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  nigelboyJan. 10, 2012 - 02:21AM JST

  No wonder Japan is still filled with corruptions and wrong doings. Probably, Japanese do not understand what a heck I am talking about here. Teaching ethics and social responsibility at all levels in government and private sectors are key to erase wrong doings and doers from society. It will take many years to see the outcome, but it is a worth to be considered. You go from there. .

  And yet billions of billions are poured into a currency where such ethics and social responsiblity are not widely practiced.

  Something doesn't add up, does it?

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  nigelboyJan. 10, 2012 - 02:08AM JST

  The worries focus on the risk of large losses for the banks if markets lose their appetite for JGBs, given the government’s already massive debt burden

  ????

  If the banks lost their appetite for JGB, it simply means that banks are now lending more.

  Posted in: IMF stress-tests Japanese banks

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  nigelboyJan. 10, 2012 - 01:53AM JST

  I welcome more Japanese and Koreans to visit each other's country.And i commend highly Japan's apologies to Korea many times which their PM offered to Korean people..Also Japan paying compensation money to Korean victims of war would greatly help two Asian neighbours reconcile with each other..Many Koreans want peace with Japan and they want to get along well with their neighbour and I also hope Japan feels the same to Koreans too!!

  Compensation and apology okawari by Koreans.

  Koreans were participants of Pacific War much along the same lines as Austria was to Germans and yet you don't hear Austrians asking compensation/apology from Germany do you? And if you mean "victims of war" as in Korean War, Japan's payment to the Korean government paved way for industrial development of SK except for the fact that you Koreans whitewash it and call it "Miracle of Han River".

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  nigelboyDec. 31, 2011 - 02:27PM JST

  GW,

  You are right. "In principal" as opposed to "in reality" are totally different. But unless you can prove this in regards to the six party talks, your opinion carries absolutely no weight. I would appreciate very much if you could provide any evidence to your argument. Your cooperation is very much appreciated.

  Posted in: Gov't to set up 7 panels to deal with abduction issue

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  nigelboyDec. 31, 2011 - 07:46AM JST

  Under the agreed framework of Six party talks, there are sets of working groups that were established with various goals which is not limited to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Hence, if you are referring to the denuclarization part, all six nations' representatives participate. However, a Japanese representative for this particular working group have not and will not bring up the abduction issue.

  There have been ZERO cancellation of the denuclearization group talks due to Japan's insistence on resolving the abduction issue. This, of course, is obvious since the issue is separate as well as the fact that there is a SEPARATE working group in place to discuss this particular issue, namely a WG which consists of Japan and NK only under Normalization of Japan/NK

  Posted in: Gov't to set up 7 panels to deal with abduction issue

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  nigelboyDec. 31, 2011 - 02:43AM JST

  So how are these people being helped, is what I'm asking

  Since it will probably take decades to understand what's written(drawn with pictures I might add) what I linked, I'll summarize it for you. The amount allocated for whaling is chump change compared to what the other industry/efforts are going to receive.

  Posted in: Tsunami refugees dig in for harsh winter

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  nigelboyDec. 31, 2011 - 02:35AM JST

  Sorry... your response was too long for me to bother a full reply, given that you failed to address when some companies did not fully compensate. Ah well.

  You mean to tell me that there were insurance companies that didn't pay for tsunami damages even though the policyholder had earthquake rider? I'd like to see some proof of that.

  Do they harvest those oysters in whale sanctuaries outside Australia? I won't expect you to answer this question, as you usually can't address questions, but since you brought in the comparison...?

  No. Why is that even remotely relevant?

  So how are these people being helped, is what I'm asking... but yet again you fail to answer. You must clearly be up and helping the people!

  http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/j/yosan/23/pdf/mokuji-18_2.pdf

  Posted in: Tsunami refugees dig in for harsh winter

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  nigelboyDec. 31, 2011 - 02:19AM JST

  the six-nation talks are about denuclearization of NK, not about a resolved bilateral issue. Tough to digest, I know... but quite easy to understand.

  False. Six nation party talks also includes normalization between NK and U.S.

  nigelboy: Why on earth would you post something so utterly hypocritical? as a defense of your argument? You literally shot down your own arguments so badly they can never be posted again! Well done! And yes, congrats on realizing that Japan should not bring up the issue of abduction in the six-party talks. Well done.

  Let me dumb it down for you.

  "In principle, the progress in denuclearization of Korean Peninsula (a WG) shall not affect the progress in Normalization of U.S./NK, Normalization of Japan/NK, .Economy and Energy Cooperation, Northeast Asia Peace and/or Security Mechanism (other WGs"

  Posted in: Gov't to set up 7 panels to deal with abduction issue

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  nigelboyDec. 31, 2011 - 01:12AM JST

  Well, aside from derailing six-party talks by insisting the abduction issue take the limelight

  Smith

  For the upteenth time, the six party talk consists of several working groups which includes denuclearization and normalization between NK/Japan. For the former, all six nations representative are involved. As for the latter, this is just between NK and Japan representatives. To put it simply, Japan cannot and does not bring up the abduction matter to the former working group.

