Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

nigelboy's past comments

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nigelboyNov. 04, 2011 - 12:36AM JST

Gee. The media must be running out of panic materials but it hasn't stopped the usual crowd from posting. Things never change I guess.

It's easy. Just ask TEPCO the same question, and after stalling for a few months, when some one month-long employee gets back to you, just realize that the truth is the opposite of what he's been ordered to tell you.

Yep. TEPCO hasn't installed the decontamination unit, the power is still out, and the sea water injection never took place. Furthermore, the radiation level within the plant and the nearby monitors are just false figures and hence, the radiation levels that are recorded in various cities/towns/municipalities are all understated as this is a mass coverup conspiracy that involves TEPCO, Cabinet, Ministries, Diet members, and city/town/municipalities.

Back to reality.

I'm getting the sense that TEPCO should just stop reporting every little discovery since there are always going to be media and their panic starving readers who will always try to put a spin on this.

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nigelboyNov. 04, 2011 - 12:11AM JST

Very enlightening again smith. While you simply label Soviet and Korea "spoils of war" without any condemnation whatsover, you write an entire paragraph about the misdeeds of the past Japan. Two-faced much?

You see smith. It was decided among the Allieds and the United Nations after the war that Japan return the territories they grabbed by force. That makes sense right? You think all nations should adhere to this basic principle in that states should first and foremost not take territories by force and if they did, they should return it?

Posted in: Asian countries should urge China's military to obey rules of sea: Noda
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 11:28PM JST

After only four months of implementing the FTA between Korea/EU, Korea exports fell 5.5% while her imports grew 22%. And this is occuring despite the fact that Korean currency was hovering near the levels after the Lehman shock. Also, let's not undermine what is going to transpire in the EU in the near future.

This is an example of "taking up the XXX"

There is absolutely no reason for Japan to get suckered into this TPP when there is trade surplus with U.S. despite record level high yen along with the fact that there are significant Japanese manufacturing base within the TPP nations.

Posted in: Japan to make decision on TPP next week
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 11:05PM JST

Good smith.

I guess you have no problem nations taking territories from other nations by force. Like you said, "spoils of war" right? It's enlighting to see that such people exist.

Posted in: Asian countries should urge China's military to obey rules of sea: Noda
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 10:38PM JST

SpidaPig is bang on related to the islands -- Japan claims they are theirs for the same reason they deny Dokdo belongs to Korea and the Kuriles to Russia. So which is it, Japan? And what right to you have to ask others to obey laws you ignore yourself?

One missing important factor between Northern territories/Takeshima versus that of Senkaku is that the former were taken by force by Soviets and SK, respectively. Prior to that, Northern territories were never part of the Soviets and Takeshima was legally incorporated by Japan in 1905 (Same scenario as Senkaku).

Posted in: Asian countries should urge China's military to obey rules of sea: Noda
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 09:26AM JST

Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Friday that roughly 70 percent of the core of one reactor at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan had suffered severe damage.

"Damage" again!!! April 1st is the date of article. You're getting better.

Posted in: New fission suspected at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 09:24AM JST

Oh no Utrack. You dissapoint me.

Even your idol states "70% of the Unit 1's core is** damaged**"

Exactly what TEPCO stated on March 16th.

http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/cont/nuclear0316/123546.html

Posted in: New fission suspected at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 09:10AM JST

Help me out Utrack. Just one link.

thanks Utrack.

Posted in: New fission suspected at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 08:51AM JST

No Utrack. I'm specifically talking about the "70% meltdown" that herefornow stated in which you agreed with. Can you cite the source of this "outside world source".

Thanks in advance.

Posted in: New fission suspected at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 08:19AM JST

Try doing a bit of research Nigelboy, Japan didnt start to administer the islands in question until 1894 and did so as a result of the peace treaty it signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki. So that in itself says that China had a claim as far back as 1894 else how could they cede the islands in the treaty?

The island was incorporated prior to the Treaty of Shimonoseki. There was never a "cede" to begin with based on the survey by Japan that started nearly a decade ago.

Exactly right the 48 countries that signed gave the US control of the islands. It was the US not the other 47 nations that gave them back to Japan. None of the other 47 countries signed anything to hand those islands back to Japan. So to say they support Japans claim is nothing short of ludicrous as the US acted alone in handing these islands back.

Please read the Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties. In addition, please find a definition of a trustee. To make it easier for you, the 47 nations agreed to let the U.S. do whatever in regard to these territories. Why is this so hard to understand?

Nigelboy, you are trying to link the peace treaty to countries agreeing with Japans claim yet even the US will not agree to Japans claim of sovereignty over the islands. They agree that Japan administers the islands but and l quote "The US Department of State continues to take no position on the sovereignty of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands." So even the country who returned administration to Japan doesnt support its claim

You're not reading. And you're also quoting the Executive Branch of the U.S. government. Separations of power, my friend.

Posted in: Asian countries should urge China's military to obey rules of sea: Noda
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 07:26AM JST

Utrack,

Correct me if I'm wrong here but are you confusing the difference between "core damage" to "core meltdown" in regards to this " 70%" figure.

Posted in: New fission suspected at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 07:20AM JST

Globalwatcher,

Oh, now I see what smith is trying to say. He's saying that Japanese media often downplays its incidents compared to the international counterparts? Debatable.

Unfortunately for smith, he chose a poor example "on this issue", since based on my previous post, "this issue" was reported by every major Japanese news organization the day before this JT article.

