, the ones without manned space programs of their own.

Posted in Japan, India plan joint space research project at 08:39 AM JST - 14th June
mushroomcloud at 09:22 AM JST - 12th June

Didn't Japan also pass some meaningless bill on Tokdo, the island seized and permanently controlled by South Korea?

Posted in Russia blasts Japanese Diet's action over sovereignty over 4 islands at 09:22 AM JST - 12th June
mushroomcloud at 09:16 AM JST - 12th June

I guess when young Japanese see that they have little hope in their country, smoking dope or sniffing paint thinner is a great temporary escape route.

Aren't amphetamines used heavily in Japan too?

How depressing.

Posted in No. of cannabis users in Japan grows 2.6-fold in decade at 09:16 AM JST - 12th June
mushroomcloud at 11:47 AM JST - 11th June

yeah nigel, I think you are right. Japan would rather not attempt to send an astronaut to space for fear of having to self detonate their rocket, just like they did in 2003, one month after China successfully sent, and retrieved, their astronaut from space.

Gotta love Japan's cowardness.

Posted in Japan's 1st lunar probe crash-lands on moon at 11:47 AM JST - 11th June
mushroomcloud at 05:29 AM JST - 11th June

So, when will Japan make the jump by sending one of their astronauts to space independently?

After all, Japan wants to land a man on the moon so it's pretty obvious that they need to have a true manned space program first.

Posted in Japan's 1st lunar probe crash-lands on moon at 05:29 AM JST - 11th June
mushroomcloud at 10:24 AM JST - 10th June

Another note, 2005 was a year in which Koizumi went out of his way to making a point to visiting Yasukuni, after many years of successive visits despite protests from China.

China shooting down Japan's UNSC bid by using her influence within the African Union was payback, loud and clear.…

Posted in Mori critical of China's African assistance policy at 10:24 AM JST - 10th June
mushroomcloud at 10:18 AM JST - 10th June

'mushroomcloud, wishful thinking. China was in a minority in the United Nations in opposing Japan's application to become a permanent member of the UNSC. African states blocked expansion because it wasn't happening in the way they wanted.'

Well, I suggest you read the Japan Times article then, or find other…

Posted in Mori critical of China's African assistance policy at 10:18 AM JST - 10th June
mushroomcloud at 10:06 AM JST - 10th June

North Korea will continue launching it's missiles over the Japanese islands. Who knows when they will fire one to start a war.

It is in Japan's interest to have a pre-emptive strike capability based on Kim Jong ILL's constant bad behavior.

Posted in LDP proposes Japan obtain ability to hit enemy's missile launch sites at 10:06 AM JST - 10th June