  "In principle, progress in one WG shall not affect progress in other WGs".

  Posted in: Gov't to set up 7 panels to deal with abduction issue

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  nigelboyDec. 31, 2011 - 12:57AM JST

  Your "reading" of this history sounds like something one of the right wing groups would come up with.

  Wanda-kun

  When one can't counter, a typical response would be to label someone "right wing". And now you counter with "comfort women" which has NOTHING to do with Koreans living in Japan.

  The link I gave above is the actual text of the order. Japanese nationals were subject to Conscription (workers) in 1939 but the young male population in Japan at that time was subject to mandatory military. Hence, there was a shortage of male workers during that time. You might also want to read my Dec. 30, 2011 - 12:18AM JST post which clearly illustrates that during the early part of the annexation, Japan was dealing with the mass problems of illegal immigration to the mainland as well as the deportation. To state that they were "forced" to come to Japan is akin to saying the Mexicans in the border were forced to come to U.S.

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  nigelboyDec. 31, 2011 - 12:39AM JST

  20% sounds low, although you may well be correct. From what I read or heard some time back it wasn't only that, though, but that some were covered for one thing but not the other, and insurance companies were exploiting it because they cannot afford the mass payouts. For example, I would imagine quite a large number of people have earthquake insurance, but the insurance may not cover a tsunami. Anyone who's house was swept away in the tsunami can't very well prove the house was first destroyed in the quake.

  This was addressed smith. If you have an earthquake insurance, the damages caused by tsunami are covered. This requirement is also specified by law. In addition, any payout amount exceeding 1.925 trillion yen is 95% covered by the central government. Further more, instead of inspecting each and every house damaged by tsunami, the insurance companies declared and mapped certain regions to be "tsunami damaged"全損地域 whereby individual inspections were not required. ALL OF THIS WAS COVERED IN THE NEWS EXTENSIVELY.

  And Heda_Maddness nailed it. Let's put it this way. Should the Fishery Agency not allocate funds to the oyster community because the other coastal towns don't harvest oysters? How about seaweed community? The mere fact that you are singling out the whaling community only goes to show your narrow and biased perspective of this disaster.

  Posted in: Tsunami refugees dig in for harsh winter

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  nigelboyDec. 30, 2011 - 05:40AM JST

  @Nigelboy. Accoring to Rudolph Joseph Rummel professor emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaii, Japan FORCIBLY CONSCRIPTED 5.4 million Koreans into slave labor most of them to Japan. Koreans who moved to Japan under their volition was a sliver of a minority.

  False.

  Conscription for Korean workers were enacted in August of 1944 and was implemented the following month. It lasted for 11 months. The ferry charter between Japan and Korea was closed after May of 1945 so unless you can somehow transport 5.4 million Koreans during the 7 month period, I and the rest of the world would like to know how this can be done.

  http://www.digital.archives.go.jp/DAS/meta/listPhoto?KEYWORD=&LANG=eng&BID=F0000000000000008046&ID=M0000000000001776250&IS_STYLE=eng&NO=

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  nigelboyDec. 30, 2011 - 03:22AM JST

  If I'm not mistaken, .99999% of all Koreans over the age of 80 or so, regardless of their current allegiance, were brought to Japan between 1915 and 1944 or so to work as essentially slave industrial labor, particularly during the period from 1937 to 1944.

  To be more accurate, they "chose" to come to Japan during that time in the early part of the annexation simply because the living conditions and the pay was much better in Japan. In the latter part, they were recruited (not forcibily I might add) because the Japanese male population were conscripted for military duties and there was shortage of industrial labor.

  And forgive me for disagreeing with you but offering Japanese citizenship to those who stayed wouldn't of matter in today's Pro-Pyongyang population for their forefathers and beyond chose not to naturalize and have openly declared themselves their intent to not assimilate with the Japanese population. Hence, to expect some sort of "sympathy" from the general population while purposely distanding themselves while enjoying the benefits of living in a developing/democratic nations is asking too much, IMO.

  Posted in: Japan's pro-Pyongyang Koreans say goodbye to Kim Jong-Il

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  nigelboyDec. 30, 2011 - 02:24AM JST

  Oh about the SS ship not turning back. Just because someone does something wrong does not give you license to do the same.

  You might want to address that to me YuriOtani.

  First of all, I believe it's Steve Irwin who went back to assist the damage ship. Secondly, if another SS vessel, Bob Barker, didn't think it was "serious" to a point where the ship continued to chase the research fleet, then why do you condemn the fleet for thinking the same way?