Posted in: Lawmaker drinks decontaminated water from Fukushima plant
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 02:57AM JST

The Japanese media oft downplays international reports about Japan, if it reports them at all.

Why would Japanese media even bother to report "international report about Japan"?
I'll make it easier for you. Why would a Canadian media even bother to report "(insert any other country here) report about Canada"?

Report on a report....

Most times if I talk to a Japanese person about this kind of news article they have zero knowledge about it happening

Hmmm. Although this particular news was reported by all major outlets in Japan the day before JT posted this up, your Japanese person apparently missed it.

http://news.google.co.jp/news/story?hl=ja&rlz=1T4DAJP_jaUS318&q=%E5%9C%92%E7%94%B0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=d5e7T_GziwmOYkM-3xyoJKbDxIUVM&ei=jYOxTtfxMtCDtgfbmfybAg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=4&ved=0CFwQqgIwAw

Posted in: Lawmaker drinks decontaminated water from Fukushima plant
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 01:43AM JST

Weeks after the outside world was saying there had been at least a 70% meltdown in three reactors, he was still sticking to phrases like "partial" meltdown. He never admitted that **it was a near complete meltdown **until anyone with half a brain had already reached that conclusion.

Classic. LOL.

This statement needs to be archived for it basically sums up the complete lack of knowledge displayed by some who post here.

Posted in: New fission suspected at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 12:52AM JST

Not believed to indicate a major problem. Ha! Just like there was little possibility of meltdown, little chance that radiation would travel very far. Yes. We all believe you TEPCO.

I always wonder what news some of the people here are reading to get these sort of garbage. For the upteenth time, the high possibility of meldown was suspected and stated by Edano as early as March 14th.

And this latest news of new fission kind of sums up that the media is running out of "panic" materials which a certain section of the population has the hunger for.

Posted in: New fission suspected at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nigelboyNov. 03, 2011 - 12:27AM JST

They had a claim long before '72

Can you suppport that?

Another point to ponder the San Francisco treaty that you refer to ( peach treaty?) actually took the senkaku islands off Japan. It was the US completely separate of the San Francisco treaty that gave the island back to Japan. And of the 48 you claim support Japan's claim, that is incorrect. They signed the treaty taking the islands off Japan they never had a say in giving them back so your claim is incorrect.

Yes. 48 nations agreed to put some of the territories under trusteeship where U.S. was the sole administrator. The said territories were subsequently returned via Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands which refers to the Article 3 of the Peace Treaty. Hence, under Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties on interpretation of treaties, the 48 nations who are signatories to the Treaty accepted the return of the territories to Japan.

Several countries aust, uk to name a few who signed the document actually don't recognises Japan's claim

?? Didn't they sign and subsequently ratify the Peace Treaty?

Furthermore the US has said while Japan administers the islands it doesn't support their claim to the islands. This is well documented if you care to look. So your claim of 48 countries supporting Japan's claim is completely false

What "certain" administration stated subsequently is subordinate to what the state had signed and ratified in the past under customary international law. In other words, the current Obama administration can state is their position at that time but when push comes to shove under the eyes of international law, the treaty takes precedence. (Supremacy clause) The current situation needs no shove from Japan simply because the administration had stated that the Senkaku falls under article 5 of the Japan U.S. Security Treaty.

Posted in: Asian countries should urge China's military to obey rules of sea: Noda
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nigelboyNov. 02, 2011 - 10:23AM JST

If it were not for the 311 earthquake, all these similar radiation hotspots would probably never have been discovered.

Thank god!! Now it explains why Setagaya Ward is ranked ONLY 16th among the top longetivity in all of Japan's city/ward/towns. (sarcasm)

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nigelboyNov. 02, 2011 - 09:09AM JST

Spidapig,

Yes. 48 nations who were signatory to the Treaty of Peach with Japan and the subsequent agreements that references to the aformentioned treaty recognizes, acknowledges, accepts, or whatever word games you want to play Japan's claim, administration, jurisdiction, or whatever word games you want to play of Senkaku.

And no. I cannot come up with the 195 nations simply because the rest of world for the most part don't take part in positioning their support for one nation over territory disputes. I'm surprised you don't know this.

As you admitted, China's claim started in 1970 while Japan's incorporation dates back to 1895. There is a precedent for such cases where if a certain state don't dispute (orally, communique, attache, letter,) against another who admnisters the territory, the decision favors the latter. Yes. Big difference.

Posted in: Asian countries should urge China's military to obey rules of sea: Noda
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nigelboyNov. 02, 2011 - 04:40AM JST

And while we are at it as the international community as a whole (there are a couple of exceptions) dont recognise Japans claim to Senkaku's, China is free to sail in this area too.

I believe the statement is opposite. 48 nations officially acknowledge Japan's ownership of Senkaku. However, international community as a whole doesn't recognize China's claim to Senkaku. It's obvious since China's claim started in 1970 when it was discovered that the area had gas reserves. How convenient.

Posted in: Asian countries should urge China's military to obey rules of sea: Noda
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nigelboyNov. 01, 2011 - 11:10PM JST

Maybe you spent a day going through all the Japanese and non-Japanese media on this issue (probably only non-Japanese, since Japan doesn't like to acknowledge its poor conduct of issues), but how do we know the water he drank is from where he claims it is? Maybe it was just a bottle of fresh Canadian spring water bottled in Hokkaido.

I don't get what you mean by "Japan doesn't like to acknowledge its poor conduct of issues" Please clarify.

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