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  nigelboy at 01:27 PM JST - 7th August

  "Cost sharing in support of U.S. forces stationed on its territory remains Japan’s most significant responsibility sharing contribution. Indeed, its host nation support is the most generous of any U.S. ally, and consists of funding covered under both the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) and the Facilities Improvement Program (FIP). Japan’s…

  Posted in Does the U.S. need to have military bases anywhere in Japan? at 01:27 PM JST - 7th August

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  nigelboy at 11:56 AM JST - 7th August

  Every time the issue of Yasukuni comes up, there are those who believe that their are remains of the dead in Yasukuni....

  Somethings never change in JT.

  Posted in Fukuda says he won't visit Yasukuni on Aug 15, but justice minister will at 11:56 AM JST - 7th August

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  nigelboy at 11:29 AM JST - 7th August

  "A business man (can I guess - he was Korean? Japanese?)worried about the irregular fishing activities of the time, so he suggested to the Japanese govt. that the rocks had better come under some local jurisdiction. So they had a big meeting and invited all parties concerned - Korean &…

  Posted in Japan criticizes S Korean PM's Takeshima visit at 11:29 AM JST - 7th August

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  nigelboy at 06:07 PM JST - 2nd August

  Let's shift the argument.

  Bombing innocent civilians is less brutal than X because Y.

  Posted in British students to visit Hiroshima to gain unique perspective on war at 06:07 PM JST - 2nd August

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  nigelboy at 05:49 PM JST - 2nd August

  "Most of us have been to the Peace Museum and been horrified by the depiction of the effects of the bomb, but that is just one part of a much bigger story...

  As I said - I suspect not"

  Maybe they do. Maybe then don't. Maybe some of us are…

  Posted in British students to visit Hiroshima to gain unique perspective on war at 05:49 PM JST - 2nd August

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  nigelboy at 05:27 PM JST - 1st August

  As if British is going to get any sympathy from Asian nations.

  Presumably not.

  Posted in British students to visit Hiroshima to gain unique perspective on war at 05:27 PM JST - 1st August

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  nigelboy at 04:33 PM JST - 1st August

  Japan's endless territorial disputes are par the norm for Northeast Asia, every Country in the area has endless territorial disputes (Balhae Kingdom comes to mind)

  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2070.html

  Posted in Japan criticizes S Korean PM's Takeshima visit at 04:33 PM JST - 1st August

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  nigelboy at 01:31 PM JST - 1st August

  "Japan's expansionist actions in 1905, puffed full of pride after the Russo victory and the manner in which it "took" the island, offer a far greater line of fair insight into the root of the matter.

  There simply is no dispute - at that time Japan had moved into full…

  Posted in Japan criticizes S Korean PM's Takeshima visit at 01:31 PM JST - 1st August

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  nigelboy at 12:55 PM JST - 31st July

  As i said they have been KOrean for almost 500 years, that`s a heck of a long time.

  That's the point. They(Koreans) haven't. The evidece you cite are of Ulleungdo and not Liancourt Rocks.

  Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 12:55 PM JST - 31st July

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  nigelboy at 12:43 PM JST - 31st July

  I hate to go slightly off-topic here, but I think it is directly related to my point. This is one area that the Japanese could learn from;

  You mean an apology from the House of Representatives? Done that 13 years before U.S. has.

  Posted in U.S. House of Representatives formally apologizes for slavery at 12:43 PM JST - 31st July