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  nigelboyDec. 30, 2011 - 01:44AM JST

  The better question is, why didn't Bob Barker help instead of chasing the research fleet?

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  nigelboyDec. 30, 2011 - 12:18AM JST

  OK I can understand why Japanese are ticked about abducted Japanese, but I wonder why Japanese seem so clueless as to why there are so many Koreans in Japan & just how all that came about.................go figure

  You can start here.

  http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%A8%E6%97%A5%E9%9F%93%E5%9B%BD%E3%83%BB%E6%9C%9D%E9%AE%AE%E4%BA%BA

  Read the subsection under 日本内地への移入 "Immigration to Japan" You'll notice the word ”密航””強制送還”　　"Illegal immigration" "Deportation"

  It's not that Japanese are "clueless" but it's people like you who buy into the never ending propaganda that these Koreans were somehow "abducted" to Japan. I guess repeating it often enough transforms to facts to individuals like yourselves.

  Posted in: Japan's pro-Pyongyang Koreans say goodbye to Kim Jong-Il

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  nigelboyDec. 29, 2011 - 11:57PM JST

  Press Release by JNTO on October 14, 2011

  Regarding news coverage on " 10,000 FREE FLIGHTS TO FOREIGNERS"

  Thank you for your interest in visiting Japan.

  Recently a number of media outlets have publicized reports **about ”Japan offering 10,000 free flights to foreigners”. 　However, this initiative to be carried out from April 2012 onwards is **still under examination for government budgetary approval and is at this moment undecided.

  If the initiative is confirmed and put into operation, Japan Tourism Agency will officially announce details on this website. To receive instant notifications on this and more related news, join your local Japan National Tourism Organization on Facebook (http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/fb/index.html) now!

  Warning: There have been reports in some countries about acts of fraud related to this media report. The Japanese government has not committed to provide free flight tickets to Japan to anybody. Please be careful not to get caught up in this kind of fraud.

  Posted in: Japan scraps plan to give away 10,000 free flights to visitors

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  nigelboyDec. 29, 2011 - 04:45AM JST

  My point about the war criminals is that I see most Japanese overlooking what so many Class B and C criminals did, and why the punishments meted out-including execution-were deemed necessary. Accordingly, continued questions about why they are enshrined in Yasukuni are appropriate

  I don't think they're overlooking this issue at all. They dealt the issue first hand by petitioning the government to revise the aforementioned law as well as passing the 戦争犯罪による受刑者の赦免に関する決議. So what did these B and C criminals who are executed really do from the standpoint that we know very little about their court proceeding or whether or not they received a proper due process. I'll give you an example. Let's say a U.S. soldier was captured by Iraq, Vietnam, or Al Qaida. The soldier was prosecuted for bombing a compound that contained civilian population and espionage and was subsequently executed by the enemy courts despite the fact that the soldier denied those accusations. The body was sent back to U.S. Now, is this fallen soldier a hero? Does he belong in Arlington Cemetary? Poll the Americans and you will get a majority "yes" on both counts. Would the enemy states care how this soldiers is perceived or honored back in U.S.? The answer is NO. That's pretty much is true in all conflicts, IMO. You're a despised criminal to an enemy but a hero to your home country.

  My complaint over the years that we've discussed these issues is that the Yasukuni "apologists" narrow down the problems that Japan's Asian neighbors have to the inclusion of the Class A gang in 1978. If the Tokyo Trials can be solely interpreted as victor's justice, and admittedly there is some merit for this point as dissenters like Judge Pal pointed out, then it's easier to discount the entire findings of the court, or even view them as a travesty of justice.

  Pal is just one example. But when a Class A criminal convict can make a speech at the U.N. General Assemby to a standing ovation, it's basically stating (admitting) that the ex post facto law was a joke to begin with.

  No diplomatic relations between the two for nearly thirty years after the end of WWII, for starters.

  One could voice a complaint over to the media, you know. That's how China started hers.

  Do you have any other ideas?

  Basically, we're in agreement. The timing of it also has to do with the fact that some left wing Japanese were also vocal about it. If the majority of population was for Yasukuni, China & Korea, would not have the balls to try.

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  nigelboyDec. 29, 2011 - 03:11AM JST

  Proper zoning and proper house building legislation. Contrary to myth, Japan is not the most populated land mass in the world, far from it.

  And contrary to the popular myth, Japan is not the least spacious in terms of residence, either.

  In any case, what is U.S. saying? Don't buy U.S. debt???

  Posted in: U.S. Treasury criticizes Japan yen intervention

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  nigelboyDec. 29, 2011 - 02:45AM JST

  If there was little if any controversy about their enshrinement in Yasukuni, why did Japanese leaders wait til after the U.S. Occupation ended?)

  ?????

  Those who were executed were not considered "war dead" until April of 1952 when the revision of 戦傷病者戦没者遺族等援護法.

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